Religion, Faith-Based Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Justice

Authors

Richard L. Wood

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2003

Abstract

On May 2, 2000, three thousand people converged on the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. But this was not the usual frenzy of lobbyists serving the interests of the well-off, using the tools of well-oiled political action committees. Rather, these were working poor, working class, and lower-middle income people lately referred to as working families and they went to Sacramento because they were tired of living on the verge of financial ruin or physical debility. Attendees were demanding adequate health coverage for people left out by current health care arrangements and they were angry about that, at a time when remarkable wealth was being accumulated all around them and California was running a $10 billion budget surplus.'

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Title

Richard Wood. Religion, Faith-Based Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Justice. In Cambridge Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Cambridge University Press, 2003'

Language (ISO)

English

Keywords

religious communities, community organizing

Recommended Citation

Wood, Richard L.. "Religion, Faith-Based Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Justice." Richard Wood. Religion, Faith-Based Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Justice. In Cambridge Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Cambridge University Press, 2003' (2003). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/soc_fsp/8