The Kairos Center Presents:
Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis
October 23–24, 2020
Digital Toolkit
On October 23–24, the Kairos Center Presents: Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference on the urgent struggles and policy solutions of the poor and dispossessed.
We are living through a kairos moment, a time defined by both extraordinary danger and possibility. All around us the old ways of the world are crumbling and millions more are joining the ranks of the unemployed, uninsured, unhoused, unfed, and unwell. To dig ourselves out of the wreckage of the present, we desperately need a new moral vision, a blueprint for society that values and defends all life. This is what the Poor People’s Jubilee Platform offers.
The Jubilee Platform is not a proposal to tinker around the edges. Rather, it is a plan to reconstruct society around the needs and hopes of the poor, from economic and racial justice to an end to militarism and ecological devastation. “Jubilee” is a reference to the ancient moral commitment to cancel debts, release slaves, pay fair wages, provide for the poor and hungry, and allow the land to recover from overuse and abuse. Jubilee was not merely a set of ideas, but a comprehensive economic program that centered those who were most impacted by the injustice of the day.
The conference will begin with a keynote by Kairos Center Director Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of Repairers of the Breach, the Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. We will also hear from organizers, economists, policy experts, theologians, historians, artists, and other leaders on how we arrived at this moment of crisis and what we can do to chart a new way forward. Use the digital toolkit below to help us amplify this important event!
KairosCenter.org | #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Contents
Quick Links
- Explaining the 140 Million: Breaking Down the Numbers Behind the Moral Budget
- Stop the War on the Poor: Combating Militarism + The War Economy Resources
- Policy Resources
- A Moral Policy Agenda to Heal America: The Poor People’s Jubilee Platform
- Poor People’s Moral Budget | Executive Summary
- The Souls of Poor Folks Audit | Executive Summary
- Poverty Amidst Pandemic Fact Sheet
- National Priorities Project | Poverty Amidst Pandemic Explainer
Sample Posts
- (Twitter) Join us Oct 23-24 as @Kairos_Center Presents: Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference that will examine the policy demands of the poor & dispossessed! Featuring keynote by @liztheo & @RevDrBarber, co-chairs of #PoorPeoplesCampaign. RSVP: bit.ly/kairospolicy2020
- (Facebook + Instagram) Join us Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23-24 as the Kairos Center Presents: Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference on the urgent struggles and policy solutions of the poor and dispossessed in this time of profound crisis. Featuring keynote by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chairs of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign.
This event will be closed captioned & interpreted in Spanish & ASL. Register here: bit.ly/kairospolicy2020!
- [Organization name here] is excited to join w/ @Kairos_Center 10/23-24 for Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference that will examine how the #PoorPeoplesCampaign's Jubilee Platform paves the way for the moral & economic reconstruction we need. RSVP: bit.ly/kairospolicy2020
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Sample Email + Agenda
[First name],
On October 23–24, the Kairos Center Presents: Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference on the urgent struggles and policy solutions of the poor and dispossessed. See below for the agenda and make sure to RSVP here!
We are living through a kairos moment, a time defined by both extraordinary danger and possibility. All around us the old ways of the world are crumbling and millions more are joining the ranks of the unemployed, uninsured, unhoused, unfed, and unwell. To dig ourselves out of the wreckage of the present, we desperately need a new moral vision, a blueprint for society that values and defends all life. This is what the Poor People’s Jubilee Platform offers.
The Jubilee Platform is not a proposal to tinker around the edges. Rather, it is a plan to reconstruct society around the needs and hopes of the poor, from economic and racial justice to an end to militarism and ecological devastation. “Jubilee” is a reference to the ancient moral commitment to cancel debts, release slaves, pay fair wages, provide for the poor and hungry, and allow the land to recover from overuse and abuse. Jubilee was not merely a set of ideas, but a comprehensive economic program that centered those who were most impacted by the injustice of the day.
The conference will begin with a keynote by Kairos Center Director Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach. We will also hear from organizers, economists, policy experts, theologians, historians, musicians, and other leaders on how we arrived at this moment of crisis and what we can do to chart a new way forward.
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CONFERENCE AGENDA
(All times below are in Eastern Time.)
DAY 1: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
2-3pm: Keynote — Jubilee and Reconstruction as Moral Policy
Reaching back into the long history of Jubilee and Reconstruction to understand the possibilities of today.
3-3.30pm: BREAK
3.30-5pm: The Right to Welfare and an Adequate Standard of Living
Looking at the history of poor people’s organizing and the policy frameworks that have both influenced and been shaped by their struggles.
5-6 pm: BREAK
6-7.30pm: The Right to Work with Dignity
How our current economy is leaving workers behind and why we must think about work, labor, and jobs in a new way.
DAY 2: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
9.30-11am: Facing the Long History of Systemic Racism
Contending with the injustices of systemic racism from the first chapter of U.S. history to the present.
11-12pm: BREAK
12-1.30pm: The Right to Health and a Healthy Environment
Building power to change a death-dealing system into one that protects the sources of life.
1.30-2.30pm: BREAK
2.30-4pm: Providing for the Common Defense
Redefining the ideas of national security and common defense.
4-4.30pm: BREAK
4.30-5.15pm: Closing — We Declare Jubilee
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