From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Before the MORE Tour reaches western Pennsylvania on April 25, join the Pennsylvania campaign at an upcoming screening of ‘We Cried Power,’ a documentary which tells the story of the Poor People’s Campaign: A … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Next month, on April 25, 2020, the MORE Tour, with Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis & Bishop William Barber II, will join the PA Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in Butler … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, fellow national co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC): A National Call for Moral Revival, and Rev. Dr. William Barber recently held a press conference at National City Christian Church … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): RSVP today at https://actionnetwork.org/events/pa-moral-agenda-and-demand-delivery and come along to present our Moral Agenda for Pennsylvania and related demands in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg on March 19, 2:30-3:30 pm. During this budget season in the … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (https://www.breachrepairers.org/): You may have seen the video of me (Rev. Dr. William Barber) challenging Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to embrace a moral agenda on MLK Day. The press is saying that my speech “called out” Gov. Lee. … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/21/preaching-more-words-rev-william-j-barber-ii-delivers-soaring-sermon-honor-martin Published on Monday, January 21, 2019 by Common Dreams “To preach is to see the people who are crying out and the systems that are crushing them. It is to say, ‘Somebody’s hurting my people and it’s … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): “What we’re seeing is that when people come together and start organizing, then so many other people come forward too. In the banding together of clergy and activists, and poor people, therein lies the … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): “Rev. Dr. King didn’t envision the Poor People’s Campaign as a charitable crusade. It wasn’t a campaign for the poor. It was a campaign of the poor to awaken a broad mass movement to … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): “The emergency we now face is economic, and it is a desperate and worsening situation. The dispossessed of this nation — the poor, both white and Negro — live in a cruelly unjust society. … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Out now from Beacon Press: A collection of sermons, speeches and reflections by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Rev. Dr. Rick Lowery that lays out a groundbreaking vision for … Continued