Aug 2023
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!
Aug
04
Shriver on Voting Rights
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week is in celebration of the 58th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which President Lyndon Johnson signed into law on August 6, 1965. Sargent Shriver's 1970 Address at the Polish American Congress Convention is both specific in its inclusion of references to Polish...
Aug
11
Poverty "menaces each of us"
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week reminds us that many of the societal fears, concerns, and costs that we deal with are rooted in the fact that we allow poverty to persist. Whether we ourselves have ever had to deal with economic insecurity or not, poverty has a destructive impact on all of us. On...
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