Lawrence M. Mead, a politics professor, teaches courses about welfare reform, politics and public policy at New York University. He co-authored Lifting Up the Poor: A Dialogue on Religion, Poverty & Welfare Reform.

Guian McKee is an associate professor at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia whose expertise includes poverty and civil rights. He is the author of The Problem of Jobs: Liberalism, Race and Deindustrialization in Philadelphia (2008) — which features a War on Poverty-funded job training program that developed out of an African-American church […]

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.

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