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Dear John,
We are just ten days away from 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.
More than 100 organizations will participate, along with 16 religious denominations, and national figures and celebrities including Al Gore, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Debra Messing and Jane Fonda. But the core of the program will be the words and experiences of poor and impacted people from across this country.
Together, we will change the narrative. Join us. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Part II of Oprah's 2-part special 'Where do we go from here?' airs tonight at 9pm ET/PT on the Discovery network as well as at 10pm ET/ 7pm PT on YouTube. She will speak with a range of Black thought leaders, activists and artists about systematic racism and the current state of America, including PPC Co-chair Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Other featured guests include politician Stacey Abrams, Academy award-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, journalist and Pulitzer prize-winning founder of the "1619 Project" Nikole Hannah-Jones; historian and author Ibram Kendi, award-winning actor David Oyelowo, and Color of Change founder Rashad Robinson. |
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Moral Fusion Student Fellows Town Hall Tonight, Wednesday, June 10 at 8 PM EST, featuring students and recent graduates talking about what it means for students to organize around police violence, economic crisis, and COVID19. The call will include intergenerational conversations pointing to the importance of organizing and mobilizing for June 20. Join us live at fb.com/anewppc
Poor People's Campaign LGBTQ+ Collective Virtual Town Hall and Pride Celebration On June 13 from 3PM to 4:30PM EST, the Freedom Center for Social Justice, along with other LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ+ affirming organizations will be gathering for a Pre-June 20 Town Hall and Pride Celebration . Join to hear from LGBTQ+ visionaries and to collectively honor the legacy of LGBTQ+ resistance. Rsvp at bit.ly/lgbtqplusppc
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WE CRY POWER: STORIES FROM THE MORAL REVOLUTION |
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The child of a pastor and a union worker, who grew up in a poor, rural area in Upstate NY, Aaron Scott found his calling when he became exposed to liberation theology while studying in El Salvador. Aaron decided to go to seminary to try to “figure out how to replicate that kind of theology in the U.S.” and ended up working in a poor, rural county in Washington state and co-founding Chaplains on the Harbor, an organization that pastors, organizes and empowers the leadership of poor people, particularly those who are homeless and incarcerated. Aaron serves on the National Steering Committee of the Poor People’s Campaign. |
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POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN IN THE NEWS |
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PEOPLE: Roiled by Racism & Pandemic, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Says 'the Only Way We Make It Through Is Together' "If we cannot shift in this pandemic as a nation, and become more merciful and less greedy, and more just and less unjust, then God help us." -Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
Reuters: After George Floyd's death, a groundswell of religious activism "A June 20 online “assembly” including 16 religious denominations seeks to revive the “Poor People’s Campaign” launched after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. Subtitled “A National Call for Moral Revival,” it will also focus on Floyd, organizers say." Read more 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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