Dear Friends, Our May monthly conference call was on Wednesday, May 8th. It featured Joanne Carter, Executive Director of RESULTS, Inc. and Ken Patterson, Global Grassroots Manager for RESULTS. The mission of RESULTS is to create the public and political will to end poverty by empowering individuals to exercise their personal and political power for …
Dear Friends, I am delighted to be participating this year in the international RESULTS conference in Washington D.C. As a board member of RESULTS, I am very proud of the amazing work they do in helping to create the political will to end the worst ravages of hunger and poverty throughout the world. I will …
An OP-ED from The Los Angeles Times. February 15, 2013 Universal background checks for gun buyers are at the center of President Obama’s proposed gun-control agenda. This is a valuable reform that closes gaping loopholes in our current partial background check system. Yet, to be both effective at reducing crime and respectful of Americans’ 2nd …
By Marianne Williamson Presidential campaigns are exhausting. Once they’re over, we all heave a sigh of relief that we have our lives back, the constant emails and news reports no longer harangue us, and the topic even turns at times to something else entirely. According to comedian Will Rogers, at the end of every campaign …
by Marianne Williamson Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we’re often under informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both. Issues are presented to us wrapped in the illusion that we really have much choice in the matter, the issue having first been processed by a …
After the horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary, we have much to think about both spiritually and politically. The problem of violence in America is obviously a multi-dimensional issue with many root causes, and it will take all of our efforts – both individually and collectively – to create the peaceful world in which such …
