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The Marc Steiner ShowThere’s resistance happening all around us, we’re just not seeing itThe world-destabilizing horrors we see on the news today (and the many forms of resistance we don’t see) can easily make us feel overwhelmed and hopeless about the state of the world. But as Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back have seen firsthand organizing with poor and working-class communities around the US, “there's amazing grassroots organizing led by poor and dispossessed people that's happening right now… there's kind of an awakening happening, but I think instead of looking to our political leaders or looking to some of the more established folks out there.” In this episode of The Marc Stei...2025-06-2442 min
The Real News PodcastThere’s resistance happening all around us, we’re just not seeing it | The Marc Steiner ShowThe world-destabilizing horrors we see on the news today (and the many forms of resistance we don’t see) can easily make us feel overwhelmed and hopeless about the state of the world. But as Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back have seen firsthand organizing with poor and working-class communities around the US, “there's amazing grassroots organizing led by poor and dispossessed people that's happening right now… there's kind of an awakening happening, but I think instead of looking to our political leaders or looking to some of the more established folks out there.” In this episode of The Marc Stei...2025-06-2442 min
The Word in Black and Red0.16 | You Only Get What You're Organized to TakeJoin Ell as she interviews co-host Rev. Liz Theoharis and new guest Noam Sandweiss-Back on their book, You Only Get What You're Organized to Take. What does it mean to be a poor people's movement? How is God already at work among the poor? And what kind of progress to you make when the people most affected by the exploitation of our society are also the people who change the systems under which we live? Dive into some of the answers to these questions and more in this episode of The Word in Black and Red.R...2025-06-2351 min
Revolutionary Optimism PodcastYou Only Get What You’re Organized to Take: A Kairos Moment with Rev. Dr. Liz TheoharisIs America at a breaking point—or at the cusp of a breakthrough? In this episode, Dr. Zeitz sits down with Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice. A lifelong theologian and anti-poverty organizer, Rev. Dr. Liz shares why we are living in a Kairos moment—a time of both crisis and profound possibility.Together, they unpack the growing attacks on democracy, the war on the poor, and the billionaire class’s grip on our government. And they also lif...2025-04-1447 min
Culture Archives - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio ShowCriminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us NowhereSome might call it “cruel and unusual punishment,” arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor it’s their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of The Kairos Center discusses an essay
The post Criminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us Nowhere appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.2024-09-1757 minReligion Archives - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio ShowCriminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us NowhereSome might call it “cruel and unusual punishment,” arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor it’s their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of The Kairos Center discusses an essay
The post Criminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us Nowhere appeared first on Keeping Democracy Alive.2024-09-1757 minKeeping Democracy Alive with Burt CohenCriminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us NowhereSome might call it “cruel and unusual punishment,” arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor it’s their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of The Kairos Center discusses an essay
The post Criminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us Nowhere appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.2024-09-1757 minJustice Archives - KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio ShowCriminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us NowhereSome might call it “cruel and unusual punishment,” arresting, sweeping the parks, bulldozing homeless encampments. Others believe if people are poor it’s their own fault. On this show, the Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis of The Kairos Center discusses an essay
The post Criminalizing The Unhoused Gets Us Nowhere appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.2024-09-1757 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelProject 2025 as Pax Romana, Militarization & the War on the Poor, the Christian Nationalist Agenda, & More w/ Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
On this edition of Parallax Views, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Theoharis delves into her recent article for TomDispatch, The Nation, and Counterpunch, where she critiques the Heritage Foundation's controversial Project 2025, likening it to an American version of Pax Romana.
