Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, meeting in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, from January 22-24, 2018, acknowledges 2018 as the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign in this country, called by the Rev’d Dr. Martin Luther King and the leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a campaign seeking economic justice, racial reconciliation, and the elimination of poverty; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council, acknowledging the unfinished work of the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign, celebrates the revival of the movement as the 2018 Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival under the leadership of the Rev’d Liz Theoharis and the Rev’d Dr. William J. Barber II working in partnership with Repairers of the Breach, the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, and the Popular Education Project; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council, under the guidance and direction of the Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church, leads our Church into action, ministry, and official relationship with the 2018 Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in an effort to allow The Episcopal Church to act faithfully on its long history of honorable General Convention and Executive Council intentions but imperfect and fragmentary practical actions in matters of poverty, racism, sexism, and economic justice; and be it further

Resolved, That the Executive Council also recognizes these issues of poverty and justice severely affect our domestic and global brothers and sisters and commit to ministry of active engagement, advocacy, and support throughout The Episcopal Church.