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Blog Posts on Philanthropy

The Eye of the Needle

October 16th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Philanthropy, Religion 2 Comments

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I sometimes think I go to church to hear what I don’t want to hear. After all what would be the use of hearing reinforcements of my rock-hard opinions?

In Women, Philanthropy, Religion Episcopal Church

The Fight Goes On

September 15th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Philanthropy 4 Comments

Photo of Hopscotch House

I would be most grateful for your responses, both from you who enjoyed Hopscotch during its long history and you who might want to avail yourselves of it in the future.

In Philanthropy Wolf Pen Branch Mill Farm Hopscotch House

The Meaning of Work

July 3rd, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in New Mexico, Philanthropy Leave a Comment

Photo of Las Trampas Church figurine

Recently I toured the Las Trampas Church where the elaborate interior, with altar screen, bultos, and other religious paintings was being skillfully restored by local craftsmen.

In New Mexico, Philanthropy New Mexico

What Do I Have in Common With Elon Musk?

March 10th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Philanthropy, New Mexico 3 Comments

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His suit against OpenAI, just commencing in California, has some similarities with my struggles with what has become of the Kentucky Foundation for Women.

In Philanthropy, New Mexico Kentucky Foundation for Women Hopscotch House

Money

January 16th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in Philanthropy Leave a Comment

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We are a long way from the feel and the look of coins and bills; we are being moved rapidly toward an economy which will operate only with various forms of credit.

In Philanthropy

Voluntary Shared Abundance

June 13th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Philanthropy Leave a Comment

Painting by Mary Southard, CSJ

As often the case with big gatherings (on Zoom or otherwise), there is often one phrase that stands out.

In Philanthropy

Tomorrow: The Vanguard

June 9th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Philanthropy Leave a Comment

Painting by Mary Southard, CSJ

For all my friends who might be interested in attending the free online U.N. conference The Vanguard tomorrow, here is the final agenda.

In Philanthropy

The Vanguard

May 30th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Writing, Philanthropy 2 Comments

Painting by Mary Southard, CSJ

I am looking forward to the rare opportunity that will be offered me, and I’m looking forward with even more interest to the fascinating variety of presentations that will make up the program.

In Writing, Philanthropy The Lost Cause The Women's Project Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History & Culture Kentucky Foundation for Women

And Now, Margaret Sanger

July 22nd, 2020 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Philanthropy 2 Comments

Time magazine cover

Yesterday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York removed the name of Margaret Sanger, “founder of the organization,” from its Manhattan clinic because of her “harmful connection to the eugenics movement.”

In Women, Philanthropy Doris Duke The Silver Swan 20 Favorites of 2020 Margaret Sanger

Rich Kids

November 17th, 2019 by Sallie Bingham in Philanthropy 1 Comment

From early childhood, the children of the wealthiest one percent of U.S. citizens receive the education, the grooming, the allowances, loans and preferential treatment that make the Dream (however it is defined) possible.

In Philanthropy 20 Favorites of 2019

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Visiting Linda Stein

Visiting Linda Stein

March 3rd, 2025
Back on October 28th, 2008, I visited artist Linda Stein's studio in New York City and tried on a few of her handmade suits of armor.
On Memoir and My Writing Memoir/Writing History Workshops

On Memoir and My Writing Memoir/Writing History Workshops

February 11th, 2024
I think memoir writing is a much more serious task than it's often considered to be. It's not informal, it's not casual. It really is the writing of

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Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

Rebecca Reynolds & Salie Bingham at SOMOS

November 8th, 2024
This event was recorded November 1, 2024 in Taos, NM at SOMOS Salon & Bookshop by KCEI Radio, Red River/Taos and broadcast on November 8, 2024.
Taken by the Shawnee Reading

Taken by the Shawnee Reading

September 1st, 2024
This reading took place at The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe, New Mexico in August of 2024.

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Sallie Bingham's latest is a captivating account of ancestor's ordeal
Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican

“I felt she was with me” during the process of writing the book, Bingham says. “I felt I wasn’t writing anything that would have seemed to her false or unreal.”

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