When Activists Fall in Love...

Published October 21, 2009 @ 10:11AM PT

Dear readers,

I am thrilled to announce that I will be taking a week hiatus from blogging at Change.org to get married on Friday to a fellow urban planning PhD and former VISTA volunteer. He is the light of my life and we share many passions and interests, including a commitment to anti-poverty work, community development and positive social change. Greg Plotkin, my inestimable hunger blogger, will be holding down the fort in my absence. I look forward to catching up with you all and resuming blogging next Wednesday, October 28. Be good and stay active in my absence!

Sincerely,

Leigh

("A Claddagh Coupling" by Athena's Pix (Busy Again); I am Irish-American and wore my claddagh ring as my engagement ring until recently.)

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Congratulations Leigh, may god bless Your marriage with great happiness. You clearly deserve it!

Posted by Charlie Reed on 10/21/2009 @ 03:51PM PT
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Congratulations Leigh what a wonderful thing to find your kindred spirit now you can work side by side,

Blessings

Posted by James Ligoretti on 10/21/2009 @ 04:01PM PT
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aw, congrats !

Posted by Jay Pesan on 10/21/2009 @ 04:52PM PT
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Love is Love-No matter the nationality. You deserve the best. May your marriage have all the ease of a famous stone, and none of the blarney.

Posted by jan Lightfootlane on 10/21/2009 @ 07:19PM PT
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Congratulations, Leigh, Thanks for fighting for America's Forgotten, disabled and poor. Thank you. May your marriage be blessed, and you and your groom, always happy! As a fellow Irish-American... May the wind always be at your back. Hugs, Rachel

Posted by Rachel Russell on 10/21/2009 @ 07:42PM PT
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Congrats Leigh! I wish you both all of the happiness in the world! God bless! <3

Posted by Lisa Taylor on 10/22/2009 @ 10:21PM PT
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Leigh is a PhD candidate in urban planning at MIT, and a consultant on U.S. Gulf Coast recovery. She sits on the Board of the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation in Boston, and has worked with non-profits, foundations and local governments on policies and programs aimed at reducing urban poverty and inequality.