Faith Leaders Team Monthly Organizing Meeting

We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign!

We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign!

Press Conference & Rally in Harrisburg: Holding House and Senate Leaders Accountable

Wednesday, October 23rd | 2pm in the State Capitol, Main Rotunda

Member organizations within the Pennsylvania Poor Peoples Campaign will be holding a press conference and rally in the State Capitol building, calling out House and Senate leaders for killing a handful of bills on the PA PPC legislative agenda, and protecting corporate special interests this legislative session.

There will be testimony from impacted Pennsylvanians across the state, and there will be a funeral procession in honor of all the bills House and Senate leaders killed this session.

All are welcome! Join us!

Put People First! PA’s Rally in Harrisburg: Restore the Adult Dental Benefit

Come join our Faith Leaders monthly meeting! We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign! RSVP for zoom info below.

JOIN THE PENNSYLVANIA POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN FOR OUR MONTHLY VIRTUAL WE CRY JUSTICE BOOK STUDY GROUP!

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

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, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom.

In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus’s healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church’s sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through a year.

Pennsylvania Voter Contact Team Welcome Call

If you are interested in joining the Pennsylvania Poor People's Campaign Voter Contact Team, please join us for a one hour welcome call! We'll be doing a voter outreach training for volunteers, and discussing the logistics for voter outreach in Pennsylvania.

***We will be recording this call! Please register to receive zoom information and to receive the recording.

PA PPC Communications Team Huddle!

Join the PA Poor People's Campaign Communications Team monthly team meeting! Members of the Communications Team write and send out our regular PA PPC newsletter, create our social media posts, write press releases, develop and maintain relationships with the press, coordinate Letter-to-the-Editor campaigns, and more. Interested volunteers are encouraged to attend and see if the Comms team is right for you! :-)

RSVP for Zoom information.

Come join our Faith Leaders monthly meeting! We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign! RSVP for zoom info below.

Who is the new and bold Pennsylvania climate group that disrupted the exclusive 123 year old gathering of Pennsylvania's business and political elites, chanting "You Take Bribes, the Planet Dies"?

Pennsylvania Action on Climate (PAC) invites you to a PAC 101 presentation, where you'll learn their coalition of climate and anti-corruption activists who are taking the nonviolent direct action necessary to address Pennsylvania’s corruption-fueled climate crisis.

ECOLOGICAL DEVASTATION IS A WAR ON THE POOR: PAC is a proud member of the Pennsylvania PPC, and will unpack ecological devastation as one of the five interlocking evils, and how the poor and dispossessed shoulder the burden of the climate crisis.

SOME HISTORY: In June 2022, Pennsylvania climate advocates, anti-corruption activists, and concerned residents converged in Harrisburg to address Pennsylvania’s worsening corruption-fueled climate crisis.

On Monday June 13th, over 50 people confronted the state legislature to demand they stop fueling the climate crisis with their greed and corruption. Ten were arrested and charged with criminal trespass. After a weekend filled with rigorous discussion about what actions come next, PAC was born.

JOIN THE MASS POOR PEOPLE’S & LOW-WAGE WORKERS’ ASSEMBLY & MORAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C. & TO THE POLLS!

Saturday, June 29th | 10AM | Washington, D.C. | Third & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is calling on people of moral conscience to join us on June 29th in the nation’s capital to uplift and center the needs of the over 135 million poor and low-wage people and workers across the country.

The June 29th Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington D.C. & to the Polls will launch outreach to 15 million poor and low-wage infrequent voters ahead of the 2024 U.S. elections and beyond.

800 people die each day from poverty and low wealth. This is an unacceptable and abolishable reality. Our votes are demands.

We demand that those running for office commit to enacting our 17-Point Agenda, which includes living wages, voting rights, and other essential policies that lift from the bottom.

June 29th Digital Sing-out!

Join the PA Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival for a digital sing-out to get ready for the Mass Gathering in D.C. on June 29th! We encourage folks to gather together with others in a watch party to folks can sing along with others.

We’re also asking people to volunteer to offer leading us in song! Singing live without background music or accompaniment is usually better on Zoom, so if you want to have other voices or instrument accompaniment, please record a video and share it with us.

Come join our Faith Leaders monthly meeting! We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign! RSVP for zoom info below.

PA PPC Communications Team Huddle!

Join the PA Poor People's Campaign Communications Team as we huddle and outline our communications plan for our June 29th mobilization. Interested volunteers are encouraged to attend and see if the Comms team is right for you!

Members of the Communications Team write and send out our regular PA PPC newsletter, create our social media posts, write press releases, develop and maintain relationships with the press, coordinate Letter-to-the-Editor campaigns, and more.

