by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Leaders in the Vincentian Family in North America are “happy to invite you to the next Vincentian Family Gathering, to be held April 10-13, 2008 in New Orleans, LA. In the Providence of God, the 2008 Vincentian Family Gathering leads us to “Solidarity in...
by sjs | Jan 6, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
With so many lacking health insurance in the U.S., and with declining federal health care funding, local groups are responding with various initiatives to address lack of access to health care at a grassroots level. Read the story.
by sjs | Jan 1, 2008 | Evangelization, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Trinity College in Toronto began a project this fall to introduce low-income adults to the humanities and to hone their skills in abstract thinking. In the words of one project participant, “I’ve been away from this kind of learning for a long time, and it...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The Honey Project (YouTube official video) is a nonprofit entity run by teenagers that sells organic honey from Africa to people in the United States. The students raise money for the village in Agogo, Ghana, where the honey is produced. The project has funded about...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Stories of Systemic Change (This marks the fourth 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.) 4. The Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines...
by sjs | Dec 30, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A chance meeting between a panhandler and a retired corporate executive led to the establishment of a Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative in the Canadian city of St. John, significantly reducing poverty and increasing the city’s labor force participation....
