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“I Have a Dream” for an End to Poverty: Martin Luther King’s March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr. led 250,000 people in the “March on Washington” in August 1963. On the national mall, Dr. King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. In it, he called for an end to inequality in American society, peaceful reconciliation among races and ethnic groups, and social and economic justice. King said: […W]e Read more…
Posted in Events, In the News, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Poverty, Transformation
Tagged civil rights, Crop insurance, economic justice, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Global Poverty, Health insurance, Hunger, I Have a Dream, justice, Loans, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr., Microfinance, Mission, National holiday, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, social justice, Washington D.C., Weather-index crop insurance
Tagged civil rights, Crop insurance, economic justice, Education, Ending Poverty, Entrepreneurs, Global Poverty, Health insurance, Hunger, I Have a Dream, justice, Loans, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr., Microfinance, Mission, National holiday, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, social justice, Washington D.C., Weather-index crop insurance
Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Freedom for One Another
In my work as a writer for , I think a lot about what inspires people, and I spend at least an equal amount of time considering what inspires me. To be truthful, when I look at the world around me, I often feel as though we (as a collective) have no heroes. Or, rather, Read more…
Posted in Faith in Action, Our Motivation, What We're Reading
Tagged anti-Semitism, Christa Countryman, christian, christianity, Christians, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Easter, Ending Poverty, faith, Faith in Action, Germany, Global Poverty, God, Jesus Christ, justice, Microfinance, pastor, Poverty, racial injustice, social justice, theologian, theology
Tagged anti-Semitism, Christa Countryman, christian, christianity, Christians, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Easter, Ending Poverty, faith, Faith in Action, Germany, Global Poverty, God, Jesus Christ, justice, Microfinance, pastor, Poverty, racial injustice, social justice, theologian, theology
