Wallis Helps Lead World Economic Forum Participants to Address Ethics and Values by Sheldon Good Sojourners 1-29-2010
Rev. Jim Wallis is in Davos, Switzerland this week providing leadership to the ethics and values pillar, one of six pillars, at the World Economic Forum.
According to recent survey findings released by the World Economic Forum and Georgetown University, two-thirds of the 130,000 respondents, from ten countries, including the United States, believe that the current economic crisis is also a crisis of ethics and values. In response, the World Economic Forum has placed corporate ethics and personal values as one of the six core pillars of this week’s conference.
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Wallis Continues Media Blitz to Tackle Wall Street by Sheldon Good Sojourners 1-22-2010
Rev. Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the nation, and bestselling author, launches groundbreaking new book, “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street and Your Street,” and has embarked on a nationwide media and publicity tour, with stops on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, and PBS’s The Tavis Smiley Show.
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Wallis Takes On Wall Street, Challenges Main Street And Offers Hope On 'Your Street' by Sheldon Good Sojourners 1-06-2010
Reverend Jim Wallis, President and founder of Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the nation, and bestselling author, launches groundbreaking new book, “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street and Your Street,” embarks on nationwide media and publicity tour, opens new year with provocative column in Sunday’s Washington Post Outlook .
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Sojourners Launches Campaign: "Finding Our Way In The New Economy" by Tim King Sojourners 12-11-2009
Sojourners, this week, launched “Finding Our Way in the New Economy”. This nationwide campaign, to educate the public about the need for a moral recovery as well as a financial recovery, provides resources, tools and reflections for understanding the impact on families, communities and society when a market-based economy is greed-driven instead of morally based. The resources, tools and reflections will focus on the following issues:
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Sojourners Magazine Earns Two Eddie Awards from FOLIO 2009 by Tim King Sojourners 12-10-2009
Sojourners magazine, a monthly publication that addresses issues of faith, politics, and culture from a biblical perspective, received two prestigious 2009 Silver Eddie Awards from industry-leader FOLIO: magazine. The Eddie Awards recognize excellence in magazine editorial and design and are presented by FOLIO, the leading publication for magazine professionals. Sojourners magazine won silver in the Consumer, Religious/Spiritual category for a full issue and silver in the “single article” for the same category. These highly esteemed awards come on the heels of earning 25 honors from the Associated Church Press and the Evangelical Press Association this past spring.
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Leaders Call for Immigration Reform on One Year Anniversary of Postville Immigration Raid by Jason Gedeik 5-12-2009
Postville, IA—Today, one day before the one-year anniversary of the devastating Postville immigration raid, faith and labor leaders hosted a press call to highlight the need for immigration reform. Leaders discussed the long term effects immigration raids have had on their communities and announced over 40 vigils and services taking place nationwide in commemoration of the May 12th, 2008 Postville raid. Events around the country will feature ringing of church bells and calls for worker justice, family unity and just and humane immigration reform.
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Broad Faith & Anti-Poverty Coalition Launches “Mobilization to End Poverty” by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 4-26-2009
On April 26-29, 2009, a broad and diverse coalition of over 60 faith-based organizations, churches and domestic and global anti-poverty groups will convene The Mobilization to End Poverty– a three-day conference that will equip the faith community to combat the growing domestic and global poverty crisis that is being exacerbated by the world's economic instability. The Mobilization to End Poverty will assemble a constituency capable of generating radical change and bold leadership from both the Church and our government.
