Monday, July 16, 2012

Woody Guthrie and the power of bearing witness

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You may have seen some of the references in the press over the weekend to the 100th birthday on July 14 of folk singer and songwriter Woody ...
Monday, June 4, 2012

Supposed to inspire them, but they inspired me instead

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My morning at Bronx Community College as commencement speaker last Friday was filled with surprises. (speech @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend at Goose Rocks Beach

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This weekend we returned to Goose Rocks Beach in Maine for our tenth summer and as always, almost nothing had changed. Our neighbor’s two re...
Monday, May 21, 2012

"So Rich, So Poor" Important New Book on Poverty in America

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May 29 is the official publication date for an important new book called So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty In America. It wa...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Sounds of Silence: Are Nonprofits Too Passive About Public Policy?

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Last week the House of Representatives passed the budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on a party line vote. In one ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

No Kid Hungry and the human capital needed for national security

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One of the strongest arguments for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign is coming from one of the most surprising places: The Cou...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Mario Morino on the fiscal crisis facing nonprofits and the need to rethink and reinvent

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 More than 15 years ago Mario Morino was the first investor in Community Wealth Ventures and has long been a keen and candid observer of the...