Today’s poverty-related book of the day is Do Unto Others by Samuel Oliner. Check out the overview: “In Do Unto Others, Holocaust survivor and sociologist Samuel Oliner explores what gives an individual a sense of social responsibility, what leads to the development of care and compassion, and what it means to put the welfare of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Walk Against Hunger in Connecticut
On Sunday, May 4th, I will be volunteering at Foodshare’s Walk Against Hunger. If you will be in Connecticut and could make it to the walk site in Hartford, then please do. If you want to go and volunteer with me, just tell me as soon as you can. (You can contact me by email […]
First World Hunger: Food Security and Welfare Politics
Today’s poverty-related book of the day is First World Hunger: Food Security and Welfare Politics by Graham Riches. Here is the overview: “Hunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies. Hunger is now publicly acceptable despite undermining common standards of human decency and abrogating the basic right of people to adequate food as […]
Poverty Book of the Day: Growing Up Empty
I have decided to start a book of the day series on this blog. Each day for the rest of the month, I intend to make a post about a poverty-related book that interests me. I have not read any of these books yet. (If I had, I would have already posted about them when […]
Global Food Crisis Now an Emergency
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, “The rapidly escalating crisis of food availability around the world has reached emergency proportions.” Rising prices have already raised the costs of the WFP’s current operations from $500 million to $755 million. I assume the inflation comes from the rising price of energy, which has risen from increased demand […]
Getting Young People More Involved in Activism
Throughout my unprofessional studies of history and geopolitics, I have come to the conclusion that young people tend to start, push and lead the most effective and positive social movements. For example, consider the hippies, yippies, and such in the United States, namely in the 60s and 70s. I believe young people tend to have […]