Writing Portfolio

  The Jubilee House Community is a US 501(c)(3), established in 1979, and made up of a small group of committed individuals who chose to spend their lives living in solidarity with the poor.  Originally they did this by opening shelters for the homeless, and battered women and children in Statesville, North Carolina.  In 1994, the JHC—at the invitation of Father Miguel D’Escoto, former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua and later President of the United Nations General Assembly—founded the Center for Development in Central America, or CDCA.  In practical terms, this meant that five adults and three children moved from a small town in North Carolina to an abandoned house on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, and set about trying to engage in the type of development work that is so rarely seen in the world: that which respects the recipients. The CDCA uses, as their guiding principle, the idea that the poor know best what they need.  That all the land in the world wi...

  Note: this is an opinion piece I wrote after doing solitary research into our current problem with free carbon.  It was posted on my personal blog, which is the reason for the informal tone. The Carbon Problem 4/24/2019 So, I've gotten a little obsessed with carbon recently.  Those of you who speak with me on a regular basis may have noticed, but don't worry.  I'm not going to go on a rant here about climate change.  If you don't live under a rock, you already know, and you know that our time may already be up.  We need to start dealing with this ten years ago, and it's absolutely out of the question to just wait for "someone" to do "something." The Green New Deal has been getting a lot of press lately, and I'm really pleased about that.  But the truth is the wheels of government grind slowly, and even if it passes (in two years, assuming we actually have a president who will sign it by then) a whole lot of precious water will have passed u...

Presto Privacy Policy Intro In accordance with emerging national and international privacy laws, Presto is pleased to unveil our brand new Privacy Policy. We've always taken your privacy seriously, but now we want to make sure you're aware of all your rights, as well as letting you know what steps we're taking to make sure you have control over your data and how it gets shared. Let's start with the rights we mentioned. Currently this is only part of the legal code for residents of California and the EU, but since we like to treat all our shoppers with equal courtesy and respect, we're rolling it out for everyone. You have the right to: Know what categories of personal data are being collected about you. Know whether your personal data is sold or disclosed and to whom. Have the ability to say no to the sale of personal data. Access your personal data if it's been collected by a business. Request a business delete any personal information about yourself that was c...