Agenda and Resources
Poverty Scholars Program: Strategic Dialogue #3
March 26th - 27th, 2009
More than seventy leaders gathered at Union Theological Seminary for the third (and final) Poverty Scholars Program Strategic Dialogue. The highlight of the weekend was the commitment of the assembled leaders to this growing process – leaders from California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Maryland, Minnesota, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Check out the photos!
Friday the 27th was a day of collective study. Participants studied the root causes and results of the continuing massive economic crisis and shared experiences of organizing in local communities where homes are being foreclosed and people are losing their jobs. Participants also took a “Poor People’s Walking Tour of Wall Street." Sunday morning the 29th began with a Bible study, “Economic Crisis and the Bible.”
The rest of the gathering’s agenda focused on preparation for the August 2009 Leadership School. The group deliberated to determine: the overall goals for the School; the core theme of “Economics and Politics” for the plenary sessions; the topics, curriculum, and pedagogy for Skills and Organizing tracks; the videos, field trips, art and culture through which participants will study the local history of the Coal Wars in Appalachia, and more.
Portraits
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