Freedom Church of the Poor- Birth of a Movement: Challenging the Religion of Empire January 1, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST We look ahead to the new year with strengthened commitment to realize a world rooted in love and guided by justice and truth. Like early Christians communities a central part of our struggle today is against a religion that degrades and divides us; a religion in the service of Empire. Leaders from Put People First Pennsylvania and La Iglesia del Pueblo will join and help us expose how these forces express themselves in the US and across the world. Their communities of struggle also gives us a glimpse of the world that we need and deserve, one of abundance life for all. Scripture reading: Luke 11:42, 46-52
Birth of a Movement: Jesus as a Revolutionary Leader January 8, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST Continuing our Winter Offensive series inspired by the National Union of the Homeless, this week the Freedom Church of the Poor reflects on Jesus as a revolutionary leader. According to the gospels, Jesus found his divine mission to proclaim “good news to the poor” in Hebrew scripture (Isaiah 61). Organizer and theologian, Rev. Erica Williams, will preach on this revolutionary Jesus, who overturned money changer’s tables and was executed by the Roman Empire. Scripture reading: Luke 20:1-8, 17-19
2023 Beloved Community Global Summit January 12, 2023 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EST Join The King Center for the 2023 Beloved Community Global Summit, as a part of the 2023 King Holiday Observance! Kairos Director Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis will be speaking on
Diplomacy Is The Path To Peace January 12, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST Register featuring: * Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis * Pastor Michael McBride of Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft * Judith LeBlanc of Native Organizers Alliance * Daniel Ellsberg * Khury Petersen-Smith of
Reimagining King’s Vision – The Fierce Urgency of Now January 15, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST Reimagining King’s Vision - The Fierce Urgency of Now” will take place on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, Sunday, January 15 from 4-5:30 pm EST. From Ukraine to Uvalde
Birth of a Movement: Which MLK Do We Remember? January 15, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST Which MLK Jr do we remember? In our final week of the Winter Offensive we lift up the King who proclaimed the need for “restructuring the whole of American society” and called forward the leadership of the poor to get us to the revolution of values that would make it possible. Sacred Text: Mark 10:17-31 and an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr. “Where Do We Go from Here?” (SCLC Convention, August 1967).
Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War January 21, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST The 2023 “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” Conference will be held virtually on Saturday January 21, 1-6 pm (Eastern). This annual gathering is one of the major national conferences
The Crisis This Time: Media, Movements, and Abolition in a Time of Rupture February 2, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST Join MIC and Rutgers University for a conference exploring methods to articulate critical interconnections between crises and forms of resistance. We live in a time of rupture. The social, economic,
Religion in a Time of Crisis February 13, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST Register now! On Monday, February 13, you’re invited to join faith leaders, both lay and clergy, from across New York State for a day-long convening where we will explore the
Poor People’s Campaign, Families Hold Press Conference Calling for Federal Investigation of more than 100 State Jail Deaths February 23, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST BECKLEY, WV – The West Virginia Poor People’s Campaign and Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will join impacted families of victims who have died in West Virginia
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