Ms. Kennedy-Cuomo began to recognize that the privileges that she had taken for granted as an U.S. citizen were denied to others in different parts of the world. "While I was able to sit in an office in Washington and go talk to my legislators and make phone calls, and have positive experiences, my colleagues who were doing that in other countries were being imprisoned and tortured and sacrificing their lives. I really thought that they were the heroes of the day. They were the Martin Luther Kings of their countries. They showed extraordinary feats of bravery and a history of bravery, accomplishment, and had changed their societies. I felt inspired to change my life, to direct my life to work on international human rights."

In writing this book, Kennedy Cuomo hopes to share what became "a spiritual journey with wisdom on every page," and encourage people to act up when they see injustice in their own back yard. She contends that there are many human rights battles to be fought in the United States. "We should ban the death penalty, stop racial profiling in police stations, stop and frisk procedures, insure that prisoners are afforded basic human rights and people who are in detention in the US should be afforded basic human rights, particularly people seeking asylum."

The book encompasses people fighting for a wide variety of different causes; usually relating to upholding the United Nation's Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other covenant documents. Ms. Kennedy Cuomo believes that the United Nations stands for the belief that all people around the world can find a way of working together to prevent evil from occurring.

  "I view the UN as the antidote to cynicism and des-pair. I brought my 5 year old to the UN. We walked up to where there is a wonderful statue of Saint George on a horse killing a dragon. The dragon is completely made up of armaments and weapons of war. Another statue is of a handgun with the barrel twisted into a knot. I think that these statues are symbolic of what the UN stands for, an end to violence and evil."

While the UN may be the watch dog on the preservation of human rights, Kennedy Cuomo is quick to admit that no country has a perfect record. "We are not saying that we have all the answers, and that we are superior to you. We are saying, we are all struggling, we all need to make improvements. We welcome you to come to our country and help us to improve the way we treat people, and we demand the same from you."

It is her strong desire to bring this message to as many kids as possible so that they can "see the truth and understand that the truth will triumph." Because human rights defenders are articulating the ambitions of their countrymen, Ms. Kennedy-Cuomo believes that it is up to "The media to expand its coverage of their issues. CNN has been revolutionary in bringing home to people around the world up to the minute abuses of human rights as they happen. As a result, the public became invested in both the disaster and the triumph of many of these human rights activists."