On April 4, 2020 — the 53nd anniversary of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech — Kairos is launching a page of resources on combating U.S. militarism created in collaboration with grassroots organizers, artists, musicians, clergy, veterans and peace activists, and policy experts from across the country.
In describing the Vietnam War as a “cruel manipulation of the poor” in his “Beyond Vietnam” speech on April 4, 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. identified the strategy of the ruling class, in all matters foreign and domestic. Read John Wessel-McCoy’s analysis of Dr. King’s insight here.
On February 26, 2020, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, from Goldsboro, North Carolina, testified before the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform on voting rights in low income and minority communities. Read his testimony here.
On the 17th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we find ourselves engaged in yet another global crisis — the COVID-19 pandemic. Read veteran and Poor People’s Campaign organizer T.J. Thompson’s reflections on the current crisis and how, in this kairos moment, we must mobilize.
This compilation of resources on militarism emerged out of a convening held by the Kairos Center in December, 2019 in New York City, which brought together over 60 people from nearly two dozen states. Click here to view the compilation.
We are in the midst of an unfolding public health crisis due to the coronavirus. Check here for updates and analysis from the Kairos Center and our network on this continuing situation.
On June 20, 2020 the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will rise together for an historic digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people! Join us!
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.