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Poverty – phantom with a thousand faces

Poverty – phantom with a thousand faces

by John Freund, CM | Dec 17, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Santiago Barquín, CM writes, “Poverty, misery or want is a phantom with a thousand faces that vents its fury primarily among the majority of people who live in what is referred to as the Third World and among the pockets of poor people living on the fringes of...
Surviving on Food stamps – Creating a conversation

Surviving on Food stamps – Creating a conversation

by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Going behind the headlines… Yesterday, Newark Mayor Cory Booker finished his widely publicized “SNAP Challenge,” during which he subsisted solely on meals he could prepare on an average week’s worth of SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits – which works out to...
Vacant lots – signs of ruin or hope

Vacant lots – signs of ruin or hope

by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Phoenix has an innovative approach to vacant lots that changes them from signs of what has been to symbols of what can be. Hussein Al Hamka is going to farm his famous cucumbers on a 15-acre vacant lot in the heart of Phoenix, where nearly half of all lots sit empty...
“Grasshopper theory of poverty” Sheila Gilbert

“Grasshopper theory of poverty” Sheila Gilbert

by John Freund, CM | Dec 12, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family

Meeting people in poverty face-to-face is the fundamental first action of Vincentians, as members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are called. Strengthened by prayer and reflection, they go two by two to relieve human need, always beginning with a personal visit....
Sandy invites us into solidarity with the world’s poorest

Sandy invites us into solidarity with the world’s poorest

by John Freund, CM | Dec 12, 2012 | Disasters and Responses, Poverty: Analysis and Responses

“It’s like a war zone.”I’ve heard this statement many times as I’ve walked the storm-damaged streets around my home in the weeks after Superstorm Sandy made landfall. Every time I heard it, I would nod politely and say a silent prayer of...
More on how to run a homeless action week

More on how to run a homeless action week

by John Freund, CM | Dec 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Poverty & Homelessness Action Week: get your church organization working to Close the Gap! From the folks atPoverty and Homelessess.. Poverty & Homelessness Action Week 2013 will run from 26 January to 3 February. We organise the Week jointly each year with...
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