Poverty: Analysis and Responses

A new level of collaboration!

by John Freund, CM | November 14, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses | 0 Comments

Now if we could just get all the competing factions in the world to use technology to build the human community!

Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty

by John Freund, CM | October 31, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change | 0 Comments

Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels.

How we punish people for being poor

by John Freund, CM | October 26, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses | 0 Comments

Rebecca Valla writes of “How we punish people for being poor” She connects the dots with exorbitant loan rates in all kinds of variations, etc.

Working with people in poverty

by John Freund, CM | October 23, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments

Donna Beegle grew up in generational poverty, could not read a newspaper at 28 yet now has a Ph.D. Watch the video of her keynote address at the 2014 St. Vincent de Paul National Assembly in Atlanta.