Update from the Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign

10/9/2018 7:30 PM

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Dear Alfred, As a supporter of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call to Moral Revival, you know how important it is to build a movement to fight back to reclaim the promise of America. You helped us during the 40 day campaign for moral revival. Now we are asking for help and support again. From September to December, the Campaign will hold Poor People’s Hearings in states across the nation. Here is the video of the recent hearing in Wichita, Kansas.   The Souls of Poor Folk, an audit of the current situation in the United States, emphasizes the complex relationships between and across systemic racism, persistent poverty, the war economy and its inevitable militarism, and the ecological devastation from which none can escape. In Massachusetts 43% of people are poor or low income. Over 3000 people are denied the right to vote due to felony voting restrictions. 56% of people incarcerated in Massachusetts are people of color. 18,000 people in our state are homeless. At our Hearing, 4 to 6 Impacted People from communities in Massachusetts will speak to invited political candidates, so that these demands for justice, to make America whole again, are front and center of our political debate. The Massachusetts PPC is also hosting a multi-state meeting of the Poor People’s Campaign Homeless organizing committee this fall. We are also supporting the New Democracy Coalition Campaign to address the legacy of slavery and human trafficking in Boston through a hearing on renaming Faneuil Hall. “Faneuil Hall is not the cradle of liberty. That’s a lie. A canard. A historical prevarication. Faneuil Hall is a public facility owned by the City of Boston that was built through the sale of a slave boy. For many, this place is a house of horrors…no different from the gas chambers at Auschwitz or the slaughtering fields created by Pol Pot,” says Kevin Peterson, Founder of the New Democracy Coalition. Here in Massachusetts if we celebrate the pulling down of confederate statues in the south because they are monuments to slavers, we must look at our own history as well. This is why a call for such a hearing is also a move for racial reconciliation and understanding. We need funds to help these events be successful. Please make a generous tax deductible donation of $15 to $100 or more. These funds will serve as the financial foundation of our fall and winter campaigns. Thank you!! Savina Martin, Khalil Saddiq, Irvine Sobelman, Tri-Chairs, Toby Sackton, Fundraising Chair Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign Sent via Action Network, a free online toolset anyone can use to organize. Click here to sign up and get started building an email list and creating online actions today. Action Network is an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes. We encourage responsible activism, and do not support using the platform to take unlawful or other improper action. We do not control or endorse the conduct of users and make no representations of any kind about them. You can unsubscribe or update your email address or change your name and address by changing your subscription preferences here.