“I wake up and get energized by what I could do to make a difference' - BonnieRaitt
. That fund, according to its website, focuses on “supporting grassroots activities, with education, outreach, networking and funding, in the areas of the environment and wildlife, social change, peace with justice, energy and a non-nuclear future.”
Raitt’s environmentalism is deeply rooted. She grew up in the Quaker faith, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt and his first wife, Marjorie Haydock. “One of our Quaker friends started the Save the Redwoods program up in Palo Alto, stopping development,” recalled Raitt. “I love trees. I love nature. We went camping all the time. I went to camp every summer while my dad was in summer stock. So I was taught about the sanctity of keeping nature undeveloped, preserving the beauty.
“You know, it's all connected, but there’s no easy solution,” says Raitt. “But the move to wind and solar and renewables could be a saving grace for farmers.” Backstage, she dug in deep on the topic. “In literature and songs and movies, over the course of my life, I’ve just been so moved by women that are in situations that they can't get out of.
Raitt is grateful she came of age in the 1970s during a turning point for the women’s movement. But she is quick to note: “There have been firebrands since the '20s and '30s and in the suffragette movement. And I’m sure among the abolitionists. There have been strong women and great women musicians all this time,” said Raitt, who has often credited Sippie Wallace, a blueswoman in Chicago in the 1920s, as a major influence.
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