PA-PPC May Educational about Grants Pass v. Johnson

Join the PA Poor People’s Campaign for an education and call-to-action in which we will:

• Break down what this case is all about

• Share current projects across the state of Pennsylvania that are organizing around housing and homelessness, with partners in ACT UP Philly and the PA Homeless Union

• Share calls to action that people can take across the state

• Draw connections among different fronts of struggle and what we can learn from this case and organizing together against homelessness

Join us on Zoom, Wednesday May 29th, 7-8pm (est) to unite across the state because “we’re urban, we’re rural, we’re working class. When we get organized, this system won’t last!”

JOIN THE PENNSYLVANIA POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN FOR OUR MONTHLY VIRTUAL WE CRY JUSTICE BOOK STUDY GROUP!

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

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, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom.

In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus’s healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church’s sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through a year.

Join the Pennsylvania Poor People's Campaign for a Poor People's Campaign 101 Training! We'll be doing an information-packed one-hour intro to the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival, which is committed to ending systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and militarism, and ecological devastation and challenging our nation's distorted moral narrative.

The Pennsylvania Poor People's Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival is state-based, with national leadership from Rev. Barber with the Repairers of the Breach and Rev. Theoharis, with the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary.

This training is open to the public and all are welcome. We are stronger together!

Come join our Faith Leaders monthly meeting! We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign! RSVP for zoom info below.

Ending PA Corruption: Building a movement to confront division and hate

Please join us at our virtual monthly educational session on Tuesday, May 7th at 7pm.

We'll hear from and have a discussion with organizers with MarchOnHarrisburg, who have been fighting for 6+ years to end political corruption and get money out of politics in Pennsylvania. You will learn about the founding of MarchOnHarrisburg, what they've learned about the ruling class in Harrisburg throughout their years of moral-fusion organizing, and how to join the fight to build a government of, by, and for we the people in Pennsylvania.

They will also name, detail, and discuss their current legislative campaign, as well as their anti-corruption bills that recently passed out of the House.

JOIN THE PENNSYLVANIA POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN FOR OUR MONTHLY VIRTUAL WE CRY JUSTICE BOOK STUDY GROUP!

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

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, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom.

In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus’s healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church’s sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through a year.

Come join our Faith Leaders monthly meeting! We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign! RSVP for zoom info below.

Join us for our monthly virtual “We Cry Justice” book study group!

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor

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, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom.

In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus’s healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church’s sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through the year.

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

Register today to join us and receive the zoom link.

Join the PA Poor People's Campaign Communications Team as we debrief our March 2nd mobilization and brainstorm our communications plan for March and April. Interested volunteers are encouraged to attend and see if the Comms team is right for you!

Members of the Communications Team write and send out our regular PA PPC newsletter, create our social media posts, write press releases, develop and maintain relationships with the press, coordinate Letter-to-the-Editor campaigns, and more.

RSVP below for Zoom information.

Join our base-building and outreach team meeting! We’ll be discussing outreach for our upcoming mobilization, phone-banking, text-banking, and more! Get zoom information by emailing: pennsylvania@poorpeoplescampaign.org

Come join our Faith Leaders monthly meeting! We will study sacred texts and campaign materials together, learn about ongoing PA PPC campaigns and how to jump in, support each other in our ongoing projects of survival, and work to organize our congregations and communities into the campaign! RSVP for zoom info below.

On Saturday March 2nd the Poor People’s Campaign will hold simultaneous mass poor people’s and low wage worker statehouse assemblies at State Capitals across the country in more than 30 states including here in Pennsylvania.

• 800 people are dying from poverty every day in the U.S. Poverty is the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.

• The 140 million people in this country who are poor and low income are a sleeping giant. Our job is to wake them up! We have to take action together in order to do this and this mobilization is part of that.

This is part of an arc of activity between now and the election that leads up to it and contains the following parts:

• Monday February 5th - meeting with state elected leadership of both parties to announce 40 weeks of action leading to the election.

• Monday February 19th - press conferences to announce statehouse actions.

• Saturday March 2nd - mass assemblies.

• Monday March 4th - demand delivery to elected officials in statehouse.

The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival challenges the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, the war economy and denial of healthcare, ecological devastation, poverty, and the distorted moral narrative of white supremacy.

Join the PA Poor People's Campaign Communications Team as we huddle and outline our communications plan for our March 2nd mobilization. Interested volunteers are encouraged to attend and see if the Comms team is right for you!

Members of the Communications Team write and send out our regular PA PPC newsletter, create our social media posts, write press releases, develop and maintain relationships with the press, coordinate Letter-to-the-Editor campaigns, and more.

RSVP for Zoom information.

Join us for our monthly virtual “We Cry Justice” book study group!

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor

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, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom.

In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus’s healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church’s sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through the year.

The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It’s time to act on God’s persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

Register today to join us and receive the zoom link.

Join the PA Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on Tuesday, February 20th at 12:00 pm for our news conference that will announce our upcoming mobilization and statehouse assembly in Harrisburg on March 2nd!