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Meet Michelle Higgs. She was a candidate for a Indiana State House District 60 in Morgan, Monroe & Johnson counties in southern Indiana. We have some post election talk that also includes great talk about "right sized candidates & messenger candidates." We do have the freedom to loose forward. We have so much work to do. We know we are dealing with a democracy that is being sold away. We cover a lot of subjects in this episode. We provide some links below so you can learn more too. Our favorite quote from Michelle Higgs "A government of the people, means working with the people." Find her on the Socials here Find her on BlueSky as MichelleHiggs linked here. On Facebook her campaign last fall had this page. On YouTube you can find Michelle, follow the link here. Michelle Higgs campaign website from 2024 is here. Her Facebook page Michelle Higgs is linked here. We mention the Poor Peoples Campaign - a link to learn more about their work is here. We talk about Moms Demand Indiana - a link to their work is here. We also get into the Indiana Rural Summit and the work they are doing, follow the link here. In addition there was a great article last fall printed by In These Times Magazine the article was about the down ballot candidates in American rural areas and Michelle Higgs campaign was included in the article linked here. We also talk about the Dirt Road Revival book and the plan to do more Dirt Road Organizing follow these links to learn more about the book, and how you can be a part of the future you want to see. We talk about the work being done by the MAD Voters .org team - follow this link to learn more. This site is amazing and updated everyday during the 2025 Indiana legislative session. MAD in their name stands for Mutually Assured Democracy. Special thanks to the CWA - The Communications Workers of America for their continued support of My Labor Radio. When you want to know more about Organizing a Union in your workplace, follow this link and reach out to a CWA Organizer to learn more about this important work & life changing decision. Special thanks to the MLPA for their support of our work. Find them at this link here to learn more. The Midwest Labor Press Association. Special thanks to UAW2209.org for all their assistance and support for the work we do at My Labor Radio. Thanks for listening, you can find us on all the Socials by following our LinkTreeLink here.
The Poor Peoples Campaign has an upcoming march and a meeting in Madison, Madison-area union members in the APWU and UE speak on their unions signing a letter to President Biden demanding an arms cutoff of Israel, new slates win elections at the United Federation of Teachers and at the Amazon Labor Union, Disney workers get a contract soon after a strike authorization vote, drastic industry changes are pushing union organizing at Microsoft-owned video game companies Activision and Blizzard, a recent Supreme Court ruling is likely to slow implementation of new federal workplace heat standards, and Wisconsin was once a workplace civil rights enforcement leader.
In this show, we remember Labor Radio co-founder Frank Emspak, who died June 14 at the age of 80. In a 2023 interview at WORT, Frank tells the story of Workers Independent News, which for a brief time brought union news into mainstream commercial radio. In labor news: It's the annual birthday celebration of the embattled Wisconsin civil service system, Amazon workers ratify a switch to the Teamsters, SEIU Wisconsin has thirteen new member nurses at UnityPoint-Meriter in Madison, public school teachers see victory in Virginia, and the Poor Peoples Campaign holds an online rally ahead of its June 29 gathering in DC.
Students and workers in Madison and across the US announce new Starbucks union fights, Operating Engineers picket in downtown Madison, upcoming Moral March on state legislators with the Wisconsin Poor People's Campaign, tenants' rights struggle in Madison, Webcrafters leaving town, new legislative maps signed into law, the legacy of Frederick Douglass.
2.20.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ayanna Pressley, LA Criminal Justice Reform Bills, Tenn. Nazis Takeover, Nigeria's Economic Crisis Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is here to talk about all kinds of stuff, including her letter to banks about the millions of racial equity pledges. She'll let us know if they ever responded to her. And we'll discuss the Inclusive Democracy Act, which would guarantee the right to vote in federal elections regardless of a criminal conviction. #WE-TRIED-TO-TELL-YOU folks in Louisiana who decided to stay home for the gubernatorial election. Your Republican governor's special session will focus on criminal justice reform bills that are sure to send more black and brown folks to jails and prisons. We'll talk to a Louisiana representative about the bills. The Nazis took over the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend. State Representative Gloria Johnson will join us to talk about that demonstration. Vice President Kamala Harris was in Pennsylvania today to boast about the Biden Administration's $5.8B clean water investment. The Poor Peoples Campaign is gearing up for its voter mobilization plan. Two men have been charged with last week's mass shooting during the Kanas City Chiefs celebration. Nigeria is facing an economic crisis, making it hard for folks to buy food. A National security and foreign policy expert will join us and explain why the Nigerian Red Cross Society has declared a hunger crisis. Watch #BlackStarNetwork streaming 24/7 Amazon Fire TV / Amazon News, Prime Video, Freevee + Plex.tv Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Dr. Walter speaks to minister, theologian, mother, activist, Co-hair of the Poor Peoples Campaign and Director of the Karios Center, Reverend Doctor Liz Theoharis. We discuss poverty in the U.S., the Kairos Center, revitalizing Rev. Dr. King's Poor People's Campaign, housing, politics, social justice and much more!
A victory for abortion rights, Donald Trump keeps up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith, Biden signs a proclamation creating a national monument around the Grand Canyon National Park, shark attack in NYC, an explosion at factory near Moscow injured at least 38 people, counteroffensive stalls, migrant housing crisis, Poor Peoples Campaign
Ilsup Ahn, a professor of professor of philosophy at North Park University in Chicago, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his book The Church in the Public: A Politics of Engagement for a Cruel and Indifferent Age. He also discusses the Sanctuary Movement and the Poor People's Campaign. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that helps you make sense of faith, culture, and politics.
