.@WestVirginiaPPC is marching about six miles today. They will be back out tomorrow morning again at 10am ET and again on Saturday 4/9 at 9am leading to a rally at 10am ET outside @Sen_JoeManchin’s office in Martinsburg, WV.
All of this is mobilizing people in WV & across the country to gather on Saturday, June 18 in Washington, D.C., for a generationally transformative Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & #MoralMarch on Washington & #ToThePolls!
As the @WestVirginiaPPC circled up in prayer this morning to continue the march to Martinsburg, WV, you can see the toxic, polluting Rockwool smokestacks just beyond in the distance. (Photo: @StevePavey)
West Virginia is marching! We need everyone to join the march. Join us for this #MoralMarch on West Virginia. Join us for the rally at 10am ET on Saturday 4/9 outside Manchin’s office in Martinsburg, WV. (Photo: @StevePavey)
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Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation happened in spite of the lies about her judicial record, the false questioning of her personal life, etc.
Men far less qualified, educated, or virtuous dared to question her & bring their small selves into a space barely big enough for all the ancestors who were with her, the brilliance born of years of dedicated study, & the fullness of the faith that accompanied her very being.
They tried to crucify her confirmation, but in their trying they exposed their own sinful selves. Now from the bench she will rule on the great principles of the Constitution.
This toxic polluting plant is just a stone’s throw from an elementary school, because in WV it’s illegal to put a school next to a plant but not the other way around! (Photo: @StevePavey)
🎶 Somebody’s been hurting our children and our planet and it’s gone on far too long, and we won’t be silent anymore 🎶
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.”
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
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.