Note: The training requires/recommends all 3 training sessions. You need to register for all 3 separately. However, if you know that you can not attend all three in live time, you can view the recordings at a later day. The complete presentation will be available, … read more.

The Poor People’s Campaign seeks empowerment of the 140 million people in the US living in poverty. The movement reflects an omnibus vision to restructure our society from the bottom up, recognizing that in order to build a true Third Reconstruction we must simultaneously deal with the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the denial of health care, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism that blames the poor instead of the systems that cause poverty.   This project fit with the congregation’s justice priorities.  

Instead of fear-mongering on bail reform, do it right via bipartisan reform bills:
Laurie Albright
Plain Dealer 5/25/22

In the United States, people who are arrested are generally subject to a cash bail system dominated by commercial bail bondsmen. Rather than honoring a presumption of innocence until … read more.