Thread by @RevDrBarber

WATCH: #PoorPeoplesCampaign Press Conference & National Launch for June 18, 2022! #ForwardTogether twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

We’re committing to go full, all-out in building the #PoorPeoplesCampaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in this moment of our national sickness. When we see political and physical insurrection; when we see assaults on the poor and low-wealth;

when we see wide-spread assaults on voting rights and democracy; when we see misinformation campaigns and billions spent to divide us; in this moment, we are committed to mobilizing the largest mass assembly of poor people & low-wage workers in this nation’s history on June 18.

Our deadline is victory!

RSVP now for the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington & To the Polls, June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Rev. Dr. @LizTheo, co-chair of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, “Our democracy is on its deathbed. ... The earth is on fire, so we’re signing up ambulance drivers! ... See you on June 18th, and from there!”

These are the real numbers of poverty and low-income in this country. We don’t hear about them in the media, but we should! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Hearing now from poor and low-income testifiers now, like Sara Fearington, a fast food worker in Durham, NC. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Lakin Dillingham from Knox County, Alabama:

Robert Taylor in St. John’s Parish, Louisiana:

Family farmer Mark Pringle from Yates Center, Kansas:

Undocumented mother Kenia Alcocer from Los Angeles, California:

Pam Garrison with @WestVirginiaPPC speaking live now: “We’re bringing the country roads to D.C.! ... Join us on June 18, 2022!” RSVP now: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Callie Greer with @AlabamaPPC: “Poor people are actually the heartbeat of this world. And y’all have been mistreating us for a long time. ... Are we asking for too much? Of course not!” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

We’re not demanding too much for poor and low-income Americans. We’re actually trying to help this nation save itself.

Denita Jones with @Texas_PPC speaking live now: “Do you hear us? ... Hear me, and hear us well! The moral resurrection is upon you, and it’s time to decide now which side are you on?” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Too many poor and low-income people have died. 700 people per day, before COVID, and we can’t stand for that anymore. So we’re coming — June 18. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Emilee Johnson with @Mississippi_PPC: “Exploitation does not have a color or a party. I’m here as a survivor of sex trafficking, formerly incarcerated, and living in long-term recovery from drug addiction, and I’m a low-wage worker.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Leon Tyler with @PennsylvaniaPPC: “I myself live with HIV and AIDS, living with it for 32 year, by the grace of God only.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Robin Brown with @OhioPPC: “I am a parent advocating for environmental justice and equality for our lead-poisoned children. ... We need change. We ARE the change!” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Attorney @ShaillyBarnes laying out now 10 Reasons We Must Organize for June 18, 2022. #PoorPeoplesCampaign poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Dr. @JeffDSachs: “The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is essential for the survival of our nation, which is being pulled apart at the seams by a small group of oligarchic, super-rich Americans.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Here is the data on the 140 million poor and low-income Americans, before COVID: poorpeoplescampaign.org/140-million-ma…

Jim Winkler with @NCCUSA: “I will be there! ... See you on June 18th!” RSVP now: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson @UUA: “Now is the time to speak! Now is the time to act!” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

.@MaryKayHenry @SEIU: “We are nursing home workers ... We are fast food workers ... We are janitors and airport workers and hospital workers and public workers ... We can build the nation that our children deserve!” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Rabbi @JonahPesner @TheRAC: “We are in a time of great moral crisis. ... Our democracy itself is under attack. ... But we know that our safety is in our solidarity, and the redemption of our nation may yet come ...” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

@JonahPesner @TheRAC @UniteThePoor @BRepairers @KairosCenterNYC .@MsLaToshaBrown @BlackVotersMtr: “We want to spread the Good News. ... We are building a new nation! ... We are going to create the kind of America that we desire and that we deserve.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

.@RahnaMEpting @MoveOn: “We are ALL IN! ... MoveOn members are with you!” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Dr. Wendsler Nosie @ProtectOakFlat: “Mother Earth is being destroyed. ... It’s so important for us to be involved to work together so can have a clear understanding of building a better world for everyone.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

.@RepBarbaraLee: “This is a clarion call, it’s a clarion call to step up and make sure and make certain that the policies in this country address the fact that we’re a country, supposedly, of liberty and justice, justice for ALL.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

“The only way that Congress is going to move is because of the people.” —@RepBarbaraLee

.@TerriHordOwens @DisciplesNews: “There is enough! ... From the ground up, every voice must be heard.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

.@SenWarren @EWarren: “We have a one-in-a-generation opportunity to pass critical legislation that supports working families. ... We have a chance to address this moral crisis ...” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

“The pieces are all there. This is our moment. It is truly a crisis, a moral crisis, and we in Congress need to step up. We in the Senate need to step up. We do that with your support. ... I’m committed to the cause. I will be with you every step of the way.” @SenWarren @EWarren

.@Caitlin0Swain @Forward_Justice: “We are eyewitnesses to the moral crisis in the South & nationally, a rolling insurrection, an avalanche of voter suppression & election subversion laws.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

“We know our deadline is victory. We will save and expand this living democracy, and our north star will be a #ThirdReconstruction of America. We know that this is for our children, and we will not stop until we win.” —@Caitlin0Swain @Forward_Justice #PoorPeoplesCampaign

.@AlvJc @BRepairers: “We move forward to June 18, 2022, and beyond, not a day but a declaration of an ongoing movement to build power and to pass policies that make a difference for the poor from the bottom up.” RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

We should have never had a separation of the infrastructures of our democracy (voting rights), our daily lives (living wages, health care, etc.), and our roads, bridges, and technology. We have to shift the moral narrative, because we’ve been talking about this wrong.

If you stand for the filibuster, you stand against 56 million Americans—Black, brown, native, and white—who used means to vote in 2020 that are currently under attack in state legislatures across the country. You stand against the 140 million poor and low-income Americans.

With one vote against raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr, Manchin and Sinema and others blocked lifting 32 million Americans and 41% of Black workers who would’ve been lifted out of poverty. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

We’re not the insurrection, we’re the resurrection. We’re getting ready to engage in a tour across the country. Right now we’re having 1,000+ people calling in to Manchin, Sinema, McConnell, and Schumer every day: actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-na… #PoorPeoplesCampaign

“Times like this demand that people put themselves out there, engage in nonviolent civil disobedience and moral direct action. We know that this is what has the power to actually make the power structures of our nation to say yes ...” —Rev. Dr. @LizTheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign

We will push toward June 18 and beyond to make sure that the voices of the 140 million poor and low-income Americans are heard! #PoorPeoplesCampaign

We’re not begging the government. We’re trying to save the nation! This nation cannot continue with 43% of its people living in poverty and low-income.

Think about the moral crisis we’re in when, in the middle of a pandemic, politicians don’t have the heart to make sure every American has healthcare.

We are saying to this nation, “Save yourself!” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

We are rallying the sleeping giant of the poor and low-income Americans who make up 30% of the electorate in this nation. The beaten down group of people who, for years, have not heard anyone speaking to their conditions, but who are now rising up!

RSVP: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/

Join us June 18!

RSVP online now and let us know you are coming: poorpeoplescampaign.org/rally-map/