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Memorial Day Weekend at Goose Rocks Beach
This weekend we returned to Goose Rocks Beach in Maine for our tenth summer and as always, almost nothing had...
“So Rich, So Poor” Important New Book on Poverty in America
May 29 is the official publication date for an important new book called So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So...
Sounds of Silence: Are Nonprofits Too Passive About Public Policy?
Last week the House of Representatives passed the budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on a party...
No Kid Hungry and the human capital needed for national security
One of the strongest arguments for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign is coming from one of the most surprising...
Mario Morino on the fiscal crisis facing nonprofits and the need to rethink and reinvent
More than 15 years ago Mario Morino was the first investor in Community Wealth Ventures and has long been a kee...
“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.” Harry McPherson’s Memorial Service
On Friday morning, my colleague Chuck Scofield and I walked over to Saint John’s Church across from the White House for...
A glimmer of unity rather than division: political lessons from No Kid Hungry
Today’s headlines report the retirement of Maine’s Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, widely seen as one of the last of the...
Remembering Harry McPherson
I always felt that having lunch with Harry McPherson was like having the History Channel to myself for two hours...
Can you afford to not do advocacy?
A new study backs up what Share Our Strength has learned through the success of its No Kid Hungry campaig...