Tag: poverty
group name: makeadifference
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March 16, 2006 12:56 AM EST --
In my church journaling group we have been exercising with little assignments to chronicle our faith during Lent. This week's exercise was to make a list of sufferings of Job, of our own, of Jesus . . . more
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April 04, 2008 04:38 PM EDT --
(From NYtimes.com) MEMPHIS — Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a cabinet-level poverty czar and John McCain said he was wrong to vote a quarter century ago against a federal holiday in memory . . . more
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December 04, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
I made a new friend the other day.
I had walked to the drugstore. I always walk, if I can avoid driving. I don't like to give my money to the oil companies and I can use the exercise. . . . more
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July 27, 2007 11:39 AM EDT --
WASHINGTON – More than 200 ACORN members from a half-dozen states joined thousands at the Capitol July 24 to celebrate a long-overdue increase in the minimum wage – and to demand further hikes . . . more
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December 02, 2006 11:06 AM EST --
I read a very inspiring and informative speech last night by John Edwards. If you've read some of my other posts, you know I've made no secret that he's my presidential candidate, if . . . more
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June 20, 2007 06:25 PM EDT --
This week the newly “Independent” Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, unveiled the key initiative of his Center for Economic Opportunity. It is called “Opportunity NYC” . . . more
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May 21, 2007 10:51 PM EDT --
Most of you have seen the commercial on TV seeking donations for the care and treatment of children fighting cancer. The haunting look in their eyes has brought me to tears every time I see it. I see my . . . more
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October 15, 2007 10:09 PM EDT --
On World Food Day, October 16, why not do something that will really help alleviate hunger: Go vegan. Approximately 40 million tons of food is needed to eliminate the most extreme cases of world hunger; . . . more
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December 30, 2006 03:22 AM EST --
The food pantry was steady with a sad stream of people, though not really busy during the week after Christmas. As we were open only two days a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, that made the day after Christmas . . . more
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April 26, 2007 01:24 AM EDT --
Tonight's episode of American Idol was a charity fundraiser to provide aid to people in the US and Africa. During the show tonight, I was brought to tears many times. Often we do not realize . . . more
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November 12, 2007 03:16 AM EST --
The death of an 11 year old girl made headline to a National Newspaper last Thursday in the Philippines. Mariannet Amper committed suicide inside her family's shanty shocked the whole nation and brought . . . more
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June 22, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
When European leaders gather in Belgium this week, they might not be so pleased to see thousands of those who protested during the G8 Summit in Germany chasing them too on the streets of Brussels and asking . . . more
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July 12, 2006 09:43 AM EDT --
There are both certain times and particular places where I grow angry to the extent that I am uncomfortable with myself. I value feeling the range of human emotions, for this makes me feel . . . more
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July 14, 2006 03:07 PM EDT --
In reading this book I began to ask myself why even now, given the multitude of current and past governments that have committed atrocities, it is the Khmer Rouge that touches my most sensitive . . . more
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February 22, 2006 07:41 PM EST --
Black but yet clean
Thin and yet weak
Listlessly lifting their limbs
Moving ever so slowly
Seeking just nourishment to live
Surrounded by famine
Yet surrounded by a world of abundance
Crying for . . . more
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October 09, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
My son turned 19 yesterday and as I pondered his life I was filled with pride at the realization that he has become very interested and concerned with the human condition. But as with youth throughout . . . more
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October 19, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Every year since world leaders signed the Millennium Declaration committing to meet eight world-changing goals by 2015, mass rallies have been held around the globe to remind governments of their commitments . . . more
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September 18, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
There is a proposed moratorium on fast food eateries as a way to cut down obesity rates in South Los Angles. But this idea has its taxpayers asking:
Is this really the right way for the government . . . more
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July 16, 2008 01:26 PM EDT --
I chose to use Shakespeare's famous line for the title of my article because it seems many among the wealthiest Americans believe taxes are tantamount to suicide. And it is this misguided attitude . . . more
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December 07, 2007 01:09 PM EST --
This holiday season, we at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals hope caring people will extend compassion and generosity to poor people and abused animals in India by becoming an Animal Rahat . . . more
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