The government shutdown is threatening the livelihoods of 800,000 federal workers as well as the millions of our nation’s poor people of all races, ages and geographies who rely on federal services to get by. This includes millions of children, elderly folks, indigenous, white, Black, Asian and Latinx communities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and communities of faith and conscience.
While our federal government remains in a state of inaction, we’re organizing to build power among those 140 million poor and impacted people across 40 states where thousands are organizing hearings, canvassing and returning to their state capitols to deliver the demands of this Campaign.
We are not going to Capitol Hill on January 7, but in January and February, we are going to our state capitols. Join us and take action by attending a hearing, rally or demand delivery in your state.
This shutdown is a distraction from the concerns of millions of people around stable jobs, health care, housing, water, the fact that it’s been more than 2,000 days since the Voting Rights Act was gutted and so much more. We refuse to be distracted.
We are mobilizing thousands of people everywhere from Virginia to Tennessee to California to demand that millions of poor people be prioritized in the political agenda.
Forward together, not one step back,
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
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