Toward a World that Works for Everyone
The Réhabex organization is launching the Réhabus, a bus that will serve as a mobile assistance centre for people experiencing homelessness in Outaouais. (Radio-Canada/Emmanuelle Poisson) Réhabus also includes a laundry room and private space to meet with social workers. With thanks to Daren for this post. By Emma Weller · CBC News · July 14, […]
This is such a good reminder to ‘Love Your Neighbour as Yourself.’ 9-year-old Alvero recognized the needs of the elderly where he lived in the northern shantytown of Bucaramanga, Columbia, and organized his young friends to help him wash, feed, run errands for them. An extraordinary child with aware parents who allowed him to do […]
Click Below to Sign the Petition More about this Action Everyone deserves access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food but around the world, millions of people are uncertain of where their next meal will come from. World hunger has been on the rise for years. Conflict, climate change, economic shocks and a global pandemic have […]
A Mama-Tee refrigerator in Philadelphia. (Heather Long/The Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/28/hunger-philadelphia-free-fridges/ PHILADELPHIA — Darrell Brokenborough opened the bright yellow refrigerator that stood on the sidewalk outside a row home at 308 N. 39th St., smiled and said, “It’s full.” He balanced on his cane so he could take a closer look at the apples, yogurt, greens, […]
The basis of so much opposition to making things free for people appears to stem from the view that people are at base sinful, evil, unreliable, self-serving, etc. According to this view, if we remove the need to work, everyone will become dope-smoking hippies, polluting the beaches, etc. I have three objections to that view. […]
2 – 30 minute podcasts for novices, sceptics and enthusiasts to explore the wonders of Basic Income. How to overcome poverty and inequality one episode at a time. Some of the discussion points in the first podcast: the natural resources of this planet are for all the people but many have been excluded from that […]
In January, 2020, Bakersfield, California, had housed nearly everyone who had been homeless for more than a year. Then they sustained it during the pandemic. By Adele Peters, Fast Company, January 6th, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90591154/this-california-city-just-ended-chronic-homelessness Bakersfield, California, struggled with extreme poverty and homelessness long before the pandemic, and when COVID hit, the challenges in fighting those […]
By Debra Adams Simmons, HISTORY Executive Editor for National Geographic, December 28th, 2020 https://email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v600000176 Houston’s Chris Williams was terrified when the pandemic began because he feared he would lose his restaurant. He dropped his prices and converted to a takeout spot. Then he turned his attention to those most in need. “We switched up our […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Universal Mother Mary: Go to the missions, go to the homeless shelters, go to the places of addictions, go to the hospitals where the crack babies cry and need. There are plenty of places for you to begin. Go to the abused children, the women who suffer in silence. And simply offer your Love […]
Another look at business Darwinism, a philosophy that will not go with us. What belief system or philosophy underpins the inequitable distribution of wealth in the world? Historians called it “social Darwinism.” Popular self-help writers called it “Looking Out for Number 1.” Economists called it “enlightened self-interest.” The Company of Heaven (the CoH) calls it […]
Strangers Raise $84,000 for 94-year-old Street Vendor in Wheelchair After One Woman’s Act of Kindness Goes Viral Good News Network, Jul 25, 2020 (https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-raises-84k-for-street-vendor-selling-tamales/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=weekly_mailout&utm_source=28-07-2020) It all started with a random act of kindness. A young woman was walking in Santa Ana, California, when she came upon an elderly street vendor selling tamales. Seeing how tired […]
Cathy Buckle, Letters from Zimbabwe, July 10th, 2020 http://cathybuckle.co.zw/zimbabwes-clock-ticking-towards-immense-crisis Dear Family and Friends, On these late winter mornings you don’t have to listen hard to hear Zimbabwe’s clock ticking towards an immense crisis. Civil servants at ground level: teachers, nurses, security personnel, clerical and office workers are barely surviving, earning a basic salary now worth […]
Listen to Drug Users and Advocates, the CERB is Harm Reduction Overdose Prevention Ottawa, June 7, 2020 https://overdosepreventionottawa.wordpress.com/ Reckless. This is how Raina Gagnon, an addictions counselor in Ottawa representing Centretown Pharmacy, described the distribution of emergency funds to people who use drugs in an opinion piece last week. Gagnon argues that by accessing the […]
Writer’s Corner How to Support Your Community During COVID-19 Meredith Jones If there is a silver lining to turmoil, it is the drive to reflect. Right now, many of us see the challenges people are facing all over the world, and we feel called to do something. Volunteering your time, labor, and talents can help […]
I reported on GAoG the hopes and optimism of the people in Zimbabwe when Mugabe was thrown from power. The situation has gone from bad to worse, the poverty is increasing exponentially but I’m always amazed at the resilience of the people. My daughter, Natasha, visited Zimbabwe in March. Life goes on, the people are […]
