‘Go to the poor,’ he said. St Vincent didn’t wait for the poor to come knocking. He was proactive in his charity....
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by Alejandro Fabres, C.M. | September 2, 2018 | Disasters and Responses, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses | 0 Comments
by John Freund, CM | July 25, 2018 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change | 0 Comments
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | June 9, 2018 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses | 0 Comments
The Little Free Pantry pilot project began in May 2016. The original pilot site tests both the concept and the community.
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | June 5, 2018 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses | 0 Comments
In May 2018, The Wawa Foundation announced Inn Dwelling as one of four finalists for their Hero Award. The winner of the Award, chosen by a community vote, will receive a $50,000 grant. You can vote for Inn Dwelling!
by Denise El-Khoury | Nov 6, 2018 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
‘Go to the poor,’ he said. St Vincent didn’t wait for the poor to come knocking. He was proactive in his charity....
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Sep 23, 2018 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Capacity College was designed to be a series of “courses” covering several different topics that affect organizations daily.
by Alejandro Fabres, C.M. | Sep 2, 2018 | Disasters and Responses, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Today, one of the great problems throughout the world is that of immigration. At times, we think...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 17, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
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...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 15, 2017 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
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...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Aug 12, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
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....
by Meghan J. Clark | Jul 28, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Reflections
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...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 9, 2017 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
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...
by Julie Eckert | Jun 18, 2017 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
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...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jun 8, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
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...
by Elizabeth Astridge | May 23, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Reflections
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...
by SJU Marketing and Communications | May 4, 2017 | Justice and Peace, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“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...