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Poor People's Campaign

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Poor People's Campaign

@UniteThePoor

A movement against systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy, and the false moral narrative of religious nationalism.

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poorpeoplescampaign.org

Joined May 2016

Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Mar 23, 2020
The movement continues! On 6/20, the #PoorPeoplesCampaign goes digital w/ a mass online gathering to demand that 140 million poor & low-wealth people across the nation are heard. Our demands must be front & center in this critical election year! Join us: June2020.org!
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Jan 19, 2021
The Biden-Harris inaugural committee announce @RevDrBarber will deliver the homily at the official inaugural prayer service this Thursday at Washington National Cathedral. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Civil rights leader Rev. William Barber to deliver homily at official inaugural prayer service
From washingtonpost.com
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Jul 31, 2021
Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is at the #MarchForDemocracy in Austin b/c we have less voting rights now than we did after her father signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965! #ForwardTogether #PoorPeoplesCampaign action.poorpeoplescampaign.org
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Nov 20, 2017
If Alabama had expanded Medicaid, 435,000 people would have health care, and most of them are white. Many of them are veterans. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #Birmingham
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Aug 2, 2021
#PoorPeoplesCampaign co-chairs @liztheo & @RevDrBarber, arrested today in D.C. along with hundreds of others, as we DEMAND: 1. #EndTheFilibuster 2 Pass the #ForThePeopleAct 3 Restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act 4 Raise the min. wage to $15/hr 5. Protection for ALL immigrants
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Feb 26, 2020
HAPPENING NOW: Poverty Forum w/ Senator Bernie Sanders and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Jan 29, 2020
“We are demanding the right kind of trial, the right kind of witnesses...We are tired of seeing southern justice in the Senate! It is time for this to be over. We need a real trial, we need to stop the coverup now!” @RevDrBarber #RemoveTrump #SwarmTheCapitol #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Feb 3, 2019
“We want folks to know we’re poor …I’m not gonna tell that lie anymore that I’m middle class. I’m one check away from poverty.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign nola.com/opinions/2019/…
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Jul 29, 2021
“Laws making it more difficult for people to vote are unAmerican and are intended to punish people of color, the elderly and disabled. Why? If you can’t win playing by the rules, then it’s you and your platform…” @WillieNelson #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes, to play at 'March for Democracy' rally
From dallasnews.com
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Jul 29, 2021
.@RevDrBarber reminding us we’re not just marching for voting rights, we’re marching for the very soul of our democracy! #Texas #MarchForDemocracy #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Mar 5, 2021
These are the people you should be listening to when making decisions about a stimulus @MarkWarner, @timkaine & @SenateDems. Coal miner families in #Virginia like Nick Smith who are demanding COVID relief with $15/hr & no cuts to benefits! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #FightFor15
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Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Feb 4, 2018
“It’s not immoral to be poor...It’s immoral to make people poor with our actions as a government and as a people.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign buff.ly/2EhY8in
Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Aug 3, 2021
Thank you @AliVelshi, @maddow & @MSNBC for highlighting the work of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign during our Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action.
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Poor People's Campaign
@UniteThePoor
Jun 26, 2020
“250 yrs of free labor &, on top of that, a 100 yrs of segregation, & now we still pay people less than a living — we pay people $7.25. For African Americans, that means it’s taken us 400 yrs to get to $7.25 an hour.” @RevDrBarber #PoorPeoplesCampaign
democracynow.org
Repair & Revive: Rev. William Barber on Fighting Racism, Poverty, Climate Change, War & Nationalism
The Poor People’s Campaign offered a counterpoint to President Trump’s sparsely attended Tulsa campaign rally with a mass digital gathering that unveiled a policy platform to spur “transformative...