In the US, Poor People’s Campaign meets with Joe Manchin, vows to protest for $15 minimum wage
Washington DC, USRNS Members of the Poor People’s campaign, a US faith-led anti-poverty initiative, expressed frustration after meeting with Senator Joe Manchin on Thursday, arguing the West Virginia Democrat’s suggestion of including an $US11 minimum wage in a forthcoming pandemic relief bill is inadequate. Rev William Barber, a co-chair of the campaign who also delivered the […]
Joe Kennedy III joins Poor People’s Campaign in the US
Washington DC, USRNS Former US Representative Joe Kennedy III announced on Monday he is “honoured” to join the Poor People’s Campaign, a faith-led anti-poverty initiative. The former representative from Massachusetts will serve as a “special senior adviser” to the campaign, which is co-chaired by Rev William Barber II and Rev Liz Theoharis. Then-US Representative Joe […]
At inaugural prayer service in the US, a message of renewal and ‘repairing the breach’
Washington DC, USRNS Dozens of faith leaders participated in a virtual edition of the interfaith National Prayer Service hosted by the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, gathering digitally for a service that articulated a spiritual endorsement of diversity, healing and “repairing the breach.” As both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watched with […]
Rev William Barber II to headline interfaith inauguration prayer service
Washington DC, USRNS The Washington National Cathedral will host a virtual iteration of its traditional interfaith worship service the day after Joe Biden’s inauguration, with activist and pastor Rev William Barber II preaching the sermon. The gathering, a long-standing inaugural tradition, will be hosted by Rev Randy Hollerith, the cathedral’s dean, and Bishop Mariann Budde, […]
Biden talks faith and poverty at Poor People’s Campaign event
Washington DC, USRNS Former Vice President Joe Biden addressed the faith-based anti-poverty group the Poor People’s Campaign at a virtual event on Monday evening, telling its members, “I want to be part of your movement.” The gathering, which operated under the theme ‘Voting is power unleashed’, focused on poverty and voter mobilization, a major thrust of […]
US activist William Barber II urges blacks in Congress to mobilise poor voters
Washington DC, USRNS Rev William Barber II brought his message about supporting the needy to the US Capitol, urging an “emergency convening” hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus to mobilise poor voters in the upcoming election. “There’s no way we can inspire people to move with the normal politics that doesn’t fully address poverty,” said […]
POSTCARDS: IN REMOTE APPALACHIA, LIBERAL CHRISTIANS GATHER AT WILD GOOSE TO PRAY – AND PLAN
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports from the recent Wild Goose Festival in the US…
US: ‘POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN’ ENDS WITH VOWS TO KEEP ORGANISING AND PROTESTING
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the conclusion of the Poor People’s Campaign in the US – and plans for the next steps…