Key topics include the rise of right-wing Christian Nationalism, the conflict between the Christian Left and the Christian Nationalist agenda, and the implications of Project 2025 fo...2024-08-2137 min
Pod Only Knows#031 - Project 2025 (and why you should really, really care about it)Project 2025 has (finally) become an enormous national news story.But while its goals (which go after everything from contraception to the Department of Education) have rightly been in the spotlight, it's also important to understand that, far from being the fantasy wish list of a group of fringe conservatives, it is in fact a project of a major think tank, decades in the making.It comes out of the Heritage Foundation, an organization founded by anti-democratic far-right Christian nationalist Paul Weyrich and currently run by the like-minded Kevin Roberts...whose upcoming book has a forward...2024-07-301h 04
What In God's NameLiz Theoharis: What It Really Means to Be A Christian Nation (Summer Replay)2024-07-2541 min
Connecting our ConversationsRev. Dr. TLC and the Poor People's CampaignThe Rev. Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery is the Pastor of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church in Springfield MA. She has a passion for dismantling racism, and is deeply involved in the work and advocacy with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. This podcast was recorded a week before the Mass Poor Peoples and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, a national gathering in Washington that draws attention to the interconnected struggles of issues such as affordable housing, gun violence, health care, environmental racism, and o...2024-07-1046 min
New WayThe Math of the Bible: More with Liz TheoharisThe Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis grew up in activism and stops at nothing to name, reclaim, and live out God's solidarity with the poor and downtrodden. Rev. Liz is the Executive Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, & Social Justice; and the Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.
In part two of our conversation, we do a little Bible study together, and allow ourselves to be challenged and formed by the Scripture.
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New WayCo-Create Community in Abundance: A Conversation with Liz TheoharisThe Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis grew up in activism and stops at nothing to name, reclaim, and live out God's solidarity with the poor and downtrodden. Rev. Liz is the Executive Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, & Social Justice; and the Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival.
In part one of our two-part conversation, Liz tells us why her work sharing God's call to end the abomination of systemic poverty fills her with hope; and why she recommends we let our children see us work for justice, too.
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It's Kairos Time!Matthew 25 Summit Keynote by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis,The first Matthew 25 Summit with the Presbyterian Church USA was held January 16-18, 2024 at New Life Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA. Rev Dr Liz Theoharis gave the keynote. Support the showBuilding a movement to end poverty, led by the poor.Visit KairosCenter.orgTo support our work visit kairoscenter.org/donateSubscribe to our mobile list by texting "KAIROS" to 833-577-13152024-02-0825 minWhat In God's NameWhat You Never Hear About (Some) Christians In Our Public Life Today with Liz TheoharisHere is Liz's article: https://liztheoharis.org/mike-johnsons-reading-of-scripture-misses-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-christian-nation/
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Background Briefing with Ian MastersNovember 23, 2023 - Stefan Aune | Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | Stephan SchwartzWas the Generosity of Native Americans Towards the Pilgrims Repaid With Genocide? | As the Poor and Homeless Are Fed on This Day, What Will it Take to Feed All Americans Every Day? | An Exploration of Future Trends We Can Be Thankful For
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It's Kairos Time!Sisters in the Wilderness: A Discussion of the trailblazer Delores Williams with The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Rev. Dr. Gabriella LettiniFeaturing The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini. The conversation was moderated by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. Delores S. Williams was a trailblazer and a founder of womanist theology. Over her life, she wrote several essays, articles, and book chapters that helped establish womanist theology, which she defined in Sisters in the Wilderness as theology that takes the “faith, thought, and struggle of Black women seriously as a ‘primary theological source.’” She earned a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary in 1991, where she later became the first Black woman to hold a named c...2023-10-2028 min
Clergy in Collars, Getting CoffeeClergy in Collars, Getting Coffee with Rev. Dr. Liz TheoharrisThe Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is a theologian, pastor, author, and anti-poverty activist. She is the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Rev. Dr. Theoharis has been organizing in poor and low-income communities for the past 30 years. Her
books include: We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign (Broadleaf Press, 2021) and Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor (Eerdmans, 2017) and she has been published in the...2023-10-171h 03
