"With sharp political differences, how do we remain unified as Vincentians?" This is a direct quote from the...
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by John Freund, CM | April 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 2 Comments
What can we learn about being chang agents from imitating God’s model of bringing about a change in our ways of thinking?
by John Freund, CM | January 15, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
Listening to “A Daring Prudence,” Fr. Robert Maloney’s overview of the development of the Vincentian Family, evoked metaphors from photography.
by Jim Claffey | July 10, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
The following reflection was written by Jim Claffey during the last election cycle in the US. Just change the candidates’ names for today.
by John Freund, CM | April 10, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
Doctors need to treat that appendix. But that appendix is not something in a laboratory dish. It is part of the many systems we call a person. And that person is part of many other systems.
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
"With sharp political differences, how do we remain unified as Vincentians?" This is a direct quote from the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Nov 2, 2017 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
People are always looking for the easiest answers to poverty. There are no easy answers. Practitioners of systemic...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 8, 2017 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
How did Vincent discover opportunities that turned to systemic change?
by John Freund, CM | Aug 9, 2015 | News, Systemic change
Under the title "What Do the Poor Need? Try Asking Them" David L. Kirp writes in the Sunday Review of a principle that is bedrock for the Vincentian Family approach to systemic change. Invite everyone to the table, especially those most affected! He writes, FOR...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 1, 2015 | Formation, News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Systemic change has many names. This article "The Rise of Antipoverty Relational Work" uses terminology, "relational work", not familiar to most in the Vincentian Family, to describe nonprofits revolutionary change in approach to solutions to poverty. Whatever the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 22, 2015 | Formation, News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The Brookings Institution's latest report ought to be of great interest to the Vincentian Family. Our mission, our strategies and our experience can be brought to bear for the analysis of this landmark document, and serve as a partial basis for future collaborative...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 11, 2015 | Formation, Systemic change
(The development professional were certain that indoor water faucets would aid development but )....had development professionals not instantly assumed that walking to a well was a burden, they might have realized that the water faucets installed inside houses in a...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 8, 2015 | Formation, Systemic change
Know your audience. Know your goal. Know your biases. Know your resources... These and other tips for systemic change training can be found at VinFormation!
by Vincentian Family Office | Jun 29, 2015 | Formation, Vincentian Family, Year of Vincentian Collaboration
The Germantown Systemic Change Initiative (GSCI) is a project aimed at improving the lives of the vulnerable citizens of the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia by building meaningful collaboration among community-based organizations and creating a collective...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
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.
by John Freund, CM | Sep 15, 2014 | Systemic change
Three years in the making… creating a backbone. In 2010, following a Vincentian Family Gathering in Belleville, Illinois, people from 15 Vincentian-affiliated organizations in Germantown met to answer the question “so what now?”
by John Freund, CM | Sep 5, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Systemic change
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth have posted news of their workshop "Understanding Systemic Change & Gender Justice" In responding to the call of the Province and General Assembly, 35 SCNs attended a Systemic Change Workshop and Gender Justice at the Provincial...