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04 March 2017
In the News

Inexcusable Cruelty

The two stories below speak of inexcusable cruelty in the way our nation’s immigration and deportation policies are now being...

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21 February 2017
Add Passion and Stir

Young and younger, special needs and our special focus

Last Friday Rosemary, Debbie and I visited the Y2Y Shelter at Harvard Square – the only student run shelter i...

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15 February 2017
Children

433,000 More Kids Getting Off to a Better Start Each Day

“More low-income children than ever started their school day with a healthy breakfast in the 2015-16 school year” With this...

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13 February 2017
Children

The Challenge of Prioritizing The Most Vulnerable Children of All

Every year the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University publishes basic facts about low income children i...

16 January 2017
Inequality

An MLK Day Story About Those Who Serve

We spent Saturday morning at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall where our friend Carolyn Casey kicks off a service project there...

27 December 2016
In the News

The Cabinet Job Interview We’re Still Waiting To See

Shortly after Tom Vilsack became President Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture, he told a small group of us about his job...

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05 December 2016
Uncategorized

Confronting Bigotry With Values: Our New Moral Imperative

The following excerpt was the last of 5 points made this morning at our Summer Meals Summit, about how Share Our Strength...

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05 December 2016
Uncategorized

Remarks at our Summer Meals Summit on December 5

            Thank you all for being here and special thanks to the team at Share Our Strength – Derrick, Stephanie, Duke...

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28 November 2016
Uncategorized

Mark Shriver, Pope Francis, The Year of Mercy, Sharing Strength

            My friend Mark Shriver, an ally of ours who runs Save The Children Action Network, has a book being...