by John Freund, CM | Jan 11, 2008 | Systemic change
According to Upton Sinclair, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.â€
by John Freund, CM | Jan 10, 2008 | Systemic change
The blog Wilderness Wonderings has the following post… In a recent book entitled Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs Around Them, Chap Clark and Kara Powell, as well as other contributors such as John Perkins,...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Leaders in the Vincentian Family in North America are “happy to invite you to the next Vincentian Family Gathering, to be held April 10-13, 2008 in New Orleans, LA. In the Providence of God, the 2008 Vincentian Family Gathering leads us to “Solidarity in...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The Honey Project (YouTube official video) is a nonprofit entity run by teenagers that sells organic honey from Africa to people in the United States. The students raise money for the village in Agogo, Ghana, where the honey is produced. The project has funded about...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 30, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Stories of Systemic Change (This marks the fourth in a series of 10 Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) 4. The Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 26, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
As Christmas arrives with a seasonal reminder to look out for the less fortunate, investors are finding a growing range of options for helping without a handout. Every morning Diane Reese can’t wait to find out whether her 782 hand-picked business partners –...