Advocacy

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County focuses on key areas of social justice: poverty, homelessness, unemployment, access to healthcare, alleviation of hunger, and personal security and safety.

Please visit the list of resources we have compiled that describe system change and ways to make the world a better place for those who face poverty. The Society does not prescribe a solution, but merely encourages engagement in the public policy process.

In this spirit, we share the following:

• Rough and Tumble: Information about the current issues of public policy affecting Californians
• Next Ten: Test how your values might impact public policy by building a budget for the State of California. Sound scary and difficult? It is, but we must all consider the harsh economic realities and choices we make.
• Saint Vincent de Paul Society Voice of the Poor Project: Learn more about the role of advocacy in the work of Vincentians
• California Budget Project
• For information about community organizing, take a look at Pico National Network and local community organizing sites that include BOCA in Berkeley, OCO in Oakland and COR in Hayward.
• For more information on poverty and other related "hard facts," please visit the San Francisco Bay Area Census