by John Freund, CM | May 28, 2011 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to the website Spotlight on Poverty here’s the lesson from the recent political fight in Milwaukee: when democracy decides, paid sick days and working people win. A second lesson: when corporate lobbyists interfere in the democratic process, low-wage workers...
by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2011 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
My Name is Child of God… Not “Those People” is regularly being picked up in America as a required reading text for Sociology classes. “As a child Julia Dinsmore lived in poverty and as an adult she has found herself living below the poverty line. Her riveting stories,...
by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Cities across the country are shifting their compassionate energies away from the traditional handout approach to addressing homelessness, to a more corporate, management-by-objectives perspective that shows how an investment into ending homelessness will...
by John Freund, CM | May 11, 2011 | Congregation of the Mission, Vincentian Family
FAMVIN Australia, on behalf of the Vincentian Priests and Brothers in Australia, is holding a Social Justice Day on July 3rd this year. The Day will be held at De La Salle College Hall, Bland St., Ashfield (Sydney), from 9.00 am – 5.00pm. The theme for the day...
by John Freund, CM | May 10, 2011 | Vincentian Family
John Falzon, Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia, writes that according to a recent OECD report Australia has one of the lowest unemployment benefits in the developed world. Since the mid-1990s, people experiencing...