Building Solidarity Between the Disabled and the Left: The Good, The Bad, and The Inaccessible We talk with two advocates about their experience working in progressive movements where disability is not the primary focus. Maya Chupkov has worked as an organizer on issues such as affordable housing and promoting democracy. In the past, she has experienced challenges in getting other organizers to understand her stuttering disability. Maya Chupkov is the producer and host of the podcast “Proud Stutter” Dr. Rowan Fairgrove (1) The Rev. Rowan Fairgrove, EP is involved with the Poor Peoples Campaign. This movement aims to unite low-income U.S. citizens to advocate for social and economic justice. Fairgrove talks about the challenges she faces as a wheelchair user at these campaign events and why it is important for alliance building between the progressive and disability communities. Announcements SF-MOMA's Raw Materials podcast is featuring Alice Wong and the Disability Visibility Podcast, including a recent interview with Wong about the partnership. ———– Accessible currency with different size notes, braille, large print denominations, and high color contrast have been implemented by over a hundred countries. On March 10, the American Council for the Blind organized a rally outside the White House to demand accessible currency in the U.S. as the Treasury is redesigning the $20 bill to include a portrait of Harriet Tubman. —– AXIS Dance Company the troupe with both disabled and non-disabled performers is hiring a Rehearsal Director and Apprentice Dancer. Both deadlines are March 26th. Their phone number is (510) 625-0110. ——– CRIPTonite: A Drag & Burlesque Variety Show On Saturday, March 25, 5pm Pacific Daylight time is sold out in-person, but you may be able to watch it live streamed online at thedisabilitycollective.com as we celebrate the intersectionality of queer and disabled identities! ——- Thanks to Kevin Gotkin for “Crip News”, his excellent weekly roundup of disability arts and politics. You can subscribe to Crip News at CripNews.substack.com There is a free version. Dr. Rowan Fairgrove (2) Maya Chupkov Produced by and Interviews by Jacob Lesner-Buxton. Voicing by Mark Romoser. Editing by Mark Romoser and Adrienne Lauby. Website and social media for Proud Stutter: Website: ProudStutter.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProudStutter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/proudstutter/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/proud-stutter YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEDPRORSa4elXrYYmYQxsdA The post Solidarity ~ Pushing Limits, March 24, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you Part 3 of our series coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, you will hear from a variety of speakers including: Reverend William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign, writer Phyllis Bennis, Planned Parenthood, immigration reform and prison reform organizers, faith leaders, and the testimonies from poor and low income people from across the U.S. detailing their first-hand experience with interlacing injustices: infringement on women's bodies and reproductive rights, generational poverty ensued by low wage work and the war economy/militarism and misallocation of resources, all of which are facilitated by what the PPC refers to as" a distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism, that needs to be reconstructed," in order to end these oppressive injustices once and for all.
Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you Part 3 of our series coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, you will hear from a variety of speakers including: Reverend William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign, writer Phyllis Bennis, Planned Parenthood, immigration reform and prison reform organizers, faith leaders, and the testimonies from poor and low income people from across the U.S. detailing their first-hand experience with interlacing injustices: infringement on women's bodies and reproductive rights, generational poverty ensued by low wage work and the war economy/militarism and misallocation of resources, all of which are facilitated by what the PPC refers to as" a distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism, that needs to be reconstructed," in order to end these oppressive injustices once and for all.
Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you Part 3 of our series coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, you will hear from a variety of speakers including: Reverend William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign, writer Phyllis Bennis, Planned Parenthood, immigration reform and prison reform organizers, faith leaders, and the testimonies from poor and low income people from across the U.S. detailing their first-hand experience with interlacing injustices: infringement on women's bodies and reproductive rights, generational poverty ensued by low wage work and the war economy/militarism and misallocation of resources, all of which are facilitated by what the PPC refers to as" a distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism, that needs to be reconstructed," in order to end these oppressive injustices once and for all.
Today on Sojourner Truth we bring you Part 3 of our series coverage of the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, you will hear from a variety of speakers including: Reverend William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign, writer Phyllis Bennis, Planned Parenthood, immigration reform and prison reform organizers, faith leaders, and the testimonies from poor and low income people from across the U.S. detailing their first-hand experience with interlacing injustices: infringement on women's bodies and reproductive rights, generational poverty ensued by low wage work and the war economy/militarism and misallocation of resources, all of which are facilitated by what the PPC refers to as" a distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism, that needs to be reconstructed," in order to end these oppressive injustices once and for all.
