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More Billionaires Pledge Majority of Wealth to Philanthropy

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...

It’s Time – for a National (Australian) Plan to overcome Poverty

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...

Survival Strategies for low inome people – Part 1

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.

Anti-Poverty Week Australia – Sunday October 17

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...

Young Christians Seek Intentional Community Among Poor

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....
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