by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Please join in Poverty & Homelessness Action Week January 2013 and call for an end to this blame game. Are people to blame for being poor or homeless? Media stereotypes make huge assumptions – benefit claimants don’t want to work; homeless people are...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 10, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
It has been said that a measure of a society is how it cares for those on the margins. The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina serves as a resource for both the community and public policy makers on issues affecting the poor is one way the Foundation...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2012 | Vincentian Family
A thought-provoking post from Thomas Worcester Editor, ‘The Cambridge Companion to the Jesuits’ found on The Huffington Post. In the midst of a bitterly fought election campaign, on issues such as wealth and poverty and “entitlement” reform,...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 22, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“Saint Vincent de Paul and the Mission of the Institute for Business & Professional Ethics: Why Companies Should Care about Poverty” Vincentian Heritage (Special Issue on Vincentian Higher Education and Poverty Reduction) 28.2 (2008): 141-150....
by John Freund, CM | Sep 16, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Covenant House – Business Leaders Sleeping Outside, So Homeless Youth Don’t Have To. On November 15, 2012, business leaders across North America will spend one night on the street in solidarity with homeless kids, to raise awareness for their plight and to...
