by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Stories of Systemic Change (This marks the second 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.) 2. Project DREAM – As the 1,000th baby born to...
by sjs | Dec 13, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
E-bay owned MicroPlace, which launched in October, has been steadily increasing the number of investment opportunities available to those who wish to participate in microlending. It now offers the opportunity to invest in India’s working poor through Oikecredit,...
by sjs | Dec 12, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
A new joint effort by the NBA Enterprise Solutions to Poverty and the Inter-American Development Bank, set to kick off in January, aims to “develop innovative and competitive models of business, to encourage micro-entrepreneurs and to mobilize masters’...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 9, 2007 | Collaboration, Featured, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the first 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.)Near Buckingham Palace, around the corner from the seat of the British government there...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 2, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The catholic legal theory blog “Mirror of Justice” has a thought provoking reflection on a New York Times story reporting how Malawi is solving it own food problems by ignoring US aid. It could serve as a case study as we reflect on how best to effect...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 26, 2007 | Featured, Systemic change
As my mind began to turn toward Advent this year, a surprising thought occurred to me: that first Christmas set off the greatest systemic change ever when God became one with us – in a stable no less. What a scandal! God became one with us. A hallmark of...
