Thread by @RevDrBarber

Join us online now for the launch of the Harper’s Ferry-to-Martinsburg #MoralMarch on West Virginia!

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We opened this morning in Harpers Ferry with a prayer from two local West Virginia faith leaders: “Creator, how grateful we are to stand here on holy ground. ... Together we ask for a new birth of freedom, a just share of the wealth of this land for all.”

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Katrina Fernandez stood with us—and six of her children—today to say: “I’m concerned that my children are being poisoned by a factory that’s allowed to just let chemicals go in the air. ... We can’t take any more stuff in our bodies.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign

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Fr. Andy Switzer from St. Agnes Catholic Church in Shepherdstown, WV: “It’s easy for me to be with you today with Pope Francis @Pontifex who stands as a church that’s not afraid to take to the streets. … May this march today be a new beginning.” #MoralMarch

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Harpers Ferry, WV, is the birthplace of the @NAACP. George Rutherford, president of the @JC_WV_NAACP, joined us today to say: “Our legislators have turned their backs on us. But I hope your presence here today will really help us to move forward.”

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Pam Garrison @WestVirginiaPPC: “If you read our #PandemicReport that came out yesterday, we were slaughtered! We were slaughtered to the Almighty Dollar! … We’re marching for justice!” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MoralMarch

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My #PoorPeoplesCampaign co-chair, Rev. Dr. @liztheo: “It’s an honor to be here today on this sacred ground, where a movement has been growing for generations! Where people—Black and white and indigenous—have come together and said, ‘It doesn’t have to be this way!’”

“What we know from Harpers Ferry is when 21 people—a multiracial delegation of people—rush in and start an uprising for change, that good things come from that! That powerful things come from that!” —Rev. Dr. @liztheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MoralMarch

In a very real sense, West Virginia today is our Selma. The nation needs to hear from West Virginia. That’s why we’re here this week, to draw attention to the injustices of the policy violence of Sen. Joe Manchin on this state and on the nation.

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We’re doing this #MoralMarch on West Virginia to draw the attention of the nation here. And on Saturday, June 18, in Washington, D.C., we want a mighty contingent of folks from the hood to the hollers of West Virginia to be there.

poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18?source=…

It’s wrong to do policies that rob people of their lives. The truth is we love @Sen_JoeManchin as a human being, but we despise his policies, because his policies are full of hate and meanness.

He voted to block living wages that would’ve lifted 310,000 West Virginians out of poverty. He blocked the #BuildBackBetter plan, which would’ve helped WV miners, the environment, families by providing paid medical leave, etc. That’s just mean.

We actually want @Sen_JoeManchin to be a great senator. We would like to see him be a consequential senator for righteousness. We would love to see him do what Sen. Byrd did and change and become a hero of the things he once fought!

We have a responsibility to tell @Sen_JoeManchin the truth: Your soul is at stake! Matthew 25 says you’re going to be judged, and all of that judgment doesn’t come when you die.

We’re here in West Virginia to say that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce can’t run this state. Even if they don’t change right now, we’re going to be the sign of change! Everything Manchin is blocking is eventually going to happen.

I don’t know if we will live to see the change come, but we are the sign that the change is coming and it’s not that far away, because folks are uniting from all across this country.

RSVP now for June 18 in Washington, D.C., & let us know you’ll be there: poorpeoplescampaign.org/june18?source=…

West Virginia is marching! Join us online every day this week starting at 10am ET / 7am PT for the Harpers Ferry-to-Martinsburg #MoralMarch on West Virginia: breachrepairers.org/livestream

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Photos by @stevepavey from Day 1 of the Harper Ferry-to-Martinsburg #MoralMarch on West Virginia #PoorPeoplesCampaign

🎶 Deep in my heart I do believe,
we’ll keep marching on today! 🎶

Day 1 of the Harpers Ferry-to-Martinsburg #MoralMarch on West Virginia is a wrap, but the @WestVirginiaPPC will be back out again tomorrow (Wednesday 4/6) at 10am ET to continue the march. #PoorPeoplesCampaign