The Real News PodcastHow media censors the left w/Rev. Dr. Liz TheoharisIn the midst of the largest strike wave in the US in a century, corporate media is more focused on amplifying the bigotry and fearmongering of right-wing politicians and their base than on covering working class movements. What is the role of media in upholding the status quo, and how can it be used to service people's movements instead of profits? This question lies at the heart of a long-ranging discussion between TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis is director of the Kairos Center, as well as a founder and coordinator...2023-03-2822 min
New Books in LiteratureRebecca Gayle Howell et al., "What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People (UP of Kentucky, 2023) is the first major anthology of labor writing in nearly a century. Here, editors Rebecca Gayle Howell & Ashley M. Jones bring together more than one hundred contemporary writers singing out from the corners of the 99 Percent, each telling their own truth of today's economy. In his final days, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a "multiracial coalition of the working poor." King hoped this coalition would become the next civil rights movement but he was assassinated before he could see it emerge as the Poor People's C...2023-03-0230 min
New Books in Public PolicyRebecca Gayle Howell et al., "What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People (UP of Kentucky, 2023) is the first major anthology of labor writing in nearly a century. Here, editors Rebecca Gayle Howell & Ashley M. Jones bring together more than one hundred contemporary writers singing out from the corners of the 99 Percent, each telling their own truth of today's economy. In his final days, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a "multiracial coalition of the working poor." King hoped this coalition would become the next civil rights movement but he was assassinated before he could see it emerge as the Poor People's C...2023-03-0230 min
The University Press of Kentucky PodcastRebecca Gayle Howell et al., "What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People (UP of Kentucky, 2023) is the first major anthology of labor writing in nearly a century. Here, editors Rebecca Gayle Howell & Ashley M. Jones bring together more than one hundred contemporary writers singing out from the corners of the 99 Percent, each telling their own truth of today's economy. In his final days, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a "multiracial coalition of the working poor." King hoped this coalition would become the next civil rights movement but he was assassinated before he could see it emerge as the Poor People's C...2023-03-0230 min
This Is Hell!Poverty Amid Plenty / Liz TheoharisTheologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist Liz Theoharis is on to discuss her TomDispatch articles "Poverty Amid Plenty' and "Making it in a Poor World". Liz is Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She is the author of, "Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor," and, "We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign."
https://tomdispatch.com/poverty-amid-plenty/
This episode also features this week's Hangover Cure and...2023-02-271h 31This Is Hell!Poverty Amid Plenty / Liz TheoharisTheologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist Liz Theoharis is on to discuss her TomDispatch articles "Poverty Amid Plenty' and "Making it in a Poor World". Liz is Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She is the author of, "Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor," and, "We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign."
https://tomdispatch.com/poverty-amid-plenty/
This episode also features this week's Hangover Cure and...2023-02-271h 31
State of Belief - Religion and radio done differently.November 5, 2022 – The Power of the VoteFrom coast-to-coast in recent years, we’ve witnessed the reemergence of appalling efforts being made to disenfranchise members of marginalized communities at the ballot box. These actions are why the fight to preserve voting rights for all has been a central focus of the work of many religious social justice groups for years. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, we’ll hear from several effective advocates about the work they’re doing on the ground to get voters registered and how they’re combating the anti-democratic efforts all around us. It’s a long epi...2022-11-051h 22
The State Of BeliefThe Power of the Vote
From coast-to-coast in recent years, we’ve witnessed the reemergence of appalling efforts being made to disenfranchise members of marginalized communities at the ballot box. These actions are why the fight to preserve voting rights for all has been a central focus of the work of many religious social justice groups for years. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, we’ll hear from several effective advocates about the work they’re doing on the ground to get voters registered and how they’re combating the anti-democratic efforts all around us. It’s a long epi...2022-11-051h 25
This Is Hell!The War on the Poor / Liz TheoharisTheologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist Liz Theoharis is on to discuss her TomDispatch article, "No More Sacrifices: Mercy Makes Good Policy." Liz is Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She is the author of, "Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor," and, "We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign."2022-10-121h 39This Is Hell!The War on the Poor / Liz TheoharisTheologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist Liz Theoharis is on to discuss her TomDispatch article, "No More Sacrifices: Mercy Makes Good Policy." Liz is Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She is the author of, "Always With Us? What Jesus Really Said About the Poor," and, "We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign."2022-10-121h 39
MadangMadang Podcast: Liz Theoharis Ep.20Welcome to Madang!
