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13 June 2016
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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...

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31 May 2016
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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...

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16 May 2016
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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...

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02 May 2016
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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...

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21 April 2016
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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...

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05 April 2016
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“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...

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04 April 2016
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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...

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29 March 2016
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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...

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28 March 2016
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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...