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6 Jan, 13 tweets, 8 min read

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“Hate evil and love good,
then work it out in the public square.
Maybe God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
will notice your remnant and be gracious.”

Amos 5:15 (The Message)

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@MadisonSiriusXM

Praying now: Rev. Traci Blackmon, one of 21 faith leaders who are joining @MadisonSiriusXM in his hunger strike for voting rights starting today. #Jan6th

Rev. Blackmon just reminded us that #Jan6th is Epiphany, which in the Christian tradition means a time of revelation. What does the insurrection that happened on this day reveal about our nation, reveal about our calling in this moment, reveal about what God is calling us to?

@AlissaShira

Praying now: Rabbi Alissa Wise @AlissaShira: “Let us not let the fire go out on a racial awakening or a vision of a world without poverty.” #Jan6th #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Praying now: Bishop Lawrence Reddick, The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church: “We call upon you today, through our various faith perspectives, for direction and wisdom at a crucial time in our nation’s history.” #Jan6th #PoorPeoplesCampaign

@ISNAHQ

Praying now: Imam Saffet Catovic @ISNAHQ: “We pray for a safe and secure future for ourselves and our nation.” #Jan6th #PoorPeoplesCampaign

@Kairos_Center

Praying now: Dr. Adam Barnes @Kairos_Center: “Let us not be misled and confused by the idols of nationalism, that is not God. Let us instead listen to the cries of the oppressed.” #Jan6th #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Praying now: Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner: “Fill us with courage, Beloved One. ... Courage to believe that the just world, Your world, is possible & together to make it so. To make it so, not by sword or by torment but by nonviolence & liberation.” #Jan6th #PoorPeoplesCampaign

@LizTheo

Praying now: Rev. Dr. @LizTheo: “On this day, the anniversary of a violent insurrection ... we commit, we re-commit to bringing your reign, God, of everybody in, nobody out, to earth.” #Jan6th #PoorPeoplesCampaign

The prayers of the righteous availeth much. As Walter Wink once said, with our prayers “we rattle the cage of God.”

@UFWupdates

Prayer of the Farm Workers’ Struggle
by Cesar Chavez, @UFWupdates founder

chavez.cde.ca.gov/modelcurriculu…

Ute Prayer
From the Uncompahgre Ute Tribe

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

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7 Jan

https://twitter.com/RevDrBarber/status/1325272101423603712?s=20

Some reflections on today:

1) We must truly remember and understand this history:

https://twitter.com/RevDrBarber/status/1325272101423603712?s=20

2) Everybody doesn’t come to do good.

3) Believing lies is as American as believing racism, classism, and homophobia. It’s not something strange.

4) America, in some sense, is in a constant political civil war.

5) To support the policies of the current Republican party is to believe in and support a rolling insurrection.

6) We have not always been able to come out of our problems with just education and elections. It has taken civil war, labor movements, martyrs, and sacrificial suffering.

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

@RevDrBarber

6 Jan

I’m listening to U.S. Capitol officers Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone who were attacked on #Jan6th. They said we shouldn’t call this an anniversary, because January 6th is still going on. But we should tell the truth, which has not been told in full yet.

The more I look at this I’m moved to pray for my enemies and the enemies of democracy and humanity. I pray for them to be tracked down by a spirit of repentance. I pray for them not to be successful.

I pray for those who know better, who know lies when they see them and hear them, that they will stand up as the resurrection in word, deed, and commitment, and as living nonviolent witnesses against the violence, the lies, the greed, the racism, and the spirit of insurrection.

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

@RevDrBarber

4 Jan

If Schumer & Senate Dems want to walk in the tradition of Dr. King, they should end the filibuster to pass voting rights AND the full Build Back Better Act. Why? Because the movement never separated voting rights and economic justice.

Schumer should explain how denial of voting rights legislation is hurting all segments of America. And the same with BBB. We should have forgone the filibuster to pass both last year.

Because we waited so long, we are no longer voting on the For The People Act that John Lewis wrote. We’re voting on Manchin’s compromise bill that is OK, but codifies a form of voter ID for first time in history.

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

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24 Dec 21

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@Maryland_PPC

Here’s a statement from Linnell Fall @Maryland_PPC, who couldn’t be with us online today:

https://twitter.com/UniteThePoor/status/1474445349142118404?s=20

@WestVirginiaPPC

Pam Garrison @WestVirginiaPPC: “Senator Manchin, shame on you for looking down your nose at us! ... We didn’t create this poverty. This is the result of you and the Congress’ failure for decades.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

@RevDrBarber

24 Dec 21

@RepJayapal

Joining the National #ChristmasEve Press Rally today is @RepJayapal; @RepBarbaraLee; @MaryKayHenry from @SEIU; Jean Evansmore, Pam Garrison, Kris Olsen, Stewart Acuff, & Alex Galo @WestVirginiaPPC; Linnell Fall, @Maryland_PPC; @denita944 @texas_ppc; Bruce Grau @WisconsinPPC;

@WestVirginiaPPC

Father Lark Justin Muncy & Rev. Paul Dunn @WestVirginiaPPC; @RevNancyPetty; Rev. Jimmie Hawkins @PCUSAWashington; Jonathan @wilsonhartgrove @RedLetterXians; Rev. Dr. Beth Johnson @CaliforniaPPC;

@MetropolitanAME

Rev. William Lamar, @MetropolitanAME Washington, D.C.; @fhunscripted @friendshipwest Baptist Church in Dallas, TX; and Rev. Dr. @alvjc, Co-Chair/Executive Director Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington.

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

@RevDrBarber

23 Dec 21

Sen. Manchin, Republicans, & so-called moderates keep saying, “There is no room in our democracy for the uplift of poor & low-wealth people,” but the Christmas story shows us that God can work through poor people to bring good tidings of great joy for everyone,

even when those who think they’re in control and say that there’s no room.

During this Christmas season, too many people are being denied access to the basic building blocks for abundant life—living wages, voting rights, health care, a pathway to citizenship,

and protection from ecological devastation. The continued erosion of the #BuildBackBetter agenda and the dismantling of voting rights protections across the country this year have revealed a dangerous and immoral political philosophy that assumes there is no room in the democracy

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