Rising Up with Sonali
KPFK / Free Speech TV
June 8, 2022
Bishop William Barber II and Rev. Liz Theoharis, the co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, have written a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a meeting with the White House ahead of their June 18th March on Washington. In the letter, the two leaders reminded Biden that when he addressed their gathering in September 2020, he “promised that ending poverty would be more than an aspiration in your administration.”
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
May 31, 2022
As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.” Join The King Center for Part 3 of our 3-part virtual Beloved Community Talks series on the Triple Evils, as we explore the roots of poverty, its devastating effects on humanity, and pathways to eradicating it.
Ali Velshi show with Lindsey Reiser
MSNBC
December 18, 2021
Senator Manchin professes to be a follower of Catholic teachings and yet we are seeing a Senator who has the power to make people’s lives in his state and all across this country better, invest in living wages, invest in a child tax credit, pass voting rights protections and expansion. When you have power and refuse to use it for good, that is sin of the highest nature. This is exactly what the prophets throughout history speak against.
In Ep 148 of Citations Needed podcast, “The GOP’s ‘Rightwing Populism’ Rebrand (Part II) – Messaging Wars in ‘White America’,” we examine the power of flattery, the lessons of the Tea Party “movement,” & why activists shouldn’t shy away from the language of morality, with guest Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.
Lecture by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Peace Education Center
September 9, 2021
American Voices on MSNBC
Interview by Alicia Menendez
July 24, 2021
As 50 Texas Democrats remain in Washington. D.C. to block Republicans from passing a restrictive voting bill, former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke is teaming up with the Poor People’s Campaign to organize a Selma-style march urging for federal voting rights legislation from home. O’Rourke and Reverend Liz Theoharis, the co-founder of the Poor People’s Campaign, join American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss what’s at stake for Texans and Americans as a whole if lawmakers fail to protect voting rights.
Democracy Now!
July 23, 2021
Nearly 100 women from around the United States were arrested outside the Supreme Court as they marked the 173rd anniversary of the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls with a protest calling for voting rights and economic justice. We speak with Reverend Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and one of those who was arrested. She says Congress needs to scrap the filibuster, pass voting rights legislation and pass a “bold infrastructure bill” that addresses economic inequality, as well as the climate. She also discusses the work of her father, historian Athan Theoharis, who recently died after a lengthy career dedicated to exposing FBI misconduct.
Sojourner Truth Radio
Interview by Margaret Prescod
September 11, 2020
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, joint coordinator of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, joins us to discuss an upcoming virtual event entitled: “Voting is Power Unleashed.” This, as voters sort the confusion and seeming mystery about how to vote in November. All voters are warned to come up with a plan.
The Real News Network
July 17, 2020
Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William Barber II want to seize this moment with a broad-based, multi-racial movement to change an ‘impoverished democracy.’
All Things Considered on NPR
June 21, 2020
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with the Revs. William Barber II and Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, about the group’s virtual convening this weekend.
