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Dear John,
We are rounding the bend towards the June 20, 2020 Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Justice Gathering, the largest digital gathering of poor and impacted people in this nation's history. Please RSVP and reach out to everyone you know - you won't want to miss it! |
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EVENTS THIS WEEK |
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Getting Into Step: Racism, Poverty & the Pandemic Virtual Town Hall
TONIGHT, May 26th at 7pm EST/4pm PST co-chairs Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis will host an important conversation with the Council of Presidents of the Pan-Hellenic Council on the impacts of systemic racism, poverty, voting rights, healthcare and COVID-19 in the Black community. Click here to tune in and spread the word!
Poverty Amidst Pandemic Digital Mass Meeting
Join us this Thursday, May 28, at 8.30pm EST/ 5:30 pm PST for our third and final Digital Mass Meeting leading to June 20, 2020, featuring testifiers from Nevada, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee. The event will be interpreted into ASL and Spanish. Click here to tune in and spread the word!
American Crisis: Poverty and the Pandemic, an MSNBC special
On Sunday, May 31st at 6pm PST/9pm EST join Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Joy Reid, and state leaders from across the country for a special on how the coronavirus is impacting poor & low-income people. |
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STAY IN PLACE, #STAYALIVE, ORGANIZE & DON'T BELIEVE THE LIES! |
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KEEP UP THE CALLS & EMAILS!
Last week we made thousands of calls to Senator Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to demand that the federal government stop their plans for premature and reckless state reopening. We sent thousands of emails to State Governors demanding the same. Keep up the pressure at bit.ly/ppcstayalive and let our electeds know that we demand real COVID-19 relief. |
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WE CRY POWER: STORIES FROM THE MORAL REVOLUTION |
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"OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES."
FIGHT & INSIGHT FROM NIJMIE ZAKKIYYAH DZURINKO CO-FOUNDER OF PUT PEOPLE FIRST! PA CO-CHAIR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN |
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Our second piece in the We Cry Power: Stories from the Moral Revolution series features Nijmie Zakkiyyah Dzurinko. Nijmie grew up in a steel town in western Pennsylvania as the industry was closing down and the town began to hollow out with no other economy to take its place. In 2013, she co-founded Put People First! PA. Nijmie is a Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign.
"Two of the biggest divisions among the working class in Pennsylvania are race and geography. Healthcare has proven to be an issue that can unite people across those divides," she says. "Everyone has a body. Our experiences are not all the same but healthcare is something that everyone really needs." |
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POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN IN THE NEWS |
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ABC News: Rushed reopening US comes at 'expense of poor and low-income working people'
“We’re opening too soon at the expense of poor and low-income working people, and at the expense of the American public. This false choice, that you have to either open up, or go to work and possibly die, is a choice, it didn’t have to be this way.” -Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II Read more here...& Watch Rev. Dr. William Barber on ABC News Nightline.
PBS: Essential or Expendable: Rev. William Barber on Poverty and the Political Response to COVID- 19. Watch the full interview here. |
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Forward together, not one step back! Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Co-Chairs, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
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