Poverty Scholars Program: Leadership School

Leadership School a huge success!  On August 9th -15th, more than 160 leaders from across the country and around the world gathered for a week in Charleston West Virginia to study together, teach one another, and to work towards Reigniting the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign today. 

The Poverty Scholars Program Leadership School was hosted in Charleston, WV by the Direct Action Welfare Group (DAWG). Applicants from more than forty grassroots organizations were selected to attend the Leadership School. 

• Information Packet (PDF)
• Goals
• Schedule (PDF)
  
• Participating Organizations (PDF)
• Core Curriculum Sessions (or download printable version as a PDF)
• Skills and Organizing Workshops (or download printable version as a PDF)
• Pre-Leadership School Study Materials

Press:

National Anti-Poverty Groups Convene in W.Va., Associated Press, August 6, 2009: CNBC, Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston Gazette, Forbes, Herald Dispatch (West Virginia), WSAZ TV (Charleston), WTAP TV (West Virginia), WVVA TV (West Virginia), Yahoo Finance

Organizers Gather to Fight Poverty, The Charleston Gazette, August 9, 2009

Anti-Poverty Groups in W.Va. to Discuss Strategy, August 10, 2009: WCHS-TV, WSAZ-TV

Anti-Poverty Groups Target Job Loss, Homelessness, The Associated Press, August 10, 2009: Charleston Daily Mail, Daily Press (Virginia), Examiner (Indianapolis), Forbes, Herald Star (Ohio), Philadelphia Inquirer, PressConnects (Alabama), Times Leader (Pennsylvania), Truthout,  Washington Examiner

A New and Unsettling Force: Poverty Scholars Meet in West Virginia, Lisa Gray-Garcia, Examiner, August 14, 2009.

The Poverty Scholars Program, Change.org, August 15, 2009.

Partnerships to End Poverty, Led by the Poor by Kymberly McNair. God's Politics Blog, Sojourners. September 4, 2009.

Press Releases:

• July 30, 2009 (or download printable version as a PDF)
• August 15, 2009 (or download printable version as a PDF)
  

Blog:
Read the Leadership School blog for multimedia reports from the school

Photos:
Blair Hyatt: Kayford, Matewan Friday, Graduation, Friday Night
Amy Hendrick photos
NESRI photos
Patrick Grugan: Poverty Scholars Wall of Leaders, school photos

Sermons:
“From the Ashes of Our Hopelessness Rises the Flame of New Hope” - a sermon by H. Mitchell Watson
"Space for Grace" - notes for a sermon by Mary Ellen Kris at Park Avenue United Methodist Church, New York City, Sunday, August 16th.

For more on the Leadership School:
Radio Interviews
Materials - including PowerPoints from core curriculum sessions