by annaread | Oct 17, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Australia’s federal government is contributing $2.5 million (Aus) to redevelop facilities at St Mary’s House of Welcome in Melbourne. Established by the Daughters of Charity in 1958, St Mary’s serves the disadvantaged and vulnerable of... by annaread | Oct 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Every year since 1993 the United Nations has called for observance of a day to focus, internationally, on ending poverty. October 17 is a good date to check the page on this topic at the UN’s Dag Hammarskjöld Library for its excellent resources on the... by annaread | Oct 15, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The Just and Moral Society: From Ideal to Reality” was the topic of Saturday’s conference on poverty presented by the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University. Susan Stabile, law professor at University of St. Thomas... by annaread | Oct 15, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
As mentioned in this week’s post on systemic change, October 16 is the date on which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations seeks annually to focus awareness on the problem of hunger. The FAO’s Web page on the theme, “The Right... by John Freund, CM | Oct 15, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Does it make sense that people who most need a little seed money often have the hardest time getting it? Is it just and reasonable that people who would prefer to solve the problems of their poverty and who have ideas about how to do so end up, instead, being offered... by annaread | Oct 14, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In Denver, Colorado USA the mayor challenged every church, synagogue, and mosque to adopt one of Denver’s 600 homeless families. A story in today’s Los Angeles Times looks at what changed in the material lives of one family what changed in the interior...
