Principle 5: There is Enough for Everyone
Adult Version: Debts that cannot be paid must be relieved. We demand freedom from servicing the debts we cannot pay.
Biblical
"This 50th year is sacred—it is a time of freedom and of celebration when everyone will receive back their original property, and slaves will return home to their families."
(Younger Kids) Jubilee Song by Bryan Sirchio
(Older Kids/Teenagers) THE YEAR OF JUBILEE by SpokenWord
Questions
I wonder how God provides all of the people and creatures on the Earth enough?
I wonder what it would be like to rest for an entire year? (No school, no work, just hanging out)
I wonder if everyone was able to have a nice home how that would change the world?
I wonder if all the people who were poor were forgiven their debts, how everyone would feel?
Learning Tools
We hold up a moral agenda that demands health care, and jobs that pay a living wage, and a guaranteed adequate income, immigrant rights, women’s rights, and an end to police and policy violence. - Rev. Liz Theoharis
(Older Kids) 8 Videos That Help Kids Understand Poverty
(All Kids) Child Poverty: In their own Words
(Teenagers) How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner: TEDtalk
Facts/Actions
"Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future." -Maria Montessori
(Elementary and Older) America Will Be - Episode 3: The Spirit of Struggle
Children’s Defense Fund: Child Poverty
Stuff UNICEF Cares About (Kid Videos)
(All Ages Inspiration)
Everybody's Got a Right to Live! Music Video