It's Kairos Time!
Season 2: Stop The War On The Poor
This installment of It’s Kairos Time! is dedicated to lifting up the calls for demilitarization, reducing military spending and increasing funding for anti-poverty programs. With this latest season we aim to remind listeners and ourselves that we are not alone and that in these times – silence is betrayal. Leaders from movements for racial, economic, climate, gender justice and more join us in calling for an end to war and the war economy.
As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr reminds us in Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, “A final problem that mankind must solve in order to survive in the world house that we have inherited is finding an alternative to war and human destruction. Recent events have vividly reminded us that nations are not reducing but rather increasing their arsenals of weapons of mass destruction. The best brains in the highly developed nations of the world are devoted to military technology… When scientific power outruns moral power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men.”
Episodes
22 episodes
Confronting Religious Nationalism
In this episode of "It's Kairos Time," the hosts discuss the role of religious nationalism in relation to militarism and the war on the poor. Rev. West McNeill, explains that religious nationalism is a tool used by actors to manipulate society,...
International Solidarity
The discussion centered on the interconnected struggles for demilitarization, ceasefire, and human rights. Thapelo Mohapi from Abahlali baseMjondolo highlighted their movement's fight for adequate housing and basic services in South Africa, not...
The True Costs Of War
This conversation focuses on the cultural and economic costs of war, highlighting the U.S. military budget's impact on domestic programs. Lindsay Kosharian notes that the military budget is approaching a trillion dollars leaving little fo...
Building Systems Of Care (Part 2)
Part 2 of our Building Systems of Care Episode focuses on the work of West Virginia Can't Wait, an organization aiming to replace those in power with pro-democracy candidates. Founded in 2018, the group has seen significant success, with 29 of ...
Building Systems Of Care (Part 1)
On this installment of It's Kairos Time! Building Systems Of Care (Part 1), Fahd Ahmed, Director of DRUM NYC (Desis Rising Up and Moving), discusses the organization's mission to empower low-wage South Asia...
War At Home, War Abroad
Our first Episode of It's Kairos Time! Season 2 "War At Home, War Abroad" highlights the impact of the war economy on U.S. communities, particularly immigrants and the homeless. Gabriela Viera from Detention Watch Network and Eric Tars from the...
Matthew 25 Summit Keynote by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis,
The first Matthew 25 Summit with the Presbyterian Church USA was held January 16-18, 2024 at New Life Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA. Rev Dr Liz Theoharis gave the keynote.
We Shall See What Will Become of His Dreams: A special discussion in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A special discussion in honor of Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. What it means to honor Dr King by continuing his work of building a multiracial, interfaith, movement to end poverty and its interlocking injustices. We are be joined ...
Sisters in the Wilderness: A Discussion of the trailblazer Delores Williams with The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini
Featuring The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas and Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini. The conversation was moderated by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. Delores S. Williams was a trailblazer and a founder of womanist theology. Over he...
Everybody In, Nobody Out featuring: Detroit Disability Power & The Rolling Nation Network
This episode “Everybody In, Nobody Out” features Dessa Cosma Executive Director of Detroit Disability Power and Rev Chris Wyile (DJ Pastor Rock) from NYS Poor People’s Campaign and Rolling Nation Network. Kairos Center’s Ana Lara Lopez is...
Healthcare Is A Human Right featuring: Put People First PA, and Kansas Interfaith Action
In honor of the Nonviolent Medicaid Army’s Week of Action, we are releasing “Healthcare Is A Human Right” which features Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko from Put People First PA! and Rabbi Moti Rieber, from Kansas Interfaith Action It is moderated by...
The Sacred Earth Versus Profane Militarism. featuring: Padoquohan Medicine Lodge & the Center for Earth Ethics
This conversation features Rev Holly Haile Thompson with the Padoquohan Medicine Lodge and Karenna Gore executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics. The topic covers the intersection of militarism and ecologica...
SNAP! Fight Poverty Not The Poor featuring: the Coalition on Human Needs, Common Defense & the Congressional Hunger Center
This episode discusses the rollback of SNAP benefits, how it will and does impact poor and low-income households, and why they're happening now. This conversation features: Deborah Weinstein from the Coalition on Human Needs, Moi...
The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks featuring: Distinguished Professor Jeanne Theoharis
Ciara Taylor gets into conversation with Distinguished Professor Jeanne Theoharis about the first full-length documentary on Mrs. Rosa Parks (now av...
Peace is the fruit of Justice: Romero and the Church of the People.
Join us for a special episode of It’s Kairos Time, it was recorded just a few days after the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
Revolutionary Love. featuring: The Set It Off Movement and Middle Church NYC
Love does not take the easy route, it takes time and struggle, love is not divisive, love does not show off or put people down so it can be up, love is not unprincipled, love does not keep record of wrongs nor does it ever rejoice over injustic...
Storming Caesers Palace. featuring: National Welfare Rights Union & Storming Caesar’s Palace
“If you want your life to get better, you’ve got to fight for it!”- Ruby Duncan This It’s Kairos Time conversation will feature long-time Welfare Rights Organizer Maureen Taylor, and the Director of Storming Caesar’s Palace...
We Are The Poor: Building Global Solidarity. featuring Abahlali baseMjondolo
It's Kairos Time! We Are The Poor: Building Global Solidarity features a conversation between Thapelo Mohapi General Secretary Abahlali baseMjondolo
Moral Policy Is Good Economics. featuring The Groundwork Collaborative
It's Kairos Time! Moral Policy Is Good Economics features a conversation between Dr. Rakeen Mabud, Chief Economist and Managing Director of Policy and Research with The Groundwork Collaborative and Shailly Gupta Barnes, Policy Di...
We Declare Jubilee. featuring: The Debt Collective & Common Defense
“We Declare Jubilee” features Ami Schneider (she/her) from The Debt Collective and Jose Vasquez (he/him) Executive Director of
Those Who Would Be Free Must Strike The First Blow. featuring: the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Greater Birmingham Ministries
“Those Who Would Be Free Must Strike The First Blow” features organizers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign. Join us to learn how labor organizations like the CIW and the work of the A...
Rejecting the Religion of Empire: Building a Movement for Liberation. featuring: The Double Love Experience & Labor Religion Coalition
It's Kairos Time! Rejecting the Religion of Empire: Building a Movement for Liberation features two powerful devotionals that have recently been published -
