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...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Poverty statistics in a one minute video presentation which puts poverty in the developed world into perspective. This video offers a simplified and visually engaging way to think about global poverty as the distance between the 231 peope who live...
by Beth | Feb 27, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Homeless Miss Colorado: ‘Anyone can fall victim to this’ Despite having ‘all my belongings in a trash bag,’ she hopes to win Miss USA crown.When Blair Griffith walks into a room, people notice. she’s beautiful, smart. graduated with honors and, yes, a beauty...
by Beth | Feb 26, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Understanding what it is like to be poor takes first hand knowledge. You have to experience it. If you’ve never been poor, you have no idea how hard it really is. Poverty is greatly misunderstood. It is a cycle that sucks people in and doesn’t want to let them go. For...
