Blog
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!
Oct
06
Putting the Government on Our Side
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
"Common existence at home starts with putting the government -- as the expression of our common will-- on the side of the consumer, the taxpayer, the individual and the community. Government must abandon those tasks that individuals, families, and neighborhoods can do for themselves. But it...
Sep
29
The Resurgence of Labor
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
"With the resurgence of labor, I believe we see a reassertion of a great tradition of progressive politics--- a tradition which includes men and women, black and white, immigrant and citizen. I believe we see the reassertion of a grand coalition of reform."Sargent Shriver | September 7,...
Sep
22
"The challenge of the Peace Corps"
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
"They asked me to talk about 'the challenge of the Peace Corps'. The challenge is simple to express, difficult to fulfill: PCVs, stay as you are ... be servants of peace ... work at home as you have worked abroad, humbly, persistently, intelligently."Sargent Shriver | Washington, DC&...
Sep
15
"The central moral problem of our republic"
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
"Today again the problem of racial wrongs and racial hatreds is the central moral problem of our republic."Sargent Shriver | Chicago, IL | January 15, 1963Our Quote of the Week marks the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, a violent chapter...
Sep
08
Legal Services: "Establishing the rule of in lawless territory"
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week captures the intrepid spirit of Legal Services attorneys who, during the War on Poverty, were charged with providing civil legal assistance to individuals who were not able to afford at attorney. Sargent Shriver spoke these words during the Address to the Illinois State...
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...
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...
Jul
28
"One paycheck away from significant economic hardship..."
by Sargent Shriver Peace Institute
Our Quote of the Week highlights one of the cruel realities for those who are struggling economically: that there are those who seek to exploit this struggle for their own advantage.Sargent Shriver spoke these words in 1980 during his Address at the National Meeting of the Campaign for Human...
