La Salle as a Community
What drives us to serve?
This Guide is a collaboration between LSA Providence students & faculty
to raise awareness about poverty & the challenges we are facing together.
It is our hope to spark inspiration to make powerful positive change
locally, nationally, and even internationally !
Please visit often, learn, and answer the Polls on each page
so we can gauge what our community is thinking!
Thank you.
LaSalle.org General Council Reflection 7: 2021-22: E-DOCUMENT: Reflection
" . . . I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. . . "
Economic: Refers to the lack of basic financial resources needed for a family to function at the average level of other families in the community. For the United States specific guidelines are provided by the Department of Health and Human resources as to what constitutes economic poverty and low income.
Educational: Refers to significant differences in cognitive style or development, past school history, or social/emotional developments that significantly impede a person being able to function in the regular learning environments without supports or accommodations.
Affective: Refers to a significant lack of the personal, psychological, social and emotional resources and competencies to be able to meet normal development expectations. Poverty in this area can lead to lifelong emotional and social maladjustment impeding the person from being a contributing member of the community.
Poverty of Values: Refers to a lack in appreciation of local social norms, spirituality, or of the responsibility to the larger world community that all persons have.
At some point(s) in everyone's life, poverty appears requiring:
respect, support, and healing
Fr. D'Agostino was a 1943 graduate of La Salle Academy. He has been nominated for consideration of sainthood for his tireless and inspirational work on behalf of the orphans of the AIDS virus in Kenya.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Prayer
Shared w/the LSA community by Nikolai Wojciechowski, 03/16/2022
Please join with other Lasallians to support the refugee families through Catholic Relief Services!
Amanda Gorman on the War
Chef Jose Andres, Founder of World Central Kitchen, on Ukraine Relief Efforts
June 12, 2022
World Central Kitchen: wck.org
We Fed an Island by Vanessa Olugbode '24 - Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), The Environment, Equal Justice, Prayers and Reflections, Animals, Water Crisis
James Grace '23 - Equal Justice, A Home For All
Marissa Reilly '24 - The Environment, Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), Water Crisis
Anna Wong '24 - Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), The Environment, and Art for Change
Meera Menon '24 - Inclusion, The Environment, Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), Service Opportunities
Abi Oxley '24 - Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), The Environment, Equal Justice, Prayers and Reflections
Margue Oxley '24 - The Environment, Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), Animals, Service Opportunities
Samira Sefiani-Lavine '24 - Service Opportunities, Inclusion, Wellness (Mental & Physical Health)
Catherine Swerdloff '24 - A Home For All, The Environment, Global Wealth Indicators by Continent and Country
Sophia Osmani '24 - Wellness (Mental & Physical Health)
Cher Zhao '24 - Art For Change
Anna Vredenburg '23: Prayers and Reflections, La Salle Academy Outreach
Mia Almonte '24 - Wellness (Mental & Physical Health), Inclusion, Art For Change
Catherine Mukiibi '24 - Equal Justice, Inclusion, Wellness (Mental & Physical Health)
Mrs. Cerros, Arts Dept. Faculty: Moderator
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WLSA NEWS: "Eye on the World" Segments
Chief Editor, Gianni Diarbi interviews the team:
