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Poor People's Campaign

@UniteThePoor

4 years

The movement continues! On 6/20, the #PoorPeoplesCampaign goes digital w/ a mass online gathering to demand that 140 million poor & low-wealth people across the nation are heard. Our demands must be front & center in this critical election year! Join us: !

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The Biden-Harris inaugural committee announce @RevDrBarber will deliver the homily at the official inaugural prayer service this Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Civil rights leader Rev. William Barber to deliver homily at official inaugural prayer service

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have selected Barber, a fiery preacher and anti-poverty activist, as one of several Black clergy to bless their incoming administration.

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Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is at the #MarchForDemocracy in Austin b/c we have less voting rights now than we did after her father signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965! #ForwardTogether #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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If Alabama had expanded Medicaid, 435,000 people would have health care, and most of them are white. Many of them are veterans. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #Birmingham

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#PoorPeoplesCampaign co-chairs @liztheo & @RevDrBarber , arrested today in D.C. along with hundreds of others, as we DEMAND: 1. #EndTheFilibuster 2 Pass the #ForThePeopleAct 3 Restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act 4 Raise the min. wage to $15/hr 5. Protection for ALL immigrants

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HAPPENING NOW: Poverty Forum w/ Senator Bernie Sanders and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II

Poor People's Campaign - @UniteThePoor

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@UniteThePoor

5 years

“We want folks to know we’re poor …I’m not gonna tell that lie anymore that I’m middle class. I’m one check away from poverty.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“We are demanding the right kind of trial, the right kind of witnesses...We are tired of seeing southern justice in the Senate! It is time for this to be over. We need a real trial, we need to stop the coverup now!” @RevDrBarber #RemoveTrump #SwarmTheCapitol #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“Laws making it more difficult for people to vote are unAmerican and are intended to punish people of color, the elderly and disabled. Why? If you can’t win playing by the rules, then it’s you and your platform…” @WillieNelson #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes, to play at ‘March for Democracy’ rally

Music legend Willie Nelson chides Republicans for reacting to election losses with calls for changes to voting laws, not self-examination. He’s performing at...

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@UniteThePoor

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These are the people you should be listening to when making decisions about a stimulus @MarkWarner , @timkaine & @SenateDems . Coal miner families in #Virginia like Nick Smith who are demanding COVID relief with $15/hr & no cuts to benefits! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #FightFor15

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. @RevDrBarber reminding us we’re not just marching for voting rights, we’re marching for the very soul of our democracy! #Texas #MarchForDemocracy #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“It’s not immoral to be poor...It’s immoral to make people poor with our actions as a government and as a people.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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3 years

Thank you @AliVelshi , @maddow & @MSNBC for highlighting the work of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign during our Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action.

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@UniteThePoor

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“250 yrs of free labor &, on top of that, a 100 yrs of segregation, & now we still pay people less than a living — we pay people $7.25. For African Americans, that means it’s taken us 400 yrs to get to $7.25 an hour.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Repair & Revive: Rev. William Barber on Fighting Racism, Poverty, Climate Change, War & Nationalism

The Poor People’s Campaign offered a counterpoint to President Trump’s sparsely attended Tulsa campaign rally with a mass digital gathering that unveiled a policy platform to spur “transformative...

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Nine moral witnesses with the #PoorPeoplesCampaign were arrested on June 12, 2018 for praying for repentance & justice on the steps of the US Supreme Court. They were taken to jail & held till the following day. #TBT 📷: #HopeInFocus

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As we recognize #BloodySunday on its 55th anniversary, it’s evident ppl of all races are being left behind. Ppl who don’t worry when the stock market drops b/c that doesn’t affect them as they struggle to feed their children & pay their medical bills:

On this Bloody Sunday anniversary, let’s start hearing the voices of poor people

As we recognize the history of Bloody Sunday on its 55th anniversary and its impact on Americans, it’s evident that people of all races are being left behind.

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"We live in a country now where we’re treating corporations like people and people like things. We live in a country where we say banks are too big to fail, but then we let human beings fail." @RevDrBarber @democracynow #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Rev. William Barber: U.S. Policies on Healthcare, Poverty Are Immoral & a Threat to Democracy

The release of the U.N. report on extreme poverty in the United States comes amid a nationwide, weeks-long direct action campaign known as the new Poor People’s Campaign, aimed at fighting poverty...

