Thread by @RevDrBarber

SPECIAL REPORT: The Poor People’s Campaign releases “The Poor People’s Pandemic Report,” a generationally significant report that uncovers things that will shock the nation’s conscience and the political establishment. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

54 years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered as he begged this nation to address poverty, racism, and militarism. It is shameful that today we have 140 million poor and low-wealth people in this nation.

Even in a global pandemic, there hasn’t been a systematic assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on poor and low-income communities. COVID-19 data collection does not include data on poverty, income, or occupation, alongside race and pandemic outcomes.

The Poor People’s Pandemic Report addresses this knowledge gap and exposes the unnecessary deaths by mapping community characteristics and connecting them with COVID-19 outcomes.

Read the report: poorpeoplescampaign.org/pandemic-repor…

This report is further evidence why we have called for the President to meet, at the White House, with a diverse delegation of poor and low-wealth people, religious leaders and economists to put addressing poverty and low wealth front and center.

This report shows why we must have a Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and #MoralMarch on Washington and #ToThePolls on June 18 as a declaration that our movement cannot wait any longer. #MeetUsInDC

poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18?source=…

“We can choose to fight poverty not the poor.” —@shaillybarnes @KairosCenterNYC

Amen.

Thank you, brother @JeffDSachs, for standing with the #PoorPeoplesCampaign.

My #PoorPeoplesCampaign co-chair Rev. Dr. @liztheo reminded us today of the words of sister Callie Greer in Alabama: We must wail at shocking news like we are hearing today. Let us wail.

“This pandemic isn’t over until it’s over for everyone.” —Dr. Sharrelle Barber @HealthEquityDoc #PoorPeoplesCampaign #PandemicReport

Fred Womack in Jackson, MS, just testified to losing 3 or 4 family members at a time, sometimes with 4 funerals on the same day. #PandemicReport (Photo: @stevepavey)

Vanessa Nosie @ProtectOakFlat reminded us that Native American people have too often been the guinea pigs where we as a nation experiment harmful policies, and our COVID policy was no exception. (Photo: @stevepavey)

We are headed to Harper’s Ferry, WV, on tomorrow for a #MoralMarch to Martinsburg, WV, to draw attention to the policy injustice of Sen. Joe Manchin.

Watch via livestream: breachrepairers.org/livestream

We are marching now to consecrate the ground where we will be gathering the nation in D.C. on June 18.

RSVP now for June 18: poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18?source=…