We have come to the Open Door Community near the heart of urban Atlanta, Georgia, to look at poverty issues. The Open Door is a Catholic Worker Community that takes in the homeless and also provides regular meals and … Continue reading →
In remembrance of the anniversary of Bloody Sunday 1965, which was honored today in Selma, Alabama, my son Jonathan and I went to the King Center in Atlanta. A tribute to the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the … Continue reading →
I met with Alterna’s Anton Flores one more time before leaving LaGrange. (Alterna, again, is a small community of Hispanic immigrants living in a cluster of homes on one block here.) As part of Flores’s work with Alterna, … Continue reading →
Three young couples from Texas, Iowa and Ohio, respectively, have come to LaGrange, Georgia, as part of a MissionYear Project. They are volunteering for the Alterna Community here, which is a cluster of homes set up for immigrant … Continue reading →
I met with Hispanic social activist Anton Flores for a second time Wednesday in LaGrange, Georgia. He said a key to the immigration issue is looking at the systemic issues behind the poverty and violence that drives many people … Continue reading →
I was interviewed by the LaGrange Daily News the other day. I said to reporter Joel Martin that in some areas I would be viewed as quite liberal, while in other areas I would be viewed as quite conservative … Continue reading →
We toured a Habitat for Humanity “ReStore” in LaGrange, Georgia, today. While there, I interviewed store employee Zach Maxon and store manager Donna Weathers. I learned the ReStore is a second hand store for construction material. … Continue reading →
We met with a group of Hispanic immigrant families who are all part of the Alterna Project in LaGrange Tuesday night. They live in a cluster of homes on Jefferson Street here as part of a “housing co-op.” … Continue reading →
Our “Georgia On My Mind Tour” continues… We stumped at Charlie Joseph’s Restaurant in downtown La Grange during lunch hour. A small Mom & Pop restaurant that has been around since 1920, and in the family for four … Continue reading →
We’re in motion on yet another series of tours for Campaign 2012… Heading south on I-75 through Tennessee, we saw a billboard that simply read: Less Speed. Less Pollution… We make it a point of driving … Continue reading →