Thursday June 30 on Urban Forum Northwest - *Martin Luther King Jr. County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall was appointed by King County Executive Dow Constantine to be Sheriff on May 6, 2022. She was appointed as Interim Sheriff in November, 2021. She will share her vision, her priorities and plans for a just and inclusive Sheriff's Department. * Seattle Police Detective Cookie Bouldin has received accolades for her positive work with the youth of South Seattle. Most recently a Chess Park is being constructed due to her success of engaging South Seattle youth in the positive and peaceful game of Chess. *Reverend Lawrence Willis, President, United Black Christian Clergy of Washington has been the lead organizer in Justice for James Myers, the Black Carpenter who experienced a noose being placed at his workstation on a building being constructed for FACEBOOK in Redmond WA. *Claude Burfect, First Vice President, Seattle King County NAACP attended the Poor Peoples Campaign event in Washington DC last week and will comment on the event. The Reverend Dr. William Barber is the leader of this effort. *Award winning Draze will be in Seattle on Saturday, July 2 to host The Dhindindi by a Chosen Few that will be held at 7:30 pm at The Collective Seattle, 400 Dexter Avenue North. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. Hear the program on Alexa and my podcast.
Thursday June 30 on Urban Forum Northwest - *Martin Luther King Jr. County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall was appointed by King County Executive Dow Constantine to be Sheriff on May 6, 2022. She was appointed as Interim Sheriff in November, 2021. She will share her vision, her priorities and plans for a just and inclusive Sheriff's Department. * Seattle Police Detective Cookie Bouldin has received accolades for her positive work with the youth of South Seattle. Most recently a Chess Park is being constructed due to her success of engaging South Seattle youth in the positive and peaceful game of Chess. *Reverend Lawrence Willis, President, United Black Christian Clergy of Washington has been the lead organizer in Justice for James Myers, the Black Carpenter who experienced a noose being placed at his workstation on a building being constructed for FACEBOOK in Redmond WA. *Claude Burfect, First Vice President, Seattle King County NAACP attended the Poor Peoples Campaign event in Washington DC last week and will comment on the event. The Reverend Dr. William Barber is the leader of this effort. *Award winning Draze will be in Seattle on Saturday, July 2 to host The Dhindindi by a Chosen Few that will be held at 7:30 pm at The Collective Seattle, 400 Dexter Avenue North. Urban Forum Northwest streams live at www.1150kknw.com. Visit us at www.urbanforumnw.com for archived programs and relevant information. Like us on facebook. Twitter@Eddie_Rye. Hear the program on Alexa and my podcast.
6.15.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: 2022 UNCF Summit, Federal Hate Crimes Charges for Buffalo Mass Shooter, Jan. 6th Hearings We're LIVE in Atlanta at the 2022 UNCF Summit. We've been streaming the events all day on the Black Star Network; you can go back and what them all. If you don't have the app, download it now! Here's what's coming Up on Roland Martin Unfiltered streaming live on the Black Star Network. The white domestic terrorist who killed 10 black people in Buffalo s indicted on 26 federal hate crimes. Also, We'll look at last night's election results from South Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, and Maine. During today's Senate Judiciary hearing for Gun Reform, GOP lawmakers show their asses again in a time when the nation is demanding action against the rise of gun violence across the country. Also, I had a chance to sit down with the President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, and he answered questions about the school hiring a white woman as its chief brand officer. We continue honoring the fathers of the Poor Peoples Campaign as we look forward to Saturday's Moral March in Washington and Father's day. And in today's Tech Talk, we'll find out how HBCUs will unite with UNCF to create a learning eco-system. #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork via the Cash App ☛ https://cash.app/$rmunfiltered PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ roland@rolandsmartin.com Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox
This week we learn what the Minneapolis public schools strike is about, explore the employee handbook process for UW workers, take a look at the Major League Baseball agreement, hear about a state law for gig workers and Teamsters and a national law for postal workers, get an update on the Poor Peoples Campaign, share this week's COVID report. PLEADGE WEEK EDITION, go to wortfm.org.
Listen/download the full uncut conversation featuring Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her most recent book is "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" published by Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins.Watch / Listen, Download and Subscribe to the PodcastDescription: As goes the South, so goes the nation. It may be a cliché but according to this week's guest it's true. In South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, author and scholar Imani Perry makes the compelling argument that Americans need to stop dismissing the South if they're ever going to build an equitable future for the entire United States. She takes us on a trip through the region, delving into the complex realities that exist beneath the stereotypes. Intertwining conversations and stories from her journey in the present with powerful—but underrepresented—moments from history, Perry illustrates how the real, rebellious, intensely creative people of the South have led movements for civil rights in every generation. In this episode, Laura and Imani Perry look to the South for answers that will enlighten every American.Guest:Imani Perry, Author and Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and a faculty associate in Law and Public Affairs, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Jazz Studies. Her latest book is ‘South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Ecco Press, a division of Harper Collins.*Books by featured guest:• South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Check out the book• Looking for Lorraine: the Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Check out the book• More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States Check out the book(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)Full research and reading list to further delve into the conversation are available here on Patreon in our posts.
Episode 1 of the Just & Sustainable Economy Podcast features two of the most important movement builders in North America in dialog on restoration and reconciliation in the context of our societies and economic systems, Karen Joseph of Reconciliation Canada and Rev. Dr William J Barber II with Repairers of the Breach and the Poor Peoples Campaign interviewed by Diane J. Johnson, Ph.D., CEO, Mmapeu Consulting.
From climate justice warriors in Glasgow, to the elected government of Ethiopia fighting for its sovereignty, to the Poor Peoples Campaign here in the United States, the urgent demand is for an end to imperialist wars, and an end to economic and environmental exploitation. And one journalists fight to get the real story out about Ethiopia is evidence of a larger fight -- against the same talking points of U.S. warmongers fed to a pliant corporate media. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people's voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have to be and support our own media! Please click here or click on the Support-Donate tab on this website to subscribe for as little as $3 a month. We are so grateful for this small but growing amount of monthly crowdsource funding on Patreon. PATREON NOW HAS A ONE-TIME, ANNUAL DONATION FUNCTION! You can also give a one-time or recurring donation on PayPal. Thank you!
