There are 140 million poor and low-wealth people in the United States with the potential to become what Rev. Dr. King called a “new and unsettling force in our complacent national life.” We are artists and cultural workers dedicated to uniting the poor as the leaders in transformative change.
We Cry Justice Arts Project
The We Cry Justice Cultural Arts Project is a collection of visual arts and musical resources that help movement leaders, students, congregations, artists, and people of conscience develop a deep understanding of and take up core concepts that undergird the We Cry Justice devotional. Art and culture work is central to the way we do political education and organizing. Contributors to this project are artists and cultural organizers from across the country and world who are committed to the work of uniting the poor and dispossessed to end poverty and the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, militarism, ecological devastation and the distorted moral narrative of White Christian Nationalism. Watch Our Slideshow
Featured Song: We Belong Together
WE BELONG TOGETHER (2024) is a song by Anu Yadav produced in collaboration with the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice. Yadav participated in an interfaith study series with artists and cultural workers across the country where they read excerpts of We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign. Yadav wrote this song, drawing from her Hindu faith and experiences of homelessness and other artists contributed from across the network. In her crisis, Yadav realized she was never just an ally to a poor people’s movement. Her song reminds us that we all can break our isolation and become part of a movement – a movement to end poverty and injustice for all.
“We Belong Together” by Anu Yadav
Guitar and additional lyrics by Isaiah Briggs. Singers: Charon Hribar, Pauline Pisano, Rev. Chris Wylie. Additional electric guitar and voice: Matt Puckett. Produced by Anu Yadav & Isaiah Briggs. Mixed by Pauline Pisano. In collaboration with the We Cry Justice Artist Collective at the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice.