Tuesday Feel Goods!

Read ONE Article: 10-31-17

What Are We Doing Here?
by Marilynne Robinson

PACTcast Three: Cultural Halloween Costumes

Read Three Articles 10-30-17

Economics 
US economy shows resilience with 2nd straight solid quarter

Food
Race and Food are Intertwined. Here’s How We Can Do Better

Opinion
Is The Who We Are?

Frosty Monday Feel Goods!

Friday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-27-17

Incarceration
Twelve facts about incarceration and prisoner reentry

Environment
The E.P.A. vs. the Environment

Education 
U.S. Considers Partial Relief for Defrauded Student Borrowers

Rapping Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-26-17

Education 
College unveils a mandatory patriotism class for all freshmen

Environment 
Practical steps to protect the environment

Native American 
The Tuscarora fled NC after war in 1713. This week, they came back to Bertie County.

** JOB ALERT** PROTECT YOUR VOTE NC- ORGANIZING INTERNSHIP

Fall Wednesday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles: 10-25-17

Homelessness
Where Can Homeless People Pitch Tents In Chicago?

Environment 
Practical steps to protect the environment

Economics 
Virginia’s unemployment rate is only 3.7%. So why is the economy a big issue in the governor’s race?

Some Benefits of Being an Activist: Measuring Activism and Its Role in Psychological Well-Being by Klar, and Kassar

Summary HERE
Download the original article HERE

Read Three Articles: 9-24-17

Opinion
Guest columnist: This is not what justice should look like

Incarceration
Incarcerated women risk their lives fighting California fires. It’s part of a long history of prison labor

Poverty 
Catawba County organizations take action against poverty in community

PACTcast Two: Alternative Fall Break to Appalachian Service Project

Pacers...What Do you THINK?!??!!?

Monday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-23-17

North Carolina 
Study takes close look at poverty in Wilkes

Education 
Why NC charter schools are richer and whiter

Food
How a North Carolina Minister Sowed Seeds of Hope in a Food Desert

Featured Article by Theodore R. Johnson

As a black veteran, I always stand for the flag. But I understand why some NFL players don't.

by Theodore R. Johnson

Friday Feel Goods!

Behavioral economics has a plan to fight poverty—and it’s all about redesigning the “cockpit”

Read More HERE

**SUMMER JOB ALERT: RALEIGH YOUTH MISSION**

Located in the capital city of North Carolina, Raleigh Youth Mission gives young people an opportunity to explore the hidden needs and struggles of those who are living on the margins within and around the City of Oaks.  Groups will volunteer at a variety of agencies, many which are located among the halls of power of the North Carolina state government, serving along side our neighbors who are homeless, in poverty, or food insecure.

Application: One
Application: Two

Thursday Feel Goods

Read About What Tom Hanks Is Reading!

Tom Hanks: By the Book

Wednesday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-18-17

Mental Health 
Margaret Trudeau — Mother And Wife To Prime Ministers — On Her Struggle With Mental Illness

Food
Philando Castile fundraiser wipes out all student lunch debt in St. Paul

Incarceration
Homelessness or incarceration? A daily struggle

8 Places To Get Tacos That Are Out Of This World Good In North Carolina

DID SOMEBODY DAY TACOS!!!!
#tACOtUESDAY!

PACTcast One: Being Involved At WPU

Date: 10-16-17
Guests: Marvin Bruinton and Damani Toudle
Topics: Involvement at WPU, Homelessness, Hope Charter Leadership Academy

Out Of This World Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-17-17

Good News 
Inmates donate more than $53,000 for Harvey relief

Poverty 
Too poor to vote: How Alabama's 'new poll tax' bars thousands of people from voting

Food
Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

North Carolina State Fair Scavenger Hunt!

Monday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-16-17

Hurricanes
How the Pentagon Spun Hurricane Maria

Opinion
Injustice Shaped America's Birth. Unity Must Shape Its Future.

