The New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness, a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, was founded in 1990. It organizes leaders in the state to research solutions on ending homelessness, educate providers on best practices and empower people to advocate on behalf of the homeless.

Tim Carpenter is national director of Progressive Democrats of America, a co-sponsor of the Conference on Spiritual Activism. It provides links to chapters across the country. It’s based in Phoenix, Ariz.

David A. Snow is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He has studied and written widely on homelessness and poverty.

Read a 2006 article on spiritual progressives from Yes! Magazine.

Read an April 5, 2006, article from Slate that analyzes factions and priorities among groups on the Religious Left.

See Beliefnet’s guide to leaders of the Religious Left.

Current news and events. Articles’ sections: religion, history, theology, culture, politics.

The Rev. Pamela D. Couture is the inaugural holder of the Jane and Geoffrey Martin Chair in Church and Community at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. She is the author of Child Poverty: Love, Justice and Social Responsibility and Seeing Children, Seeing God: A Practical Theology of Children and Poverty.

Includes history of the mission and detailed information on monastic communities in the Holy Land.