The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
I arrived in Haiti and settled in to Port-au-Prince. I remember the profound poverty of the country, its strong African-Caribbean feel, the streets filled with kids in different uniforms bustling to and from schools, thousands of small stalls selling one or two products, throngs of people stopping to talk with each other and the traffic. Streets …
The article “So Much Food. So Much Hunger.” in Sunday’s NY Times could not be more relevant to the daily buzz at AJWS around Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up. In fact, here at AJWS, we’ve been joking about how one of us must have been the article’s ghost writer.
In just a few short weeks, Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up has gained tremendous momentum from coast to coast! The incomparable Ruth Messinger has hit the road to spread the word about AJWS’s campaign and to express the dire need for changes in government legislation to ensure that no one is hungry. Check out this fabulous article about Fighting …
On Sunday evening, I went to hear Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, speak about their new book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. I have not yet read the book, but listening to Kristof and WuDunn gave me a good sense of what to expect. The book (which highlights …
A photo in today’s New York Times with an accompanying article shows a pained, elderly woman in the Turkana region of Kenya. Too weak and sick to feed or drink herself, water is being poured into her mouth from a red canteen. Her face is filled with desperation.
