On this Presidents' Day, we call for an action-rooted commemoration of Bloody Sunday on Sunday, March 5. Read and sign on to open letter to President Biden and Members of Congress. #SelmaIsSacredGround, not a place for political pretense. breachrepairers.org/selma. @BRepairers
Ahead of the 58th anniv. of Bloody Sunday, @brepairers is joined in this call by Rev. Liz Theoharis @liztheo, Hank Sanders, Faya Rose Toure, Rev. Mark Thompson @ministter, Rebecca Marion, Board Chair, Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Rev. Carolyn Foster of the @AlabamaPPC, and others.
We demand action on Voting Rights, Living Wages, and Rural Economic Investment. "If the President or other politicians are going to come to Selma, they should come on Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and others were beaten and almost killed."
Politicians coming to Selma must declare that the fight for voting rights and the restoration of what advocates marched across that bridge for is not over.
Politicians coming to Selma should pledge to restore and expand voting rights. They should come to say that they will intensify the battle for living wages that Dr. King talked about at the end of the Selma to Montgomery March & intensify economic investment in rural areas.
We caution all politicians who have done little or even blocked the restoration of the VRA but want to come down to Selma for a photo op on Saturday and undermine the sacredness of Sunday. #SelmaIsSacredGround, not a place for political pretense. breachrepairers.org/selma.
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