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“Rep. Lewis was faithful unto death to the beloved community, and his life calls for us to do the same. I will remember that Rep. Lewis, in the face of injustice, spoke unflinchingly, stood unrelentingly, lived completely and died nobly.” @RevDrBarber

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"I say to America, how dare we celebrate the Fourth as if nothing is wrong? How dare us in this moment, in this particular place in history, in this setting — how dare us act as if all is well?" @RevDrBarber #IndependenceDay #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“I don't see a difference between gerrymandering & the 3/5s Compromise...North Carolina serves, unfortunately, as the national poster-child for racist gerrymandering.” -Braxton Brewington @NC_PPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign Join the movement:

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“This is not a Republican or Democratic thing. This is a moral thing. For far too long, the issue of poverty in this country has been ignored.” - @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign

‘Poor People’s Campaign’ eyes low-income voters in 13 states

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — A coalition of activists, unions, and religious leaders inspired by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last organizing effort said Tuesday new data suggest low-income voters in key s

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HAPPENING NOW: We are rallying outside of @Sen_JoeManchin 's office in Martinsburg, WV. All week, we've heard stories from West Virginians that Machin has ignored their voice. Today, we're going to make him hear us. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is carrying a casket to the #DemDebate to remember the 250,000 ppl who die every year from the impacts of poverty. That’s 650 ppl a day. We demand an nationally-televised debate on poverty to address this nations moral crisis! #MoralMarchonDebate

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"Anytime you have one of these major events, it not only highlights the inequality — it exacerbates it. The ppl who are already teetering on the edge of economic insecurity or even health insecurity are the ones who are most affected." #PoorPeoplesCampaign

For low-income families, sheltering in place is taking a heavy toll

Though the shelter-in-place order, first implemented by six Bay Area counties and quickly followed by the statewide mandate, applies to all Californians, it has affected families unequally across the...

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@UniteThePoor

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The #PoorPeoplesCampaign has united tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge systemic racism, poverty, the war economy & ecological devastation. We’re building a peaceful army to wage a #RevolutionOfValues . Are you with us? -->

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@UniteThePoor

4 years

Even after #Election2020 , the #PoorPeoplesCampaign will continue to demand that the 140 million poor & low-income people in the U.S. are no longer pushed to the margins of the agenda. This is not about left or right, but about right & wrong. Join us:

Poor People's Campaign

A National Call for Moral Revival

www.poorpeoplescampaign.org

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“People are coming together to shift the moral narrative so that we can shift the moral agenda...We are not trying to be on the left or the right; we are standing in the moral center.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MLK50

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PPC: MASS ASSEMBLY

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“This is the hour to reimagine what America could become if “We the People” meant all of us. America needs what this movement intends to do: change history.” - @RevDrBarber @liztheo @CornelWest @timothybtyson #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Opinion | What the Courage to Change History Looks Like (Published 2020)

We can’t tinker around the edges. We need to dismantle systems.

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"Men always got the attention, but the ones who were really organizing it and were really making it work were women. And that was true going back to the time of the time of abolitionists." #AmeliaBoyntonRobinson

The Voting Rights Act was signed 55 years ago. Black women led the movement behind it.

Long before Dr. King came to Selma, Black women like Amelia Boynton Robinson, Diane Nash and Marie Foster registered, and educated Black voters.

