Two Prayers for Children
Oh God Hear the cries of Your children everywhere Ravaged by violence, poverty, racism, sexism, abuse and hatred Scared, labeled, arrested and imprisoned unjustly Ignored [...]
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Helping Hunger Take a Summer Break
Summer is right around the corner marking the end of another school year. But summer break this year has been disrupted for millions of children [...]
Read MoreWonderful New York City Mayor David Dinkins
“I tell people I’m in charge of children, children I haven’t even met yet.” --Mayor David Dinkins My wonderful friend, devoted child advocate and groundbreaking [...]
Read MorePrayers for Mother’s Day
Edmond McDonald wrote: “When God wants an important thing done in this world or a wrong righted, He goes about it in a very singular [...]
Read MoreHope for Millions of Children on the Horizon
President Biden’s April 28th address to a joint Congress called for an overdue investment in families and children with his American Families Plan. He listed [...]
Read MoreStill Not Resting
“Another life taken. Another public lynching. Another news story. Another act of recorded Black death . . . [This death] is not an anomaly, but [...]
Read MoreThank You, Sister Simone Campbell!
In March Sister Simone Campbell stepped down as Executive Director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, the organization she led for 16 years that [...]
Read MoreThis Is Not Normal
On April 8 President Biden announced a series of executive actions to curb America’s gun violence epidemic that kills a child or teen every 2 [...]
Read MoreA Season for Hope and Just Action
Passover and Easter celebrations are times of joyous sacredness with family and community rituals centered on the promises of deliverance, new hope, and rebirth—promises we [...]
Read MoreA Much Deserved Recognition of My Big Brother Harry
The Herald-Advocate in Bennettsville, S.C., recently published this wonderful tribute to my brother on his birthday, and I wanted to share it with you: The [...]
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