by John Freund, CM | Mar 10, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Frederic’s E-Gazette, the electronic newsletter from the National Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, asks for swift action regarding the extreme budget cuts being proposed in the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. As Vincentians, we have a duty to...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 5, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
It is so easy. Click, click. Point. Tag. Retweet. “Click-activism”! Just a few motions with my index finger and I am changing the world.Press that “like” button. Join that Facebook group. In a fraction of a second, I am saving the environment from the...
by Beth | Feb 26, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Housing isn’t the solution to homelessness. You also need community,” said Mark Horvath. Founder of InvisiblePeople.tv — a site of raw, uncut videos of homeless people telling their own stories—Horvath was once homeless himself in 1995. So he’s no small...
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...