by John Freund, CM | May 15, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
“A school of community-based leaders who facilitate knowledge formation among themselves and their communities in order to deepen and develop with them new directions towards nation-building.” represents the vision of Adamson University’s School of Good...
by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
It has taken seven years and more than $7 million dollars but the St Vincent de Paul Society’s Families Back on Track (FBOT) project on the Gold Coast has welcomed its first families. The project in Australia comprises 27 independent furnished units that will...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 30, 2010 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
The May 2010 Joint Newsletter of the Daughters of Charity Advocacy and Social Justice Committee USA is now available. It features piece on Immigration Reform, a Primer on Systemic Change, Promoting Systemic Change through Neighborhood Health Centers, in Education in...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2010 | Collaboration, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
According to the Huffington Post “Zafen, a new interest-free microloan initiative enabling lenders and donors to finance small and medium-sized Haitian businesses, may be just the ticket. That’s what four organizations that collaborated to launch...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 27, 2010 | Collaboration, Featured, Formation, Social, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
What did we learn from the first meeting of the Vincentian Family in cyberspace? It seems like quite a bit. Before we fast forward to the future lets look at the statistics. In its short life VirtualVins.net was viewed from 290 different cities in 27 countries with...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Apr 26, 2010 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
“Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.” Thus begins the English version of the Peoples’ Agreement from the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth now available online for reading. As you read...