Newsroom and Stories
Orlando and the Imperative of Rededicating Ourselves to Mission and Humanity
The events in Orlando are almost impossible to process. If you are like me you search without knowing precisely...
Top 10 things I don’t keep count of when on my bike
Training for a 300 mile bike ride means keeping count of many things such as days left until the ride...
Graduation Speech at U of Pennsylvania May 15, 2016
Thank you Dean Fluharty, and thank all of you for this opportunity to return to the place that for...
California Here We Come
I’m just back from California where Jeff Bridges and I met with Governor Jerry Brown and Diana Dooley, Secretary of...
Lesson from Chefs Cycle: Capable of More than We Think We Are
One of the most important things I’ve learned over 30 years at Share Our Strength came during last year’s 3...
“No Great Cause is Ever Lost or Ever Won. The Battle Must Be Renewed and The Creed Restated” 28 Years of Taste of the Nation
Last night was Share Our Strength’s annual Taste of the Nation event at the National Building Museum. It was the...
Intersection of Poverty and Place Matters, and Creates New Challenges
A new report from the Brookings Institution gives policy makers and nonprofit leaders working for social change reason to rethink...
Potential for severe harm from House budget for the most vulnerable and voiceless
Given how raucous the 2016 presidential campaign has been so far it’s easy to take one’s eye off the ball...
Nonprofit sector must compensate for candidate and media failure to make child poverty an issue
In the midst of extensive handwringing on the part of the mainstream media about their complicity in the rise of...