Elizabeth Armen "Liz" Theoharis (born February 18, 1976) is an American theologian who is the co-chair (along with William Barber II) of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival, and the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary.

[5][6] In 1995, as part of KWRU, she participated in the takeover of the abandoned St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Philadelphia by dozens of homeless families.

[7] The Poverty Initiative launched the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, with Theoharis as one of its two Co-Directors (along with Larry Cox), in 2013.

[12] During 2017 and the first half of 2018, she traveled to various parts of the country to advance the local organizing of the campaign, including Detroit, MI; Harlan County, KY; Selma, AL; and Charleston, WV.

[13][14] During the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival's "40 Days of Action" in May–June 2018, she was arrested while leading a prayer on the steps of the Supreme Court as part of the campaign's protests in Washington, D.C.[15] The next day a statement prepared by her was read out in a hearing with members of the Congress and Senate.