Homeless people exist. Calling them by their name is a question of humanity and fraternity, recognizing them with an ID and personal documents means building a healthy, united, open and creative society.
Homelessness
Create a Compassionate, Fairer and Interconnected World
As part of the Vincentian Family advocacy and education at the UN, we are hosting a webinar event on Tuesday, February 9 at 1:15-2:30 pm ET and invite your participation.
Not Seeing Homeless Students
For too long and for too many students, the issue of homelessness has not received the attention it deserves.
THE PASSAGE… to ending homelessness
The Passage offers 5-year-strategy to provide resources which encourage, inspire and challenge homeless people to transform their lives.
Leavenworth Sisters meeting an unrecognized need
Leavenworth Sisters meeting an unrecognized need
How does a homeless man spend $100
How does a homeless man spend $100? What would you do with $100? What the poor can teach us... Are you one of the more 21 million people who have watched this video on YouTube? It starts out the way many would expect but turns out dramatically different than...
Voice of the Poor gets heard on editorial page
Voice of the Poor Advocacy gets heard on the Editorial Page. Sometimes we wonder whether we have to stand on our heads for what to get people to listen.
Pope Gives 400 Sleeping Bags to Rome’s Homeless
Pope Gives 400 Sleeping Bags to Rome’s Homeless – Most people celebrate their birthdays by receiving gifts, but Pope Francis did the opposite.
Depaul UK wins £1.6M grant for homeless youth
Depaul UK has won the Fair Chance Fund grant to support homeless and disadvantaged young people into housing, education and work.
90-year-old arrested for feeding the homeless
90-year-old among Florida activists arrested for feeding the homeless as reported by The Guardian. Church leaders in Florida were preparing for a second confrontation
Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty
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
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.
