Occupied with Economic Justice?

Occupied with Economic Justice?

We’d like as many people as possible to Occupy the Library for the next Peace Fellowship Adult Ed series January 8^th – Feb 12^th.  We’ll be exploring topics of economic justice, the Occupy movement, and what these topics mean to Christians, and what we as Christians can do.  Below is a brief outline of anticipated topics. Dates may change as speaker availability is confirmed.

January 8^th – Inside Job – Excerpts from this documentary on what went wrong that caused the economic meltdown, and what it means to us as Christians will be shown and discussed. How this has led to economic justice issues and the Occupy movement.

January 15^th – An Economist from the UW may be available to give some perspective on the current economic situation, imbalances, and impacts to the poorest.  What we can expect in the near future, and what it could take to move to positive territory. 

January 22^nd – The Occupy Movement – what’s it about and do we as Christians have responsibilities?  We’ll have a speaker from the Occupy movement talk about the movement and answer questions.  It will be a lively discussion!

Feb 5^th – Money and Politics/ Citizens and Politics – Corporate buy-out of government, greed as a motivator, are we seeing the worse side of capitalism.  What’s our role and responsibility?  An outside speaker may join us, or materials and discussion will be led by Peace Fellowship.

Feb 12^th – What We Can Do…Mortgage Foreclosures, credit card debt, debt policies. We’ll be discussing these topics and others.  Please join us for lively conversation!