We are in the midst of an unfolding public health crisis due to the coronavirus. And we at the Kairos Center know that this crisis results from a deeper, much longer-term crisis — that of poverty and inequality and of a society that despises the poor and ignores the needs of the 140 million poor and low-income people in this country.
Check here for updates and analysis from the Kairos Center and our network on this continuing situation, including demands from organizations and movements on the frontlines of the poor organizing the poor.
From the Kairos Center
- Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, The Coronavirus Crisis and the Crisis of Poverty: A Message from Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
- T.J. Thompson, A Veteran’s Reflections Upon the Invasion of Iraq in a Modern Pandemic
- Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, “Plagues Expose the Foundations of Injustice,” Sojourners
- Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, “The Revival of the National Union of the Homeless,” The Nation
- Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, “Our moral obligation to health during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Religion News Service
- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, “The particular peril of coronavirus for poor people — and then everyone else,” Arkansas Times
- Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, “In This Kairos Time, Will We Embody Church?” Sojourners
From Our Network
- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, “In Times Like These…” Repairers of the Breach
- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, “Prayer Will Not Stop the Coronavirus,” The Nation
- Karen Dolan, “Think kids won’t suffer from COVID-19? Wrong: It threatens them with more poverty, hunger, homelessness,” Market Watch
- Put People First! PA Statement and Demands on the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Abahlali baseMjondolo, Coronavirus: A Call for Solidarity in a Time of Crisis
- Food & Water Watch, National Water Shutoff Moratorium
- Los Angeles Tenants Union Coronavirus Demands
- Fight for $15 COVID-19 McDonald’s Demands
- Can Somebody Explain to Me? An Educational Activity Book for Kids
- North Carolina’s People’s Platform for Social and Economic Survival and Beyond Us
- Western Regional Advocacy Project, “WRAP Statement Regarding COVID-19“
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