Thomas Sadoski

1 month ago | commonsensemedia.org | Patricia Clarkson |Thomas Sadoski |John Hickey |Rachel Feldman

age 13+ Equity advocate biopic celebrates courage, persistence. Parents need to know that Lilly is a drama based on the inspiring true story of Lilly Ledbetter, a fearless advocate for gender pay equity. Ledbetter (Patricia Clarkson) is portrayed as a real-life role model, demonstrating grit, courage, and integrity in the face of bullying, harassment, threats, and intimidation.

Aug 6, 2024 | thomascsadoski.medium.com | Thomas Sadoski

On August 1, 2024 famine was officially declared in the Darfur region of Sudan. In the Zamzam camp approximately 600,000 human beings are in the last stages of dying from lack of food. Unlike the genocide in Darfur of 12 years ago, the current crisis is not the sole responsibility of a power-mad government and its armed forces.

Apr 28, 2024 | thomascsadoski.medium.com | Thomas Sadoski

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute released its 2023 report on global military spending and to no one’s surprise — though to our collective disgrace — the world’s investment in human suffering and the tools of misery rose 6.8% (when adjusted for inflation), to highest level ever recorded.

Apr 3, 2024 | thomascsadoski.medium.com | Thomas Sadoski

“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all..”-George Washington, Farewell Address. Philadelphia, PA, September 19, 1796. “Um, we shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid. It — it should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick.”-Rep. Tim Walberg, R- MI5 & Pastor of Grace Fellowship Church, Town Hall meeting. Dundee, MI, March 25, 2024. Within a few days of not eating, the human body begins to feed on itself.

Feb 16, 2024 | thomascsadoski.medium.com | Thomas Sadoski

In over 15 years of working on and advocating for refugee and humanitarian causes, this excruciating question is the one I have heard more than any other. Usually it is asked of me as I sit quietly in cramped, broken spaces, emotionally disassembled but nodding along to the tears of those who describe horrific accounts of sexual violence, wrongful imprisonment, abuse, and oppression.