I just came across a blog post HERE that I thought hit the ball out of the park.
It’s been interesting – for the last year and especially pre-Christmas it seemed like EVERYONE (churches, bono, GAP, Apple, etc) was jumping on social action issues such as Darfur, Uganda, AIDS, Clean Water, adoption, global poverty, etc…
But with the impending passing of one of the biggest stimulus packages ever to make its way through congress – where’d those voices go?
Michelle and I have always been a big supporter of the non-profit ONE. We’ve always thought they were stellar with how the strategically placed advertisements and got people involved – but where are they now?
Shouldn’t we be lobbying for parts of the stimulus package to go to benefit humanity?
I love the way Nick puts it as he writes:
“Why, as we’re about to spend $500 MILLION dollars on improvement projects to the National Institute of Health’s facilities is no one asking if that tremendous amount of money could be spent on cancer or AIDS research? Where are the urgent voices crying out for food and clean water for Africa when we’re about to spend $450 MILLION dollars so NASA can do climate modeling (a government agency that already receives money in the annual budget)? I guess we’ll be able to help them graph or map where their rain isn’t falling instead of actually giving them food or some kind of agricultural assistence. Where is the pleading for social justice as we’re about to spend $150 MILLION dollars on a museum instead of creating jobs or putting food in mouths and clothes on backs? ”
You can read the full post HERE
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