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The Campaign of the Poor: a national call for a moral renaissance

This April 4 marks 56 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King, an immortal icon of the nonviolent struggle against discrimination and for equal rights and opportunities. The night before, King told a group of striking sanitation workers in…

The New York Poor People’s Campaign: Fusion Power for All People

New York is the most unequal state in the nation and yet we know our government officials – those elected by us to represent us—ignore realities most New Yorkers are experiencing.  And worse yet, they try to convince us that…

Poor People’s Campaign event for 30 March

If you watch the television news for very long, you realize the disequilibrium from images of destruction that focus on objects, without much regard for the “subjects” being threatened, destroyed. This understanding comes with a realization that just as we…

No recess for reconciliation: Poor People’s Campaign joint actions at senators’ offices across the country

The New York State Poor People’s Campaign holds Moral Witness Wednesday: Economic Investment for the People with a news conference and rally at the Long Island office of Senator Schumer to demand that he embrace the Build Back Better plan…

Face 2 Face with Janie Lynch and Susan Karbiner

LIVE SHOW on Sunday, November 7th at 1 PM EST On this show, we speak with Susan Karbiner, and Janie Lynch, Chair and Co-Chair of the Long Island Poor People’s Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival.  Today we…

Poor People’s Campaign: Moral Action Congress

One of the two major annual events of the National Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, this year’s Moral Action Congress will once again be held online because of Covid. We will be organizing and building toward…

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Join the New York State Poor People’s Campaign Meeting on Wednesday, July 1 at 5pm In 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad,…

As Trump Sows Division, Poor People’s Campaign Ignites ‘Transformative Action’ to Address Interwoven Injustices

“Those in power today want nothing more than to stop this kind of movement,” said Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. By Andrea Germanos – Common Dreams Hours before President Donald Trump held a Saturday evening rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he gave self-congratulatory,…

We Can’t Be Silent Anymore: Rev. Barber & Poor People’s Campaign Push Presidential Debate on Poverty

As the final Democratic debate ahead of the Iowa caucuses took place Tuesday night in Des Moines, Iowa, more than 100 protesters gathered outside the debate venue at Drake University to demand a televised presidential debate on poverty. Led by…