Join us for a powerful forum hosted by The City Club of Cleveland and sponsored by the Saint Luke’s Foundation, featuring one of the nation’s most compelling moral voices for justice and equality: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II.
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Many have helped bend that arc, but few have done so with the moral clarity and conviction of Rev. Dr. Barber.
For decades, Rev. Barber has been at the forefront of movements that unite faith, ethics, and activism. As Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, he has rekindled the vision of Dr. King’s 1968 campaign, challenging systemic racism, poverty, and injustice through grassroots coalition-building and moral leadership.
Rev. Barber also serves as President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and is the Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of five books, including We Are Called to Be a Movement, and most recently, White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy, which makes the case for uniting across race and class to confront poverty as a moral crisis.
In a moment when our democratic ideals and social fabric are under strain, this conversation will explore how we can build transformative moral movements rooted in justice, compassion, and constitutional values.
Moral Movements for Social Change: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
Friday, August 22, 2025
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Doors open at 11:15 a.m. | Lunch served at 11:30 a.m. | Forum begins at 12:00 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
1317 Euclid Avenue, Suite 100
Cleveland, OH 44115
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