The Poor People's Campaign has announced a “season of nonviolent, moral direct action,” targeting the U.S. Senate with disruptive activities every Monday through Aug 2. According to the campaign's co-chair, the Rev. William Barber II, “The Senate must end the filibuster, protect and expand voting rights, and pass a minimum wage of an hour.” Barber is getting national attention. Even President Joe Biden recorded a video expressing his support. Concern about poverty is something we all share. What bothers me is that the factors driving poverty, according to the research of my organization and others, are ignored by the...Article Link
Today on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Meanwhile, in Honduras, a U.S.-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer was recently found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous Lenca environmental activist Berta Caceres. Roberto David Castillo, the president of an internationally-financed hydroelectric company, was found guilty of being co-collaborator in ordering the murder. Our guest is Francisca Stuardo, a Santiago-based consultant for the international climate advocacy group Global Witness. She works on their land and environmental defenders campaign, which highlights threats against activists and pushes businesses, financiers and governments to protect them. On Monday, July 12, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival announced that it will launch a month of Moral Mondays, featuring peaceful civil disobedience in Washington D.C. and other state capitals, through August 2. It is being billed as the Season of Non-Violent Moral Action. This comes after the For the People Act, a groundbreaking bill in defense of voter rights, failed to pass the Senate, as Republicans voted against starting debate on it. The Poor Peoples Campaign has also been calling for the realization of the Third Reconstruction in the United States. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival along with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Today on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Meanwhile, in Honduras, a U.S.-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer was recently found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous Lenca environmental activist Berta Caceres. Roberto David Castillo, the president of an internationally-financed hydroelectric company, was found guilty of being co-collaborator in ordering the murder. Our guest is Francisca Stuardo, a Santiago-based consultant for the international climate advocacy group Global Witness. She works on their land and environmental defenders campaign, which highlights threats against activists and pushes businesses, financiers and governments to protect them. On Monday, July 12, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival announced that it will launch a month of Moral Mondays, featuring peaceful civil disobedience in Washington D.C. and other state capitals, through August 2. It is being billed as the Season of Non-Violent Moral Action. This comes after the For the People Act, a groundbreaking bill in defense of voter rights, failed to pass the Senate, as Republicans voted against starting debate on it. The Poor Peoples Campaign has also been calling for the realization of the Third Reconstruction in the United States. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival along with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Today on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Meanwhile, in Honduras, a U.S.-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer was recently found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous Lenca environmental activist Berta Caceres. Roberto David Castillo, the president of an internationally-financed hydroelectric company, was found guilty of being co-collaborator in ordering the murder. Our guest is Francisca Stuardo, a Santiago-based consultant for the international climate advocacy group Global Witness. She works on their land and environmental defenders campaign, which highlights threats against activists and pushes businesses, financiers and governments to protect them. On Monday, July 12, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival announced that it will launch a month of Moral Mondays, featuring peaceful civil disobedience in Washington D.C. and other state capitals, through August 2. It is being billed as the Season of Non-Violent Moral Action. This comes after the For the People Act, a groundbreaking bill in defense of voter rights, failed to pass the Senate, as Republicans voted against starting debate on it. The Poor Peoples Campaign has also been calling for the realization of the Third Reconstruction in the United States. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival along with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Today on Sojourner Truth: Across the Western Hemisphere, Indigenous environmental activists are under attack. They face violence and repression as they continue to defend their water and lands from right-wing governments and extractivist multinational companies. In Chile, the Indigenous Mapuche people have been leading the charge when it comes to defending protected environmental areas from occupying forces. Back in June, Mapuche land rights defender Alberto Curamil was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Meanwhile, in Honduras, a U.S.-trained former Honduran army intelligence officer was recently found guilty over the assassination of Indigenous Lenca environmental activist Berta Caceres. Roberto David Castillo, the president of an internationally-financed hydroelectric company, was found guilty of being co-collaborator in ordering the murder. Our guest is Francisca Stuardo, a Santiago-based consultant for the international climate advocacy group Global Witness. She works on their land and environmental defenders campaign, which highlights threats against activists and pushes businesses, financiers and governments to protect them. On Monday, July 12, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival announced that it will launch a month of Moral Mondays, featuring peaceful civil disobedience in Washington D.C. and other state capitals, through August 2. It is being billed as the Season of Non-Violent Moral Action. This comes after the For the People Act, a groundbreaking bill in defense of voter rights, failed to pass the Senate, as Republicans voted against starting debate on it. The Poor Peoples Campaign has also been calling for the realization of the Third Reconstruction in the United States. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival along with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Today on Sojourner Truth, Part 2 of our Poor People's Campaign on the Third Reconstruction. On Monday, June 21, thousands of poor people, low-wage workers, campaigners and faith leaders from across the United States gathered online for a mass assembly organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The assembly, which simultaneously featured a socially-distanced rally in North Carolina, called for the realization of the Third Reconstruction. