Fighting Poverty With Faith Week

Fighting Poverty with Faith: A Week of Action

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Rev. Larry Snyder <poverty@catholiccharitiesusa.org>

As part of our Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, Catholic Charities USA is joining 19 other national faith-based organizations in an interfaith week of action, Sept. 10-Sept. 16.

The goal of the week is to elevate the issue of poverty in the 2008 election debate. It will urge candidates for local, state, and national office to outline what, if elected, they will do in their first 100 days in office to address poverty in America.

Take Action Now

Visit the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America web site at http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/poverty for sample press releases, resources, and other materials to facilitate your agency's participation and engage in interfaith volunteer projects, community relations building, and public education on the issue of poverty inAmerica.

More Information

Participate in a conference call to learn more about the interfaith week and share ideas with your Catholic Charities network peers,Thursday, August 21 at 1:30pm Eastern. Call 1-877-771-7176 and entercode 462708 to join.

Stayed tuned to Washington Weekly and the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America Web site for updates and activities. Learn more and share what you plan to do by visiting Fighting Poverty with Faith: A Week of Action at http://www.fightingpovertywithfaith.com/, a Web site sponsored byCatholic Charities USA. Add your events to the calendar.

We hope you will join us in our efforts. By coordinating our messaging, holding joint events, and promoting partnerships with other faith groups, we hope to enhance our work to build the political and public will to end poverty.

Sincerely,

Rev. Larry Snyder
PresidentCatholic Charities USA

Our Partners

1. Alliance to End Hunger
2. Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies
3. Bread for the World
4. Catholic Charities USA
5. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
6. Interfaith Youth Core
7. Islamic Relief
8. Islamic Society of North America
9. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs
10. Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
11. The National Council of Jewish Women
12. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
13. National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
14. National Council of Churches
15. NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
16. Presbyterian Church (USA) Washington Office
17. The Righteous Indignation Project
18. Sojourners
19. Union for Reform Judaism
20. United Jewish Communities