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28 May 2013
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Marian Wright Edelman’s Commencement Speech at Colorado College

“I love my role model, Sojourner Truth, who was an illiterate but brilliant slave women who could not stand slavery...

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27 May 2013
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New Brookings Study of Suburban “Cul De Sac” Poverty

Just when you think you finally are beginning to understand the issues you’ve worked on for much your career, new...

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26 May 2013
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Community Wealth Partners celebrates the spirit of “Dream Forward”

Last week Community Wealth Partners held a reception to celebrate the launch of its new name (changed from Community Wealth...

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20 May 2013
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What We’re Learning At State Level About How to Get Things Done

           The Boston Globe is publishing a series about Washington called “Broken City: Politics in An Age of Paralysis.” Bu...

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04 May 2013
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Remarks To National Head Start Association Announcing Partnership to Reach 10,000 Head Start Parents with Cooking Matters At The Store

            Yesterday I spoke at the closing session of the 40thannual conference of the National Head Start Association, following inspiring...

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23 April 2013
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Meet COMMUNITY WEALTH PARTNERS

Today Community Wealth Ventures changes its name to Community Wealth Partners, which reflects just one of many ways in which...

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21 April 2013
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Upon Returning to Boylston Street After Boston’s Worst Week

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Fate had our family far from Boston this past week. It was Nate’s spring break and...

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08 April 2013
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Targeting early investments in children for greater return

Last week Share Our Strength board member Scott Schoen arranged for me to have lunch with Massachusetts’ former Superintendent of...

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06 April 2013
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School breakfast as a “force multiplier” for educational achievement

The growing movement to boost educational achievement via breakfast for school children is an example of how bipartisan pragmatism ca...