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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Profile picture
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WATCH: It’s Time For A Third Reconstruction | A #PoorPeoplesCampaign National Town Hall twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
We are already mobilizing toward June 18, 2022, a Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers Assembly and Moral March on Washington, DC! #ForwardTogether #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #MoralMonday

Join us: poorpeoplescampaign.org
The right to do right is right now! #MoralMonday #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II speaking on a Poor People's Ca
“This is a movement that is on the side of love and mercy, but also fierceness.” @RepJayapal #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #PoorPeoplesCampaign Rep. Pramila Jayapal
“We cannot return to ‘normal,’ when that meant 140 million people were poor and low-income before the pandemic.” @RepJayapal #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Learn more and contact your representatives and demand that they support the #ThirdReconstruction Resolution now: breachrepairers.org/third-reconstr…
“We are strong, and we are fierce. Don’t test us!” @RepJayapal #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #PoorPeoplesCampaign
This is the season for stateswomen and statesmen. This is not the time for partisanship, because we have an attack on our democracy going on, an attack on the infrastructure of our daily lives (wages & healthcare), and the infrastructure of our roads, bridges, and technology. Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Rep. Pra
As we told @SpeakerPelosi back in August, #HoldTheLine! We need all of this legislation, not just some of it.

“This nation needs to have its conscience stirred and seared. ... What time is it? It’s time for a Third Reconstruction!” @FHunscripted #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #PoorPeoplesCampaign Rev. Dr. Freddie Haynes III
We have a powerful panel going on right now! Join us online: breachrepairers.org/livestream #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #PoorPeoplesCampaign Panel discussion on Poor People's Campaign livestream
Heidi Shierholz from the @EconomicPolicy Institute making it plain: Raising the federal minimum wage does not create job loss. It’s a myth. We must shift the narrative in this country! Heidi Shierholz with the Economic Policy Institute
“It’s costing our nation too much by having this poverty and low wages!” @LizTheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
Dr. Sharrelle Barber @HealthEquityDoc taking a moment for us to pause and reflect on the 700,000+ American lives that have been lost to COVID: “What do we do with those deaths? Many of which were preventable.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Dr. Sharrelle Barber from Drexel University
“We are viewing movements such as the #PoorPeoplesCampaign as really the answer to what our nation needs in this moment.” @HealthEquityDoc #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
“Immigrant communities have been part of this movement from the beginning. It’s time for the Third Reconstruction!” @FernandoBNHR @Border_Human #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Fernando Garcia from the Border Network for Human Rights
“This campaign is shining a light on the grave threats to our democracy. ... We are in a moment of opportunity to release the ambitions of the Third Reconstruction agenda!” @Caitlin0Swain @Forward_Justice #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Caitlin Swain from Forward Justice
“Your right to vote should not be defined by what state you live in. ... We must expand who American democracy includes in the ‘we’ in ‘We the people.’” @Caitlin0Swain @Forward_Justice #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
“A filibuster cannot stand in the away of the people and an enfranchised America!” @Caitlin0Swain @Forward_Justice #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
Jade Mazon with @IllinoisPPC shared with us about the struggle for environmental justice on the south side of Chicago. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Jade Mazon with the Illinois Poor People's Campaign
“Mississippi has a long history of punishing the poor and rewarding the wealthy class.” Emilee Johnson @Mississippi_PPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Emilee Johnson with the Mississippi Poor People's Campaign
“We can make different choices!” @HShierholz @EconomicPolicy #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
Joan Steede of Arizona: “I have hope that my children and grandchildren will one day be paid the amount that their labor is worth.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Joan Steede of Arizona
Dr. Sharrelle Barber @HealthEquityDoc: “Universal healthcare—it just has to be! ... We’ve got to be investing in our public health infrastructure.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction #BuildBackBetter
Rev. Victoria Parker-Mothershed @NebraskaPPC: “I follow a homeless undocumented immigrant named Jesus. ... How do we as faith leaders address the false moral narrative of Christian nationalism?” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Rev. Victoria Parker-Mothershed with the Nebraska Poor Peopl
“Jesus engaged in civil disobedience, disrupting structures that devalued human beings! ... We have a responsibility to lift up the real Jesus.” @FHunscripted #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
Ava Bravo @PennsylvaniaPPC, speaking in her original language of Spanish, calls on Congress to include protections for immigrants in the #BuildBackBetter plan. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Ava Bravo with the Pennsylvania Poor People's Campaign
“In the #PoorPeoplesCampaign, we are seeking justice in our policies and in our budgets.” Ava Bravo @PennsylvaniaPPC #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction

