Dear John,

This evening, The New York Poor People’s Campaign, along with representatives from campaigns from Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island will march and rally as part of a Mobilization Tour stop on the way to the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. Read the coverage of the event from Black Star News here.

Tonight, the priorities and demands of poor and low-wealth people will be front and center as we debunk the lie of scarcity and declare that everyone has a right to live. We’re getting into step to organize our communities around economic justice, voting rights, health care, and affordable housing— and you will not want to miss this!

Poverty is not a personal choice, but a policy choice. Even before COVID, these policies were hurting people, with 250,000 dying from poverty each year in the US. Tonight’s  action will call attention to the needs of the 8.6 million poor and low-income people in New York and the 140 million people nationally who were poor or low-income before COVID.

The march kicks off at 5 p.m. ET  at Bowling Green Park. We’ll march together through the financial district for a Moral March on Wall Street and then hold a mass meeting at Trinity Church Wall Street at 6 PM ET.

From there, we’re heading to Pennsylvania, California, and Tennessee. Then, on June 18th, we’re gathering in D.C. for the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. It is NOT just a day of action. It is a declaration of an ongoing, committed moral movement to 1) shift the moral narrative; 2) build power; 3) make real policies to fully address poverty and low wealth from the bottom up.

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