Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · [email protected]

June 24, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Getting into Step

Dear John, The voices of our movement rang out loud and clear this weekend at the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington! More than two and a half million of you from all across the country and around the world viewed the program on Facebook alone, more tha…

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June 20, 2020 at 9:40 PM

6pm - Poor People's Mass Assembly and Moral March on Washington

In case you couldn't participate this morning, join us at 6pm! TUNE IN AT JUNE2020.ORG Remind your friends and family and join us on social media! Here's just one of our people telling the untold st…

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June 20, 2020 at 1:04 PM

Today is the day.

Dear John, Today is the day to reimagine what America could become if “We the People” meant all of us.   Tune in for the Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Justice broadcasts today at 10am and 6pm ET, and tomorrow at 6pm ET. …

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June 20, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Join the Poor People's Virtual Assembly TODAY!

We Rise Together! The Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington, a Digital Justice Gathering is Today June 20th.  June2020.org Across the internet and the airwaves we will drive the vision and agenda of our communities into the heart of the national narrative. Join u…

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June 19, 2020 at 10:11 PM

Join the June 20th Virtual Assembly Tomorrow

Tomorrow We Rise Together! Join The Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington, a Digital Justice Gathering tomorrow June 20th.  June2020.org Across the internet and the airwaves we will drive the vision and agenda of our communities into the heart of the national narr…

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June 19, 2020 at 3:58 PM

TOMORROW: We Rise Together

Dear John, Today, on Juneteenth, we look back to 400 years of compromises with white supremacy in order to understand the pressing need for radical reconstruction of our nation. Tomorrow we proclaim a new vision forward. Join us for the Mass Poor People’s …

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June 17, 2020 at 2:49 PM

What will you do?

Dear John,   The Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Gathering is just 3 days away and momentum is growing! We are working with more than 200 partner organizations across the country, including unions, religious denomination…

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June 15, 2020 at 10:51 PM

Poverty and Pandemic Followup

Thanks for your interest in We Can’t Breathe: Poverty and Pandemic in DC - the webinar presented last week by the DC Poor People's Campaign and NAACP-DC!   To those who were not able to participate, we offer our sincere apologies. The response was so large that it exceeded the ca…

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June 15, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Accepting Death is Not an Option Anymore

Dear John,   We are just five days away from the Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Gathering, and we need your help! Sign up below to make art, send texts and make phone calls.   Use our Digital Toolkit to spread the word …

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June 13, 2020 at 6:03 PM

We are Called to be a Movement

Dear John,   In the grief and righteous outrage of this moment we are feeling the birth pains of a movement. Every attack on our people must now embolden our agitation.   This is why in just one week we are gathering virtually for the Mass Poor People’s…

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June 12, 2020 at 5:05 PM

An Open Letter on Systemic Racism to Our Nation's Lawmakers

Dear John, An unprecedented wave of protests for racial justice has swept the United States and the globe since the modern-day lynching of George Floyd on Memorial Day. This is radically shifting public opinion about the need to address systemic racism and Black Lives Matter…

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June 10, 2020 at 7:45 PM

Where do we go from here?

Dear John,   We are just ten days away from the June 20, 2020 Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Justice Gathering, the largest digital gathering of poor and impacted people in this nation's history.   More than 100 organiza…

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June 10, 2020 at 5:15 PM

TONIGHT at 8:00PM : Poverty and Pandemic In the District. Join us!

DC Friends: Join us to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign before it marches on Washington. Register now for We Can’t Breath: Poverty and Pandemic in the District. RSVP for June 10 (If you're not on Facebook, register here.) We will begin with a ten-minute momen…

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June 8, 2020 at 6:11 PM

TODAY: Stop Where You Are at 5pm ET

Dear John, Today, two weeks after the murder of George Floyd, the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is calling the nation for a Moral Monday National Day of Fasting and Focus. At 5pm EST / 2pm PST, we are asking people to stop where you are for 8 minute…

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June 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM

This Wednesday June 10: Poverty and Pandemic In the District. Join us!

DC Friends: Join us to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign before it marches on Washington. Register now for We Can’t Breath: Poverty and Pandemic in the District. RSVP for June 10 (If you are not on Facebook, reply to this email to RSVP for June 10) We will beg…

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June 6, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Poverty and Pandemic In the District, Wednesday June 10. Join us!

DC Friends: Join us to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign before it marches on Washington. Register now for We Can’t Breath: Poverty and Pandemic in the District. RSVP for June 10We will begin with a ten-minute moment of silence - a reflection on the breath that …

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June 6, 2020 at 11:45 AM

A Movement for this Moment

Dear John, The violence we confront today from the police, from the economy and from our political leaders represents a system that is far too comfortable with the suffering and deaths of black, brown and poor people. In honor of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahma…

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June 1, 2020 at 4:57 PM

An uprising is a collective gasp for life

Dear John,   We heard George Floyd cry “I can’t breathe” and “Momma, I love you” on the recording of his lynching in the streets of Minneapolis. The image of a white officer choking the life out of a Black man while fellow officers looked on is viscerall…

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May 28, 2020 at 11:45 AM

TONIGHT: Poverty Amidst Pandemic Digital Mass Meeting

"Fifty years old, Clara A. Kincaid, was my sister in law. She passed away as a result of COVID-19, leaving four sons and six grandchildren behind. She was so very sick, but had to drive nearly 40 miles to another county to see a doctor and be tested. As sick as she was, doctor…

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May 26, 2020 at 8:24 PM

"Our goal is to build permanently organized communities."

