On Tuesday, the Poor People’s Campaign led a moral march on the Democratic Presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Read Rev. Theoharis’ account of how we are calling for a national debate on poverty and the centering of the demands of the Poor People’s Campaign in this election season and beyond.
The Kairos Center continues to provide a deeper study of the kairos moment in which we find ourselves today, and is at the heart of deep-dive organizing building the Poor People’s Campaign across this nation. Check out some of the highlights of our work here on the Kairos Center blog in 2019.
The Ewell Plaza Project under way in Lancaster, PA is an example of an economic development program that doesn’t care much about the plight of the poor and dispossessed. Read this piece on the plight, fight, and insight of the poor in Lancaster by Tammy Rojas, a leader in Put People First! PA.
Colleen Wessel-McCoy delivers an Advent sermon proclaiming that our world is in desperate need of our active anticipation. She highlights the work of Put People First! PA in Lancaster, who are fighting water service shut offs in more than two thousand households this Christmas.
On June 20, 2020 the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will rise together as a powerful moral fusion movement in Washington, DC! Join us!
This new collection of sermons features religious and community leaders committed to the unity and organization of the poor for a powerful social movement to end poverty.
Kairos Center publications, articles, and research at the intersection of religion and human rights, including work from the Poverty Scholars’ Network on the defining issue of our day, the abolition of poverty.
A collection of Poor People’s Campaign resources for study on poverty in the United States, history, Dr. King’s vision, and today’s Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.