Join us online now: breachrepairers.org/livestream
“I can imagine a border where instead of building detention centers, we are building welcome centers!” @FernandoBNHR @Border_Human #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Fernando Garcis with the Border Network for Human Rights res
My brother @FernandoBNHR with @Border_Human is so right: it is immoral that we as a nation spend millions of dollars at our U.S./Mexico border to trap women and children. We must and can do better! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
“The federal poverty measure hasn’t been updated in more than half a century!” Jasmine Krotkov with the Montana #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Jasmine Krotkov with the Montana Poor People's Campaign
.@HShierholz @EconomicPolicy making the strong argument now against work requirements to qualify for federal benefits like the child tax credit. Why should support for keeping children out of poverty be held hostage to their parents’ ability to find a job?
“We’re facing an eviction crisis like nothing we’ve seen before as a nation. ... How do we ensure that housing is a human right, instead of just a private commodity?” Marcy Makinen @MainePPCampaign #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Marcy Makinen with the Maine Poor People's Campaign
.@Caitlin0Swain @Forward_Justice is right: the American people, especially poor and low-income people, are brilliant and have the answers to many of the questions and problems this country faces, if only we as a nation, would listen! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction Caitlin Swain from Forward Justice answers a question
“How can we awaken this ‘sleeping giant’ of poor and low-income voters?” Kaylen Barker @WestVirginiaPPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Kaylen Barker with the West Virginia Poor People's Campaign
.@Caitlin0Swain reminding us now that we have a narrow window of time to protect the infrastructure of our democracy. Now is the time! We can do all of it. We must do all of it. #HoldTheLine
Rev. Dr. @LizTheo reminding us we must lift from the bottom so that everyone can rise! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis with the Kairos Center and co-chair o
.@RepBarbaraLee speaking now via pre-recorded video: “It’s time for us to create a Third Reconstruction! ... It is unforgivable that 250,000 people die each year from poverty and low-wealth alone.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
“We stand at a tipping point. We must seize this moment!” @RepBarbaraLee #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction #3rdReconstruction
SAVE THE DATE: June 18, 2022 — the Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington

We will have an RSVP sign-up for ready soon, but for now, put it on your calendar and plan to join us in Washington, DC! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #ThirdReconstruction SAVE THE DATE: June 18, 2022 — the Mass Poor People’s &

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Nov 7
America has often chosen wrong and had to pay for it later. This week, over 71 million people chose to return Donald Trump to the White House.
Whether they were right to do so will be determined by whether the anger and vitriol he spewed towards his fellow Americans defines how he will treat them as president.
We have to wonder how much damage he must inflict before even his own supporters feel the hurt so bad they start to question, “what did we do?”
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Oct 27
In the Bible, Joshua says, “Choose ye this day...” Howard Zinn said, “You can’t be neutral on a moving train.”

Right now, we face a choice.

I joined 1,000 clergy to endorse VP Harris in our personal capacity. I hope other faith leaders will do the same. cnn.com/2024/10/27/pol…
My full statement:

In my role as both a bishop of the church and a leader of a non partisan movement, I maintain a position of not endorsing any candidate for public office. But as the law allows, I reserve the right in my private capacity to endorse candidates openly.
This has become a moment when I feel compelled to exercise that right, and I hope others will too. I sense a call to speak as a private citizen about my own personal struggle to live faithfully in the present political moment.
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Jul 30
Dems, we love your use of “weird” to describe Trump & Vance. But when there are 140 million poor & low wage ppl struggling to make it in this country, it’s also weird to not speak to them.
Yes, it’s weird for Trump & Vance to call policies that would reduce poverty “communism.” But it’s also weird for Dems to not say “poor” if they want poor people to support their agenda.
When 800 ppl are dying from poverty in the richest nation in the history of the world, it’s weird to not make a big deal about it.

It’s weird to have a Zoom call for every group except the 1/3 of the electorate that’s poor.
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Jun 14
For years, we’ve been fed a pernicious myth that poverty is only an issue for Black people. This myth not only demeans Black people – with racist images of Black mothers on welfare dominating the imaginations of so many Americans – but also obscures the poverty of tens of millions of white people.
When you frame it as being poor people are Black, other folks are working, what you're doing is dismissing millions of poor and low-wage white people.
This form of mythology is designed to keep Black and white people from working together who really are allies and unified when it comes to the experience of poverty in this country.
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Apr 18
In a unified act of solidarity, @GovBillLee joined governors of the former slaveholding states Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Alabama to make a joint statement this week against the @UAW's efforts to unionize autoworkers in the South.
Calling the union a “special interest,” the governors claimed that unions threaten not only good jobs, but also the “values we live by.”

As a preacher from the South, I am tired of politicians trying to co-opt faith with talk about “values” when they do not have the facts to back up their claims.
The truth is that workers are building power in the South and politicians who’ve made immoral partnerships with corporate interests are feeling the heat.

It’s past time for all God’s people to stand up for living wages and union rights.
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Feb 25
We're in North Carolina with the @NC_PPC for the final tour stop on the Moral March to the Polls Tour. We are calling on state governments to enact a #ThirdReconstruction agenda, that’s not about left versus right politics, but about what’s right versus what’s wrong.
@NC_PPC In North Carolina, there are 3.5 million poor and low-wealth eligible voters. If we mobilize and organize together, we have the power to change voting outcomes in every election in our state.
@NC_PPC We cannot be silent while politicians prioritize corporate interests over the needs of the poor. From Asheville to Charlotte and Wilmington to Raleigh, we must demand change and fight for a North Carolina and a country that works for all.
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