Community, faith leaders rally against poverty

Published: 2006-06-28

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Several hundred community and faith leaders along with religious activists from around the nation marched in Washington June 27 to fight against poverty. The event celebrated the unveiling of the Covenant for a New America, a faith-based strategy for overcoming poverty. The march and a related conference were hosted by Sojourners and Call to Renewal, a national network of churches, faith-based organizations and individuals working to overcome poverty in America. Twenty-three national religious groups and religious leaders endorsed the covenant. Among other things, the document aims to bring people from all religious and political backgrounds together so they can hold each other accountable for ending poverty. One goal is to develop a plan to cut child poverty in half over the next 10 years. Among those endorsing the covenant was Sister Marge Clark, a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary who is a lobbyist with Network, a national Catholic social justice lobby whose mission is to bring about economic justice. Sister Clark said she was proud to sign the covenant.

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