On may 14th a few of us with the local food not bombs chapter in taos and a whole lota members of the El Prado community came out to the city council hearing that was discussing the building permit for a brand new family dollar to be built in El prado. El Prado is...
750,000 homeless Americans http://blog.foodnotbombs.net/750000-homeless-americans/ I just read a quote of Erica Eichelberger’s from Mother Jones. Her quote was kind but she made a claim “of the country’s roughly 643,000 street folk” which is often repeated by people supportive of the rights of the homeless. Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West quote this figure in...
A Doctor’s Kindness Gives Homeless Inventor A Second Chance by NPR Staff January 27, 2013 5:20 PM http://www.npr.org/2013/01/27/170407141/a-doctors-kindness-gives-homeless-inventor-a-second-chance?guid=1359338475485# In California in the early 1980s, a cracked tooth sent Mike Williams to the dentist’s office. When Williams asked to see the tooth, the dentist said he had a mirror but that there was no camera...
Dear Friends, In 2012, we watched as Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast and over the summer as many suffered from ongoing drought, or from extensive fires in the west. Among many issues, Barack Obama’s legacy as 44th president of the United States of America rests squarely on his response, his resolve, and his...
OFFICIALS TRY TO STOP FOOD NOT BOMBS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEKEND This is such an interesting way to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s weekend. Police are seeking to stop Food Not Bombs in Burlington, Vermont and Santa Cruz, California. At the same time a mission in Seattle, Washington has been told to...
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” Martin Luther King, Jr. “More than 40 years after his death, Dr. King’s examples can continue to guide us in addressing our nation’s most critical issues today. Each of us...
FOOD NOT BOMBS SURVEY February 2013 How many people are we reaching with our message and ideas? Can we increase our impact and inspire public participation in changing our society? Please choose a meal in February to count the people eating with your group, passing by your meal and stopping to look at your...
MY TURN Remembering National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week – November 10 – 18, 2012 The one time a year people think of the homeless and hungry is during Thanksgiving so advocates seek to draw attention by organizing National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week. Taos is not immune. Since I volunteer to provide meals...
The devastation of Sandy and report by Food Not Bombs volunteers from the front lines on Pacifica Radio’s Flashpoints. (A MUST LISTEN TO PROGRAM – HELP IS REALLY NEEDED ) http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/86015 Share this:
We can not thank you enough for your support. It is so amazing to see so many people come together to help with Sandy Relief. This is a critical time to help as the media moves to cover other events there will be a danger that the ongoing emergency will fade. We saw this...
