Phoebe Jones is coordinator of the Crossroads Women's Center in Philadelphia, a base for groups fighting against poverty and the unjust removal of children, for recognition and support for caregiving. She is co-coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike in the US and an author of The Milk of Human Kindness: Defending Breastfeeding from the Global Market and AIDS Industry. Phoebe is a mother, a Quaker and runner with a PhD in physical education.