Opportunity Cost
It appears this morning that Congress finally found their collective sanity and averted the financial calamity they themselves created. Truly, this is democracy at its finest. While the political pundits analyze the political winners and losers to this debt-ceiling debacle, one thing is clear: they won, and we lost. This should not be surprising. But …
Jimmy Creech on The State of Things Today!
We all love listening to The State of Things with Frank Stasio on WUNC, and here’s one more reason to tune in today at noon: NCSJP’s very own Jimmy Creech will on for the entire hour discussing his amazing new book Adam’s Gift. Listen in to hear about Jimmy’s amazing story and get some inspiration …
Community Voices Forum Series
With all the misinformation flying around these days, wouldn’t it be great to hear some people who actually know what they’re talking about? That’s what we thought! So, we came up with the Community Voices Forum Series, and we’re holding our first meeting really soon – in two weeks! The next Community Voices discussion is …
Resolutions
The new year brings the inevitable reflections on the old year. (I don’t know about you, but I’ve read about all the “Best Of” lists I can handle.) We love the opportunity of the clean slate the new year promises, and the chance to look back at very recent history with a hint of nostalgia. …
Poverty Now
The holidays always produce a flurry of stories and attention to the problem of homelessness and need. And while it is great to have some mind paid to these problems, it is always baffling that not many people seem to care much about these problems for the rest of the year. Thank goodness, there are …
MLK Day Study Circles
NCSJP is proud to partner with the YWCA of the Greater Triangle and Community United Church of Christ to offer this exciting MLK Day event! Register here! For the upcoming Martin Luther King holiday, recitations of Dr. King’s iconic speeches, essays about the meaning of his life and legacy, and other commemorations will be accompanied …
Thankful
Sometimes it is difficult to be thankful for what we have. Especially in this line of work, where it is literally our job to obsess over what is wrong, it is exceedingly difficult to identify what is going right. And believe it or not, there are lots and lots of things that are going right …
NCSJP Holiday Giveaway!
Since the holidays are upon us (and let’s face it, not much is getting done at work this week) we thought would reward our incredibly awesome FB peeps with some NCSJP goodies! The process is simple: click the little “Email Signup” tab on the top of our FB page, (or just click here), give us …
Equally Unhappy
When I was a boy, I asked my father what it meant to “compromise”. He told me that compromise is coming to a decision that makes all parties equally unhappy. Working off of that definition, compromise abounds this week, with President Obama and Republican leaders coming together to get an agreement for the extension of …
NC Says “Tax me!”
A new Elon University Poll suggests that a significant majority of North Carolinians support raising revenue to close the state’s $3 billion budget gap. More than six in 10 North Carolinians support an increase in the sales tax by 1 cent per dollar spent, according to the poll. And more than half – 56 percent …