Suzanne Holland is a professor in the department of religion at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash. She has written about television and radio as public confessionals in the shows of Judge Judy and Dr. Laura.

The Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center is a northwest environmental and responsible investment collaborative venture of several religious communities based in Seattle. Contact executive director Linda Haydock.

LeAnne Beres is executive director of Seattle-based Earth Ministry. Earth Ministry is a Christian, ecumenical group based in Seattle that works with individuals and congregations on environmental issues.

Target Earth, in Colfax, Wash., is a national network of Christian organizations committed to environmental stewardship.

Nancy Macduff is a volunteer trainer, manager and author who publishes the online newsletter Volunteer Today.  She’s based in Walla Walla, Wash.

Don Downing is a clinical professor in the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. He has been involved with research about how pharmacists can improve women’s access to public health services, including contraception, and has trained pharmacists in Washington and across the U.S. to voluntarily prescribe emergency contraception, in states which allow that.

Patrick McCormick is a professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University, in Spokane, Wash., where he teaches about Christian ethics, medical ethics and Catholic social teachings. He is author of Sin as Addiction (Paulist Press, 1989) and Character, Choices & Community: The Three Faces of Christian Ethics (Paulist Press, 1998). He has served as a consultant on various hospital […]

Jennifer M. Shaw is a regional ethicist for California with the Office of Ethics and Theology for Providence Health System, which has facilities in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana and California.