"It's 101 years after the passage of the 19th Amendment [which gave women the right to vote]. Today we celebrate this on the day called Women's Equality Day. ... And yet, in 2021, our democracy is in peril!" @LizTheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign #VotingRights #EconomicJustice
So moved by the dedication and determination of servant leaders such as Jean Evansmore @WestVirginiaPPC, who told us today, "I expect to do this the rest of my life!" We are grateful to God for you, Jean. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ForwardTogether
"We're here today to honor our miners who stood up against their oppressors and said, 'No more!' We deserve a living wage. We deserve health care. We deserve a seat at the table!" -Pam Garrison @WestVirginiaPPC #Blair100 #WhichSideAreYouOn
Thank you to Molly Linehan Belcher, high school teacher & member of the Catholic Committee of Appalachia, for reminding @Sen_JoeManchin: "No Catholic with a good Christian conscience can fail to recognize the rights of all citizens to vote." #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Martec Washington @WestVirginiaPPC told Sen. Manchin today: "You are encouraging poverty!" #DoTheRightThing #EndTheFilibuster
June w/ @CommonDefense spoke today in West Virginia in the tradition of the coal miners who fought 100 years ago at Blair Mountain for union rights & a liveable wage. We're out here again fighting nonviolently for living wages, and as June said, "$15 an hour is the bare minimum!"
Matt Kerner stood with us today in Charleston representing millions of @MoveOn members across the country. He spoke powerfully on the behalf of children: "Every kid that's going to bed hungry tonight is more important than the appearance of the Senate!" #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Sen. Manchin, "If you have any decency in yourself, you'll end the filibuster right now! ... Right now's your time to do what's right by the people!" -Dean Anthony with @BlackVotersMtr #PoorPeoplesCampaign #DoTheRightThing #EndTheFilibuster
"Blair Mountain matters!" -Rev. Darick Biondi #PoorPeoplesCampaign #Blair100
"This is still everybody's fight! ... This isn't about fighting each other. This is about fighting FOR each other." -Rev. Caitlin Cotter Coillberg, minister at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston #PoorPeoplesCampaign #BlackLivesMatter #WhichSideAreYouOn
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