A Washington Post story was about some members of Congress who took part in a poverty simulation exercise as a way of gaining some insight into what real people experience. In 2011 over 100 participants at our “Bridges Out of Poverty” meeting took part in basically the same sort of exercise.
Before the words! Long before “Systemic Change” became part of the Vincentian Family’s recent vocabulary Bro. Al, CM has been accumulating a 30 year track record that is, not surprisingly changing. A recent article in Catholic Philly “Inn Dwelling: Rehabbing homes and turning around lives in Germantown” tells the story.
That’s exactly the genius of St. Vincent! He created a system of helping the poor or organized charity rather than individual charity work. St. Vincent de Paul National Awards recognize those who walk in these footsteps.
These last 2 days of our workshop will be dedicated to train the trainors and an important consideration in systemic change explained to us was about Fund-raising. Jim Claffey beautifully stressed that it is a ministry
The 3rd day for the Systemic Change Philippines Workshop “Systems Thinking in a Nutshell” and “Essential Elements of Systemic Change” followed by examples from around the world and at home in the Philippines.