by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
This week, we begin a 20-week series of articles written by the members of the Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. The articles will feature strategies that are useful, often even essential, for reshaping systems that have led to poverty, disease, oppression and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“Our generation is replacing signs and protests with individual actions,’’ says Kyle Taylor, 23, an advocate for the social-entrepreneur movement who started his own mentoring organization. ‘‘This is our civil rights movement and what will define our...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2008 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
To support the Vincentian Family’s focus on systemic change, a foundation has offered $100,000 (US) per year for at least two years in order to help launch projects. Robert P. Maloney, C.M. writes… March 1, 2008 To those responsible for various branches of...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 11, 2008 | Church, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CAIRO, Egypt, MARCH 10, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See urged the U.N. food and agriculture to focus on solutions to hunger that take into account both the material and spiritual dimensions of the person, says the Vatican. Speaking on behalf of the Holy See, the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Christian Science Monitor has begun a 5 part series on ending poverty. A first step for the global poor – shatter six myths. …. (then) what is true about extreme poverty?