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This is the 20th episode of Madang where I converse with Rev, Dr. Liz Theoharis on her book, "We Cry Justice". The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Mora...2022-08-0151 min
Compassionate ChristianityBook interview with Liz Theoharis for “We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign”Book interview with Liz Theoharis for “We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign” 2022-07-1133 min
theAnalysis.news25,000 Gather for Moral March on Washington
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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastWill Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators?Gaslit Nation podcast co-host Sarah Kendzior: Will Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators?Scientist Rebellion ecologist Malik Morrison: Environmental Scientist Joins Campaign to Stop Mountain Valley Fracked Gas PipelinePoor People's Campaign Co-Chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis: June 18th March on Washington Demands Action on Rising U.S. PovertyBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryNonviolent independent Kashmir activist sentenced to life in prisonDoes inflation or abortion matter more in swing statesTrailer park residents take on venture capitalists...2022-06-1529 min
The Marc Steiner ShowThe nation’s poor are descending on WashingtonRead the transcript of this episode:In the richest country in the world, poor and low-income people are disproportionately harmed by everything from economic inequality and climate change to COVID-19 and gun violence, yet they are disproportionately excluded from the process of addressing any of these crises. That is why, on June 18, tens of thousands from around the country are expected to descend on Washington, DC, for the Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, organized by the Poor People’s Campaign. In this installment of The Marc Steiner Show...2022-06-1433 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonPoor People's Campaign Arrives In Los Angeles: The Capital Of HomelessnessBishop WIlliam J. Barber, II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis lead a mobilization march in Los Angeles leading up to June 18. Rev. Mark's son, Menra Mapfumo, an aspiring broadcaster himself, spoke with participants about poverty, and particularly about the crisis of homelessness in LA.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2022-05-2030 minMake It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonKetanji Brown Jackson...Country Road...West Virginia...This week's Poor People's Campaign Moral March on West Virginia continues the day Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court by the US Senate. The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, the Rev. Robin Tanner, Jean Evansmore, Shailley Gupta Barnes, Danyelle Holmes and Lauren Zehyoue react. Pam Garrison reminds us what the West Virginia struggle is all about. And Shailley Gupta Barnes explains the Poor People’s Pandemic Report findings.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2022-04-0817 minMake It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonWhen MLK "Signed His Own Death Warrant"Those were the compelling words used by the Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Chief of Staff, to describe Dr. King's speech, "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence," April 4, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York--one year to the day before Dr. King's crucifixion.Red Letter Christians organized clergy, including Rev. Mark, and activists to read "Beyond Vietnam" at Riverside 55 years later, in a moving tribute to MLK to commemorate his martyrdom, and in consideration of his unfinished work today.In order of appearance:Rev. Michael...2022-04-0755 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonFirst Leg of the March From Selma to MontgomeryFifty-seven years to the day of Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, marchers gather to recreate the historic March from Selma to Montgomery. The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People's Campaign, Attorney Barbara Arnwine of the Transformative Justice Coalition, Marcus Arbery, father of Ahmaud Arbery and others express their reasons for marching.
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The Marc Steiner ShowIn the US and beyond, Christian nationalism is on the rise“Christian nationalism has influenced the course of American politics and policy since the founding of this country, while, in every era, moral movements have had to fight for the Bible and the terrain that goes with it,” Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis recently wrote in The Nation. “The January 6 assault on the Capitol, while only the latest expression of such old battlelines, demonstrated the threat of a modern form of Christian nationalism that has carefully built political power in government, the media, the academy, and the military over the past half-century. Today, the social forces committed to it are growing bolder and in...2022-02-0728 min
Episcopal Divinity SchoolJust Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
On Thursday, January 6th, 2022, Dean Douglas spoke with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, the Co-Chair Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Rev. Theoharis is also the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union. Dean Douglas and Rev. Theoharis reflected on the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol and discuss the ongoing threats to our democracy. They also examine the progress and setbacks from the first twelve months of the Biden administration.