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We’re here with a message to our elected officials: fight poverty, not the poor! Take away our poverty, not our children! Join us on the National Mall at 10am ET or watch LIVE at ! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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"Do not call us essential workers and then not provide us with the essential things we need." @RevDrBarber #MoralMonday

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“The reality is poor whites, poor blacks and poor Latinos ought to work together...We have to form in this country a coalition of the rejected, & the rejected have to lead a national revival to challenge both Democrats and Republicans” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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"We are putting $700 billion into the military and $70 billion into education. The Bible says clearly that where your treasure is, is where your heart is. If your treasure is in funding war, that’s where your heart is." - @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign 📷Steve Pavey

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3 years

Tonight at 9:30pm ET @RevDrBarber & @BetoORourke join @maddow on @MSNBC with all the updates ahead of tmrw’s final leg of the Georgetown-to-Austin Moral #MarchForDemocracy followed by a Mass Rally at the state Capitol. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Watch:

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6 years

On Saturday, June 23, thousands of peaceful justice warriors from across the country will travel by bus, train, caravan and carpool for a #MoralRevolution on the National Mall! Get on board and come join the #PoorPeoplesCampaign in DC:

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. @RevDrBarber says the #PoorPeoplesCampaign is not a movement for the poor, it's a movement WITH the poor. Policy makers are about to see what that means. #PPCMoralCongress

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“Racism is not just against Black people. Racism and classism are connected, and racism is targeted at Black people, brown people, and people of color, but is against democracy itself.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Words of Frederick Douglass Echo Through Sunday Sermon

Speech written more than a century ago still resonates.

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@UniteThePoor

3 years

We have less voting rights now than we did in 1965 after the Selma-to-Montgomery march! #TBT #TBThursday So we march again today in 2021 from Georgetown-to-Austin b/c we only move #ForwardTogether & not one step back! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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Olinka Green of the @texas_ppc says: "White supremacy used to be in a sheet, now it’s wrapped up in a corporate business suit." #PoorPeoplesCampaign Tune in now:

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“We don't have a scarcity of money. We don't even have a scarcity of ideas. ... What this nation has is a scarcity of will and a scarcity of conscience, and we are the ones that must change that.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign #June21 #SaveTheDate

Poor People's Campaign Planning Online Mass Assembly in June

The national co-chairman of the Poor People’s Campaign says the group will conduct an online mass assembly June 21 to focus attention on low wages and other issues.

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“If Woodward’s on-tape revelations don’t persuade the nation to turn its political back on Trump, McConnell, and those who have enabled them, Lord help this nation. It will reveal more about who we are than who Trump is.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Audio Tapes Reveal Trump Knew Covid-19 Was 'Deadly Stuff' for Months While Publicly Downplaying...

Critics reserved some outrage for veteran journalist Bob Woodward, who learned the president was lying to the public about the pandemic in March. Though unsurprised at the news that President...

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"Let us come together, let us be together, let us struggle together, let us continue to fight together. This #PoorPeoplesCampaign is a light in a moment of darkness. It exemplifies love, in a moment of hate." - @CornelWest Join us:

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"The Indigenous are being affected. We talk about healthcare & worrying about the environment but they’re allowing open pit mines & letting it leak into the land & the water." -Vanessa Nosie, Apache Stronghold @ProtectOakFlat #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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3 years

Don’t miss @RevDrBarber & @BetoORourke on @MSNBC ’s @maddow tonight at 9:35pm following today’s press conference to announce a “Selma-to-Montgomery style, four-day march” from Georgetown, TX, to the state capital of Austin, 7/27-31! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC | Watch Rachel Maddow Live

More about the MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show airing weeknights at 9 PM. Watch Rachel Maddow tonight or online with updated video & episodes at MSNBC.

www.msnbc.com

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“For the overwhelming majority, not even sharing a dual income with a federal minimum wage-earning partner would cover a two-bedroom rental in their state.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

The Hourly Income You Need To Afford Rent Around The U.S.

The average full-time minimum wage worker can't afford rent in ANY state in America

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AMA officially defines racism as public-health threat: “To this day, Black people are less likely to get the same treatment in terms of pain medication, they're more likely to wait longer in the ER, they're less likely to be taken seriously..." #COVID19

The American Medical Association officially recognized racism as a public-health threat, saying it...

