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Dear John, We are just 10 days out from the election, and we are fighting like hell to do M.O.R.E. - mobilizing, organizing, registering and educating people for the movement that votes.
Together, we have called and texted more than 750,000 poor and low-income eligible voters in states where their votes will have the greatest impact, almost 2500 poll monitors have signed up in ten states, who are already our eyes and ears on the ground during early voting, and we have brought together thousands of people each Moral Monday to denounce McConnell’s refusal to pass desperately needed COVID relief while ramming through a Supreme Court nominee after millions have already voted.
We are in this for the long haul, and we ain’t gonna let NOBODY turn us around.
Read on to join the movement this week – we’ve got the ‘Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis’ Conference, a Senate Town Hall in highly contested Texas, a Saturday night concert, a youth-led Moral Monday, and opportunities to plug in to voter outreach – let’s continue to fight, collectively, for future we deserve.
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Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis – Starts today! |
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Moral Policy in a Time of Crisis, an online conference that will look closely at the policy demands of the poor and dispossessed in this time of profound crisis, kicks off today at 2pm ET / 11am PT with a keynote by PPC co-chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Over the course of the conference we will hear from the PPC co-chairs as well as economists, historians, theologians, organizers, impacted people and others on the policies that brought us to this point, and how the Poor People's Jubilee Platform paves the way for the moral and economic reconstruction we so desperately need. This is a free virtual conference, but all participants must register to attend. *This event will be fully captioned and translated into ASL and Spanish* |
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Texas Senate Town Hall – Tonight! |
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The Texas Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is hosting a nonpartisan Senate Town Hall on Friday, October 23 at 6:30pm CT / 5:30 MT. The town hall is focused on policies that affect the over 12.6 million poor and low-income residents of Texas. This is a highly contested race and both Senate candidates were invited to participate in this nonpartisan event. MJ Hegar has agreed to participate and John Cornyn has not responded to repeated invitations. |
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M.O.R.E. Arts Unleashed Concert – Saturday Oct. 24th |
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Join us Saturday for a Get Out the Vote Concert featuring artists across the Poor People's Campaign including Grammy-nominated Joe Troop, whose song “A Plea to the U.S. Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service” went viral and garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures to save the USPS; and HuDost, a Kentucky-based duo whose song “Our Words Will be Louder” is being featured at U2’s online conference this month, and many more!
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We Must Do M.O.R.E. National Phone & Text Bank – Get trained! |
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We've reached more than 850,000 poor and low-income eligible voters so far through our We Must Do M.O.R.E. Phone & Text Bank, and we plan to reach 2 million before this election is through. Do your part to chip in – new trainings have been added - we will teach you everything you need to know! You only need to be trained once – after you do a training you will receive a schedule of the virtual phone & text banks to join. |
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Moral Monday – October 26th, 3:30pm ET/ 12:30pm PT |
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Join us for a special IG Live Moral Monday led by GenNOW students and young adults in the Poor People’s Campaign. Young people are rising up to say that our time is now and that we will not be silent anymore!
We will continue the massive call-in to stop McConnell’s Misery, Meanness and Mayhem and call each other to vote like never before. The program will include testimonies, spoken word and art from young people directly impacted by systemic racism, poverty and other interlocking injustices. They will be joined by PPC co-chairs Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.
You can tune in on Instagram by going to www.instagram.com/poorpeoplescampaign or you can go to vote.poorpeoplescampaign.org to watch. |
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MORE Prophetic Vote: Shine a Light, Ring Out Bells, Pray Prophecy for a Just Democracy |
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Guided by the shared purpose to pursue justice and to answer the prophetic call, we are committing to a week-long witness for democracy leading up and through Election Day. Join us virtually for daily prayer and action at NOON ET for 15 minutes from October 27th-November 2nd and then a 12-hour prayerful action on Nov. 3rd.
Protecting the vote is our sacred duty. Our country requires moral voices of courage to call forth the conscience and in these weeks to pray, ring out, and shine light for a just democracy. |
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Forward Focus – Debt |
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Did you know that medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States? |
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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 |