EDS at Union’s Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas explores the racia...2022-01-2116 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonPass Build Back Better NowYesterday, as President Biden signed the infrastructure bill, protestors and organizers gathered on Capitol Hill to point to the crucial legislation that also needs passage: the Build Back Better Act. Mark teamed up with Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis to call for immediate action on the Build Back Better legislation. You’ll hear from protestors/organizers from Maine and Montana, Stewart Acuff, formerly of the UWUA and AFL CIO, and the keynote address from Rev. Dr. William Barber II.
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Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, ChristianityWe Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign by William J Barber Ii, Liz TheoharisPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547516to listen full audiobooks.
Title: We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign
Author: William J Barber Ii, Liz Theoharis
Narrator: Kim Niemi
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 4 minutes
Release date: November 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Christianity
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From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible proclaims justice and abundance for the poor. Yet these powerful passages about poverty are frequently overlooked and misinterpreted. Enter the Poor People's Campaign, a movement against racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and religious nationalism. In We Cry Justice...2021-11-166h 04
Citations NeededEp 148: The GOP’s ‘Rightwing Populism’ Rebrand (Part II) - Messaging Wars in 'White America'“The elites are out to get you and your hard-earned pay.” “We’re spending too much on protecting foreign nations and not enough defending our own borders against immigrant invaders.” “China is taking your job and will soon take over your phone.” We are consistently fed this type of “rightwing populism” –– sticking up for the working man against an array of villains: coastal elites, liberal media and foreign boogeymen - but replete with seamy audience flattery, xenophobic and anti-Semitic dogwhistles and confusing, ever-shifting definitions of what exactly constitutes “the elite” and “the media.” With the rise and eventual presidency of Donald...2021-11-101h 20
The Poverty Trap: Why the Poor Stay Poor In AmericaAmerica's Budget Is A Moral Document“How many times must a man look upBefore he can see the sky?Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man haveBefore he can hear people cry?Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knowsThat too many people have died?” Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob DylanListen to “His Bobness” sing the full song here.The words “moral document” have been used plenty of times before to refer to our budget, and most times that use has been focused on how our country allocates funds to help our poorest, versus the money to fund, say...2021-10-2906 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonMoral Witness WednesdayYesterday on Capitol Hill, the Poor People’s Campaign, led by Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, gathered to demand action from the two senators who are now infamous for standing in the way of progress: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. On this Moral Witness Wednesday, Mark spoke with leaders and constituents on the ground who want to know why Manchin and Sinema are blocking Build Back Better. You’ll hear from the following guests in this order: Congressman Jamie Raskin; Rev. Jeffrey Haggray; Walt Hale and Roy Blankenship of the Black Political Empowerment Proj...2021-10-2834 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonThe Cost of Joe ManchinSenator Joe Manchin has framed President Biden’s Build Back Better plan as “entitlement;” so this past weekend, Mark joined forces with the Poor People’s Campaign, led by Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. WIlliam J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, to show Joe Manchin exactly how much HE is costing the state he is supposed to represent. In today’s episode you’ll hear from both leaders and residents of the state who speak of struggling to work against poverty and gun violence with no resources at their disposal--resources that their Senator Joe Manchin could help provide access to. Guests speak...2021-10-2633 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonMake Good Trouble Rally: Part 1Voting rights and reproductive rights are under attack, reparations have not been paid, gun violence is a public health crisis, and our climate is worsening by the day. So it only makes sense that our country’s biggest civil rights leaders would gather in Washington D.C. for a historic Make Good Trouble Rally, in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis, to fire up the masses and speak to the realities that we are collectively facing at this time. Today you will hear from: Congressman Jamaal Bowman; Rev. Dr. William Barber III and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chairs of th...2021-09-0332 min
United Women in Faith: Faith TalksFaith Talks: Labor Day (ft. Harriett Jane Olson, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, & Bishop William Barber)Listen in to this Faith Talks conversation as we discuss honoring labor, before and after Labor Day.Our guests are Harriett Jane Olson, General Secretary and CEO of United Methodist Women, and co-chairs of The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Bishop William J. Barber II.2021-08-2351 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonTexas Protest Rally for Voting RightsTexas Republicans are attempting to pass some of the most egregious voter suppression laws in the country, so Democrats left the state in order to prevent the laws from passing. The Poor People’s Campaign stands in solidarity with those legislators fighting for voting rights, and their leadership, including the Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, gathered with thousands of constituents and supporters alike over the weekend to stand up against Republicans and voter suppression. In a caravan of 151 cars, they traveled from Georgetown to Austin to represent the 151 years since the passage of the 15th Amendment, wh...2021-08-0421 min
The Katie Halper ShowA Moral Resurrection With Reverend William BarberDr. Reverend William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, initiated by Dr. Martin Luther King, talks about the Selma-to-Montgomery Style, 4-Day march in Texas to Challenge Attacks on the Right to Vote, which consists of a 27 mile trek from Georgetown to Austin, TX.
