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?

Comments

[Terrence Ryan]

I would ask for your prayers for the success of a local forum on poverty being organized in Litchfield Ct on September 13th. Local persons who work on affordable housing and social service in the area will speak on our towns poverty environent and efforts to fight proverty in our town. The candidates runing for state office to represent our town will be invited to speak also. With God's Grace something positive will come of this.

[Jonathan Denn]

Terrence we should talk! I'm doing an action the day before yours.
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[Brenda Wright-Lucas]

I am new to your site, and am interested in the activities. As Executive Director of a not for profit (New York and Atlanta, Georgia) I recognize the impact of poverty on faith and the impact of faith on poverty. However, my organization: realhiphopcares.org is hosting its first interfaith community meeting in July'09. And all are welcome. We are now in a state, where morals are interfering in "how we choose to survive" the struggle is overwhelming to most, but, the real problem is that faith has left the family and the community, let us all work together to bring it back.