In December 2020, the U.S. economy lost 140,000 jobs. Women accounted for all of them. Learn more by reading the testimonies of Sheree Allen, organizer and leader with NC Raise Up, and Shana Bartley from the National Women’s Law Center.
On behalf of the 140 million poor and low-income people in this country, the Poor People’s Campaign calls upon the nation to join us in a season of prayer and action. Read Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis’ reflection on the true legacy of Dr. King here.
The Poor People’s Campaign witnessed with heavy hearts the events of January 6th, when a mob emboldened by hate, lies, and racism laid siege to the US Capitol and other state capitols across the country in an attempt to subvert our democracy.
The Georgia Senate runoff confirms the power of voting for an agenda of living wages, healthcare, racial and economic justice. Read Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis’ statement and view a video of Rev. Dr. Warnock speaking at Kairos’ launch in 2013.
On October 23–24, the Kairos Center Presents: Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference on the urgent struggles and policy solutions of the poor and dispossessed.
Watch Freedom Church of the Poor, hosted by the Reading the Bible with the Poor Cohort of the Kairos Center, LIVE each Sunday from 6:00pm–7:00pm ET on the Kairos Center’s Facebook page!
“A Poor People’s History of Wall Street” takes you through the concrete canyons of the command center for global capitalism and asks: Who does Wall Street benefit? How does Wall Street operate in society? And is the stock market the best way to measure the health of a society?
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.