The organization formed in 2002 when retired nurse Marsha Wallace, a mother of four from Greenville, North Carolina, read an article about friends who met for potluck dinners and donated the money that would have been spent on restaurant meals.
Tag: Nicholas Kristof
EDGE WISE: An investment in public education is an investment in our future
Our local issue over the upgrading of Monument Mountain Regional High School is about the increasing stratification of American society. Public education is the one American social institution that can maintain the social mobility upon which our nation was founded.
EDGE WISE: Saving a starfish: Women’s rights and social change
Kristof’s central message was that if we put our minds to it and work together, we can make a difference.