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On June 29, 2024, we gathered in Washington to launch outreach to 15 million poor and low-wage voters. Join the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in your state. Learn more with our resources, including the Moral Audit and Budget.
Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral …
We commit to mobilize and touch 15 million poor and low-wage voters to tell them they have the power to rise and reconstruct our government. We refuse the cynicism of systemic racism, systemic poverty, environmental devastation, denial of healthcare, the war economy, and the distorted immoral vision of religious nationalism.
Poor People's Campaign rallies in Washington to mobilize low ... - NPR
2022年6月18日 · Protesters rallied together for a broad range of issues: an end to poverty, voter suppression, systemic racism, environmental damage and limited access to health care and education. The Poor...
Hundreds Protest In Cities Across U.S. For 'Poor People's …
2018年5月14日 · The movement demands lawmakers do more to help Americans in poverty, from supporting a $15 minimum wage to ending systemic racism. Hundreds of people took to the streets in cities across the country on Monday, as part of a new movement seeking to challenge racism and poverty in America.
Poor People's Campaign - Wikipedia
The Poor People's Campaign was a multiracial effort—including African Americans, European Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans—aimed at alleviating poverty regardless of race.
Poor People's Campaign | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and ...
Seeking a “middle ground between riots on the one hand and timid supplications for justice on the other,” King planned for an initial group of 2,000 poor people to descend on Washington, D.C., southern states and northern cities to meet with government officials to demand jobs, unemployment insurance, a fair minimum wage, and education for poor ...
MLK’s Final Cause: Poor People’s Campaign Demanding ... - HISTORY
2021年6月15日 · Rather than hold a one-day demonstration to raise awareness about income inequality, leaders of the Poor People’s Campaign called on activists to camp out on the National Mall until the federal...
Protesters Around the World Are Targeting Inequality.
2024年8月27日 · But protester anger is not merely desperation over poverty. The ruling party hoarding government jobs while gutting private sector labor protections. Cutting subsidies for electricity to pay...
1968 Poor People's Campaign - Challenges and Successes
The Poor People’s Campaign introduced new strategies for protest and social change. The movement also helped transform national discussions on race, class, economic opportunities, security, and democracy.
Poor People’s Campaign holds major DC rally to combat poverty
2022年6月18日 · WASHINGTON (RNS) — Thousands of clergy, union leaders, activists and scholars rallied near the U.S. Capitol on Saturday (June 18) at a march organized by the Poor People’s Campaign, calling on...