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. The Poor Peoples Campaign describes the Third Reconstruction as a revival of the country's constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center the country's 140 million poor are also good economic policies that can heal and transform the nation. During today's program, you will hear more speeches, testimony and music from the historic event, which was led by Poor Peoples Campaign co-chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Today on Sojourner Truth, Part 2 of our Poor People's Campaign on the Third Reconstruction. On Monday, June 21, thousands of poor people, low-wage workers, campaigners and faith leaders from across the United States gathered online for a mass assembly organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The assembly, which simultaneously featured a socially-distanced rally in North Carolina, called for the realization of the Third Reconstruction. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. The Poor Peoples Campaign describes the Third Reconstruction as a revival of the country's constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center the country's 140 million poor are also good economic policies that can heal and transform the nation. During today's program, you will hear more speeches, testimony and music from the historic event, which was led by Poor Peoples Campaign co-chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Today on Sojourner Truth, Part 2 of our Poor People's Campaign on the Third Reconstruction. On Monday, June 21, thousands of poor people, low-wage workers, campaigners and faith leaders from across the United States gathered online for a mass assembly organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The assembly, which simultaneously featured a socially-distanced rally in North Carolina, called for the realization of the Third Reconstruction. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. The Poor Peoples Campaign describes the Third Reconstruction as a revival of the country's constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center the country's 140 million poor are also good economic policies that can heal and transform the nation. During today's program, you will hear more speeches, testimony and music from the historic event, which was led by Poor Peoples Campaign co-chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
On Monday, June 21, thousands of poor people, low-wage workers, campaigners and faith leaders from across the United States gathered online for a mass assembly organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The assembly, which simultaneously featured a socially-distanced rally in North Carolina, called for the realization of the Third Reconstruction. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. The Poor Peoples Campaign describes the Third Reconstruction as a revival of the country's constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center the country's 140 million poor are also good economic policies that can heal and transform the nation. Members of Congress have introduced a non-partisan resolution entitled, A Third Reconstruction: It's Time to Fully Address Poverty and Low Wages from the Bottom Up. Inspired by decades of fierce campaigning, the congressional resolution for a Third Reconstruction reflects a progressive vision for a fundamental restructuring of society. The resolution points out that in order to build a true Third Reconstruction, U.S. society must deal with the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the denial of health care, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism that blames the poor instead of the systems that cause poverty. Furthermore, the assembly kicked off a one-year campaign dedicated to building a mass Moral March on Washington and Poor Peoples & Low-Wage Workers Assembly on June 18, 2022. The hybrid online and in-person mass assembly included over 40 state coordinating committees, over 200 organizing partners, and thousands of faith leaders. Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you exclusive audio from that assembly. During todays program, you will hear speeches, testimony and music from the historic event, which was led by Poor Peoples Campaign co-chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
On Monday, June 21, thousands of poor people, low-wage workers, campaigners and faith leaders from across the United States gathered online for a mass assembly organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The assembly, which simultaneously featured a socially-distanced rally in North Carolina, called for the realization of the Third Reconstruction. The Third Reconstruction draws from the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights movement of the 20th century. The Poor Peoples Campaign describes the Third Reconstruction as a revival of the country's constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center the country's 140 million poor are also good economic policies that can heal and transform the nation. Members of Congress have introduced a non-partisan resolution entitled, A Third Reconstruction: It's Time to Fully Address Poverty and Low Wages from the Bottom Up. Inspired by decades of fierce campaigning, the congressional resolution for a Third Reconstruction reflects a progressive vision for a fundamental restructuring of society. The resolution points out that in order to build a true Third Reconstruction, U.S. society must deal with the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation and the denial of health care, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism that blames the poor instead of the systems that cause poverty. Furthermore, the assembly kicked off a one-year campaign dedicated to building a mass Moral March on Washington and Poor Peoples & Low-Wage Workers Assembly on June 18, 2022. The hybrid online and in-person mass assembly included over 40 state coordinating committees, over 200 organizing partners, and thousands of faith leaders. Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you exclusive audio from that assembly. During todays program, you will hear speeches, testimony and music from the historic event, which was led by Poor Peoples Campaign co-chairs Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Bill Myers Inspires Memphis has a long history in its struggle for justice. Just as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed there standing up for the rights of the city's impoverished black community in “The Poor Peoples Campaign” more than 50 years ago, Memphis once again finds itself in a fight to protect its poor black community against injustice. This modern day "David versus Goliath" pits the black citizens of Memphis against the big Texas oil company seeking to run an oil pipeline through the heart of the black community and placing the health of these citizens at great risk. The Injustice of corporate greed over the health and well being of the black citizens of Memphis is a classic case of environmental racism. Justin J. Pearson is the fourth son of five boys born to teenage parents in Memphis, Tennessee. Justin J. graduated from Mitchell High School as Valedictorian and Bowdoin College in 2017 majoring in both Government & Legal Studies and Education Studies. He currently lives in Memphis but works at the headquarters of Year Up in Boston, Massachusetts. He is focused on social, racial, and economic justice as Special Assistant to the CEO of Year Up - a national program helping 18 - 24-year-olds gain training and entry-level jobs with corporate partners such as Bank of America, Facebook, and Salesforce. Justin J. is also one of the leaders of Memphis Community Against the Pipeline (MCAP) which is a Black-led environmental justice organization seeking to end the racism and injustices in Memphis with the stopping of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline. Pearson has an unwavering commitment to justice and the pursuit of opportunity for all people. https://www.memphiscap.org Justinjpearson1@gmail.com ~ More About