The 2012 “Fighting Poverty with Faith” campaign will be held November 8-18 and will focus on housing for poor families. The advocacy element of the campaign will call on Congress to provide funding for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF).

Fighting Poverty with Faith seeks to cut poverty in the United States by half by 2020. An annual project for faith-based communities, it is coordinated by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Catholic Charities USA, and the National Council of Churches. More than 50 national faith-based organizations have endorsed the campaign.

The campaign encourages local congregations to sponsor or participate in a variety of educational and service activities during the ten-day period that will focus on affordable housing in their communities. There is one advocacy agenda this year for which all participants will be urged to contact their Congressional delegations: funding for the NHTF.

Endorsers of the NHTF campaign are encouraged to work with congregations in their communities on the 2012 Fighting Poverty with Faith campaign.

For more information on the campaign, go to http://bit.ly/Ssk3nh.