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Dear friend,
On Saturday, August 1st, 2026, thousands will gather in Chicago for The Fierce Urgency of Now: A National March into Marquette Park, a historic multi-faith mobilization for voting rights, freedom from mass criminalization, economic justice, and a future rooted in dignity for all.
Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement marched into Marquette Park to confront segregation, redlining, and organized racial violence. Today, we are called to continue that unfinished work as communities across the country face renewed attacks on voting rights, expanding systems of criminalization and detention, and deepening economic inequality.
We invite you to join us on Saturday, August 1 in Chicago. We will gather at 63rd & Kedzie, march toward Marquette Park, and continue with post-march activations from 1:00-5:00 PM. Bring your family, your congregation, your organization, and your community. You won’t want to miss this moment of moral public witness and movement-building.
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As part of this effort, the Kairos Center, in collaboration with IMAN, is helping organize eight Freedom Trail bus caravans from across the country, bringing faith leaders, civic leaders, organizers, military veterans, artists, and young people together on a shared journey to Chicago. Rooted in diverse faith traditions and a common commitment to justice, the caravans will serve as both pilgrimage and public witness. Along the way, participants will stop for a multi-faith vigil at a detention center in Indiana, standing in solidarity with immigrants held there and calling for freedom, dignity, and justice for all. Keep an eye out for more information on the bus caravans.
In This Letter:
* Upcoming Events
+ Good Trouble Lives On
+ Survival Revivals in Springfield, IL and Birmingham, AL
+ Turning Tides with Center for Earth Ethics
In heart and struggle,
The Kairos Team
** TOMORROW, Good Trouble Lives On!
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Tomorrow (7/17) the Kairos Center is supporting a national day of action. While leaders from Songs in the Key of Resistance (SKOR) will be helping to hold down the event in NYC, actions are happening across the country.
If you’re in the NYC area, join us as we honor the enduring legacy of John Lewis at the Good Trouble Lives On march and rally. Together we celebrate those who paved the way and recommit to fighting for justice, equality, and hope for all our neighbors.
Defend the Black Vote. Protect Immigrant New Yorkers. Free Them All.
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** Survival Revivals
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This summer, the Kairos Center is joining with community and faith partners across five regions to launch a Season of Survival Revivals. These gatherings will bring together neighbors, organizers, artists, faith leaders, and movement partners to: Meet immediate material needs through mutual aid and community support; create spaces for grounding, healing, culture, and spiritual connection; and build collective power and take action for cultural and economic transformation
Springfield, IL July 18th:
This revival will be a collective effort by community members, artists, activists, musicians, and organizers to meet one another's immediate needs while building a fair and just city. In this moment of both crisis and opportunity, we believe our community can do more than simply survive the challenges we face. Through mutual aid, a education and mobilization, and collective action, we are working together to strengthen our connections, build community power, and create a city where everyone has the opportunity to thrive!
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Birmingham, AL July 24th-25th:
Greater Birmingham Ministries and the Kairos Center are bringing together organizers, faith leaders, artists, and community members in Titusville, AL to train, study, and strategize in an effort to bring all our people into community around a shared commitment to community care, collective action, democracy, and human dignity.
Join us in community organizing for housing, food, water, immigrant rights, peace, and belonging.
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** Center for Earth Ethics: Turning Tides
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Join the Center for Earth Ethics on Tuesday, July 28 for an online forum on the legal, ethical, cultural and spiritual dimensions of clean water protection in the United States. Drawing on a new policy note authored by Maggie Greenfield, with Karenna Gore and Paul Gallay, the webinar will bring legal, policy, Indigenous and global leaders to explore how communities and watershed advocates are responding to this pivotal moment in the history of clean water protection.
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