May 2021
On our blog, we share our Quote of the Week as well as other insights about our work and about our community. As our society continues to struggle with some of the same issues that Sargent Shriver focused on -- poverty, racism, inequality, war -- we believe it's important to share our stories with each other. Do you have a story to share about Sargent Shriver or about one of the issues he cared about? Share your story with us by emailing it to info@sargentshriver.org. Maybe we'll post it here!
May
03
Examining Poverty and Health Care
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week highlights a profound irony about health care in the United States: that we have mastered the most advanced procedures and refined some of the most groundbreaking technologies in health care, but that we have not bothered to extend the most basic care to those who are...
May
04
Health Care and the Trouble with Borders
Our Quote of the Week highlights a reality that has been laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic: that ensuring the health and well-being of people must involve a level of collaboration that is more powerful than any local policy and that transcends political borders.Speaking at the 1997 World Health...
May
17
What Can Change the World Today?
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week makes a simple but profound declaration that the main weapons wielded by the powerful -- money and violence -- will ultimately not effect meaningful, social change. It is only by implementing bold, human-centered ideas that we can truly make a difference for the...
May
24
The "Rule of Law" and Racial Justice
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week reminds us that although law and policy play a role in protecting the rights of people, it is our intentions and our will that will ultimately ensure equality, equity, and racial justice. In January 1963, an interfaith group of spiritual leaders from around the country,...
May
31
What Our Fallen Soldiers Taught Us
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week marks Memorial Day with a tribute to fallen soldiers and a reminder that we must work together to build a more peaceful world.Speaking at a memorial service at Verdun1, France in 1968, Sargent Shriver reflected on the incalculable losses of war. During the speech, Sargent...
