by John Freund, CM | Nov 4, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Systemic Change efforts not a new reality for the four Canadian branches of the North American Sisters of Charity Federation. Since 2008, the Sisters of Charity Federation Maritime Project has been advocating for women and children with a focus on safe, affordable...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The CM Australia website reports that Changemakers Australia has launched a publication called Showcasing Change for a Better Future to encourage long term funding for social change. Changemakers Chair and philanthropist Jill Reichstein reflects on need for meaningful...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Dr John Falzon, CEO of the National Council of the SVDP in Australia, had this to say of a report  highlighting that 1 in 8 Australians lives in poverty. ” The truth told by those on the margins is louder than the lies told about them. Our problem in Australia...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 9, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Fr. Joe Agostino, CM asks… Do you ever feel over-whelmed at times by the quantity of issues which people living in poverty that we serve have to confront? Did you ever wish you had more co-workers with the same Vincentian charism to collaborate with you in...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 13, 2012 | Vincentian Family
James Paddon writes, “As president of the Ontario Canada SSVP, I’ve placed systemic change at the top of my list for my four year term. There is no doubt what the three most critical issues related to systemic change are. The first is the change or...
