by annaread | Apr 6, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The fourth in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Patricia Nava writes: When less than one per cent of people own the land on which they farm, the...
by annaread | Mar 30, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change
The third in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Gene Smith writes: Strategy Three: In maintaining a profound respect for local culture,...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 23, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The second in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by the members of the Systemic Change Commission of the Vincentian Family. This week, Joseph P. Foley, C.M. writes: Recently I visited a Craft Fair in New York City. One of the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
This week, we begin a 20-week series of articles written by the members of the Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. The articles will feature strategies that are useful, often even essential, for reshaping systems that have led to poverty, disease, oppression and...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 15, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“Our generation is replacing signs and protests with individual actions,’’ says Kyle Taylor, 23, an advocate for the social-entrepreneur movement who started his own mentoring organization. ‘‘This is our civil rights movement and what will define our...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 12, 2008 | Systemic change, Vincentian Family
To support the Vincentian Family’s focus on systemic change, a foundation has offered $100,000 (US) per year for at least two years in order to help launch projects. Robert P. Maloney, C.M. writes… March 1, 2008 To those responsible for various branches of...