North Carolina
A Banjo Player From North Carolina Is Writing The Next ‘Hamilton’

Tuesday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-13-17

Homelessness
Housing Affordability is a Nation Wide Issue

Immigration 
The human side of deportations

Economics 
Behavioral economics has a plan to fight poverty—and it’s all about redesigning the “cockpit”

Friday Feel Goods!

Looking forward to our pool table in the student lounge

Thursday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-12-17

Raleigh 
Raleigh election vandalism displays anti-Muslim sentiment

Music 
Q-Tip Says His New Kennedy Center Role Helps 'Institutionalize Hip-Hop'

Raleigh

Candidate for Raleigh mayor says he’s not sure if he will call for a runoff

Wednesday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-11-17

Veterans 
VA conceals shoddy care and health workers' mistakes

Homelessness
Boston Seeks to Address Youth Homelessness

Women's Issues
Sheryl Sandberg: Too many men think hiring a few women makes their companies diverse

Tuesday Feel Goods!

Why 'Servanthood' Is Bad by John McKnight

In a small, relatively isolated community on Martha's Vineyard, about every tenth person used to be born without the ability to hear. Everybody in the community, hearing and non-hearing alike, spoke a unique sign language brought from England when they immigrated to Massachusetts in 1690. In the mid twentieth century with increased mobility, the people ceased to intermarry, and the genetic anomaly disappeared

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To Hell with Good Intentions by Ivan Illich

An address by Monsignor Ivan Illich to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects (CIASP) in Cuernavaca, Mexico, on April 20, 1968. In his usual biting and sometimes sarcastic style, Illich goes to the heart of the deep dangers of paternalism inherent in any voluntary service activity, but especially in any international service "mission." Parts of the speech are outdated and must be viewed in the historical context of 1968 when it was delivered, but the entire speech is retained for the full impact of his point and at Ivan Illich's request.

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Indgengious People Day Read Three Articles

Cities change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day

Indigenous Peoples Day: 4 Things to Know

Years after forced adoptions, Canada to pay $600 million to indigenous people

Monday Feel Goods!

Friday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-5-17

Opinion 
Small Nonprofits Are Anything But Small

Women's Issues
Why We Need to Actively Teach Girls to Value Their Intelligence

Incarceration
How to Get States to Reduce Crime and Incarceration At Once

Thursday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-4-17

World 
Catalan leader opens door to secession from Spain after vote

Environment 
After the Hurricanes, Can We Rebuild a Stronger, Greener Grid?

Opinion 
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting

Wednesday Feel Goods!

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

**JOB ALERT** Inter-Faith Food Shuttle- Driver

The Food Shuttle is hiring TWO driver positions! Our drivers are a key part of our food recovery and distribution team, interacting daily with donors and partner agencies to help create a hunger free Triangle!
Apply today and join the best team in hunger relief!
https://www.foodshuttle.org/jobs-internships/

Read Three Articles 10-3-17

North Carolina 
Rural Hospitals in Financial Distress

Hurricanes
It Wasn't Just A Hurricane That Destroyed Puerto Rico

Native Americans
Wisconsin School Works To Keep Native American Languages Alive Around The World

Tuesday Feel Goods!

Monday Feel Goods!

Read Three Articles 10-2-17

Economics 
MEXICAN COAL MINERS, WEST VIRGINIA, AND MARION POST WOLCOTT

Environment 
Massive Global Warming discovery shocks scientists

Raleigh 
Hundreds march in Raleigh in support of DACA

October and November Service Events

October

14th- Breast Cancer- Sign up here Email clbaker@peace.edu as well
14th- Edenton  St. U.M.C. Great Day Of Service- Sign up here

20th- International Fair- Sign up to here

28th- Service Saturday to North Raleigh Mission Thrift- Sign up here

29th- State Fair Fishing Derby- Sign up here

November 

4th- Service Saturday at Oak City Outreach Center- Sign up here

13th- Share the Pies Packing Event- TBD

30th- Poverty in North Carolina forum with Special Guest

Have fun! Take pictures! Wear WPU Gear!