Dear John,

On Monday, July 26, the Poor People’s Campaign will join partners around the nation to take the fight for democracy to the home offices of US Senators as we continue our Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action. Will you join this national chorus to save our democracy?

Together with dozens of partners, our 40+ state coordinating committees, and thousands of faith leaders, we demand that Congress:

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

The time is now for a resurrection of nonviolent moral direct action, not an insurrection of immoral violence. This is our Selma moment.

And so, from Tuesday, July 27th through Saturday, July 31st, the Poor People’s Campaign will unite our voices in Texas for a 27-mile Moral March for Democracy, starting in Georgetown, a place with a long history of resistance to racial violence, and ending in the state capitol of Austin. We welcome all who are near Austin, and who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, to join us for the rally on July 31st at 10 CT and and for everyone else to join us online at action.poorpeoplescampaign.org.

With this season of nonviolent moral direct action, we continue to challenge the capitulation and inaction of those who have proven themselves to be adversarial to voting rights, economic justice and the very foundations of our democracy. We’ll be bringing it all home to Washington D.C. on August 2nd. Go to action.poorpeoplescampaign.org for all the information on this historic season!

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: We are thrilled by the response from dozens of partners coming on board to build this movement:

*The Texas Poor People's Campaign is working with these partners for the Georgetown-to-Austin March for Democracy. The list is growing every day!

Border Network for Human Rights/Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance, Black Voters Matter, Texas AFL-CIO, Workers Defense, Powered by People, Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), LUPE- La Union Del Pueblo Entero, MOVE Texas, Wilco Patriots, Nonviolent Austin, Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas/ADAPT of Texas, YWCA Greater Austin, Faith Forward Dallas, Friendship-West Baptist Church, Dallas, Community of Faith, Houston, Temple Beth Shalom, St. James' Episcopal Church, Austin, TX, Proyecto Santiago, Beta Psi Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Clean Elections Texas, , Austin Airwaves, Texas Drought Project, ACT (Anti-racists Coming Together), Round Rock Black Parents Association, Interfaith Action of Central Texas, Wheeler Baptist Church, Houston, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin, ELCA World Hunger & Bread for the World, San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Georgetown, The Congregational Church of Austin, Coalition Against Pipelines, Pax Christi San Antonio, Unite Here Local 23, About Face: Veterans Against the War - South-Central Texas.

And these partners are supporting the National Season for Nonviolent Moral Direct Action:

Service Employees International Union (SEIU), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), UNITE HERE! Sunrise Movement, Indivisible, Center for Popular Democracy, Fight for $15, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Black Women’s Agenda Inc., Center for Constitutional Rights, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Climate Crisis Policy, CodePink, Communications Workers of America (CWA), Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., Democracy Initiative, Domestic Workers United, Emily's List, Episcopal Church, Faith for Black Lives, For All, Forward Justice, Greenpeace USA, I.T.C. Student Christian League, Institute for Policy Studies, National Civil Rights Museum, National Welfare Rights Union, New Georgia Project, Pax Christi USA, Presbyterian Church - USA, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Rainbow Push Coalition, Red Letter Christians, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Sadhana Hindus, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Sunrise Movement, Transformative Justice Coalition, Unitarian Universalist Association, United For Respect, Until Freedom!, Union for Reform Judaism, Women's March, Disciples Center for Public Witness, Disciples Justice Action Network (DJAN).