The event is part of the organization’s national Moral Monday direct actions which are designed to demand an end to the filibuster, passage of the full For the People Act, and complete restoration of the Voting Rights Act. The group is also urging passage of a minimum living wage of $15 per hour. The Poor Peop...2021-07-2738 min
The Marc Steiner Show'We have fewer voting rights today than we did 56 years ago'“Between January 1 and July 14, 2021, at least 18 states enacted 30 laws that restrict access to the vote,” according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Hundreds of other bills with provisions aimed at restricting voting rights and access have been introduced in 49 other states. Combatting the relentless, top-down assault on our basic democratic rights is one of the most urgent political causes of our day, and organizers with the Poor People’s Campaign are mobilizing people and marching in states around the country. In our first segment for this week’s episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Rev. Dr. Liz Theohari...2021-07-2747 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonSeason of Nonviolent Direct Action: Part ThreeThis is the third and final part of The Poor People Campaign's “Season of Nonviolent Direct Action,” which calls on congress to end the filibuster, pass all provisions of the For the People Act, restore and expand the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and raise the federal minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour. In this series finale, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor Peopls’ Campaign, moderates this session that gives specific instructions on how to move forward, organize, and accomplish the goals of this season of action. Get ready to get fired up and call your senator! Speakers: Attorney Shailly Gupta...2021-07-2025 min
Sojourner Truth RadioRev. Dr. Liz Theoharis On The Season Of Non-Violent Moral ActionToday on Sojourner Truth:
Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Meanwhile, in Honduras, a U.S.-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer was recently found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous Lenca environmental activist Berta Caceres...2021-07-1519 minSojourner Truth RadioRev. Dr. Liz Theoharis On The Season Of Non-Violent Moral ActionToday on Sojourner Truth:
Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Meanwhile, in Honduras, a U.S.-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer was recently found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous Lenca environmental activist Berta Caceres...2021-07-1519 min
The ConversationRev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Rev. Dr. William Barber & Larry Lessig - June 21, 2021Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Rev. Dr. William Barber & Larry Lessig speak with Cenk on The Conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-06-2427 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonMarch on Manchin: Part 2Today you’ll hear a compilation of interviews Mark collected on the ground at the March on Manchin, led by the Poor People’s Campaign with Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis at the helm. He speaks with lifelong residents of the state who voted for Senator Joe Manchin and has left them angry and disappointed. And now, they’re on his doorstep, asking for answers.
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Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonMarch on ManchinYesterday, Mark was on the ground in West Virginia, led by Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People’s Campaign, to march on the office of Senator Joe Manchin following his hypocrisy and lack of support for voting rights and access. Mark speaks with his constituents who are angry with the man they elected for failing to follow through on promises and support their basic civil rights. Tension was in the air as Manchin’s staff attempted to placate the crowd with comment cards, but the people who showed up to march were not havi...2021-06-1514 min
The Marc Steiner ShowHow militarism eats the poor and destroys the planetFrom endless wars and imperialist violence to racist systems of oppression and climate destruction, the battles poor and working people face around the globe are as daunting as they are numerous. What will it take to build a grassroots movement that not only combats these destructive forces, but understands them as fundamentally interconnected? In the first segment of this week’s blockbuster “Marc Steiner Show” (now premiering every Tuesday), we talk about what such a movement can look like with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Soci...2021-04-131h 11
A Matter of Faith: A Presby PodcastEpisode 5: Worship Favorites, Christian Identity, & The Roots of PovertySend us a textQuestions for the Week: What is your favorite part about church/worship? How do I talk about being a Christian? What are things to keep in mind when explaining and describing my faith? Special Guest: Alonzo Johnson, Coordinator for the Presbyterian Committee on Self Development of People Guest Question: The local churches in my community do a lot to address issues of poverty in our: homeless shelters, food pantries, soup kitchens, and clothing drives. But I feel like we aren’t addressing root causes of why people need the...2021-04-0134 min
The ConversationRev. William Barber & Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis - December 23, 2020Rev. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis speak with Cenk on The Conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-12-2323 min
System Check with Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren5: It’s Time America Abolished PovertyThere are a lot of jobs we as a country don’t value. Think farm work, child care, service jobs—these low-wage, often racialized and gendered jobs form the backbone of our economy, but if you’ve worked in any of these fields, you know how hard it can be to make ends meet on these jobs.
