What inspires you to speak out about social issues like world hunger, cyber bullying, and child abuse?
Serena: What has inspired us is the desire we have to help the many people, especially children, who suffer from hunger, abuse and cyber bullying. We are also inspired in knowing that we can connect people, through our music, worldwide who want to or are already working on solving these problems, to make the biggest difference. Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever does.” Specifically, why do you encourage people to take action against factory farming? Kiley: In addition to the immense cruelty and suffering animals experience on factory farms, a recent study conducted by the United Nations determined that the significant majority of emissions accounting for Earth’s current global warming problem are due to the methane gas given off by tortured factory farm animals. Gandhi once said, “The way you judge the moral progress of a society is by the way they treat their animals.” An
