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