Nearly 700 faith leaders, grassroots organizers and community leaders from 12 countries gathered at Central Catholic High School in Modesto from Feb. 16 - 19 at the World Meeting of Popular Movements, working together for structural changes that promote social, economic and racial justice. Organized by the Vatican’s department for Integral Human Development, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Catholic Campaign for Human Development and PICO National Network, the largest network of faith-based organizing groups in the nation, this year’s World Meeting of Popular Movements was the first to take place in the United States. Previously, the international meeting has been held in Rome (in October 2014 and November 2016) and Bolivia (in July 2015).