by John Freund, CM | Jan 7, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
British Economist, Guy Standing, coined the term, precariat, to describe the reality of low wage workers in our modern, global economy; a reality in which risk continues to be shifted away from capital and on to the backs of working people at the low end of the labour...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 6, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
AnnMarie Walsh checks her social media accounts using the free Wi-Fi in the Metro station in Arlington Heights. Walsh uses the moniker “@padschicago” for her Twitter, Facebook page, YouTube channel and WordPress blog accounts. She had her head shaved as part of a...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 20, 2011 | Vincentian Family
The Vincent dePaul Society in Australia has a solution for the dilemma of what to do with unwanted Christmas gifts – valued at more than $750 million last year – has been solved with the launch of an Australian first Christmas Gift Amnesty to help people donate...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 16, 2011 | Vincentian Family
In an amazing time-lapse YouTube video Kurt Savage solves 100 cubes and arranges them to form a QR code that people can scan and text money to support DepaulUK! And all this is prelude to his January 12th attempt to run a solve 100 rubick cubes as he runs a half...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 14, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to FastCompany…”By asking peers to decide who deserves the most government aid–instead of using empirical measurements–money can have more lasting effects. When governments and NGOs plan on giving assistance to the most needy, how do...
