Dear John,

On the anniversary of the Women’s Convention at Seneca Falls, we will hold a Women’s Moral Monday March on Washington at 11 a.m. Monday, July 19 starting outside the US Supreme Court as part of this Season of Nonviolent Direct Action. Together, we will call out the immoral obstructionism of Congress and demand the US Senate: 1) End the filibuster; 2) Pass all provisions of the For the People Act; 3) Fully restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act; 4) Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hr.

Women from across the country will converge on Washington to protest our elected officials’ continued efforts to suppress our votes and use procedural tactics like the filibuster to sidestep their Constitutional responsibilities, establish justice and provide for the general welfare. Their stalling leaves more than 70 million poor and low-income women of all races, gender and sexual orientations and faith traditions to disproportionately bear the brunt of low-wage and precarious work, heightened care responsibilities, the climate crisis, forever wars and the continued denial of our basic rights.

We aim to learn from history, not simply mimic it. While the Seneca Falls Convention failed to embrace full democracy in the way it excluded Black, Indigenous and other women of color, we will come to Washington DC with the full fusion movement united in our diversity and not despite it.

Join us on Monday as we take action and speak truth with power.

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

PS - Please join our partners as we mark the one-year anniversary of the passing of John Lewis with Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy on July 17th.