Bill Myers Inspires ~ Emmy Award-winning actor Bill Myers is an accomplished actor, jazz musician, filmmaker, writer, educator, and speaker. As a bi-racial man who is both black and white, Bill leverages his background, talents, and voice through creativity, compassion, and connection as activism for social justice to focus on uniting the divide and compelling change. In a civic leadership capacity, he has served as President of the African American Jazz Caucus in NYC, member of the Indianapolis Cultural Development Committee, and served as President of the Indianapolis Downtown Optimist Club. In addition to his Emmy Award, Bill has received many awards and notable commissions for his work including being commissioned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to create an original work for Dr. Martin Luther King Day entitled “The Music, Martin & Me.” Bill Myers seeks to encourage, enlighten, and empower others through the power of entertainment to affect social justice. You can find Bill Myers: Billmyersinspires.com https://www.facebook.com/billmyersinspires https://twitter.com/bmyersinspires1 https://www.instagram.com/billmyersinspires billmyersinspires@gmail.com To get more of Bill Myers Inspires, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/bill-myers-inspires/
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Today, we bring you part two of our national coverage of a mass assembly hosted by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The two-hour assembly was entitled, Voting is Power Unleashed: National Moral Monday Mass Assembly and Teach In. If you missed part one of our special, you can listen to it anytime on SoundCloud.com; just search for Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod. The mass poor peoples assembly and teach-in was hosted on September 14, 2020, just weeks away from the upcoming November 2020 election. The first Poor Peoples Campaign was initially called by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It has now been revived by the Poor Peoples Campaign joint coordinators Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. The PPC fusion approach is centered around the themes of racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nations distorted moral narrative. Participants in this event, Voting is Power Unleashed, include the PPC Coordinating Committees (now in 43 states) and other civic, religious and social justice organizations. Also, cultural activist Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, D.L. Hughley, Erika Alexander, and Charlemagne tha God. Presidential candidates from both major parties were invited. However, only Joe Biden responded, so he was the only one to address the agenda and priorities of poor and low-income people. The event also features Forward Justice, the NAACP legal defense fund, and is part of the M.O.R.E. Campaign, which stands for Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating people for a movement that votes.
Today, we bring you part two of our national coverage of a mass assembly hosted by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The two-hour assembly was entitled, Voting is Power Unleashed: National Moral Monday Mass Assembly and Teach In. If you missed part one of our special, you can listen to it anytime on SoundCloud.com; just search for Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod. The mass poor peoples assembly and teach-in was hosted on September 14, 2020, just weeks away from the upcoming November 2020 election. The first Poor Peoples Campaign was initially called by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It has now been revived by the Poor Peoples Campaign joint coordinators Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. The PPC fusion approach is centered around the themes of racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nations distorted moral narrative. Participants in this event, Voting is Power Unleashed, include the PPC Coordinating Committees (now in 43 states) and other civic, religious and social justice organizations. Also, cultural activist Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, D.L. Hughley, Erika Alexander, and Charlemagne tha God. Presidential candidates from both major parties were invited. However, only Joe Biden responded, so he was the only one to address the agenda and priorities of poor and low-income people. The event also features Forward Justice, the NAACP legal defense fund, and is part of the M.O.R.E. Campaign, which stands for Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating people for a movement that votes.
Today on Sojourner Truth: We bring you part one of our national coverage of a two-hour mass assembly entitled, Voting is Power Unleashed: National Moral Monday Mass Assembly and Teach In, organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The mass assembly and teach-in was hosted on September 14, 2020, just weeks away from what many describe as the most important election in U.S. history. The first Poor Peoples Campaign was initially called by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It has now been revived by the Poor Peoples Campaign joint coordinators Bishop Dr. William Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. The PPC fusion approach is centered around the themes of racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nations distorted moral narrative. Participants in this event, Voting is Power Unleashed, include the PPC Coordinating Committees (now in 43 states) and other civic, religious and social justice organizations. Also, cultural activist Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, D.L. Hughley, Erika Alexander, and Charlemagne tha God. Presidential candidates from both major parties were invited. However, only Joe Biden responded, so he will be participating to directly address the agenda and priorities of poor and low-income people. The event also features Forward Justice, the NAACP legal defense fund, and is part of the M.O.R.E. Campaign, which stands for Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating people for a movement that votes.
Today on Sojourner Truth: We bring you part one of our national coverage of a two-hour mass assembly entitled, Voting is Power Unleashed: National Moral Monday Mass Assembly and Teach In, organized by the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The mass assembly and teach-in was hosted on September 14, 2020, just weeks away from what many describe as the most important election in U.S. history. The first Poor Peoples Campaign was initially called by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It has now been revived by the Poor Peoples Campaign joint coordinators Bishop Dr. William Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. The PPC fusion approach is centered around the themes of racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nations distorted moral narrative. Participants in this event, Voting is Power Unleashed, include the PPC Coordinating Committees (now in 43 states) and other civic, religious and social justice organizations. Also, cultural activist Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, D.L. Hughley, Erika Alexander, and Charlemagne tha God. Presidential candidates from both major parties were invited. However, only Joe Biden responded, so he will be participating to directly address the agenda and priorities of poor and low-income people. The event also features Forward Justice, the NAACP legal defense fund, and is part of the M.O.R.E. Campaign, which stands for Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating people for a movement that votes.
