Dan Kremer, an organic farmer in Yorkshire, Ohio, just sent me something from the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. It was titled: Eating Is A Moral Act. One of the issues raised was: “Supporting fair wages and healthy … Continue reading
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I’ve been doing some interior house painting at a place on 38th St. here on and off the past couple weeks. The people who own the place are extremely peace and social justice oriented. While many homeowners have … Continue reading
The NY Times carried a front page story on Delray Beach, Fla., which they dubbed: “The Oasis of Sobriety.” The reason for this is because of Delray’s “compact geography and critical mass of recovering people.” There are recovering … Continue reading
During a campaign leg in California, I told CBS News in Monterey that to heal the country, you have to heal the family. I am a former counselor who worked extensively with family system dynamics. If a child … Continue reading
Average JoeOhio Tour cont.: While in Bluffton, we stayed on Dan and Cindy Basinger’s farm. Dan told me he’d recently read a story about a rock singer who converted to Christianity. He was sitting in a pew … Continue reading
I gave a talk yesterday (link to copy of speech) to a full school assembly (including some adults) at St. Mary’s Church in Jackson, Tennessee (pop. 40,000). I had our Sarah, 10, and Joseph, 8, stand by my side. I … Continue reading
We stopped at Holy Resurrection, a Byzantine Catholic Monastery out in the desert in Newberry Springs, California. After attending early evening prayers with the Fathers here, we were invited to dinner. It was a simple fare of spinach sandwhiches, salad … Continue reading
We have finished the Farm Worker Tour leg in California, which was phase four of a four and a half month campaign tour at this point. And we are now headed back across the country… Today on Rte 46 West … Continue reading
In honor of Cezar Chavez Day today, I worked on a position paper about farm worker issues this morning. One of the points I make in the paper is that our administration would push to make this a National Holiday … Continue reading
The kids and I went to a talk last night by Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) with Cesar Chavez. To about 350 people at the University of California at Monterey Bay World Theatre, Ms. Huerta … Continue reading