by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
WHY VOICE OF THE POOR? Voice of the Poor (VOP) is the advocacy arm of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. By identifying and bringing attention to those issues that are critical to those living in poverty and to the structures, societal and legislative, that cause and...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2014 | Daughters of Charity, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
New Learning Tools Given to Daughters of Charity Cook Islands Prison School (found on the Daughters of Charity website) Inmates at Rarotonga’s prison have been given $7,000 worth of new books and learning resources to help them prepare for a positive future back in...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The State of Homelessness in America 2014 is the fourth in a series of reports that chart progress in ending homelessness in the United States. It examines trends in homelessness between 2012 and 2013, trends in populations at-risk of homelessness from 2011 to 2012,...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 2, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Cardboard Homeless – Appearances are deceiving! What you don’t know about some of the homeless people people walk past. RethinkHomelessness asked our #homeless friends to write down a fact about themselves that other people wouldn’t know just by...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Amazon smiles at DEPAUL USA DEPAUL USA writes… Just think, you can shop and support Depaul USA’s mission to provide homeless individuals with the resources they need to move towards an independent and positive future. Did you know you can shop in Amazon...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 27, 2014 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Social media giving homeless a hand up rather a handout R.D. Plasschaert credits one main thing for pulling her out of homelessness: Twitter. “Social media is the reason I was moved out of homelessness,” Plasschaert said. “The government agencies, shelters and others...
