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Dear John,
Today we will stand outside the US Capitol with members of the Majority Leader’s Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity and the Congressional Progressive Caucus to announce a historic congressional resolution titled, Third Reconstruction – Fully Addressing Poverty and Low Wages from the Bottom Up.
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Emerging from the pain and organizing power of the 140 million people in this country living in poverty or on low wages, the congressional resolution for a Third Reconstruction reflects an omnibus vision for a fundamental restructuring of society that lifts from the bottom. The non-partisan resolution comes as a response to years of movement-building to create the collective resolve necessary to implement real and transformational legislative action.
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On Monday June 7th state coordinating committees of the Poor People’s Campaign will hold simultaneous actions at the offices of members of the US House of Representatives to demand all of their Representatives embrace The Third Reconstruction.
And on June 21, 2021, poor people, low-wage workers, moral and faith leaders and advocates will gather online simultaneously with a socially-distant rally at the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh, NC for a National Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers Assembly.
This hybrid online/in-person mass assembly will include our over 40 state coordinating committees, 200+ organizing partners, and thousands of moral and faith leaders in our Prophetic Council. The Assembly will be the launching pad for a one-year campaign building towards an in-person Mass Moral March on Washington DC on June 18, 2022.
It is going to take all of us to usher in the Third Reconstruction we so deeply need. The time is now, it is up to us. |
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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 |
