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What is the Vote Out Poverty campaign? Sojourners’ Vote Out Poverty campaign is our advocacy effort to mobilize a faith-based constituency capable of influencing congressional and presidential priorities around domestic and global poverty, starting with the 2008 election, and culminating with our Mobilization to End Poverty from April 26-29. Through individual and candidate Vote Out Poverty pledges distributed by local action teams, we will bring awareness to this issue and hold our newly elected officials accountable for putting poverty reduction on the top of their agendas. How can my church get involved?
Can you really vote out poverty? No. Voting is a crucial step in addressing poverty through our government policies; however, Christians have the responsibility to address poverty through personal and community action as well. The efforts of the Vote Out Poverty campaign are critical steps in ending extreme global poverty and reducing domestic poverty. Is the Vote Out Poverty campaign Republican or Democrat? Neither. Fighting poverty is a nonpartisan issue and a bipartisan cause. The Vote Out Poverty campaign does not endorse candidates, but we are asking them to endorse our agenda. What are you doing with your pledges? To learn all about pledges for the Vote Out Poverty campaign, visit our Pledge Page. What is the Mobilization to End Poverty? The Mobilization to End Poverty will take place April 26-29, 2009, and will bring thousands of Christian clergy and lay leaders to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate our resolve and collective will to overcome poverty to Congress and the president. Does the campaign end after the Mobilization next spring? No. The work of reducing domestic poverty and ending extreme global poverty is at the heart of the Sojourners mission. In the fall of 2009 we will hold a Justice Revival, in which people of faith will gather to rededicate themselves to the work of social justice. Does the campaign have a policy platform that corresponds to the goals? Yes. A Covenant for a New America describes our policy platform on the issue of poverty. What other organizations and leaders are involved in the campaign? For information on organization and leaders involved with the campaign, please visit our Partner Page. Do I have to be on a team to participate in Vote Out Poverty? No. Individuals can be part of Vote Out Poverty in several ways, including:
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