Writings
New ideas that truly transform our ways of thinking and acting
The innovations, the really new ideas that profoundly change our hearts, our ways of thinking and, consequently, our structures and (…) Read more
My mother taught us to be proud
I started to work at four years
I was four years old when I started to earn a living by serving (…) Read more
Changing the rules of the game
-Between reform and revolution, which do you choose?
-Is this the right question? The poorest have seen so many reforms and (…) Read more
For people who love justice
I want to speak to you about an abused people; abused because they are on the margins of where rights (…) Read more
Building the peace
“So long as the poor remain at the bottom of our social ladder, our societies will not be based on (…) Read more
Refusing the separation
The ATD Fourth World Movement has sought to denounce the existence of a population that has been cast aside to (…) Read more
The basic human right to have a holiday
It was 1959. I had been in the Noisy-le-Grand camp for over two years. I was tired; my nights were (…) Read more
Partners in democracy
The poorest families yearn to become part of our shared history, at last under their true identity, no longer as (…) Read more
From working to having a trade
Making the poor work at any job, whatever it may be, so long as they are useful, has always been (…) Read more