Oct / Nov 2011 Issue: On economic crisis and injustice Table of Contents Editors’ Corner “How Dark an Economic Night Does
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In 1968, the Spirit was moving and doing a new thing in the fight for civil rights: a Poor People’s Campaign that sought to link issues of race and class justice and bring about transformative, moral change. 50 years later,
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In 1968, the Spirit was moving and doing a new thing in the fight for civil rights: a Poor People’s Campaign that sought to link issues of race and class justice and bring about transformative, moral change. 50 years later, a new Poor People’s Campaign has been building up momentum
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A Story of Economic Oppression When Americans think about “oppression,” we’re inclined to go straight to civil and human rights. We think of voting rights and voter intimidation, of warrantless wiretaps and law enforcement dispersing crowds of peacefully-gathered demonstrators. We think of countries where citizens do not have freedom of
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Renewing God’s Communion in the Work of Economic Reconstruction The Rev. Peter Nimmo presented this week the following testimony to the Social Justice Committee of the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) My name is Rev. Peter Nimmo, representing the Church of Scotland. Our General Assembly of
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“Raising up generations of religious and community leaders committed to building a social movement to end poverty led by the poor.” HISTORY Founded in May 2004 by Union students in collaboration with seminary faculty, staff and community leaders, the Poverty Initiative was charged with the mission of raising up generations
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August 2011 (original 2009) by The Poverty Initiative and its Poverty Scholars Program, led by Willie Baptist, and including Charlene Sinclair (The following article is a compilation of excerpted texts taken from the book by The Poverty Initiative, A New and Unsettling Force: Reigniting Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
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