Met with Francesca Peterson, who is the co-executive director for INTO (Illuminating Nations Through Offering an Opportunity). A “fair trade” organizaiton, INTO purchases crafts artisans make in their homes in rural Ecuador. Ms. Peterson said the crafts are then marketed … Continue reading
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Went to a talk on “globalization” by Oberlin College professor Steve Crowley last night. Professor Crowley said that after WWII, the U.S. had a tremendous glut of manufactured items and needed wider markets. Consequently, American media started beaming into other … Continue reading
Our family did some volunteer work at the Catholic Worker’s “Storefront” on Cleveland’s near west side last night. One man told me he came here from Cuba in the early ’80s when Jimmy Carter’s administration allowed some 21,000 people from … Continue reading
I’m working on a column about a program we researched recently at the University of Dayton. The Chaminade Program at UD is designed to get students thinking about career more in terms of “vocation,” than merely just another secular job. … Continue reading
Met with a group of Catholic Workers on Cleveland’s near west side who recenly staged a rather fascinating protest. (The Catholic Workers here have a “House of Hospitality” for the homeless in the city.) For the grand opening of an … Continue reading
Talked with Meagan Kresge today on Cleveland’s near westside. She is a staunch anti-nuclear activist who traveled to Japan last year to participate in an International Walk for Peace in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 59th anniversary of the atomic … Continue reading
Played baseball with our Joseph, 7, in a rather wide alley near our place close to Cleveland’s inner city. While throwing him some grounders, the ball skirted over broken glass and took all kinds of hops on the gravel. Joseph, … Continue reading
Talked with archtect Paul Kapczuk Jr. about “affordable housing” initiatives in Cleveland. Mr. Kapczuk said the Cuyahoga Count Community Land Trust buys properties throughout the city, helps rehab them, then offers them at affordable prices to relatively low income people … Continue reading
According to an Associated Press article today, climate scientists agree global warming is happening and believe that if carbond dioxide and other heat-trapping emissions continue to grow, as expected, things could spin “out of our control.” So what do we … Continue reading
Was doing some research in the book Bread for the World tonight. It said in the early ’60s President John F. Kennedy made two far reaching goals: 1) To land a person on the moon by the end of the … Continue reading