Dear John,

There is truly so much to mourn this holiday season – all of the families who cannot be together, all of the seats now left permanently empty, and all of the hardships so many are facing. What hope we have is the hope we create when we act together.

We mourn and we fight. The COVID-19 & Poverty Memorial Wall is a collective place to mourn and remember our friends, family members, and community members who have been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty. We welcome all to submit their memorials.

A few weeks ago our partners at the Border Network for Human Rights led a 100-car caravan along the border to launch their 2021 Immigration Reform Campaign and to implore the new administration to ‘welcome the stranger,’ by generating real pathways to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in this country and ceasing the war on the poor at our border. You can read more on moral fusion organizing from Fernando Garcia of BNHR as part of our We Cry Power series. 

We continue to channel our grief into hopeful action as we prepare for the Georgia Senate Run-offs. There are two opportunities to get trained on our texting software to mobilize Georgia voters. (Register here for Monday 12/28 Spanish-language training, or 12/30 in English.) 

And then join PPC Co-chairs on Tuesday, Dec. 29th for We Must Do MORE Georgia: Jump-Off for the Run-Off!, a Zoom voter rally at 8pm ET hosted by the Georgia PPC. We will hear from folks on the ground and learn about ways to plug in during the last push towards Jan. 5. You must register to attend via Zoom. All are welcome!

Forward together, not one step back,

Rev. Dr. William Barber, II & Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis