12/11/06
I mentioned in an earlier post that my daughter Sarah is reading the book: 25 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save Energy. She recently read me: “If you replace just one regular bulb with a compact fluorescent … Continue reading →
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12/9/06
I attended a talk at the Cleveland Catholic Worker House last night on Human Trafficking (Slavery in the 21st Century). The presenter, Sherry Watts, said a staggering 2 to 3 million people are “trafficked” every year in the world. … Continue reading →
12/4/06
I gave a talk to the Sacred Heart Church Social Justice Committee in Oberlin, Ohio, this last week. Sacred Heart is one of 10 churches in Lorain County to sign onto the Intefaith Hospitality Network to help the homeless. … Continue reading →
12/2/04
I gave a talk on Finding Common Ground in Politics at the Oberlin, Ohio, “Peace Potluck” tonight. During the Q & A period, people from the audience talked about their protests at the School of the Americas, their work … Continue reading →
11/27/06
My daughter Sarah, 11, is reading: 25 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save Energy (Earth Works Press). She read to me today that if every homeowner in the U.S. cut back their thermostat 6 degrees, we would save … Continue reading →
11/23/06
Thanksgiving Day: Last night our family went to a drop-in center for the homeless in Cleveland. While there, I met with Carl Cook who is the director of Project Save. It is an agency made up of … Continue reading →
11/19/06
Our family attended a prayer vigil/protest at an inner city church in Cleveland today. The protest is against the “School of the Americas” in Ft. Benning, Georgia, where it is purported that military from around the world are trained … Continue reading →
11/18/06
I campaigned in Twinsburg, Ohio, today, passing out flyers, talking to people. One man said he lived in nearby Remindersville, Ohio. I told him to ‘remind’ everyone there that I was running. (Sorry.) ‘Ohiocana’ Note: Remindersville … Continue reading →
11/17/06
I wrote a letter to the editor of several rural Ohio newspapers this week explaining about a “church farm” that we’d researched in Neola, Iowa, during Campaign 2000. An area farmer there left his 400-acre farm to St. Patrick’s … Continue reading →
11/15/06
I gave a talk to a prayer group at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Cuyahoga Falls last night. During the talk, I shared the following: While in the border town of Juarez, Mexico, we toured a slum … Continue reading →