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Our Quote of the Week captures Sargent Shriver’s ability to visualize a society in which we could move beyond the trappings of our identities to focus on our common humanity.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our Quote of the Week captures Sargent Shriver’s ability to visualize a society in which we could move beyond the trappings of our identities to focus on our common humanity.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/remembe...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/remembe...
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Great project! AmeriCorps VISTAs and Elon alumni make an impact with ‘It Takes A Village Project’ #service www.elon.edu/u/news/2025/...
AmeriCorp VISTAs and Elon alumni make an impact with ‘It Takes A Village Project’
Behind Elon's
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November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Great project! AmeriCorps VISTAs and Elon alumni make an impact with ‘It Takes A Village Project’ #service www.elon.edu/u/news/2025/...
Our Quote of the Week encourages us to step up and find ways to address the economic hardship that some of our neighbors face. It is a message with particular urgency today as the ongoing government shutdown threatens the welfare of more and more Americans.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our Quote of the Week encourages us to step up and find ways to address the economic hardship that some of our neighbors face. It is a message with particular urgency today as the ongoing government shutdown threatens the welfare of more and more Americans.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/take-an...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/take-an...
Head Start programs in over 40 states are at risk of closing because the government shutdown is blocking their funding. Tell your congressional representatives that they MUST protect Head Start! nhsa.org/take-action/
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Speak up for Head Start! Email Your Members of Congress
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October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Head Start programs in over 40 states are at risk of closing because the government shutdown is blocking their funding. Tell your congressional representatives that they MUST protect Head Start! nhsa.org/take-action/
Pleased to know that these Foster Grandparents programs are alive and well and helping communities to thrive. The program came about as part of the War on Poverty and continues to connect seniors with young people in meaningful ways.
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Foster grandparents bridge generations to build stronger community
is part of a collective of generation changers who are changing the way we view humanity.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Pleased to know that these Foster Grandparents programs are alive and well and helping communities to thrive. The program came about as part of the War on Poverty and continues to connect seniors with young people in meaningful ways.
catholictimescolumbus.org/news/the-cat...
catholictimescolumbus.org/news/the-cat...
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Nearly a month into the shutdown, pressure is mounting on air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay.
In the 2019 shutdown, a staffing shortage of controllers led to major disruptions at airports on the East Coast — and may have hastened a funding deal to reopen the government.
In the 2019 shutdown, a staffing shortage of controllers led to major disruptions at airports on the East Coast — and may have hastened a funding deal to reopen the government.
Air traffic controllers helped end the last government shutdown, and may again
A shortage of air traffic controllers may have played a role in ending the last government shutdown in 2019. U.S airlines are once again bracing for possible delays in commercial aviation.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Nearly a month into the shutdown, pressure is mounting on air traffic controllers, who are required to work without pay.
In the 2019 shutdown, a staffing shortage of controllers led to major disruptions at airports on the East Coast — and may have hastened a funding deal to reopen the government.
In the 2019 shutdown, a staffing shortage of controllers led to major disruptions at airports on the East Coast — and may have hastened a funding deal to reopen the government.
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Washington Community Action Agencies Highlight Rising Need as Nearly One Million Washingtonians Face SNAP Cliff
WSCAP, the largest non-state human services network in WA, collectively assist 700,000 Washingtonians & reinvest $750 million into economies annually.
drive.google.com/file/d/1P-17...
WSCAP, the largest non-state human services network in WA, collectively assist 700,000 Washingtonians & reinvest $750 million into economies annually.
drive.google.com/file/d/1P-17...
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Washington Community Action Agencies Highlight Rising Need as Nearly One Million Washingtonians Face SNAP Cliff
WSCAP, the largest non-state human services network in WA, collectively assist 700,000 Washingtonians & reinvest $750 million into economies annually.
drive.google.com/file/d/1P-17...
WSCAP, the largest non-state human services network in WA, collectively assist 700,000 Washingtonians & reinvest $750 million into economies annually.
drive.google.com/file/d/1P-17...
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
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October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Our Quote of the Week hits home in more ways than one as we look back on the US Congress’ past ability to enact bold, innovative legislation, and its willingness to put the welfare of people above politics. www.sargentshriver.org/blog/remembe...
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our Quote of the Week hits home in more ways than one as we look back on the US Congress’ past ability to enact bold, innovative legislation, and its willingness to put the welfare of people above politics. www.sargentshriver.org/blog/remembe...
Our Quote of the Week is an affirmation that for peace to be sustained, we must recognize each other’s humanity and respect our interconnectedness. It also reminds us of the life-and-death stakes of ignoring our connection to each other.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/what-is...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/what-is...
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our Quote of the Week is an affirmation that for peace to be sustained, we must recognize each other’s humanity and respect our interconnectedness. It also reminds us of the life-and-death stakes of ignoring our connection to each other.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/what-is...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/what-is...
"I would like to see the day when the tribal council has a real say in the makeup of a tribal budget—not just an approval after the fact, not just the right to come begging for this-or-that—but the right to say: This is my money, this is my heritage, this is my land."
