by annaread | Oct 11, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Recently the weekly feature on systemic change spotlighted Seton Harvest, a Daughters of Charity project of community supported agriculture. The Sisters of Charity of New York also have a project; see their interesting blog.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2007 | Featured, Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
[google 2238105394190368409] There’s a garbage pile that dwarfs, easily, the small hills of Rome — and people live on top of it. Payatas is home to people who live on and from the refuse of the super-metropolis of Manila (population 12 million). Learn more...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 23, 2007 | Systemic change
New York’s South Bronx was once a getaway for the rich; now the defining landmarks of the community are power plants, landfills, and parking lots. Where some might see hopelessness, though, resident Omar Freilla sees opportunity. Freilla founded Green Worker...
by Beth | Sep 16, 2007 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Unless there isn’t enough of it or a health crisis causes reconsideration of diet, most people don’t spend much time thinking about food. But hunger and health — our own and that of the increasingly stressed land — are reasons to think about...
by Beth | Sep 9, 2007 | Systemic change
Are all things really possible? Can we, like Vincent, think outside the paradigms of our habits and culture? That’s what leaders in the Vincentian family ask us to do in asking us to focus on systemic change. Once at week at famvin.org, we’ll be kicking up...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 14, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The de Paul Leadership Project is requesting submissions that illustrate how Vincentian values and leadership principles inform your leadership practice and influence your organization. Vincent de Paul is well known for his service to the poor in 17th century France:...
