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23 January 2011
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An economic and political climate that calls out for creating community wealth

A recent Chronicle of Philanthropy article (http://philanthropy.com/article/Nonprofits-Seek-Ways-to-Cope/125838/?sid=&utm_source=&utm_medium=en) about the economic peril facing most nonprofits begins as below and essentially makes...

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23 January 2011
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Keynoting The Haiti Fund lunch

I had the great honor on Friday of keynoting a lunch at the Parker House Hotel in Boston to commemorate...

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12 January 2011
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“Deep Poverty” is deeper than we thought

After writing the previous post about the failure of our political leaders to address poverty,  I asked our friend and colleague Stacy Dea...

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09 January 2011
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More Poverty, Less Concern

Bob Herbert’s column in Saturday’s NY Times about the increase in poverty America but the decrease in concern about i...

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06 January 2011
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When Non-Profits Are Their Own Worst Enemy

Today’s New York Times has a prominent article in the business section (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/business/06charity.html?_r=1&ref=business) featuring nonprofit complaints that the Pepsi Refresh...

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03 January 2011
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A New Year Marked by Boldness and Accountability

We spent the last days of 2010 at Goose Rocks Beach in Maine where we aspired to be as lazy...

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28 December 2010
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Bonus incentives to states for No Kid Hungry gains?

Yesterday’s NY Times included this story: (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/health/policy/27medicaid.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=medicaid%20bonus&st=cse) which I think both affirms the strategic wisdom of Share Our Strength’s approach to ending...

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21 December 2010
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My list of Top Ten Lessons of 2010

It’s been an amazing year for Share Our Strength, and worth reflecting on any learning’s to be taken from our...

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20 December 2010
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The military’s green revolution and the imaginations of unreasonable men

Tom Friedman’s recent column in the NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/opinion/19friedman.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage) about how the U.S. Navy is reducing its dependence on foreig...