Poor People's Campaign Launches Nationwide Organizing Effort to Fight Poverty
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By Eleanor J. Bader, AlterNet
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. (Photo: NESRI)
The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the recently launched Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of three kids in a family she describes as deeply committed to improving life for the excluded and marginalized.
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other peace and anti-apartheid activists were frequent guests in her home, and even as a child, Theoharis understood that religious faith -- in her case, Presbyterian -- had to be linked to social justice.
This coupling -- faith and justice -- led Theoharis to work with the National Union of the Homeless as a University of Pennsylvania undergraduate. "Their organizing was inspired by the Poor People's...