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Address to the National Conference of American Indians
If the poverty program means anything, it means that neither separation nor assimilation is for the White man to decide. That is the Indian's choice: to live on the reservation or off, to plan for…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"I would like to see the day when the tribal council has a real say in the makeup of a tribal budget—not just an approval after the fact, not just the right to come begging for this-or-that—but the right to say: This is my money, this is my heritage, this is my land."
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Our Quote of the Week captures the physical and spiritual elements that connect us all as human beings. His words remind us that it is our responsibility to engage in this struggle for dignity and humanity, for ourselves and for each other.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Our Quote of the Week captures the physical and spiritual elements that connect us all as human beings. His words remind us that it is our responsibility to engage in this struggle for dignity and humanity, for ourselves and for each other.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/a-revol...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/a-revol...
Our Quote of the Week asserts that the country needs political leaders who operate in the people’s best interests. www.sargentshriver.org/blog/this-co...
October 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our Quote of the Week asserts that the country needs political leaders who operate in the people’s best interests. www.sargentshriver.org/blog/this-co...
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Remembering Jane Goodall, a servant leader and a steward of the planet. May she rest in peace.
Remembering Jane Goodall, a servant leader and a steward of the planet. May she rest in peace.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Remembering Jane Goodall, a servant leader and a steward of the planet. May she rest in peace.
Remembering Jane Goodall, a servant leader and a steward of the planet. May she rest in peace.
Our Quote of the Week reminds us that in moments of great transition, we must tap into the power of the principles on which the United States was founded, ...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Our Quote of the Week reminds us that in moments of great transition, we must tap into the power of the principles on which the United States was founded, ...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/rising-...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/rising-...
Our Quote of the Week is a call for us to embody the values behind the American Revolution—protecting every human being's basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and demanding that our leaders govern justly.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shaping...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shaping...
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our Quote of the Week is a call for us to embody the values behind the American Revolution—protecting every human being's basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and demanding that our leaders govern justly.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shaping...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shaping...
Our Quote of the Week prompts us to pause for a moment of much-needed self reflection.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Our Quote of the Week prompts us to pause for a moment of much-needed self reflection.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/a-refle...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/a-refle...
Our Quote of the Week sounds eerily familiar as the US continues to treat other nations and its own citizens as opponents, while ignoring the true needs of local communities.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/we-need...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/we-need...
September 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our Quote of the Week sounds eerily familiar as the US continues to treat other nations and its own citizens as opponents, while ignoring the true needs of local communities.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/we-need...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/we-need...
Check out our favorite Shriver #laborday speech, "The Resurgence of Labor - Workers and the Quality of Life in America."
"The voice of labor calls upon us to humanize American life. It calls upon us to make the productive machine once again an extension of man instead of the reverse."
"The voice of labor calls upon us to humanize American life. It calls upon us to make the productive machine once again an extension of man instead of the reverse."
"The Resurgence of Labor - Workers and the Quality of Life in America"
...the history of the Democratic Party has been closely linked to the history of American labor. The fortunes of the Democratic Party have risen and fallen with the fortunes of the American working…
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September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Check out our favorite Shriver #laborday speech, "The Resurgence of Labor - Workers and the Quality of Life in America."
"The voice of labor calls upon us to humanize American life. It calls upon us to make the productive machine once again an extension of man instead of the reverse."
"The voice of labor calls upon us to humanize American life. It calls upon us to make the productive machine once again an extension of man instead of the reverse."
"From Sargent Shriver's 1965 "Special Convocation of George Peabody College" speech:
"We already have the ability to eradicate red measles, responsible for brain inflammation and mental retardation in one in a thousand cases affected by the disease."
"We already have the ability to eradicate red measles, responsible for brain inflammation and mental retardation in one in a thousand cases affected by the disease."
Special Convocation of George Peabody College
We are here to insure that the inner space explorers will achieve the results in Seventies and the Eighties that the outer space explorers have achieved in the Fifties and Sixties.
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August 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"From Sargent Shriver's 1965 "Special Convocation of George Peabody College" speech:
"We already have the ability to eradicate red measles, responsible for brain inflammation and mental retardation in one in a thousand cases affected by the disease."
"We already have the ability to eradicate red measles, responsible for brain inflammation and mental retardation in one in a thousand cases affected by the disease."
"Where's our compassion? We've got to get that back. It's up to us."
August 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Where's our compassion? We've got to get that back. It's up to us."
Our Quote of the Week recognizes that in our society, we must have economic opportunity in order to feel "hopeful". We share these words ahead of Labor Day as a nod to the millions who are unemployed and underemployed in the United States today.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our Quote of the Week recognizes that in our society, we must have economic opportunity in order to feel "hopeful". We share these words ahead of Labor Day as a nod to the millions who are unemployed and underemployed in the United States today.
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shriver...
www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shriver...
Had a blast at a Community Action screening of American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver in Bastrop, Texas. Thanks to Karen Walpole of Combined Community Action, Inc for organizing the fabulous outing and the insightful discussion that followed.
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Had a blast at a Community Action screening of American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver in Bastrop, Texas. Thanks to Karen Walpole of Combined Community Action, Inc for organizing the fabulous outing and the insightful discussion that followed.