‘Go to the poor,’ he said. St Vincent didn’t wait for the poor to come knocking. He was proactive in his charity....
Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Capacity College @NiagaraUniv
Capacity College was designed to be a series of “courses” covering several different topics that affect organizations daily.
Poor People, Go Home!
Today, one of the great problems throughout the world is that of immigration. At times, we think...
What Can Collective Impact Learn from Organizing?
Two strategies. One goal. Community Organizing. Collective Impact. Older folks will remember community organizing. Confrontational -- but it got things done. For the past ten years, the "collective impact" strategy has moved to the fore. But the two can learn from...
Incarcerated for 42 years – A PAR-Recycle Works story
PAR-Recycle Works is a nonprofit electronics recycler in Philadelphia, USA, that provides transitional employment to people returning from prison. They deconstruct electronics and destroy data to generate revenue and pay their employees. They have important stories to...
Lessons from the Leadership Learning Community
The Leadership Learning Community is a resource with which Vincentians should be familar. Here's a great piece by contributor Deborah Meehan called "Three Experiments and Lessons on the Network Path." I'm posting it in full to invite you to explore this fine resource....
There Is No Convincing Argument—Moral Or Political—Against Food Stamps
One of the victims of President Trump’s budget proposal is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as food stamps. Since 2012, I have been writing to defend SNAP in response to attempts by Republican lawmakers to weaken the program. House...
Helping the Homeless in England and Wales
The creation of the Famvin Homeless Alliance isn't meant to imply that the Vincentian family hasn't taken up this initiative. We certainly have. We want to bring our expertise to the whole world. The SSVP of England and Wales have been at it for a while. Their...
This is What We’ve Been Missing in the Fight to End Global Poverty
In March 2015, IJM President and Founder Gary Haugen delivered a talk on the TED2015 stage in Vancouver, Canada. His message? There’s a reason that so many are still living in poverty today and our development efforts are being undermined by a phenomenon too...
Homelessness Continues To Be A Grave Problem In The USA
With all of the hubbub about a strengthening economy, Vincentians need to tell the other side of the story. I have known four adults over the last ten years who in spite of their diligence and integrity financially “bottomed out.” Two lost their government jobs due to...
End Homelessness Throughout The World
One of the four common projects that Fr. Tomaž Mavrič has encouraged members of the Vincentian Family to participate in during this 400th Anniversary year is a project to end homelessness throughout the world, which includes caring for refugees, migrants, street...
Economic Growth Must Benefit All
“Global capitalism has brought about an increase in inequality between the poor and rich regions of the world,” declared Agnes M. Brazal, S.T.L., S.T.D., on March 30 as she delivered the 2017 D’Angelo Chair Lecture at St. John’s University. The lecture, entitled “Does...
