Alysha is very deserving of the award that exemplifies youth activism, ethics and bravery. We look for people who are working on making changes in our society and working with people on solutions to animal welfare. This definitely applies to Alysha.

Alysha is a fine example of how young people can make a huge difference in their community,

God puts the right people together. We want clothes in decent shape and suitcases and backpacks to carry stuff around in, canned goods, bottled water. Our goal is to leave Sunday for Jackson, Mississippi...We chose that because no emergency workers have showed up, but we're hoping for three vans full.

There's not the same activism as there was before, and I think there needs to be more of that.

Each of us lives with a sword over his head.
There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth is the creation of the very few who cannot bear reality.

You bite the hand that feeds, Speedy said.
Humans don't like that.
They view it as a sign of ingratitude.

I never asked anyone to feed me.

That doesn't seem to matter to them.