Dear John,   We are rounding the bend towards the June 20, 2020 Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Justice Gathering, the largest digital gathering of poor and impacted people in this nation's history. Please RSVP and reach…

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May 21, 2020 at 7:55 PM

Have you taken action?

Dear John   Have you taken action? Demand real relief during this crisis from your elected officials today!  #StayAlive   Click the button below to call Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and email your State Governor to demand adequate COVID-19…

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May 21, 2020 at 1:31 PM

#StayAlive – Take Action Today!

Dear John,   Before the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 700 people were dying every day in the U.S. because of the crisis of poverty. And because of this nation’s high tolerance for death, as long as those who are dying are poor and people of color, the national response to …

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May 20, 2020 at 2:29 PM

We Cry Power: Stories from the Moral Revolution

Dear John,   Today we are launching our story-telling project We Cry Power: Stories from the Moral Revolution to learn more deeply about the fight and insight of poor and impacted leaders from across the country.   "Let’s show this country that we’re not…

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  Rev. Dr. William Barber and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · [email protected]

May 14, 2020 at 10:31 PM

STARTING SOON: We Can't Go Back to Normal

Dear John​, Don’t believe the lies. We can’t go back to normal. State legislatures, governors and the federal government are putting millions of people, especially the poor, at great risk by reopening too soon. We must Stay Safe! Stay Alive! And Organize Organize Orga…

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May 12, 2020 at 2:32 PM

TONIGHT: Prison is No Place for a Pandemic

“We supposed to be six feet away – you can reach over and touch the next bed...Yesterday the water was brown. Some days there’s a real bad smell like sewage...The water you wash your hands with, the water you shower with, the water you drink. I mean that’s all the water we hav…

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May 11, 2020 at 12:00 PM

50 Days of action

Friends, COVID-19 has forced the nation into an unprecedented emergency. The current emergency, however, results from a deeper and much longer-term crisis — that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that has long ignored the needs of 140 million people who are poor or one…

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May 5, 2020 at 2:59 PM

Stay in Place, Stay Alive, ORGANIZE: A Call for Moral Non-Cooperation

Dear John,   Trump and other extremists are again calling to “reopen the country.” Over the past week, many states have begun to ease restrictions on stay in place orders. These plans to reopen the economy show no regard for human life and are prioritizing…

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April 30, 2020 at 2:08 PM

TONIGHT – Digital Mass Meeting with Special Guests

Long before coronavirus hit, medical care in prisons was substandard. Conditions inside and the land many prisons are on is toxic. Many facilities are old, dilapidated and unsanitary...I hear about black mold, brown water and food unfit for consumption. The combination of cond…

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April 22, 2020 at 4:46 PM

Poor People's Campaign Joins Earth Day Live Today at 3 PM ET

Dear movement family, The twin crises of COVID-19 and economic collapse has forced all of us to make adjustments both big and small. When we announced that the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington is going digital, we knew we must organize in new and bold …

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April 12, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Easter Greetings

Dear friends and family, We bring you Easter greetings in these dark and dangerous times - times when more than 16 million people have joined the ranks of the unemployed in just the past few weeks, 11 million homeless are struggling to find a place to shelter with more being …

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April 9, 2020 at 8:15 PM

Watch Now – Moral Revolution: An Interfaith Response to Pandemic

***Thanks to the many of you who tried to join the livestream earlier today – we apologize that there were some technical issues that made it difficult to participate. We are broadcasting what was a very powerful event shortly, at 5pm ET/ 2pm PT, at facebook.com/anewppc*** See…

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April 9, 2020 at 2:02 PM

TODAY at 12pm ET – Moral Revolution: An Interfaith Response to Pandemic

The way to honor the divine in the holy season is to fight for everyone’s right to live. – Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Dear John, Before a single case of COVID-19 was diagnosed, nearly 700 people died from poverty each day in the United States. Please join the Poor People’s Campai…

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  Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · [email protected]

April 4, 2020 at 12:13 PM

A Day of Prophetic Mourning & Action

Beloved community, The night before he was brutally shot down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached “Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point...either we go up together or we go down together.”…

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March 26, 2020 at 11:36 PM

STARTING SOON: Poverty Amidst Pandemic Digital Mass Meeting

“My people are in dire danger right now. We don’t have what we need. But I’m gonna fight until we have a healthcare system that works, housing for all, ventilators, gloves and masks. If I’m gonna die, let me die fighting for that.” – Naomi, Washington Dear John, Join us tonigh…

