America's Promise
America's Promise — The Alliance for Youth is a foundation founded by Colin Powell in 1997 to help children and youth from all socioeconomic sectors in the United States.
Read more about America's Promise: Presidents' Summit For America's Future, Organizational History, Five Promises
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“What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles?... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia: What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable: The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles.”
—Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)
“her fine blades making the air wince
but her cargo
no promise then:
delivered
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—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)