The gap between haves and have nots has been widened by the pandemic. I hope that shift the focus from the circus in DC to people badly damaged by circumstances. We are as strong as our weakest link. blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/updat…
Food poverty, digital poverty, education poverty are terms that describe how high the bar is, just to survive in America. usatoday.com/story/money/20…
I was poor. I lived in a car and I didn’t have an education. I did OK. But the things I needed were attainable with effort and constant discipline. There is no safety net in America. And the things that make us strong like education, health and safety are slipping out of reach.
I look forward to a new administration who will focus on the simple building blocks of success. Trust, encouragement and hope.
A personal observation. The poorest people on this planet have always offered to share their food or provide shelter and refuse payment. In Chechnya a man fleeing his house from Russians wanted to talk on camera and gave me a gift as the tanks approached to thank me for listening
It was a simple white handkerchief. He asked America to help him because we believe in freedom and human rights. That’s humbling to have that responsibility. Let’s not let America and the world down. #ANewEra
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