Strategic Dialogue #1: Agenda and Resources

9:30pm - Screen on the Green

• Ten-minute clip from “Eyes On The Prize Series: Promised Land”

Friday - MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Then and Now

10am-12:30pm – History of the Poor People’s Campaign, the Unfinished Business of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• History of the Poor People's Campaign (PDF)
• Select Quotes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (PDF)
• December 4, 1967 Press Conference Announcing the Poor People's Campaign (PDF)
• Audio recording of Liz and Willie (to be posted)

2pm-4pm – Poor People Organizing Today: Sharing Our Stories

• Sharing our Stories (PDF)
• Friday Afternoon Small Groups (PDF)
  

4:30pm-5:30pm – Textual Study: The Last Week of Jesus Christ / The Last Year of Dr. King

• Excerpts from Beyond Vietnam by Martin Luther King, Jr. (PDF)
• Mark 11:15- 19 (HTML)
• Audio recording of Bible Study (to be posted)

Saturday - Poverty Today: Why We Need a Poor People’s Campaign

9:30am-12:30pm – Who are the Poor? Why are We poor? & The Current Economic Crisis

• U.S. Housing Crisis in the Media (PDF)
• Current Economic Crisis Discussion Questions (half page) (PDF)
• Four Theories of Impoverishment (PDF)
• Power Point: "Who are the Poor: Poverty and the Economic Crisis" (PDF)

2pm-5pm – Arts of Leadership: New Strategies for Organizing

• New Strategies for Organizing (PDF)
  
• Audio Recording of First Panel (to be posted)

Sunday – Moving Forward

10:45am-11:45am – Poverty Blogs Training

• Poverty Blogs