The panel discussion on the state of poverty in America today featured Professor Adam Green, Bobby Shriver, and Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis. Together, the three discussed today’s affordability crisis—and what it will take to end poverty.
Category: Interviews
Interview: A Soulful Revolution Podcast
Interview: A Soulful Revolution Podcast
We Pray Freedom: Ritual, Solidarity, and the Soul of Revolution
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis & Dr. Charon Hribar on the deliciousness of solidarity
November 20, 2025
“In our seventh episode of the season, we sit down with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Dr. Charon Hribar to explore the decades-long lineage behind their new book, We Pray Freedom: Liturgies & Rituals from the Freedom Church of the Poor.
We Pray Freedom is rooted in an active, justice-building understanding of prayer and ritual—embodied practices that sustain, empower, and transform.
“Drawn from the struggles and wisdom of poor and dispossessed communities, these liturgies reclaim the sacred as collective action for a world where all can thrive. In a society steeped in the rituals of empire, these prayers insist that the leadership, dignity, and traditions of the poor are not only holy—they are essential to building a just and life-affirming future.” – https://weprayfreedom.org/about/
Interview: Gravity Commons Podcast
Interview: Gravity Commons Podcast
Liz Theoharis & Charon Hribar: Liturgies and Rituals from the Freedom Church of the Poor
October 28, 2025
We talked with Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar about how prayers, rituals, and liturgies help to sustain movements for social change. Their book is full of prayers, resources, and stories that grew out of communities committed to abolishing poverty.
Dr. Charon Hribar (Cha-Ron Reebar) is a visionary leader, musician, and scholar. She serves as the Director of Cultural Strategies for the Kairos Center and Co-Director of Theomusicology and Movement Arts for the Poor People’s Campaign. With over two decades of experience, she empowers leaders and integrates rituals and arts into organizing efforts.
Interview: Straight White American Jesus Podcast
Interview: Straight White American Jesus Podcast
Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: The Rituals of Freedom
October 27, 2025
Brad welcomes Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar, editors of We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals from The Freedom Church of the Poor. Both guests are key leaders in the faith-based anti-poverty movement and longtime organizers with the Poor People’s Campaign. Together, they discuss how liturgy and ritual can be reclaimed as acts of collective resistance, solidarity, and hope among the poor and dispossessed.
The conversation weaves through Liz and Charon’s personal journeys—Liz’s formation in faith-driven social justice work and Charon’s discovery of liberation theology growing up in a steel town—and traces how decades of grassroots organizing through the Kairos Center inspired this new book. They explore how faith traditions, particularly Christianity, can serve as public, justice-oriented practice rather than private belief, what it means to “pray with your feet,” and how ritual itself can be political.
Interview: This is Not Church Podcast
Interview: This is Not Church Podcast
We Pray Freedom: A Conversation With Liz Theoharis & Charon Hribar
October 20, 2025
Interview: In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer
In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast
September 2, 2025
Interview: A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast
A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast
Liturgies and Rituals from the Freedom Church of the Poor w/ Liz Theoharis and Charon Hribar
August 21, 2025
Interview: A Better World radio show with McNair Ezzard
A Better World radio show on WPVM FM
With McNair Ezzard
May 25, 2025
Asheville, North Carolina
Millions of people know that a world of injustice, poverty and oppression are no longer sustainable. Groups across America are working to change this type of world. One such powerful group is the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice in New York. For the last twenty years, Kairos has grown into a national network of grassroots, community and religious leaders and organizations on the front lines of struggles against systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and militarism.
Interview: Getting organised to fight poverty
Poverty Unpacked podcast
April 26, 2025
Ending poverty requires mass movements. Charitable actions by individuals can make an important difference but are ultimately a drop in the bucket. Real change only happens when people come together and stand up against the injustice of poverty. Indeed, there is a long history of organising with notable successes for current day activists to learn from and feel encouraged by.
Interview on the KGNU radio show Connections with Joel Edelstein
KGNU Connections
Joel Edelstein
April 18, 2025