by John Freund, CM | Aug 17, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The “Vinnies” of South Australia are celebrating the social Justice efforts of young SVDP’ers. The Awards celebrate the Good Works of young adults and school students from around the state (South Australia). These young people have worked in advocacy...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Evangelization, Systemic change
“We wanted something that would take care of the youth, in the area, who are mostly idle and unemployed,” explains Sister Liz Smith, DC. With seed money from a family in Ireland a library has been built in a remote part of Kenya. Students from nearby schools drop...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 22, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
One Issue, Thousands of Voices Blogs are a powerful advocacy tool. Think of it! One issue, thousands of voices. Some people did. Independently organized “Blog Action Day 2008” focusing on poverty drew 12,800 Bloggers 14,053 Blog Posts and 13,498,280...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2009 | Featured, Formation, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
I connected the dots after I spent 15 minutes “wasting time” creating the cartoon below with a free online program. I had been wondering about this weeks’ Systemic Change feature so I did this quick 3 pane adaptation of an insight Vincent used. The...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 30, 2009 | Systemic change
“So, if you find yourself engaged in a debate about the usefulness of microfinance, from now onwards let the speaker know that yes microfinance has been proven to have a significantly positive economic (consumption, nutrition and asset accumulation) and social...
by John Freund, CM | May 31, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
Sister Felicia Mazzola, D.C., Director of International Project Services, talks about the scope of projects which have emerged from the local people with the support of the Daughters, living and working within their communities around the world. As such many of their...