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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...

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23 March 2016
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“A Child Who Is Hungry Cannot Be Hungry For Knowledge”

     “A child who is hungry cannot be hungry for knowledge”, said Virginia’s First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe to open Share...

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09 March 2016
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Gambling That We Can End Childhood Hunger in Las Vegas

            In the casinos of Las Vegas, there’s much to gawk at and reminders everywhere that you are being watched...

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07 March 2016
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The Sound of Community Being Built

“Wanted to invite anyone in the LA area for another training ride next week. We will be starting from M...

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24 February 2016
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“Part of Loving Kids is Feeding Them”

           “I don’t give a damn about test scores” is not the ordinary thing for a school principal to say. ...

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09 February 2016
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President Obama Goes Big in Budget to Fight Hunger and Poverty

Last night when I bumped into Share Our Strength board member Bob Greenstein at a Connecticut Avenue restaurant, he shared...