by Beth | Jan 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Many of the poorest people in the United States are still struggling to recover from the effects of a recession that ended six years ago, making them very vulnerable as the country stands on the brink of a new downturn. In 2006, the...
by sjs | Jan 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill expressing the sense of Congress “that the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise in...
by sjs | Jan 17, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Rev. Peter Le Jacq, medical doctor and Maryknoll Missioner will deliver a speech, Building a Civilization Without Borders, on January 28, during St. John’s University’s Founder’s Week celebration. Le Jacq, has served during his career in various...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 13, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Stories of Systemic Change (This marks the fifth in a series of 10 Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) 5. San José de Ocoa Water now flows to over 100 villages,...
by sjs | Jan 13, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The need for reliable and inexpensive transportation poses a problem for many working poor, particularly in rural areas. The “Work-n-Wheels” program in Wisconsin is helping to meet that need by providing interest-free loans to people who wouldn’t...
by sjs | Jan 9, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Community Action Partnership, aided by U.S. local, state and national leaders, has developed a campaign to reduce poverty. Its report offers action themes and specific strategies to help all those “who are vulnerable to poverty, economic deprivation, and...
