Charles Henry Parkhurst, NYC Presbyterian minister, considers personhood, an idea slowly gaining acceptance with time. Brotherhood entitles others to my love and gentle ministration.

We had a political season of saying F to other’s feelings. Church leaders stated kindness as a vice. Gentle ministration is a crime if it encourages the wrong people to enter the country.

How can you consider the personhood of others today?

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Thought Experiment

Consider the following.  It would take roughly a couple thousand dollars a year from the wealthiest of us to address child food insecurity in the US.

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The term “Commonwealth” is used symbolically to emphasize that these states have a “government based on the common consent of the people” as opposed to the British crown. It refers to the common “wealth”, or welfare, of the public.

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...are designed to meet the nutritional needs of children, foster healthy eating habits, and safeguard children's health. The focus is on providing healthy, simple, and varied options.

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Food insecurity can negatively impact several aspects of child development, with greater consequences when experienced earlier in childhood. It is linked to externalizing problems such as poor behavioral conduct and insecure attachment in young children, and delinquency in school-aged children.

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Image of a happy child

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Poetry and Hunger -- Really??! Check out how poets from around the world are helping to fight hunger through the Poetry X Hunger initiative. And consider submitting a poem or two for possible publication on the website. See the Submission Guidelines on www.PoetryXHunger.com

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The study finds that food security rates are positively correlated across generations.

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