by Beth | Feb 19, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Around the world, momentum is building behind a tiny tax on bankers that could generate billions of dollars to help with problems at home and overseas. It has been given different names in different countries – the ‘Robin Hood’ tax in the United...
by Beth | Feb 15, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Jim Claffey presents candid reflections in the aftermath of his Belleville workshop presentation “Project Uplift and Systemic Change.” He shared the ways the project was and was not involved in systemic change. Of particular interest is his presentation of...
by Beth | Feb 14, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It’s no coincidence that the largest room at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul building is the dining room. In an organization where 1,000 meals are served a day, the poor are no longer just being fed, they are also learning to cook and become great chefs, according...
by Beth | Jan 22, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“There are always a lot of headlines about poverty the day that the data comes out, but then those headlines fade, and the problem hasn’t gone away. What we need is a sustained focus by the media and our elected officials, and we need advocacy groups and...
by Beth | Jan 17, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Homelessness can and must be ended. But to do so requires a paradigm shift that says that American ideals of basic economic and social justice are too big to fail. It requires saying that we will not tolerate homelessness in America. It requires a commitment to the...
