Vote Out Poverty: A National Campaign of Sojourners

National Campaign Launch: August 1, 2008

Sojourners’ Vote Out Poverty campaign is designed to mobilize a faith-based constituency capable of influencing congressional and presidential priorities around domestic and global poverty, starting with the 2008 election and finishing in spring 2009.

While most elected officials say they want to reduce poverty, few have provided leadership on the issue. Why? Most Americans are disengaged from the lives of the poor and the political process, so poverty reduction is pushed to the bottom of the priority list. Meanwhile, 30,000 children die every day of preventable causes around the world and millions go to bed hungry. These statistics are unacceptable to Christians if we profess to follow the teachings of Christ. To change them, we must engage in personal service, community transformation, and political, structural advocacy. The Vote Out Poverty campaign is designed to address the advocacy part of that equation.

Check back in August to learn all about the campaign on our website www.voteoutpoverty.org or email voteoutpoverty@sojo.net.

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