Fighting Poverty with Faith: A Week of Action [9/10-9/16]

From the Conference Call to Action!

If you're currently on our opening conference call you heard already about the week of action, if not, welcome to the page!  Welcome and thanks for taking the time to learn more. To your left there are resources available to you.

Now that you've heard the call to action, what will you do? Please look at the Events Calendar and post your action!

Listen to a recording of the call

JOIN THE CALL

National Conference Call

Sept. 9, 1:00 pm EDT

Toll-Free Dial in from within the US and Canada 888-668-8585 (International number is 201-604-0490) Access code: 7905123#

Speakers:

Congressman John Lewis of Georgia

Rabbi Steve Gutow, Executive Director, The Jewish Council for Public Affairs

Rev. Clarence Williams, C.P.P.S., Senior Director for Racial Equality and Diversity, Catholic Charities USA

Dr. Jared Bernstein, Director of the Living Standards Program, Economic Policy Institute

Download flyer_for_john_lewis_call_final.pdf

Press about the week of Action!

Check out the press about the week of action!

Download pov_sept. 08.pdf

http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/interfaith-leaders-call-for-po.html

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a13289/News/New_York.html

http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/082808/edWeMustActNow.html

http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3463&Itemid=53

Call in information available!

Join the national conference call to kick off the Fighting Poverty with Faith Interfaith week of Action

September 9, 2008 at 1:00pm Eastern

Toll-free dial-in number from within the

US

and

Canada

: 888-668-8585 (The toll number for international callers: 201-604-0409)

Participant code:7905123#

Resources Now Available

Please check out the resources available. If you have others that would be helpful to groups across the country working on interfaith events, please reply to this post with them!

About the Week of Action

From September 10-16, 2008 people of faith across the country will be mobilizing their communities to ask their local, state and national candidates what they will do to address the pressing issues of poverty and opportunity in America in their first 100 days in office.

In communities across the country, people of faith will be calling and writing the candidates, holding forums to discuss these issues with civic and political leadership, engaging in interfaith community service to aid those in need in their communities, and otherwise highlighting the need for increased leadership on these issues.

What will YOU do?