by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“The Giving Pledge is about changing the culture of giving,” (BUSINESS WIRE)–Seventeen more of America’s wealthiest families have committed to returning the majority of their wealth to charitable causes by taking the Giving Pledge. The announcement of a...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 11, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Frank Quinlan writes for Eureka Street (Vol 20, No 22) – The idea of developing a national plan to overcome poverty is not a new one. This year, Anti-Poverty Week in October marked eight years since the Australian Senate established the most extensive inquiry...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Oklahoma City Catholic Worker has posted a survival guide for people with low income (cathworkeroct2010) See their JustPeace website for some provocative thoughts about the plight of the marginalized.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CANBERRA: The Anti-Poverty Week 2010 Web Site describes the aims of Anti-Poverty Week as being – To strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and in Australia; and to Encourage research, discussion...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Their goal: Create a sense of community in a chaotic neighborhood overrun with drugs, prostitution and gangs. Their work mirrors, in some ways, the “new monasticism” movement, in which Christians move into urban or rural areas to work with the poor....