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by Nathaniel Batchelder The Sunday Oklahoman, 7/3/05 Representatives of the G-8 nations – developed countries in a position to radically alter world poverty – will meet in Scotland this week to discuss collaboration on global issues. They have a chance to implement simple and cost-effective policies that will save millions of lives, restore hope to the poorest people in the world and actually enhance global security. Some 29,000 people, mostly [...] Continue reading US Must Boost Aid to Poor Whatever we spend money on multiplies. When you spend money at WALMART or STARBUCKS, they open new stores. When you shop at local outlets — and local coffee shops — your money multiplies local spending and businesses. In his book Eat Here, Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket, Brian Halweil points out that local crops bring more dollars to the local economy than imported crops, stating: “A study by [...] Continue reading Buy Local to Build the Local Economy When the Oklahoma Observer arrives, I peruse it gratefully, impressed twice a month by the persistence it represents. Frosty and Helen Troy exemplify the principle that each of us must do what we can to bring the possibilities described by all the prophets into being. As Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero said, “Everyone can do something.” There are many arenas needing action: Some do RELIEF work … delivering as they can [...] Continue reading One Newspaper at a Time A little sermonizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15 and died on April 4th. Between those dates we might all reflect upon our dreams for the world. Here are mine. With all the world’s failings and shortcomings, I still have a dream. It’s partly about hunger and poverty: I have a dream that, one day, every sister and brother on earth will have reasonable access to the [...] Continue reading Pharaohs in America Sleet and cold did not stop 300 stalwart activists from showing up Sunday afternoon to listen to words from community leaders and walk together encircling the Murrah National Memorial. Live music by Mary Reynolds, Louise Goldberg and James Collins warmed hearts before a welcoming by MC Nathaniel Batchelder. Episcopal Bishop Shannon Mallory spoke to humanity’s calling as people of faith to serve “the least of these” whether they be [...] Continue reading We Walked for Peace “This IS a world in which assistance to the poorest woman and child on the planet is not only the right thing to do, but is integral to our survival as a species.” In 1990, some 40,000 children died every day from preventable disease and malnutrition. Today, just 30,000 children die every day from preventable disease and malnutrition. That 25% reduction in world child death rates resulted from citizen activism [...] Continue reading Seeds of Hope: Ending Hunger & Poverty IS Possible Peace Strategy Newspaper May/June, 1998 Of all human frailties and transgressions, none is a greater threat to peace or Nature today than the human attraction to opulence. The earth is abundant, and might provide sufficiency for everyone. But it cannot provide opulence on a scale enjoyed by the rich, and desired by most everyone else. Other journals have expressed the concern that if all nations consumed at the rate per [...] Continue reading Deadly Opulence |
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