Newsroom and Stories
Letter from 52nd Street Elementary School in South L.A.
Just back from three days in California. The highlight was an early morning visit to the 52nd Street Elementary School...
letter to my colleagues the morning after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School
Dear Share Our Strength and Community Wealth Ventures colleagues: There is almost no way to make sense of i...
“Cured of leukemia. Killed by hopelessness”
During President Obama’s first term Don Berwick was the Acting Administrator of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. I...
A Well Deserved Tribute to the Civic Leadership of Danny Meyer
This week I had the honor of being on hand in New York when restaurateur and Share Our Strength board...
Diana Chapman Walsh on “Morality Without Apology: Reclaiming Hubert Humphrey’s America
“Morality Without Apology: Reclaiming Hubert Humphrey’s America” Diana Chapman Walsh Rothenberger Lecture University of Minnesota September 9, 2012 ...
The morning after the 2012 presidential election
I left the house bleary-eyed at 6:00 a.m. yesterday morning to catch a flight to Dallas to address the...
My Keynote in Denver to Hunger Free Colorado Summit on day of first presidential debate
Denver, October 3, 2012Hunger Free Colorado Summit Thank you Kathy Underhill for that introduction and congrats on the continued progress...
The Story You Won’t Hear at the Democratic Convention in Charlotte
As delegates began to arrive in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Democratic convention, the front page of the Charlotte observer...
Behind the Scenes at RNC In Tampa
“Man he is cooler than the other side of the pillow” one man swooned to me after meeting the...