Palm Sunday: A People’s Procession for Justice March 30, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 10:00 pm EDT Join us for Palm Sunday: A People’s Procession for Justice in Washington Square Park on Sunday, April 2, at 9:30 a.m. This will be an in-person procession hosted by Kairos Center, First Presbyterian Church NYC, Middle Collegiate Church and other NYC churches. We will gather to retell the story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, to remember Jesus’ radical message of nonviolence and justice, to sing and pray together, and to lift up the ways this story is a living story through struggles for justice in our world today. All are welcome for this brief service that begins Holy Week for Christians.
Kelly Brown Douglas, Karenna Gore, Liz Theoharis: An Examination of Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological and Economic Justice April 14, 2023 - April 15, 2023 Dates/Times: April 14 (1-6pm) and April 15 (9am-5pm) Location: Online Instructors: Kelly Brown Douglas, Karenna Gore, Liz Theoharis Registration Deadline: Sunday, April 2 This course critically explores the biblical and theological traditions that have helped to cause economic and ecological injustice as well as biblical, theological and ethical mandates for addressing it. It highlights the intersecting and interlocking realities of racial,
Matthew 25 – Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy, and Movement Building August 28, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT Real and Lasting Change: Models that Work to end Poverty Eradicating systemic poverty through three crucial and effective models: community organizing, movement-building, and public policy advocacy. Speakers: Denzel Mitchell, an
White Christian Nationalism: What to Know and How to Respond February 3 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST As the political influence of Christian nationalist ideology has grown in recent years, so has awareness of the threat it poses to democratic and religious freedoms. On Saturday, February 3,
Lessons from Liberation Theology In Times of Genocide February 10 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST Four months and 31,000 lives later, the genocide of the Gazan people continues unabetted. While the war on the poor, displaced and houseless in the U.S skyrockets, the United States government continues to bankroll these atrocities with taxpayers dollars, wreaking havoc on the innocent people of Palestine. As people of faith we collectively ask what
Pilgrimage for Peace: Philadelphia, PA to Washington, DC #CeasefireNow February 14 @ 10:00 am - February 21 @ 5:00 pm EST Join a coalition of faith leaders, artists, and activists on a Pilgrimage for Peace to demand a Ceasefire in Gaza. From February 14 to February 21, 2024, faith leaders, activists, and artists will march from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA to the White House in Washington, DC to urge President Biden call for an end
2024: How did we get here and how do we get out of it? March 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT Join Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and a panel of scholars, including Rev. Dr. Kelle Brown, as they present and discuss Cedar Monroe’s new book, Trash: A Poor White Journey. Together
Book Talk: Cedar Monroe in Conversation With Liz Theoharis March 17 @ 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm EDT 7:00 pm (PT) - Every day across the US, 66 million poor white people pay the price for failing whiteness. In their sweeping debut, Trash: A Poor White Journey (Broadleaf),
NYC Interfaith Iftar & Breaking the Fast for a Permanent Ceasefire March 21 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Rabbis for Ceasefire, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Kairos Center, Muslim Community Network NY, Faith for Black Lives, Hindus for Human Rights, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Adalah Justice Project, and Jews For Racial & Economic Justice are teaming up to build intentional Interfaith community through breaking our fast together, sharing prayer and ritual, and gathering
Empowering Voices: Women’s History Month Discussion with The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis March 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice joins
Easter Sunday with Freedom Church of the Poor March 31 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT In the Christian tradition Easter is a day of joy and celebration of new, resurrected life. As we confront the tremendous suffering of our times - ongoing death and violence in our communities, genocide, war, ecolgoical devastation, and general abandonment amidst abundance across the world - we recognize how difficult it may be to see
24-Hour Prayer Vigil for a Just New York State Budget April 1 @ 11:00 am - April 2 @ 11:00 am EDT As we come to the end of March, our legislators and governor are deep in negotiations over the state budget. We expect the budget will NOT be completed by the