Presidential Candidates Address Faith and Poverty

On Monday, June 4, the leading Democratic presidential contenders – Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards – will join Jim Wallis for a conversation on faith, values, and poverty broadcast live on CNN.

Every year Sojourners organizes a conference of church and political leaders to address issues of poverty. This year is hugely significant because the three leading Democratic candidates are going to attend and speak about their emphasis on these issues (Jim Wallis has promised a similar presentation for the Republican candidates in Iowa in the fall).

Since I'm on the mailing list, Sojourners invited me to host a watch party. For some reason that's just not me (organized political events feel really strange to those of us who came from apathetic college atmospheres). But this is exactly, exactly what I've been hoping for in this campaign. The major candidates are going to directly address poverty and bring it to the forefront of the campaign, at least for a day. So please watch it and see what they have to say. We need to make sure they know how much we care about this.


One quick aside - due to public demand, I have added links in the top right corner to all of the presidential candidate posts, so you don't have to go looking for them anymore.