I covered Thursday Morning Roundtable today where Dominic Robinson (son of football coach Greg Robinson) spoke about the Assisi Movement which he is the director of. Basically the Assisi movement is a new program on the North Side of Syracuse that is aiming to improve the quality of life for the underprivileged.The Assisi movement is part of Franciscan Collaborative Ministries which is "a spiritually-oriented non-profit community renewal organization undertaking various social entrepreneurship initiatives in an effort to revitalize the North Side of the City of Syracuse." (http://www.franciscancm.org/about.php)
Robinson talked about how the new program is unlike charities and community building projects done in the past. The Assisi Movement is a more collaborative project - meaning it is combining the Franciscan Church of Assumption with Catholic charities, hospitals, businesses, and youth programs. Whereas these previous direct community building programs worked independently, the Assisi movement and the Franciscan Collaborative Ministries are bringing all these different organizations together.
I found the discussion very interesting because I had no idea such a comprehensive program in Syracuse existed. The Assisi movement also has programs that train volunteers for a whole year and then puts them in different social service organizations. The FCM recieves grants and federal money, although Robinson said they need more.
I'm also very said this is the last time we are doing a newscast this semester. I had a lot of fun, and learned so much.
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