Acknowledgments 1. Choices Matter 2. Skills 3. Work and Jobs 4. Personal Finances 5. Community 6. Choosing Matters A Note on Higher Education Appendix 1: Practical Idealism Project Biographies Appendix 2: Transcripts of Selected Interviews Author Biographies

Alissa Wilson is a Policy Associate with the American Friends Service Committee.

Ann Barham is an independent scholar living in Cambridge.

Dr. Hammock is the Managing Director of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University. He is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the North American Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. He is past Executive Director of Oxfam America and ACCION International.