Black and Hispanic Americans have died in greater numbers than any other ethnic group during the pandemic thanks to race-driven health inequality.

www.yahoo.com

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"54 years ago, my father launched the #PoorPeoplesCampaign ...poverty is not only a longstanding evil but an actual act of violence..." — @BerniceKing #MoralAssembly2022

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“In a major ruling affecting criminal justice across 58 counties, the California Supreme Court ruled that the state cannot keep criminal defendants behind bars simply because they cannot afford to post bail pending their trial.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“Poverty has been so racialized...that most people don’t even know that, in raw numbers, the majority of poor people are white.” @RevDrBarber @NewYorker #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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1.5 million school-age children are homeless and living on the street right now. But we have more housing units than people to live in them!" Kristin Nicely-Colangelo, a formerly homeless mother of 3 and organizer w/ @union_homeless #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“We're not interested in compromise. The $15 is a compromise.” - @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“We cannot be the wealthiest nation in the world, where billionaires in this country made a trillion dollars between May & November during COVID, while poor & low-wealth people of every race, creed, color, sexuality have suffered & continue to suffer.”

Rev. William Barber Says Biden Admin Must Not Sacrifice Racial & Economic Justice for False Unity

We look at how COVID-19 has increased economic inequality with anti-poverty campaigner Reverend William Barber, who delivered the homily at the official inaugural prayer service. Barber says Presid...

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“[T]his society has long suffered from a kind of Stockholm syndrome: We look to the rich for answers to the very problems they’re all-too-often responsible for creating and from which, of course, they benefit immeasurably.” - @liztheo

“Culture of Poverty” Is a Made-Up Concept

And yet Joe Manchin is attempting to reanimate its long-discredited corpse.

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6 years

“Fifty years ago, Dr. King called for the poor and dispossessed of all races to unite and take action together—to become ‘a new and unsettling force in our complacent national life.’ Today, all over the country that ‘unsettling force’ has arrived.” - @LizTheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“There are 140 million poor & low wealth people in this country. That is power if it is mobilized, organized, registered & educated. Not just registered to vote, but registered for a long-term movement that votes & that is committed to systemic change.”

Rev. William Barber and Poor People's Campaign to visit North Charleston this weekend

The Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, will return to the Lowcountry this weekend to raise consciousness about systemic racism,

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“It happened to a man. It happened to a father of seven. It happened to a cousin, to a nephew. He is not a caricature. He is a man, a young, 42-year-old Black man. Say his name.” @RevDrBarber #AndrewBrownJr

Rev. William Barber Condemns Police “Execution” of Andrew Brown

Brown's family "waited 120 hours to get 20 seconds" of footage of the police-perpetrated killing, says Rev. Barber.

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“This virus is exposing the politicians who are in D.C. to serve themselves, not their constituents.” - @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Republican senator urged to quit after report he sold stocks before Covid-19 market plunge

Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, and three other senators sold off substantial holdings before drop amid coronavirus fears

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4 years

Check out this powerful video from faith leaders in #Memphis . Hear why they’re waiting to gather for face-to-face worship: “We make our decisions based on love, morality and the best of medical science, not expediency. #StayAlive #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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"I've been working for 20 yrs and still make less than $15/hr. If it weren't for friends, I'd be living in my car right now...I have worked 2 jobs my whole life – $15/hour would have meant more time with my daughter & to take care of myself." #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MARCH8

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Starting to gather in Madison, West Virginia for today’s Mass Moral Motorcade on @Sen_JoeManchin . We cannot let Manchin run our democracy into the ditch! Which side are you on? #PoorPeoplesCampaign #VotingRights

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This new proposal, if you go to the bottom, is pushing for a liability shield for businesses to protect themselves from lawsuits from poor/low wealth workers if they get Covid because the business did not protect them. That’s criminal. @RevDrBarber

Barber slams COVID bill as capitulation to McConnell’s Senate

The COVID-19 relief compromise bill is called 'a capitulation' by activist Rev. Dr. William Barber, who discusses the fact that businesses have received the majority of pandemic relief funds. Barber...

