"Break Your Mirrors"
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Break Your Mirrors

In a 1994 address at Yale, Sargent Shriver gave this call to action: "Break Your Mirrors!" What did he mean, and how can we heed his call?

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Sarge w/ JFK

Peace Corps

Sargent Shriver was the person President Kennedy turned to to make his grand vision of the Peace Corps a reality.

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Shriver Meets with LBJ

War on Poverty

Lyndon Johnson asked Sargent Shriver to lead the War on Poverty. Sarge created a series of programs that continue to serve Americans today.

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Sarge Reaching Out

Ambassador to France

In 1968, Sargent Shriver was appointed US Ambassador to France. 

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Sargent Shriver Celebrates With Special Olympics Athletes

Special Olympics

Eunice Shriver, Sarge's wife, created Special Olympics. Sarge played central roles in the organization throughout his life.

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Shriver and Young Men

Poverty Law

At attorney by trade, Sargent Shriver made legal services a priority in his work. He created and inspired programs to aid those with few legal resources gain justice.

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Sarge and Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights

Sargent Shriver believed that all men and women are created equal. He therefore fought for civil rights throughout his career.

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Mon Jan 14 06:00:00 EST 2019 Mon Jan 14 06:00:00 EST 2019

Creating the Conditions for a Secure Existence

by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

Our Quote of the Week reminds us that our technology and human advancements have made us more interconnected and sophisticated than ever before. In such a "seamless world," physical barriers such as border walls are not the ultimate solution for ensuring security. Rather, we must...

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Mon Jan 07 06:00:00 EST 2019 Mon Jan 07 06:00:00 EST 2019

A Spirit of Cooperation

by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

We begin 2019 with a Quote of the Week that sets an intention for the year ahead: to work with others in a spirit of cooperation, and with a commitment to our fundamental principles of achieving dignity, justice, and equality for all. From our personal dealings with others to the work that lays...

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Mon Dec 24 06:43:00 EST 2018 Mon Dec 24 06:43:00 EST 2018

Opportunity: a Powerful Word

by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

For the final Quote of the Week in our poverty series, we're lingering on a word that was central for Sargent Shriver, and is also relevant for us as 2018 comes to a close: opportunity.It's important to recall that the office Sargent Shriver created for the War on Poverty was called the Office of...

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We now belong to a seamless world separated only by barriers chosen or created by our ancestors, before the revolutions in communications, in travel, in economics, and in military weaponry made all those old barriers useless and even poisonous for all human beings. In the New World, recognition of our common existence is the precondition of a secure existence.

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