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Christian Leaders Encouraged By President Obama’s Commitment to Immigration Reform Sojourners 4-09-2009
Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, a national coalition of Christian organizations, churches, and leaders from across the theological and political spectrum united in support of comprehensive immigration reform, issued the following statement in response to signals from the White House that President Obama will push immigration reform this year:
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Diverse Anti-Poverty & Faith Coalition Calls On Congress to Preserve Budget Priorities Addressing Low-Income & Poor Families by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 4-01-2009
During a teleconference on Wednesday, April 1st, leaders from Congress, religious denominations, policy institutes and anti-poverty non-profits announced a new initiative to combat the growing domestic and global poverty crisis that is being exacerbated by the world’s economic instability. This initiative, called The Mobilization to End Poverty, represents one of the largest and most diverse anti-poverty coalitions that will convene over one thousand faith leaders and activists in Washington, DC this April 26-29. The coalition will advocate with Congress to preserve priorities within the President’s budget that assist low-income and poor communities with an emphasis on health care, energy, and education. This group will also call upon the President to affirm his previous commitments to reduce domestic poverty by half in ten years and implement the Millennium Development Goals intended to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
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Department of Justice Responds to Calls for Investigation of Arizona Sheriff by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 3-12-2009
Sojourners, a progressive network of Christians promoting the biblical call to social justice, and convener of Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CCIR), today applauded the recent decision by the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the “discriminatory policy practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures conducted by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO).” This action follows the heels of a coordinated national campaign that Sojourners and CCIR participated in with ACORN, National Day Laborer Organizing Network and America’s Voice that collected over 38,000 letters petitioning Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate alleged civil rights violations of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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Faith-Based Groups Urge Support for President’s Budget Priorities to Address National Poverty Crisis by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 3-02-2009
Today a group of leaders representing Christian faith-based non-profits that serve millions of Americans in low-income and poor communities responded to the new direction that President Obama’s budget proposal represents in addressing domestic poverty. Faith-based groups are facing a significant increase in demand for services due to an economic recession that threatens to push an additional nine million Americans into poverty. The economic situation coupled with a shortfall in revenue and charitable giving for faith-based groups exacerbates the poverty crisis in our nation. Religious leaders lifted up the budget as a moral document, outlined programs in the budget that would help reduce domestic poverty and called upon faith communities to press Congress to adopt these funding priorities.
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Politically Diverse Christian Leaders Offer Concrete Policy Recommendations on Poverty Reduction by Loredana Vuoto and Jason Gedeik Sojourners 2-17-2009
The Poverty Forum, a group of 18 politically diverse leaders with expertise in poverty initiatives and policy reform, today released a set of policy recommendations aimed at dramatically reducing domestic poverty. Co-chaired by Mike Gerson, senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and Rev. Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, this policy platform represents a nonpartisan initiative where leaders from government, community, faith-based and grassroots organizations worked together to find common-ground solutions.
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President’s Council for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships Represents New Direction by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 2-05-2009
Rev. Jim Wallis, progressive evangelical leader, author of The Great Awakening and president of Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the United States, issued the following statement in response to the new President's Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships on which Wallis will serve.
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Jim Wallis to participate in the National Prayer Service Commemorating President Obama’s Inauguration by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 1-16-2009
The Presidential Inaugural Committee today announced that Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the United States and author of The Great Awakening, was among a diverse selection of religious leaders asked to give the responsive prayer during the National Prayer Service. The service will take place on the morning of Wednesday, January 22, 2009 at the National Cathedral and will be attended by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, and members of their families.
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Sojourners Launches Commit to Change Initiative in Response to President-elect Obama’s Call for MLK Day of Service by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 1-13-2009
Sojourners responded to President-elect Obama’s call for a renewed national commitment to service by launching MLK Day Commit to Change, a website dedicated to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. The site offers educational resources including grassroots advocacy and service opportunities for people of faith. These commitments range from personal ones on the individual level to initiatives that benefit local communities and beyond to national campaigns. Sojourners website is listed as a service organization on www.USAService.org and can be accessed directly at www.sojo.net/mlk.
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New Post-Election Poll: Evangelical, Catholic Voters Want Broad Moral Agenda by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 11-14-2008
Results of a new post-election poll released today provide an in-depth look at the shift in priorities and moral agenda for Catholic and evangelical voters. Sponsored by Faith in Public Life, in partnership with Sojourners and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, and conducted by Public Religion Research, the poll’s findings indicate a new faith constituency with a broader moral agenda that will have a significant impact upon the next presidential administration and Congress.
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Sojourners Offers Advice from Conservative & Progressive Religious Leaders to President-Elect Obama by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 11-11-2008
Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the United States connecting faith and justice, has solicited letters on the one week anniversary of the 2008 election for President-elect Obama from a wide array of religious, political, and cultural leaders in America and around the world. This initiative has collected nearly two dozen letters that are posted on the God’s Politics blog and will be delivered to the president-elect.
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Black, Latino & Younger Christians Take Leadership Role in Deciding Election Outcome by Jason Gedeik Sojourners 11-05-2008
This election demonstrates the beginning of a fundamental shift taking place in America which is, at once, a political shift, a cultural and racial shift, a generational shift, and a religious shift. In recent times, religion has been both too narrow and too divisive. The leadership of African American and Latino Christians, with a younger generation of the faithful in white America, is creating a broad new moral agenda for faith in public life. Racial and economic justice, creation care, peacemaking, and a more consistent ethic life will all shape that new agenda.
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