by John Freund, CM | Dec 2, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
If you have ever looked closely at a letter from Depaul USA, you will have seen the tag line at the bottom, “Everyone should have a place to call home and a stake in their community” writes Charles Levesque Director of Depaul USA. That tag line is our...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2011 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Fr. Christopher Jamison connect the dots in a reflection presented at CAFOD (Catholic Overseas Development Agency UK) that leads to rediscovering forgotten truths about a banking industry. Independent Catholic News provides the full text of Fr Christopher Jamison’s...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Homelessness from A-Z Younger homeless people from the CONNECTION’S Digital Group TOUCHBASE have developed an inspiring A_Z series to warn other people about the harsh realities of being homeless. They have created “A-Z” to help educate and prevent...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Do Whatever It Takes,” is challenging the digital generation to take action to solve the problem over over 2 million homeless youth. (In no way is this to be confused with the advertising slogan “Just do it”) In the campaign, the Millennial...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Could you live on $4.50 per day for food, as food stamp recipients are. Rep. Jackie Speier tried. You can better understand, too, the struggle of the poor, even the working poor, like the woman who wrote to Speier during the week she ate on a food stamp-limited diet...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to FastCompany…”By asking peers to decide who deserves the most government aid–instead of using empirical measurements–money can have more lasting effects. When governments and NGOs plan on giving assistance to the most needy, how do...