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These simple statements resonate because they stem directly from Jackson's life experience. A candidate born out of wedlock can preach on the sanctity of the family. A candidate who was advocating economic self-help and personal self-discipline in the ghettos of Chicago can speak with deep credibility about lives lost to drugs and livelihoods lost to economic downturn. A populist -- and Jackson is without question the authentic article -- needs to define a common enemy. What the titans of Wall Street once were to William Jennings Bryan, the international drug cartels and the soulless multinational corporations are to Jackson...
...have not yet fallen as far as the words of the Kerner Commission portended. An overall increase in equal opportunity in education and jobs, affirmative action, workfare programs, and self-help and economic advancement on the part of minority groups have gone a long way towards correcting the ills of a society not so long ago littered with racial quotas and shockingly unjust segregation laws...
...They often feel ashamed of complaining. There is an incredible loneliness at the top." Some efforts are being made to ease their plight. Six years ago, Gary began holding seminars and weekend retreats for the wealthy, where they could discuss the pressures on their lives candidly and confidentially. Such self-help gatherings are now held nationwide. Says one attendee: "It was the very first time I had been able to sit in a group of people and admit I have money." Cost of a seminar: around $20. For some, it may be the cheapest and soundest bargain they ever struck...
GBUH President Savina Martin said the Leadership Training Program--which will last eight weeks--is an attempt to "empower the homeless." The program gives homeless people intensive training in organizing their peers for political ends and teaches them to carry out self-help programs in the shelters where they live, Martin said...
...once did. At each point, says Gorski, "the person is out of control before he actually starts to drink." His solution: counselors who meet regularly with recovering alcoholics to help them identify and face problems before they get out of hand. Says Gorski: "It is compatible with A.A. and self-help groups. The only difference is that we go beyond what A.A. has to offer...