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We need a moral revival because we let our elders freeze to death over $300 in late rent. “Oregon woman evicted from senior housing for $328 in late rent freezes to death in parking garage” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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📢 EXTRA! EXTRA! 📢 READ ALL ABOUT IT! Hear the truth abt #BuildBackBetter & what @Sen_JoeManchin is trying to cut from #WestVirginia today at 4pm ET at the Mass Moral Revival & Rally at the WV Capitol Building in Charleston. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Watch:

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We can’t have another commemoration. We have to build a movement, a #PoorPeoplesCampaign for today. Join us: #MLK50

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In a show of solidarity ahead of tomorrow’s #MoralMonday National Nonviolent Moral Direct Action in DC, @liztheo & @RevDrBarber greet eviction moratorium protesters w/ @CoriBush on the steps of the Capitol. #ForwardTogether #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“We march b/c it is immoral. It is wrong to take away our voting rights & steal the promise of life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness for absolutely everyone. We march so that we can move #ForwardTogether . Not one step back.” @liztheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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The #PoorPeoplesCampaign and #FightFor15 are marching together in the #MoralMarch in Raleigh! Forward together!

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It’s Day One of the Georgetown-to-Austin March for Democracy in Texas and @RevDrBarber & @BetoORourke want to know: Which side are you on my people? Which side are you on? #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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#PoorPeoplesCampaign press conference today w/ essential, low-wage women workers in DC, putting a face on the Build Back Better plan. @RevDrBarber introduces testifiers, economists & faith leaders from across the country. Watch:

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NOW: @RevDrBarber , @RevJJackson & leaders of the @WestVirginiaPPC & @Kentucky_PPC arrested by @CapitolPolice during nonviolent protest against the filibuster. @Sen_JoeManchin & @LeaderMcConnell – why are people still going to jail to defend voting rights? #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“My story is just one of thousands, one of hundreds of thousands. If you want to fix the problems I’m having, you’ve got to fix the whole system. You can’t just peel us off individually.” @liztheo following #PoorPeoplesCampaign meeting w/ @Sen_JoeManchin .

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We are Black, white, Latino, Native American, Asian, Immigrants, Democrat, Republican, Independent, ppl of faith & not of faith, gay, straight, business leaders, workers, unemployed, doctors, uninsured, students, parents, retirees ... We ARE America! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #VOTE

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It’s just wrong for the people who created the mess, who refused to respond properly to the virus, who let it run & let it do what it has done because of ineptitude & a downright refusal to acknowledge it, & then say we have to reopen schools. @RevDrBarber

It's 'immoral' to reopen school buildings before the coronavirus is under control, says Bishop...

school; reopen; coronavirus; teachers; students; safety; Bishop William J. Barber; COVID-19 pandemic; public schools; Betsy DeVos

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The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is honored to begin our Mass Assembly w/ a call to action from Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's time we as nation act with the fierce urgency of now! Answer @BerniceKing 's call & join the movement:

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We are building a #PoorPeoplesCampaign against racism, poverty, the war economy & ecological devastation! Join us today! #MoralMarch

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We can’t hold our breath forever, when our young people cannot breathe! #AllGoodPeople raise your voice above the raging seas & #VOTE !! 🎼 ✏️ by @DeltaRae 🎶 🎤 by @OsaVocalRush #BlackLivesMatter #SayHerName #BlackTransLivesMatter #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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WATCH NOW: Arizona #MoralMonday Rally, March, & Non Violent Sit-In at Senator Sinema’s Office

Poor People's Campaign - @UniteThePoor

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#PoorPeoplesCampaign under dome in the Capitol after being stopped tying to deliver letter to McConnell demanding a stop to war on the poor.

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We recognize everyone from across the country who stood up for justice by engaging in moral direct action! Thank you, we love you! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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"The Poor People’s Campaign will without a doubt be the largest campaign of civil disobedience in the 21st century." 288 Arrested for Week Four of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign :

288 Arrested for Week Four of the Poor People’s Campaign

The theme for the fourth week of the Poor People’s Campaign focused on environmental justice and healthcare. A common tactic used this week…

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A THREAD: Hundreds have gathered in Jackson, Mississippi spanning gender, age and occupation to march with The Poor People’s Campaign for the end of the #jacksonwatercrisis #OurVotesAreDemands

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“In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love & nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.” -John Lewis #GoodTrouble #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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“He needs to put a face on this. This is not just about numbers. He needs to be talking about how much of a betrayal this would be if we do not lift the very people who have lifted this society.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign #FightFor15

$15 Minimum-Wage Setback Tests Biden’s Ability to Unite Democrats

Senate parliamentarian’s ruling against attaching the minimum-wage increase to Covid-19 relief leaves President Biden and his party looking for another way to deliver on one of his core campaign...

