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In the cold winter weather or Oregon, I just stood and talked with PPC organizers who are part of the homeless union fighting for dignity.
They go home tonight and live in the woods, because America that is rich in empty houses and empty buildings refuses to open them to members of the human family.
But these brothers and sisters said they have joined the rising, and they won’t be silent anymore.

#PoorPeoplesCampaign @UniteThePoor
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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It’s not enough to just criticize the man. We must challenge the distorted moral narrative & the immoral policy agenda that gave rise to Donald Trump in the first place. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Actually it’s a trick to just focus on the man or individual & not the system & the enablers b/c it furthers the flawed notion of rugged individualism. If Trump’s character is the problem, then you can say poor people are poor b/c of their personal character...
This individualism will also say racism is not a systemic issue, but a few wayward individuals.
This analysis would have allowed slavery to remain as long as the slave masters were good praying men who treated their slaves well.
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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So-called white evangelicals say Trump supports “Christian positions”—putting the capital in Jerusalem, cutting taxes, standing against abortion, etc.
It’s so sad to hear them celebrate things you can’t find anywhere in the Gospels but say nothing about how Trump hurts the poor, the immigrant, the hurt, the sick & hungry.
This hypocrisy is totally abhorrent to the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a sick theology, and that is putting it mildly.
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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In 2016, impacted people & clergy re-launched the #PoorPeoplesCampaign—when Obama was still in office. A moral agenda empowers ppl to challenge both parties & shift the conversation in public life.
Too often Republicans racialize poverty while Dems run from poverty. Politicians don’t come south & abandon 1/3 of the poor. Debates don’t focus on poverty & low wealth, which leaves out 140 million.
The people are building & have been building a #PoorPeoplesCampaign that is nonpartisan but very political.
Join us on the MORE tour & on June 20, 2020. Read our audit & budget at poorpeoplescampaign.org
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no one leaves home unless home chases you
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your neck
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