by annaread | Nov 2, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
That’s how the Philadephia Inquirer puts it, anyway, in their Sunday feature about Carmella Marie Christiano, S.C. About her turn as a whistle-blower almost 40 years ago she says, “I was too young and too dumb to be frightened, but actually, I was in the...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 28, 2007 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
There is little awareness in the developed world of the vast network of child slaves, some 200,000 in Thailand alone. ‘To see girls enslaved in brothels, it hurts,’ says Sompop Jantraka. ‘If you can protect one child, you protect future...
by annaread | Oct 25, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Previously famvin.org published a link to a participant’s overview of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society’s conference on poverty. Now a complete digest of the day includes summaries of the keynote address by John J. Coughlin, O.F.M., J.D., J.C.D....
by annaread | Oct 24, 2007 | Justice and Peace
In world record-breaking numbers last week, almost 39 million people in 110 countries participated in the “Stand Up and Speak Out” organized by the United Nations Millennium Campaign and the Global Call to Action against Poverty. Read the United Nations...
by annaread | Oct 22, 2007 | Justice and Peace
Earlier today Sr Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, spoke at University of St. Thomas Law School. Read a summary of the talk by a professor who attended.
by annaread | Oct 21, 2007 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
International Bridges to Justice works to protect basic legal rights of citizens of developing countries. The thin wedge of this narrowly defined mission has opened the door to increasing human rights: for instance, to reducing the use of torture as a means of...