Three of Dorian Warren’s grandparents were janitors, another job that doesn’t get its due. But they were also proud members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and through their work and their union they learned a vital lesson. If we want...2020-11-2740 min
KSQD 90.7 FM Santa CruzHomelessness in Santa CruzGood News Santa Cruz - on Thursday, December 17th, 3:30-4pm. Host Janet Quinn talked with Alicia Kuhl about Homelessness in Santa Cruz. Alicia Kuhl has lived in Santa Cruz for fifteen years and recently ran for a seat on the city council. She is also president of the Santa Cruz chapter of the California Homeless Union and currently homeless while living in an RV with three children and a disabled spouse. Join us to hear her reflections on achieving dignified housing conditions for all Santa Cruzans.
Blanket/coat/socks, etc... drop off spot is located at the corner of Fr...2020-11-2400 min
Good GodLiz Theoharis of The Poor People's CampaignLiz Theoharis is the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. She has a new book titled “Always With Us”, a reference to Jesus’ controversial quote: the poor you have with you always. Hear what she has to say about that quote, and what a life committed to eradicating poverty looks like.2020-10-2930 minUnited Women in Faith: Faith TalksFaith Talks: Church and PoliticsDuring this session, host Jennifer R. Farmer will interview Bishop Minerva Carcano, the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Kairos Center and the Poor People’s Campaign, and United Methodist Women’s Executive for Racial Justice, Emily Jones. The discussion will center around the church and politics and will examine questions such as "what does it mean to engage politically?", "Should church leaders involve themselves in politics?", "How do we do so while centering God’s command", and more.The session comes weeks before the 2020 election and amid a meandering global pandemic. The goal is to leave the discus...2020-10-2556 min
Time To Say GoodbyeSCOTUS trouble, working-class white people, and Taiwan's militaryHello from the National Speech & Debate Tournament!This week, we unpack the idea of court packing, look for common cause with working-class whites, and ask what’s up with the Taiwanese military. 0:00 – Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation proceedings began Monday. Will the questioning be more Acoustic Lindsey Graham or Lindsey Graham Unplugged? Inspired by a recent episode of the Dig podcast (Hi, Dan and Amna!), we wonder: Why does the US democracy—or, why do ACLU-cheering liberals—depend on an institution as ridiculously undemocratic as the Supreme Court? Should leftists support court packing or other legal refor...2020-10-131h 24
What is the Church To Do?We need a Collective Gospel" with Amy DuesingToday we have Amy Duesing. Amy is a wife, mom, advocate, ally, educator and that’s just a few of the things. Listen in as we hear about how journey towards becoming anti-racist. What she's learned and how she got here. Enjoy!
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“Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor” by Reverend Liz Theoharis Foreword by William Barber
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Religious Socialism PodcastBuilding Inclusive Movement for Economic JusticeOur latest episode of “Heart of a Heartless World” is a recording of our August 20 webinar between Rev. Andrew Wilkes and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, National Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, about the campaign, its faith-rooted vision, and how the movement presents a concrete way to shift our political economy, uproot white supremacy, and expand the decision-making power of workers in a way that emerges from our religious and ethical traditions.2020-09-141h 12