Fighting Poverty with Faith’s October Effort to Reduce Poverty

Fighting Poverty with Faith is a diverse coalition of national and local faith organizations dedicated to cutting domestic poverty in half by 2020. To accomplish this goal, we are working aggressively to focus new attention to the causes of poverty, highlight strategies to reduce poverty, and create economic opportunities. The Fighting Poverty with Faith 2010 mobilization will focus on two key strategies:

• Protecting critical human needs programs during these challenging economic times; and,
• Advocating for new policies that enable more families to find employment and move toward economic self-sufficiency.

Though we believe in responsible economic stewardship of our nation’s resources, we are also committed to ensuring that the burden of deficit reduction is not placed on the backs of the most vulnerable members of our society. In addition, we will work for the development of positive economic opportunities for the millions of people who are out of work, underemployed, or displaced from their job.

To view a list of endorsing organizations and learn more about Fighting Poverty with Faith, download this brief (pdf).