by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Daughters of Charity Health System Unveils Nursing Leadership Plan to Reduce Incidents of Sepsis. (Link no longer active) This program imparts a systemic change in the leadership role that nurses at the bedside will take in designing and implementing excellent...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 2, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) is taking a leadership role in National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16. The main objective is to move people to complete an advance directive for end-of-life healthcare. See also Advance Directives and Catholic...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
184 Social Justice Organizations From 29 Countries sent a letter to President Obama… “request that you work to rapidly re-regulate the food and energy commodities futures markets to remove excessive speculation that has so clearly increased price...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 22, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Many who work among the poor speak use a phrase that captures a key purpose of their work: systemic change. This potent idea has captured the attention and imagination of leaders of the Vincentian Family. Why? One way to look at that question is to think about the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger. The story of Brazil’s fourth largest city Belo Horizonte, a city of 2.5 million people, once had 11 % of its population living in absolute poverty, and almost...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2009 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The keynote speakers at the North American Vincentian Family Gathering April 16-19, Allison Boisvert and Eddie Friel present insights into different but deeply inter-related dimensions of “systemic change†– the personal and structural. This week we feature...
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