As voting rights are under attack and too many people are without living wages, we know that we can’t wait any longer to make our voices heard. Every Monday for the first 100 days of the new Biden-Harris administration, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is holding dynamic Moral Monday actions, virtually, involving tens of thousands of people, and in person, in small groups. On Moral Monday March 15, the Poor People’s Campaign held in-person, socially distanced actions across 30 states and Washington, D.C. to demand a moral agenda. Across the country people went to their respective state houses and delivered the 14 Policy Priorities to Heal the Nation: A Moral and Economic Agenda for the First 100 Days. Take action: Send the 14 Policy Priorities to your elected officials.
Moral Monday March 22 was broadcast live from Bessemer, Alabama, where Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chair Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II joined with the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign and Amazon workers to demand dignity, respect and a union for all workers. The deadline is looming on a historic labor battle against corporate goliath Amazon in the warehouses of Bessemer, Alabama. This is the first viable attempt to form a union at the company in the United States, and nearly 6,000 warehouse workers must mail their ballots to the National Labor Relations Board by March 29 to certify the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Join next week’s Moral Monday and let your voice be heard.
The Poor People’s Campaign is having a big impact. On March 17, the Campaign released a Statement on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, noting that with passage of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), “for the first time in a generation, poverty is on the national agenda. Due to the tireless work of this Campaign and so many others, the political and economic narrative is shifting. ARPA clearly shows that pandemic relief requires relieving also the injustices of poverty and systemic racism that brought us to this point.” But, the Statement cautions: “While the passage of ARPA is a necessary step in the right direction, it is only the first of many to follow.”
United for Peace & Justice is proud to be a national organizing partner with The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. With organizing committees in 45 states, the Poor People’s Campaign is building a moral fusion movement to address the five interlocking injustices of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism and a distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. Join the Poor People’s Campaign!
