Lets Celebrate AmeriCorps Week March 13-18th
Watch some of the highlights from Members of Project CHANGE as they sum up their service year. This is the class of 2014.
AmeriCorps Montgomery
"locals serving locals for over 25 years."
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News & Updates
The forgotten woman behind International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is here again, and with it the opportunity to highlight women’s contributions to history, society and politics — and, of course, to sell stuff. But how did the day get started? Some point to Russian communist roots; others…..
“Stalin’s Heirs” a poem
Weeks before the 1962 Cuban crisis, an elderly Robert Frost met Nikita Khrushchev in Russia and Khrushchev asked Frost to deliver a message of good will to JFK. At the very same time, Khrushchev had personally ordered missiles to Cuba,…..
Break the Bias: International Women’s Day 2022
International Women’s Day 2022 is on Tuesday 8 March. It is an opportunity to act, improve opportunities and rebuild post-pandemic workplaces without bias for the benefit of everyone. Ruth Holmes FEBRUARY 2022 from Relocate Global According to Lean In – an international…..
International Women’s Day
Celebrating 2022 International Women’s Day The Buena Semilla Project in Guatemala, a 2021 grantee of the MBI, has produced the below video to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022. Please take a few minutes to appreciate some of what the Martín-Baró…..
Opinion: To Paul Farmer, healing the poor meant meeting their basic human needs
To the long list of Vladimir Putin’s offenses, add this footnote: His unprovoked and lawless invasion of Ukraine riveted the world’s attention when it might have been given to the magnificent life and untimely death of a saint, scourge and…..
What is long covid? Current understanding about risks, symptoms and recovery.
The condition known as long covid continues to frustrate its sufferers, baffle scientists and alarm people who are concerned about being infected by the coronavirus. The term, a widely used catchall phrase for persistent symptoms that can range from mild to…..
Sayings from the Director
1-Never underestimate the transformative power of individual relationships. (1999 Cathy Hurst Belfast quoting the USA Ambassador to UK) 2-You are either part of the problem or part of the solution- You cannot be neutral and every excuse is a choice……
If you want to change the world
“IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE STORY” What story?” You ask. The story that says, “You are wasting your time trying to change anything.” The story that says,” Who are you to presume…..
The Cost of War
War seems endemic to civilization, and in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Ukraine and other places around the world people are fighting right now for some of the same basic reasons they have for millennia. Access to resources often determines the victors in…..