by John Freund, CM | Jul 7, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A family gives up 1/2 of their American dream house to transform the lives of some 20,000 people in Ghana according to a CNN report and video clip by Rusty Dornan. (Talk about what one family can do for systemic change!) Prompted by a an experience of their 15 year... by sjs | Jul 7, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Taking seriously the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of achieving “improvement in the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by the year 2015,” the Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through... by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
GodTube has a 25 minute video simulating and analyzing a home visit by members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. It is a simulation done by members of the the St. Vincent de Paul Society who are not paid actors. It is part of a series made available by Deacon... by sjs | Jul 3, 2008 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The food crisis is threatening “the attainment of the primary right of every person to be free from starvation,” said Archbishop Migliori, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, at yesterday’s general debate of the U.N. Economic... by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2008 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
John Holbrook “uses his skills as a photographic artist to paint film portraits of the poor, the disadvantaged, the homeless, and the mentally or physically challenged. He portrays his subjects as saints and patriarchs, giving them names taken from scripture.... by sjs | Jun 24, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Successfully addressing poverty requires that “people living in poverty must have a voice in deciding their own destiny, fighting for rights and justice in their own society, and holding states and the private sector to account.” It also requires that...
