I recently participated in a panel discussion, part of a Business Ethics Conference sponsored by DePaul University, on religious charisms and the Common Good, with Dominican & Jesuit colleagues.
Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Happiness
by Jim Claffey, CM | April 18, 2024 | Formation, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 1 Comment
The annual World Happiness Report is out. But a lot of people won’t be happy.
Reviving and Refreshing the WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT
by MaryAnn Dantuono, AIC, NGO Representative to the UN | April 4, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
The Vincentian Family has an opportunity for increased activity and engagement with the UN’s Working Group to End Homelessness. You are invited to join with your prayers and stories of your good works.
Commission for Social Development
by Michelle Loisel, DC | March 21, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
The climate crisis is intensifying and it’s touching every part of our lives. Global efforts to address climate change are more urgent than ever.
March 18 at 10:30 EDT – UN NGO Event “Strengthening Institutions to Prevent the Trafficking of Children and Adolescents”
by MaryAnn Dantuono | March 14, 2024 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Please join the NGO Working Group to End Homelessness for the Commission on the Status of Women virtual parallel event on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 10:30 AM (EDT).
Glasgow Climate Pact – COP26
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Nov 18, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
COP26 climate summit was considered as the last hope for the world to take more ambitious and bold climate pledges to reduce global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius.
Our Common Agenda…Report of the Secretary-General (Part II)
by Jim Claffey | Oct 28, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Member States themselves identified 12 areas of action that can only be addressed through greater multilateralism.
Affordable Housing and Social Protection for all to Address Homelessness
by Guillermo Campuzano | Feb 21, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The UN CSocD priority theme for their meeting in 2020, “Affordable Housing and Social Protection for all to address Homelessness” and the Vincentian Family.
Commission for Social Development 2019
by Pattie Hughes, Vincentian | Feb 14, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
On the morning of February 11, 2019 the 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) opened at the United Nations.
Vincentian Family UN NGO Representatives Collaborate
by Catherine Prendergast | Feb 7, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The Family’s nine United Nations NGO representatives collaborate to advocate for policy change and programs which benefit the most marginalized.
Care of the Earth and Role of Faith-Based Organizations
by Teresa Kotturan, SCN | Jan 31, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Faith-based organizations individually and as coalitions have played significant roles in environmental protection and care of the earth.
Today (January 24) Is First UN International Day Of Education
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jan 24, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Today, to celebrate the role education plays in peace and development, it will honor the first UN International Day of Education.
UNODC Launches Human Trafficking Report
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jan 17, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The fourth Global Report on Human Trafficking in Persons produced by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), shows a steady increase since 2010.
UNESCO / NGO Forum on Migration
by Natalie Boone | Jan 10, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Global Migration has become part of societies’ daily life and portray emerging faces of a world in constant motion.
Making The UN Relevant Is Theme Of New UN General Assembly President
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jan 3, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
“Making the UN relevant for all” is the overarching theme for new UN General Assembly (GA) President, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, of Ecuador.
UN Commission to Consider Impact of Conflict/Disasters Upon Three Groups
by Catherine Prendergast | Dec 20, 2018 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The 2019 Commission on Social Development will feature an emerging theme which relates to how youth, older persons, and persons with disabilities are affected by conflict and both man-made and natural disasters.