by John Freund, CM | Sep 24, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
A 50 second YouTube video spells out the difference when the car is donated to the SVDPUSA. It can mean food for a family four for a month, a child’s nutrition of  four months, medication for a handicapped person for two years. The SVDP National Vehicle Donation...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 20, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Archbishop Dolan Asks Nation’s Clergy To Preach On Poverty, Educate And Advocate For Poor And Jobless (USCCB). He urged bishops and other Catholic clergy nationwide to bring the issue of poverty into their homilies. He also underscored the need for educational and...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 19, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Catholic Charities USA sponsored the National Poverty Summit which brought together national leaders, local experts, practitioners, volunteers, advocates, academics and others to advance the work that needs to be done to reduce poverty in America and in our world. The...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
EVOKE is a social network game that amounts to a ten-week crash course in changing the world. The goal of the social network game is to help empower people all over the world to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems. With echos of the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Millenium Development Goals poverty targets look achievable, but hunger remainsWhile the world is on track to end extreme poverty by 2015 in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals, progress is lagging on meeting the parallel goal of eradicating hunger. The...