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March 25, 2020 at 10:40 PM

Your Voices Rang and Our Leaders Responded

Dear John, Last week we asked you to call congressional leaders and members of Congress to demand they fulfill their moral and constitutional responsibilities to the American people and expand the emergency provisions to care for us all and enact our Moral Agenda immediately. …

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March 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM

Important Update on June 20, 2020

Dear John, Perhaps we were born for such a time as this. A moment like this makes us question: what kind of world would you be fighting for if you knew that tomorrow you’d draw your last breath? And, this moment is forcing everybody to adjust in small and big ways. Our strateg…

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March 19, 2020 at 5:55 PM

A Moral Response to Pandemic & Poverty – Join us tonight

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. - Proverbs 31: 8-9 Beloved Community, We know that this unfolding public health crisis results from a deeper, much longer-term c…

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  Rev. Dr. Willam Barber II & Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis · [email protected]

March 18, 2020 at 10:52 PM

Poverty Amidst Pandemic: A Moral Response to COVID-19

Dear John, With its broad sweep, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into an unprecedented national emergency. This emergency, however, results from a deeper and much longer term crisis - that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that ignores the needs of 140 million pe…

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March 15, 2020 at 1:44 PM

Tonight's Democratic Debate – We Demand Answers

Dear Friends, We have some questions for Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders during tonight’s Democratic presidential debate – and we demand answers. Read our questions here: bit.ly/PPCDemDebate Yesterday, campaign co-chairs Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theohar…

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March 13, 2020 at 8:30 PM

Our Health Care is a National Emergency - Congress Must Act and Do MORE!

Dear John, We are in the midst of an unfolding public health crisis due to the coronavirus — but our current state of emergency results from a deeper, much longer-term crisis — that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that ignores the needs of 140 million poor and low-…

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March 12, 2020 at 6:52 PM

Now More than Ever, Moving Forward Together and Not One Step Back

Dear Friends, Today marks 100 days from the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington. This effort is bigger than any single political campaign or candidate, and we need your help to get the word out and to help organize delegations from your community. We are …

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March 11, 2020 at 1:16 PM

Save Oak Flat Rally TODAY!

We are writing you all with an urgent appeal for support for our brothers and sisters in the San Carlos Apache tribe and the Apache Stronghold. They have been in a decade-long fight to stop Resolution Copper from taking possession and destroying a deeply holy site, Oak Flat, or a…

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March 10, 2020 at 4:55 PM

Save Oak Flat Rally at the Capitol Tomorrow!

For background on this important fight click here and here. Forward together! DC Poor Peoples' Campaign Coordinating Committee Sent via Action Network, a free online toolset anyone can use to organize. Click here to sign up and get started building an e…

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March 10, 2020 at 1:12 PM

March 12 Day of Action & MORE Tour Update

Dear John, This Thursday marks 100 days from the generationally transformative Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington. This is bigger than any political campaign or candidate, and we need your help to get the word out and to help organize a delegation fro…

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March 6, 2020 at 4:12 PM

Mobilizing Our Faith Communities - 1000:1000:100

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their right and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. Isaiah 10:1-2 Dear Movement Family, We are gathering on June …

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February 28, 2020 at 11:48 PM

Starting soon: MORE Tour Livestream from Mobile, Alabama

Hello from Mobile, Alabama where we are eagerly awaiting the start of the We Must Do MORE -- Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering & Educating for A Movement that Votes -- National Tour Stop. Watch the live stream right here on our Facebook page starting at 6pm Central Time…

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February 28, 2020 at 2:02 PM

55 Years After Selma – Still Bridges to Cross

It’s been 55 years since our sisters and brothers linked arms and took the brave walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. As they made their way over the bridge, state troopers beat and knocked them down with batons, tear gas and fists. They were marching for th…

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February 26, 2020 at 1:35 PM

TONIGHT: Bernie Sanders to Speak with Rev. William Barber at Poverty Forum

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to North Carolina tonight to hear the stories of poor and low-wealth people at an Interfaith Ash Wednesday service and forum. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, who works with the Po…

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February 21, 2020 at 6:53 PM

Mobilization Meeting Tomorrow Saturday, Feb 22. Join us!

Dear John, Join the DC Poor People’s Campaign TOMORROW Saturday, February 22nd to mobilize for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington. DC Poor Peoples' Campaign Mobilization Meeting Saturday, February 22, 2020 10:00 AM to Noon John Wesley AME Zio…

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February 17, 2020 at 2:37 PM

Mobilization Meeting This Saturday, Feb 22. Join us!

Dear John, We invite you to join the DC Poor People’s Campaign on Saturday, February 22nd to mobilize for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington. DC Poor Peoples' Campaign Mobilization Meeting Saturday, February 22, 2020 10:00 AM to Noon John Wes…

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