by John Freund, CM | Apr 24, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Water Changes Everything. Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis. It’s a crisis because it only starts with water — but water affects everything in life. Health. Education. Food security. The lives of...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 14, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A moving YouTube presentation based on the Joni Mitchell hit “Both Sides Now” I’ve looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It’s love’s illusions I recall I really don’t know love at all...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
So how could an iPad (or similar tablet) help a homeless person find permanent housing? The website Poverty Insights offers some suggestions how access to an iPad could be life changing. For many people who encounter homeless persons on a daily basis, a handheld...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Frederic’s E-Gazette, the electronic newsletter from the National Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, asks for swift action regarding the extreme budget cuts being proposed in the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. As Vincentians, we have a duty to...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 6, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The drumbeat of early warnings of historically high food prices leaning to a major global crisis rooted might help put some perspective on the Lenten call for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Food price spikes are more than a blip on the Chicago Board of Trade. The...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
It is so easy. Click, click. Point. Tag. Retweet. “Click-activism”! Just a few motions with my index finger and I am changing the world.Press that “like” button. Join that Facebook group. In a fraction of a second, I am saving the environment from the...
