How could I not have read Banker to the Poor earlier? But I’m glad I just did—thanks to my daughter’s prompting—almost 12 years after this autobiography of the visionary micro-credit pioneer, Dr. Muhammad Yunus was first published. Banker to the…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Deaf
What a sad, sad, parade of powerful men making the news. Their predatory behavior is damning enough. But the behavior of each one also speaks to a spiritual and emotional deafness to those in whose midst each man built his…
Tagged with: Belgian Bishop Vangheluwe, DKE, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF, Schwarzenegger, US Bishops, YAle
Posted in Business and Justice, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Business and Justice, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Wisconsin: Dorothy Day vs the Son of a Preacher
Dorothy Day spoke of a desire to “change the world–make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the…
Tagged with: Catholic Church, Gingrich, Unions, US Bishops, Wisconsin
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops, Workers' Rights
Beyond Our Prisons
Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes Psalm 103:10 On Wednesday February 16, 2011 a group of women in baggy blue-grey pants and tunics held a classroom filled…
Aloha. “Do not turn your back on your own.”
. . . Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn. …
Tagged with: aloha, Eqypt, light
Posted in Aloha, Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Civic Square, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Aloha, Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Civic Square, Equality and Faith, Family and Friends, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Nothing Grande about Justice for Coffee Farmers
Ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer injustice of how the world works? You might even taste it in your morning coffee. Consider that while an average cup of coffee that we grab unthinkingly at our neighborhood Starbucks or similar might…
Tagged with: farmers, free trade;fair wages; coffee; Black Gold; Starbucks; WorldVisionReport
Posted in Business and Justice, Fair Trade, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Fair Trade, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Dawn Morais 