At age 17.
Late 1990s - Relaxing at a friend's house.
Late 1990s - Waiting for the elevator at a convention.
May 2001 - With Philly radio personality Bryan Ramona, after his community theater performance.
August 2002 - With actor Federico Castelluccio (Furio from "The Sopranos").
August 2003 - With fellow activists at an Amnesty International event.
Left to right: Mary Shaw, Susan Brodesser, Anita Stahl, and Louise Scanes
May 2004 - With former Vermont Governor Howard Dean.
June 2004 - At an Amnesty International picnic. (Activists need to have fun, too.)
Left to right: Danielle Robillard-Flower, Mary Shaw, and Joseph Menna
May 2007 - On the speaker panel at an Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) "Human Rights 101" forum.
Left to right: Chris Huber (ACLU attorney), Jumana Musa (AIUSA Advocacy Director for Domestic Human Rights), Mary Shaw, and Amy Wenzel (Coordinator, AIUSA Center City Philadelphia group).
September 2007 - In the lobby of New York's legendary Hotel Chelsea. (It has since -- and unfortunately -- been remodeled by the less artistic new management.)
September 2009 - At the Life Cafe in New York's East Village -- setting for the great "La Vie Boheme" scene in the show Rent. ("To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou...")
October 2009 - Raising hell at the podium, Obama-style.