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The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is BY the poor, not FOR the poor. We are uniting in power to claim our basic needs and rights, like the right to healthcare. Join us:

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“I can’t just look at them and say they’re unredeemable...because then I wouldn’t believe the gospel I preach. Fight what they’re doing, challenge what they’re doing, but don’t let them drive you to hate.” @RevDrBarber on Christian nationalists. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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Low-wage workers, faith leaders & activists from across the nation like Trish from FL, have started arriving in our nation’s capital to join thousands more for a powerful #MoralMonday National Action in Washington, DC on 8/2 @ 11am ET: #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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THANK YOU! WE LOVE YOU!! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, arrested by Capitol police during protest

Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, was arrested by Capitol police for 'illegal demonstrating activity' during a Poor People's Campaign protest in Washington D.C..

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50 years ago the #PoorPeoplesCampaign campaign arrived in DC. They came by bus, mule cart, on foot; anyway they could. We walk in their footsteps and stand on the shoulders of those elders from 1968. We still sing, 50 years on, 🎶 EVERYBODY’S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE! 🎶

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TODAY at 5pm ET, from the hood to the hollers, @WestVirginiaPPC will be joined by neighbors @Kentucky_PPC & @OhioPPC + @RevDrBarber for a socially distanced, outdoor rally & #MoralMonday March on Manchin! #PoorPeoplesCampaign Please spread the word & join:

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“ @WillieNelson returned to the stage Saturday to take part in the #PoorPeoplesCampaign march for voting rights outside the Texas Capitol in Austin.” @RollingStone

See Willie Nelson Perform at Voting Rights March in Austin

Willie Nelson returned to the stage Saturday to take part in the Poor People’s Campaign march for voting rights in Austin.

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4 years

"This country was birthed by the attempt of genocide against us. We are at a point where a reckoning over the racist birth of this place must happen." La Quen Náay Liz Medicine Crow of @firstalaskans and @PPCAlaska Join the #PoorPeoplesCampaign :

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“When ppl find out that they've been told that their vote doesn't matter, & they found out: ‘Wait...you mean to tell me just 2% of us could change this? 20% could change here? 1% could change here?’ It shifts the whole attitude of the battle.” @RevDrBarber

'The Protest Is The Hope:' Rev. Barber And The Poor People's Campaign

Rev. William Barber has travelled to New Mexico and around the country, organizing with the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call For a Moral Revival.…

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When you’re organizing the largest nonviolent moral direct action for economic justice & voting rights in our nation’s history, you’re gonna need a detailed Twitter thread to make sure folks don’t miss anything. #MoralMonday Thank you @jackmjenkins ! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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Protesters and clergy are massing outside Union Station near the Capitol this morning, preparing for a March led by the Poor People’s Campaign. Demonstrators are calling for an end the filibuster, expanding/protecting voting rights, a $15 minimum wage and immigrant rights.

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Thousands of people joined the #PoorPeoplesCampaign in nonviolent moral fusion direct action & hundreds have been arrested across the country standing up for truth & justice. Help us bail them out by donating to the legal defense fund:

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A relief package should not determine who lives and who dies. Everybody's got a right to live. We DEMAND stimulus checks to be added to the second relief package and we DEMAND the corporate liability protection taken out. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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. @RevDrBarber was arrested leading a large group of moral witnesses into the DC streets today declaring that our country is headed in the wrong direction! We must stop suppressing voting rights and cutting social safety nets—we must turn our nation around! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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On Saturday, June 23 at 10am ET the #PoorPeoplesCampaign will head to DC for a Mass Rally & Moral Revival, capping off our #40DaysOfAction & launching the next phase of our movement for the long-haul. Join us as we demand an end to the war on the poor:

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"Did you know that women & children are on the frontlines of poverty? Women make up to 2/3 of the workforce, consistently in the lowest paying jobs? It's time to hear from these." @iamwandasykes gives us the facts! #PoorPeoplesCampaign Join the movement:

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