by John Freund, CM | Nov 26, 2007 | Featured, Systemic change
As my mind began to turn toward Advent this year, a surprising thought occurred to me: that first Christmas set off the greatest systemic change ever when God became one with us – in a stable no less. What a scandal! God became one with us. A hallmark of...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2007 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Top down or bottom up? Poor people are not the problem but the key to eradicating hunger. Such is the belief of The Hunger Project, a global, strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, The Hunger Project...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 10, 2007 | Evangelization, Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The Vincentian Family figured prominently in the awarding of over one millions dollars for systemic change projects. On November 8, 2007 Brother Constant Goetschalckx FC of the Brothers of Charity, an international community with deep roots in the Vincentian traditon...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 4, 2007 | Featured, Systemic change
One key to “addressing underlying causes and discovering long-term solutions for poverty” (John Paul II to Vincentians), a process also known as “systemic change”, is recognizing the difference between “hand outs” and “a hand...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 28, 2007 | Featured, Justice and Peace, Systemic change
There is little awareness in the developed world of the vast network of child slaves, some 200,000 in Thailand alone. ‘To see girls enslaved in brothels, it hurts,’ says Sompop Jantraka. ‘If you can protect one child, you protect future...
