by John Freund, CM | Aug 5, 2009 | Justice and Peace, News
Gordon Brown speaks of attacking poverty and proposing the transformation of global politics, in the age of Twitter. (Despite Brown’s job title as Great Britain’s Prime Minister, this is no stump speech). There is much food for thought for Vincentians in...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Vincentian Family
Sr. Germaine Price, DC , NGO representative at the UN reports a great turning at the UN. that General Assembly President H.E. Fr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann implored the religious community: “All the current crises that we face, environment, financial, economic and the...
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Jul 22, 2009 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
One Issue, Thousands of Voices Blogs are a powerful advocacy tool. Think of it! One issue, thousands of voices. Some people did. Independently organized “Blog Action Day 2008” focusing on poverty drew 12,800 Bloggers 14,053 Blog Posts and 13,498,280...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2009 | Featured, Formation, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
I connected the dots after I spent 15 minutes “wasting time” creating the cartoon below with a free online program. I had been wondering about this weeks’ Systemic Change feature so I did this quick 3 pane adaptation of an insight Vincent used. The...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2009 | Daughters of Charity, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
This video from Chicago TV puts a face on the faceless threatened by budget cuts. “Marillac House: State Cuts Could Wipe Out A Program That’s Helped Generations” See related story.
