S3 Ep. 13 | The Poor People’s Campaign
S3 Ep. 13 | The Poor People’s Campaign
Better Together
Challenging the evils systemic racism, environmental degradation, poverty and militarism.
Just two more episodes left in the season and today's a special one! I'm joined by Dr. Charon Hribar, the Director of Cultural Strategies for the Kairos Center for Religion, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and Co-Director of Cultural Arts for the Poor People's Campaign. If the Poor People's Campaign sounds familiar to you, it may be because you might've remember hearing about the movement which was set in motion by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference back in 1967. Years later, it has become a national movement with chapters across the country fighting to end systemic poverty and the intersectional issues attached. In today's discussion we talk about the work of both the Kairos Center and the Poor People's Campaign with an emphasis on how the campaign today has recaptured the spirit of the one that began in the late 60's - not necessarily paying homage but rather picking up where the movement left off.
To join the Poor People's Campaign you can visit their website and get connected to a local chapter near you. There is also the opportunity to donate to the Poor People's Campaign which you can do here. To stay up-to-date on their work you can check out and follow them on Instagram. You can also follow Dr. Hribrar on Instagram as well as the Kairos center here.
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised."
