Sandy Strauss

Sandy Strauss measures success in small advances because of the nature of her work. As a minister her calling is to lobby the state legislature on behalf of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. This collection of some twenty denominations is not a muscle-heavy group in a state where the legislature is eager to respond in so many ways to clout, either in the form of simple raw strength applied by the special interests that populate commerce, or in terms of money, which is tossed around with abandon in connection with elections, legislative campaigns, issues, events—whatever presents the opportunity.