Have I ever thought of the difference between what is socially acceptable and not socially acceptable discrimination?
Racism
A Canadian View: Systemic Racism – What Can I Do?
I recently posed the following questions to our social justice network within the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP), Canada.
A Canadian View: Justice for All
Poverty and racism have always been intertwined. If we do not include address both, it will be difficult to realize any positive results that may finally lead to Justice For All.
Racial Bias in Media: The Case of Hurricane Matthew
As many have noted, it took a while for the news media, especially in the USA and Europe, to note the devastation of the recent Hurricane in the Caribbean, and especially its effect in Haiti. Conscious and unconscious bias are at work. Vincentians need to see this and...
Racism faced by black nuns in America called ‘dangerous memory’
Shannen Dee Williams, assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, addresses the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly in Atlanta August 10. She spoke about the racism faced by black nuns (Credit: CNS...
One Day Dialogues: #IamVincent @StJohn’s
One Day Dialogues are a program of the St. John's University School of Law, fostering open dialogue on Race, Justice, and the Law. We can't forget that part of the Vincentian struggle for systemic change is to reveal the structures of oppression that still exist in...
#IamVincent: Simplicity and Racism
Watch this short video and then we'll talk about the interface of racism and simplicity in the Vincentian tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm5DWa2bpbs Can you see? Remember how Vincent talked about simplicity? "He added that simplicity was a virtue that...
Vincentian Center hosts poverty conference
The Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s—along with the faculty Vincentian Research Fellows—hosted the daylong event, entitled “Care for Our Common Home: The Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor.” Approximately 240 participants, attendees,...
Sisters of Charity CIncinnati combat racism
As we begin the celebration of Black History Month some might be interested in the work of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in combatting racism.
African-American Bishop Speaks from Experience About Racism in America
African-American Bishop Speaks from Experience About Racism in America
“Got to be taught”… and not just in South Pacific
#Racism “Got to be taught”… and not just in South Pacific
Welfare cuts for political capital? (Australia)
From Australia... with possible echoes in the US MELBOURNE: John Passant, tutor in the School of Political Science and International Relations in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University, comments on the recent welfare cuts by the...
