Sargent Shriver Peace Institute

04/27/2026

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04/26/2026

Have a look at
Mark Shriver's Washington Post
Letter to the Editor about how the 's focus on community boosted in and elsewhere.
"My father understood that poverty, and the social ills it causes, is not solved by rhetoric about 'self-reliance' while people are denied tools to build stable lives."

The War on Poverty, foreign aid and more, in readers' eyes.

04/24/2026

Our Quote of the Week reminds us that we *can* organize ourselves into a society that brings and to all.

https://www.sargentshriver.org/blog/shriver-on-abolishing-poverty

04/23/2026

Advance praise for from Stacey Abrams, who calls Sargent Shriver's memoir "essential reading." Look for it at your favorite bookshop. https://www.amazon.com/We-Called-War-Lessons-Learned/dp/1627206663/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SODZVL3F4DKH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0BY-T7iqv2RNdljjfTgLJeiBIgI_WFXgbic4iqZsiVWjOfSMQV3hCSHjhSn0hcfsTmo-Vb1BfINTV2SvZkRj_L8b1XCDDqK30RhJjBcNWsZOMIFHVWaZHOuY5joWbhBXzmeNVj_69byVbXuckPjqhaf6WmVbTVWpRjcMmjnGZjzB4IiDaINP4llC3paJcWf08aopUEIA2VUdHNf99Dgdo77bOC8uXDXgplzAbN0pgnY.tFbicKfAPe3J7neiYfZu7WXy5hFaJP_FtU2MQTbDCqk&dib_tag=se&keywords=we+called+it+a+war&qid=1776974480&sprefix=we+called+it+a+war%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1

04/22/2026

Grateful for the shoutout to in the University Maryland News--Loyola is the home of our publisher Apprentice House Press!

Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press is publishing a new edition of the memoir by Sargent Shriver, the founding director of the Peace Corps and one of the 20th century’s most effective public servants. We Called It a War: Lessons Learned from the Fight to End Poverty gives Shriver...

04/22/2026

How a Long Lost Manuscript Helped Sargent Shriver’s Kids Rediscover Their Dad: ‘We Didn't Know It Was Out There,’ Says Maria
People
https://people.com/sargent-shriver-long-lost-manuscript-shriver-siblings-exclusive-interview-11954110

04/21/2026

"He understood that leadership begins with opportunity—extended to all, especially those too often denied it—and that the measure of a life is not only what one gains, but what one gives." John Bridgeland reflects on the accomplishments of the War on Poverty and on Sargent Shriver's leadership for 's Sunday Paper.

Sargent Shriver's long-unpublished manuscript contains a message that guides America—and each of us—toward making a radical difference. Listen to this article.0:00/437.9123811× Dear Reader, My dad, Sargent Shriver, spent his life in service to others, fighting poverty, championing the forgotten...

04/21/2026

Grateful to our collaborators at Apprentice House Press, the publishers of We Called It a War. This student-run publishing house out of Loyola University Maryland gives young people the to learn publishing from the ground up--very Shriveresque!

About Apprentice House Who Are We? Apprentice House is the nation’s first entirely student-managed book publisher. Students at Loyola University Maryland are responsible for every aspect of the publishing process, from acquisitions to design and publication of every book. Our mission is, first and...

04/21/2026

"Our dad wanted to defeat poverty." Read the reflections of our trustees, Bobby, Maria, Timothy, and Mark Shriver, about their father's newly-released memoir, We Called It a War.

Sargent Shriver’s recently discovered memoir gives a first-person account of the War on Poverty.

04/21/2026

Today's the day! Sargent Shriver's memoir about his years leading the War on Poverty, "We Called It A War," arrives in bookstores today. Ask for it at your favorite book shop. https://sargentshriver.org/blog/rediscovered-sargent-shriver-memoir-we-called-it-a-war-to-be-published-today

04/20/2026

Watch this PBS NewsHourNewshour piece about the pivotal role that volunteerism plays in empowering our communities--you'll spot Tim Shriver and Mark Shriver speaking about the Shriver legacy of service and Sargent Shriver's new memoir .

Why the spirit of volunteering is a defining part of America's identity