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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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...