Dear Alfred,
Movements begin with the telling of untold stories. The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has pulled off five hearings in the last few weeks—in Richmond, Virginia, Wichita, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas and Racine, Wisconsin.
We’ve heard stories of farmers committing suicide because they can’t provide for their families alongside immigrant families at risk of being torn apart and veterans who survived war only to die from Agent Orange exposure back at home. We have proclaimed “somebody is hurting our people” after people whose votes have been suppressed by felony disenfranchisement, voter purges, and the closing down of polling places and low wage workers who risk homelessness and incarceration because of poverty speak out.
But things don’t have to be this way.
At the conclusion of each hearing, we read the demands of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and affirm that we believe in automatic voter registration at the age of 18, universal single-payer health care, a $15 living wage and a union, and clean air, water and land.
Forward together, not one step back!
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
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