by sjs | Sep 1, 2008 | Church
Vincent understood the meaning of work. He knew that we love God not only by acts of prayer, but “with the sweat of our brows and the strength of our arms.” On this Labor Day in the U.S., a day on which we celebrate the acheivements of workers, it is...
by sjs | Aug 31, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Over 200 bicyclists just completed a “sea to sea bike tour” across the United States, to help raise funds and awareness to help break the cycle that keeps people in poverty. Most of the 220 riders set out from Seattle in late June for the 3,881 mile ride,...
by sjs | Aug 28, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Even as it adjusted the recognized yardstick for measuring global poverty from $1 a day to $1.25 a day, the World Bank finds that the number of people living in poverty has increased. The World Bank figures show 1.4 billion people living on less than $1.25 a day as of...
by sjs | Aug 18, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Poverty is the theme of this year’s Blog Action Day, an annual day on which bloggers are invited to bring public attention to a particular social problem. This year, Blog Action Day is October 15. To find out more and to see a video explaining what Blog Action...
by sjs | Aug 4, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Low-wage workers in the United States are gripped by increasing financial insecurity as they inch along an economic tightrope made riskier by pervasive job losses and rising prices. Many struggle to pay for life’s basics — housing, food and health...
