The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis \;is Di rector of the \;Kairos Center for Religions\, Rights\, and Social Just ice \;at Union Theological Seminary and Co-Chair of the \;Poor Peo ple&rsquo\;s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival \;with the Re v. Dr. William J. Barber II. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyteri an Church (USA) and teaches at Union Theological Seminary in New York City .
\nRev. Dr. Theoharis is the editor of \;We Cry Justice: Readin g the Bible with the Poor People&rsquo\;s Campaign \;(Broadleaf Press\ , 2021). She is the author of "Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said abo ut the Poor (Eerdmans\, 2017)" and co-author of "Revive Us Again: Vision a nd Action in Moral Organizing \;(Beacon\, 2018)." She has been publish ed in \;The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Time Magazine\, Newswee k\, Politico\, The Hill\, The Guardian\, The Nation\, Boston Review\, CNN\ , Religion News Service\, Sojourners\, Religion Dispatches\, the Grio\, La Jornada\, Salon\, Slate\, and elsewhere.
\nRev. Dr. Theoharis has o rganized among poor and low-income communities for thirty years with organ izations such as the National Union of the Homeless\, the National Welfare Rights Union\, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers\, Domestic Workers Unit ed\, and many more. Raised in a family committed to social justice\, civil liberties and human rights\, she has been involved in the movement for he r whole life.
\nRev. Dr. Theoharis \;was awarded the Children's HealthWatch Champion Award in 2022\, the 30th Annual \;Freedom Award&n bsp\;by the National Civil Rights Museum\, the \;Hunger Leadership Awa rd \;from the Congressional Hunger Center\, and \;Villanova Peace Award \;in 2021\, each along with the Rev. Dr. William Barber II for t heir work with the Poor People&rsquo\;s Campaign. \;In 2020 she was na med one of \;15 Faith Leaders to Watch \;by the Center for America n Progress. In 2019\, she was a \;Selma &ldquo\;Bridge&rdquo\; Award&n bsp\;recipient and named one of \;11 Women Shaping the Church \;by \;Sojourners. \;In 2018\, she gave the &ldquo\;Building a Moral M ovement&rdquo\; \;TED Talk \;at TEDWomen\, was named one of the&nb sp\;Politico 50 \;&ldquo\;thinkers\, doers and visionaries whose ideas are driving politics\,&rdquo\; and was also named a \;Women of Faith Award \;recipient by the Presbyterian Church (USA).
\nRev. Dr. T heoharis received her BA in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylva nia\; her M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in 2004 where she was the first William Sloane Coffin Scholar\; and her PhD from Union in New Testa ment and Christian Origins.
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