by John Freund, CM | Aug 11, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the classic, “Nickel and Dimed”, thinks so. Ten years ago she  started  what turned into a national dialog about  impact of the 1996 welfare reform on the “working poor” in the United States. Now, she...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 31, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today introduced an Internet-based mapping tool that pinpoints the location of “food deserts” around the country and provides data on population characteristics of census tracts where residents have limited access to...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The LA TImes reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa— Famine is a very technical term — unless you’re one of those walking for weeks in a last-ditch hope to save your family. For months, people have been trudging out of the desert, leaving their dead children...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Millenium Development Goals poverty targets look achievable, but hunger remainsWhile the world is on track to end extreme poverty by 2015 in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals, progress is lagging on meeting the parallel goal of eradicating hunger. The...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 12, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The website “Passionate Giving | Musings on Major Donor Giving, Philanthropy, Non-Profits and Life” offers a series of reflections of interest to all of us who wonder how to support the ministries we engage in. See below for the links to the reflections...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Join other members of the Vincentian Family to explore the theme “Vincentian Family Together Building Bridges Out of Poverty.” The Vincentian Family Collaborators Committee  invites all members of the Vincentian  Family in United States and Canada to...
