Mai ka makahiki 21, ua hana ʻo Barbara Wien e hōʻoki i nā hana ʻino kanaka, ka hana ʻino a me ke kaua. Ua pale ʻo ia i nā makaʻāinana mai nā pūʻulu make e hoʻohana ana i nā hana hoʻomalu maluhia loa, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā haneli he nui o nā luna o nā lawelawe haole, nā luna UN, nā limahana limahana, nā mākaʻi, nā koa, a me nā alakaʻi o ka mauʻu e hoʻopau i ka hana ʻino a me nā hakakā kaua. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o 22 ʻatikala, nā mokuna, a me nā puke, e pili pū ana Ka Papahana Haumāna a me ka Hoʻokele o ka Ao, he alakaʻi no ka papahana kula mua paionia no nā kumu kula o ke kula nui, i kēia manawa i kāna puke 7. Ua hoʻolālā a aʻo ʻo ia i nā seminā maluhia he nui a me nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma 58 mau ʻāina e hoʻopau i ke kaua. He mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa nonviolence, loea i ka papahana, mea aʻo, mea haʻi ʻōlelo lehulehu, ʻepekema a makuahine o ʻelua. Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia ʻewalu mau hui ʻoihana aupuni ʻole, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā makana mai ʻekolu mau keʻena hoʻolako kālā, ua catalyzed he mau haneli o nā papahana kekelē i ke aʻo ʻana i ka maluhia, a ua aʻo ʻia ma ʻelima mau kula nui. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Wien i nā hana a me nā alanui palekana no ka ʻōpio ma kona kaiāulu ʻo Harlem a me DC. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia no kāna alakaʻi a me ka "wiwo ʻole i ka pono" e nā kumu ʻehā a me nā hui kaiaulu.
