Marian Wright Edelman Exclusive: Children Need Advocates – in Georgia and Across America
Children's Defense Fund president Marian Wright Edelman spoke exclusively with Sustenance Group after her roundtable discussion about early childhood education at the Clinton Foundation's CGI America meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on June 14, 2016. A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, Edelman is a children's rights advocate and civil rights activist who, in the 1960s, worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote poverty alleviation and participated in
New Film 'Imba Means Sing' Celebrates Children's Triumph Over Poverty
In the new documentary film, Imba Means Sing, viewers go behind the scenes with the African Children’s Choir as it embarks on a tour of America and Britain. When the preteen singers prepare to leave their homes in Uganda for 500 days on the road, we get glimpses of their villages and mud-floor shacks. Yet, the movie — produced by CNN alum Erin Bernhardt and directed by Danielle Bernstein — never dwells on the kids’ disadvantages; instead, it focuses on the universal dreams of
U2 Continues to Bring Awareness to Poverty and AIDS with 'Innocence + Experience Tour'
On stage at Madison Square Garden in July, U2 wore its heart on its sleeve by promoting the causes that are most dear to the band, including eliminating extreme poverty and AIDS. I wrote about the show for The Economist: "The theatrics onstage, which are synchronised with the technology, tie the band's political, philanthropic and spiritual endeavours into a symbiotic whole for the first time in its career. Psalms from the Bible fell out of the ceiling like confetti during “U
South Sudan: Good Lie Star Finds Key to Hope
BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Emmanuel Jal's story is an inspiring personal journey of survival: During the second Sudanese civil war in the 1980s, his mother was killed when government sympathizers raided their village. At seven, he was recruited as a child soldier and held at a training camp disguised as a school. He and others escaped and traveled on foot for months before reaching a safe haven. At age 11, he was adopted by a British aid worker named Emma M
Heifer International Celebrates 70th Anniversary
Heifer International celebrated 70 years of family farming at the Beyond Hunger event at the Carter Center in Atlanta on October 4. Heifer CEO Pierre Ferrari spoke with donors and longtime volunteers, and Kate Herndon, who coordinates Heifer's community programs, honored four volunteers with an award for their service. Dr. Steve Robinson, President of the Southern Association of Independent Schools, talked about the importance of schools in Heifer's model to support sustainab
A Plea for Funds to Support Syrian Refugees
CARE is raising $50 million to provide support for the estimated 7 million Syrians displaced by the civil war. CARE CEO Helene Gayle met with the Atlanta Press Club to discuss the importance of the matter and to answer questions about the work the organization is doing in the region to help people in need. Read more about the speech here. (Photos courtesy of The Commerce Club. Photo by Sonia Fernandez, Glas Duille Photography — at The Commerce Club) #care #atlanta #poverty
Library for All Brings Digital Libraries to the Developing World
Sustenance Group's Kristi York Wooten joined Library for All co-founder Tanyella Evans, along with Cherae Robinson of Keep A Child Alive, editor Lori Majewski and Kristin Ellington from Funny Garbage at the Library for All Kickstarter launch party at Soho House in New York on May 29. The event celebrated the initial funding drive of the organization, which aims to bring digital libaries to children in Haiti and throughout the developing world. Read more about Library for All
The Summit on Global Health and Hunger
Sustenance Group's Nancy Bauer and Kristi York Wooten, along with Janis Sundquist and Kashi Sehgal, attended the Atlanta Summit on Global Health and Hunger, presented by the World Affairs Council and featuring CARE CEO Helene Gayle, the CDC's Tom Frieden, Senator Johnny Isakson, and Marl Suzman from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The event capped off a week of activities building awareness for "Food Revolution," a campaign to make citizens aware of the content of thei
Keeping the Ear of Congressman John Lewis
Georgia Congressman and Civil Rights icon John Lewis supports legislation that promotes equality for women and girls and that bolsters the U.S. goverment's foreign affairs budget, which is one of our country's most important tools to affect change in the developing world. Nancy Bauer, Kristi York Wooten and Luna Searles attended the ONE Summit in Washington, DC, and met with members of congress to discuss the foreign affairs budget, food security and other issues. #policyanda