If 1968 was the year of ‘the far side of the moon & the birth of the culture wars', it was also the year, according to Smithsonian magazine, “The American Story” shattered. This first of a multi-part series The American Tapestry Project about America's tribal tales & culture wars anchors the series in “The ‘60s” shattering of American norms: post-1968's politics as angry theater, identarian politics (Black Power, Women's Liberation, Chicano, Asian & Gay Rights), the libertarian sexual revolution, New Age Religion, the counter-culture and a music drenched, media saturated society in search of itself. 1968 – the year some call the worst year in modern American history – suffered political assassinations, riots in the streets, women on the march for equality, the War in Vietnam, the Poor Peoples Campaign, the full blooming of the sexual revolution, the counterculture's “turn on, tune in, drop out” and music, music, music. As they say on Madison Avenue, ‘all this and more'!
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Today on Sojourner Truth: On Tuesday, August 11, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival released a groundbreaking report titled, Unleashing the Power of Poor and Low-Income Americans. The report was produced by Robert Paul Hartley, an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Columbia University, and included a foreword by Shailly Gupta Barnes, Policy Director of the Poor Peoples Campaign. The report uses nationally representative data to illustrate the potential voting power of low-income people in the United States, who were reported to be as high as 140 million prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, amid rising unemployment and economic crises resulting from the pandemic, that figure is expected to be much higher. The report found that organizing among the poor, around an agenda that represents the concerns of the poor, can fundamentally change the political map of the United States and lead to policies that are just and representative for all people. This is backed up by several key findings. In the 2016 presidential election, for example, there were 138 million voters out of 225 million eligible voters. 29 million of these voters were poor or low-income and there were an additional 34 million poor or low-income people who were eligible, but who did not vote. Also, looking at data from the 2016 presidential election, the report found that low-income eligible nonvoters make up 1/5th or more of the electorate in 7 states. If these potential low-income voters voted at a similar voting rate as higher income voters in the 2016 election, then they would match or exceed the presidential election margin of victory in 15 states. There were several groundbreaking findings in the report, but the conclusion is clear: poor and low-income people have the power to change the country with their voices and votes, if their full voting potential is unleashed. Coinciding with the release of the report, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival hosted a webinar, in which first-time voters laid out why they're casting a ballot this year. Today, we bring you audio from that webinar, in which you will hear more key findings from the study as well as commentary from impacted speakers.
Today on Sojourner Truth: On Tuesday, August 11, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival released a groundbreaking report titled, Unleashing the Power of Poor and Low-Income Americans. The report was produced by Robert Paul Hartley, an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Columbia University, and included a foreword by Shailly Gupta Barnes, Policy Director of the Poor Peoples Campaign. The report uses nationally representative data to illustrate the potential voting power of low-income people in the United States, who were reported to be as high as 140 million prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, amid rising unemployment and economic crises resulting from the pandemic, that figure is expected to be much higher. The report found that organizing among the poor, around an agenda that represents the concerns of the poor, can fundamentally change the political map of the United States and lead to policies that are just and representative for all people. This is backed up by several key findings. In the 2016 presidential election, for example, there were 138 million voters out of 225 million eligible voters. 29 million of these voters were poor or low-income and there were an additional 34 million poor or low-income people who were eligible, but who did not vote. Also, looking at data from the 2016 presidential election, the report found that low-income eligible nonvoters make up 1/5th or more of the electorate in 7 states. If these potential low-income voters voted at a similar voting rate as higher income voters in the 2016 election, then they would match or exceed the presidential election margin of victory in 15 states. There were several groundbreaking findings in the report, but the conclusion is clear: poor and low-income people have the power to change the country with their voices and votes, if their full voting potential is unleashed. Coinciding with the release of the report, the Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival hosted a webinar, in which first-time voters laid out why they're casting a ballot this year. Today, we bring you audio from that webinar, in which you will hear more key findings from the study as well as commentary from impacted speakers.
In this episode with Rev. Graylan S. Hagler, we discuss how current times are like a page taken out of the playbook itself, i.e., the Bible. Jesus was a rebel back then. What would the prophet do today? Rev. Hagler is the Senior Pastor at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, DC (plymouth-ucc.org). He is also an activist and organizer, co-chair of the Poor Peoples Campaign (poorpeoplescampaign.org), mentor and friend. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tracey-rogers/support
Today on Sojourner Truth: The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is a grassroots movement uniting tens of thousands of people to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation's distorted morality. This year, from June 17-19 in Washington D.C., the Poor People's Campaign will be hosting its nationwide Moral Action Congress. At the Congress, the Poor People's Campaign Moral and Constitutional Budget will be released, promoting a new economy that serves the interests of working people and not the one percent. The Congress will also feature a National Freedom School, with educational workshops on key issues affecting our country, and a forum for presidential candidates who are invited to hear their demands. The Poor People's Campaign has also planned a visit to Capitol Hill during the Congress and has even requested a hearing. The Poor People's Campaign, which points out that there are over 140 million poor and low-income residents in the U.S., declared a state of emergency in the lead-up to the forthcoming Congress. Along with rampant poverty and inequality, this emergency also includes the fossil fuel invasion of Indigenous lands, the destruction of the environment, systemically-racist police institutions, military expansion across the globe and the growth of the private prison system. In response to this declared emergency, the California's Poor People's Campaign organized a Truth and Poverty Bus Tour, which kicked off on Monday, April 1. The tour, concluded on April 13 with a public hearing on family separations at the U.S./Mexico border, traversed several locations across the state. These include the Yurok Reservation, Chico, Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and Pacoima, among others. Through these hearings, the people of California were given a chance to voice their experiences and thoughts on important moral issues that must be addressed in the United States. Today, we bring you voices from a Poor Peoples Campaign hearings held in Pacoima and Fresno, California. In today's show, you will hear Indigenous speakers in Pacoima discuss important issues affecting their communities along with low-wage workers. You will also hear from a victim of the prison-industrial complex. From Fresno, you will hear from community activists who are putting pressure on elected officials to combat rising costs of living, like water prices. Also, we hear testimony from a woman who works as a caregiver for her 100-year-old mother, speaking on behalf of her and her struggles.
