The National Conversation on Prosperity and the Public Good Leaps Ahead

January 13, 2012

IN 2008 the handbook, The New Rwanda: Prosperity and the Public Good, conceived and edited by Sondra Myers, was published to provide the text for a National Conversation on Prosperity and the Public Good. The creation of the handbook was a result of a recommendation from a roundtable discussion endorsed by Hi s Excellency President [...]

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Holding Out Hope a Decade Later

September 15, 2011

Editor: On 9/11 we lost our innocence, we felt our vulnerability, and we went on. We engaged in two unwinnable wars that helped to cripple our economy and our confidence in ongoing upward mobility. Our politics has soured, descending into a relentless blame game, shamelessly cheered on and inspired by frighteningly brazen right-wing hawkers of [...]

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Sermon at St Luke’s Episcopal Church on 9/11/11

September 12, 2011

It is humbling enough for a Jewish woman of a somewhat secular civic disposition to come to preach to an Episcopal congregation on any Sunday of any year.   But on this Sunday, the tenth anniversary of what I sometimes call “the day that we Americans lost our innocence,” it is indeed a daunting challenge and, [...]

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Speech to The Rotary Club 8/22/11

August 25, 2011

Dear Rotary Members, It is a special pleasure and privilege to speak to you today as I for one am in favor of preaching to the converted. At times we forget that even the most dedicated among us need to be reminded of our values and principles. It is far too easy to be caught up in [...]

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Nero Fiddled. Rome Burned

August 25, 2011

Nero fiddled; Rome burned. Are we following his playbook? Our Congress fiddled—at enormous cost to our nation. To date we’ve lost face, we’ve lost status and we’ve lost faith. Hope has been our long suit; we have to search to recover it—but recover it we must. This episode of our history shall pass but it will take much [...]

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Post Election Cheers—To Liz and Lackawanna Voters

May 26, 2011

As a good friend and enthusiastic supporter of Liz Randol, I was, of course, disappointed that she was not chosen as one of the Democratic candidates for the county commissioner’s position. But at the same time, as a citizen of this region, I was elated by the strong support—well deserved—that she received. My hope is [...]

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Witnessing Faith, Hope and Charity in Troubled Times: A Global Perspective

April 4, 2011

It is a privilege and a daunting privilege at that, to speak in this Lenten series. I try not to be a preacher, but I don’t always succeed. Today, perhaps, I’ll try to be a preacher. That might not succeed either. But what I will attempt to do is begin a conversation that we can [...]

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Capstone Course on Civic Engagement

March 21, 2011

I feel privileged to speak to you today on civic engagement. I am particularly pleased that this critically important topic is the focus of your capstone course in communications. In my view, if there is one thing that should be at the front of your mind and at the top of your agenda as you [...]

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Event: Witness to Faith, Hope, and Love in Tough Times

March 7, 2011

Come see Sondra present on April 3rd for Regional Catholic Parishes Download the Flyer

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Spontaneous solidarity prevails

February 16, 2011

It is wondrous and mysterious that Egyptians overturned over 30 years of oppressive rule in less than three weeks. It appears to be spontaneous solidarity, but we know that the frustration was decades-old and the new media helped to give voice -collective voice – to that frustration. Still it is nothing short of miraculous that Egyptians of [...]

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