The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington is going digital! On June 20th, we will hold the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard! Click here to sign up for June 20!
All in-person “We Must Do MORE Tours” have been canceled. In their place, we will be holding three digital mass meetings, one each month in March, April and May. The first of these digital mass meetings will be this Thursday, March 26, at 8.30pm ET/ 5:30 pm PT. Please join us for the Poverty Amidst Pandemic: Everybody’s Got A Right to Live Digital Mass Meeting, featuring testifiers from Arkansas, Washington, Kansas and Missouri. During the mass meeting, we ask all attendees to commit to shine a light on poverty by lighting a candle in remembrance of those who have died from COVID-19 and poverty. Tune in at Facebook.com/ANewPPC
UFPJ is proud to be a national organizing partner of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Earlier this month, before the decision was made to transform the June 20th Mass Poor People’s Assembly & March on Washington to the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people and people of conscience in this nation’s history, Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris, Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, recorded a two minute promotional video for June 20, giving a shout out to UFPJ!
Click here to watch the video.
On January 29, UFPJ National Co-convenver Jackie Cabasso attended the first national mobilizing partners meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, DC. It was an electrifying day with over 100 partner organizations represented, including a broad range of labor unions, religious affiliations, environmental, peace and justice groups, and even university fraternities and sororities – all in full support of the Poor People’s Campaign moral fusion agenda. The meeting was preceded by a press conference to officially launch the 100 days until June 20, and featured labor and faith leaders as well as directly impacted folks from around the country. It was an inspiring event, manifesting the passion, excitement and breadth of the Poor People’s Campaign across many sectors of society. The video of the press conference is nearly an hour and a half long, but now, when many of us have more time on our hands, it is well worth watching.