Today on Sojourner Truth: The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is a grassroots movement uniting tens of thousands of people to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation's distorted morality. This year, from June 17-19 in Washington D.C., the Poor People's Campaign will be hosting its nationwide Moral Action Congress. At the Congress, the Poor People's Campaign Moral and Constitutional Budget will be released, promoting a new economy that serves the interests of working people and not the one percent. The Congress will also feature a National Freedom School, with educational workshops on key issues affecting our country, and a forum for presidential candidates who are invited to hear their demands. The Poor People's Campaign has also planned a visit to Capitol Hill during the Congress and has even requested a hearing. The Poor People's Campaign, which points out that there are over 140 million poor and low-income residents in the U.S., declared a state of emergency in the lead-up to the forthcoming Congress. Along with rampant poverty and inequality, this emergency also includes the fossil fuel invasion of Indigenous lands, the destruction of the environment, systemically-racist police institutions, military expansion across the globe and the growth of the private prison system. In response to this declared emergency, the California's Poor People's Campaign organized a Truth and Poverty Bus Tour, which kicked off on Monday, April 1. The tour, concluded on April 13 with a public hearing on family separations at the U.S./Mexico border, traversed several locations across the state. These include the Yurok Reservation, Chico, Sacramento, Oakland, Fresno and Pacoima, among others. Through these hearings, the people of California were given a chance to voice their experiences and thoughts on important moral issues that must be addressed in the United States. Today, we bring you voices from a Poor Peoples Campaign hearings held in Pacoima and Fresno, California. In today's show, you will hear Indigenous speakers in Pacoima discuss important issues affecting their communities along with low-wage workers. You will also hear from a victim of the prison-industrial complex. From Fresno, you will hear from community activists who are putting pressure on elected officials to combat rising costs of living, like water prices. Also, we hear testimony from a woman who works as a caregiver for her 100-year-old mother, speaking on behalf of her and her struggles.
Welcome to the Millennial Pastor Podcast, the podcast where millennials talk about the intersection between faith and culture. This week we hear from Letiah, aka my twin (we are being ironic)! Listen as she shares her thoughts on the church, and hear how she deals with issues of race and social justice all while being physically disabled. Poor Peoples Campaign: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org Free Audible book and trial: www.audibletrial.com/MillennialPastor Join the Conversation: The Internets: TheMillennialPastor.com FaceBook: www.facebook.com/TheMillennialPastor/ Twitter: twitter.com/RevMillennial Insta: www.instagram.com/the.millennial.pastor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/millennial-pastors/support
Today on Sojourner Truth, we are delighted to bring to you a keynote speech delivered by the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, who is a joint coordinator of the Poor Peoples Campaign. This is a speech he gave at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, at their national conference held on September 28, 2018, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we are delighted to bring to you a keynote speech delivered by the Rev. Dr. William Barber II, who is a joint coordinator of the Poor Peoples Campaign. This is a speech he gave at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, at their national conference held on September 28, 2018, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on the new Poor Peoples Campaign. A growing national movement to end poverty and calls for a moral revival. Nearly half a century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called for a Poor Peoples Campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to fully implement it. In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Rev. Dr. William Barber introduced the new Poor Peoples Campaign, building on Kings call to end poverty. Today, we bring you the voice of Barber himself, speaking at a mass meeting in Los Angeles where he launched the new Poor Peoples Campaign in California.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on the new Poor Peoples Campaign. A growing national movement to end poverty and calls for a moral revival. Nearly half a century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called for a Poor Peoples Campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to fully implement it. In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Rev. Dr. William Barber introduced the new Poor Peoples Campaign, building on Kings call to end poverty. Today, we bring you the voice of Barber himself, speaking at a mass meeting in Los Angeles where he launched the new Poor Peoples Campaign in California.
Today on Sojourner Truth, we focus on the new Poor Peoples Campaign. A growing national movement to end poverty and calls for a moral revival. Nearly half a century ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called for a Poor Peoples Campaign. He was assassinated before he was able to fully implement it. In May 2017, four months after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Rev. Dr. William Barber introduced the new Poor Peoples Campaign, building on Kings call to end poverty. Today, we bring you the voice of Barber himself, speaking at a mass meeting in Los Angeles where he launched the new Poor Peoples Campaign in California.
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