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April 11, 2018 By Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland Tune Leave a Comment

EPI Endorses the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Ecumenical Poverty Initiative is proud to announce that we have endorsed the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. In state capitols and Washington, D.C., policies that promote systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation are threatening our democracy and decaying our national morality. We refuse to be silent in the face […]

Filed Under: Child Poverty, Economics, Hunger, Inequality, Poverty

August 28, 2013 By Ecumenical Poverty Initiative 2 Comments

Remembering The Unpopular MLK Jr.

Today will be largely dedicated to remembering the popular Martin Luther King Jr., the one that everyone supports as a national hero. This revisionist history is unfortunate, because it obscures the deeper vision of King, a vision that remains unpopular to this day. First, to the polling data from Gallup: From 1963-1965, King was, at […]

Filed Under: Inequality, Theology and Ethics

March 6, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

How Wealth Inequality Hurts Churches

Have you seen the video on wealth inequality that went viral this week? The video is based on a study by Harvard Business professor Michael Norton. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here. Millions have been passing it around and dropping their jaws when they see the dramatic difference between the average […]

Filed Under: Federal Budget, Inequality, Poverty Trends and Research Tagged With: church, Churches, faith, Federal Budget, Hunger, Inequality, Michael Norton, Poverty, Wealth Distribution

September 5, 2012 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

A Labor Day Sermon by Rev. Michael Livingston: Best Seat in the House

Best Seat in the House James 2:1-10, 14-17 Rev. Michael Livingston; Director of Public Policy, Interfaith Worker Justice Delivered at the United Methodist Chapel at 100 Maryland Ave NE Washington, DC on September 5, 2012 I’ve got a new friend.  Her name is Vernell Livingston.  I met her last October at the fall mobilization for […]

Filed Under: Child Poverty, Federal Budget, Fighting Poverty with Faith, Hunger, Inequality, Jobs, Poverty Trends and Research, Sermons, Theology and Ethics

March 28, 2012 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

The Spirit Level: Why Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

The Spirit Level: Why Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, Bloomsbury Press, 2011. Recommended by Dr. Tim Ready, Director of the Lewis Walker Institute for Race and Ethnic Relations at Western Michigan University and contributor to research and content on Michigan Voices for Action, a premier source for information on poverty […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Inequality Tagged With: Dr. Timothy Ready, Inequality, Lewis Walker Institute for Race and Ethnic Relations, NETWORK Catholic Social Justice Lobby, The Spirit Level

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