Poor Peoples Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Published on February, 50 2022
By Emily Keel
Poor Peoples Campaign
February 2022
Greetings friends! I am happy to join Rev. Rowan Fairgrove as we prepare you in our national organization to participate in a momentous opportunity to carry the mantle for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr forward. Our WILPF branches have voted to support and participate in the June 18 rally in DC, one of two solidarity actions for 2022.
Dr. King planned to lead poor people to DC for the march, but the actions were carried out two months following his death. On June 19, 1968, 50,000 committed participants made their fierce presence known in the nation's capital. Caravans came from the west coast and a Freedom Train from the south to hold the longest enduring social justice protest in history. And now, we are asking all of WILPF to join with Rev. Dr. Barber and Rev. Dr. Theoharis in a day of action on June 18 at our nation's capital.
As our co-founders have said, “We must shift the moral narrative, build power and place before the nation an agenda and a way forward that refuses to accept the lies of scarcity and the insane politics” of our time. The entire campaign is tied to voting since 30% of the electorate are poor or low wealth citizens. These maligned members of our communities have decided to “intensify and embolden their outcry, outreach in organizing and voting,” and we are called to be among them.
As we go through the next months, we will ask you to take steps to organize and join us in one of the most enduring campaigns to fight for and mobilize political voting power for those who lack adequate representation in America today.
Please go to the Poor Peoples Campaign website to join the campaign and receive updates as we move towards this momentous date. If you would like to be a part of the committee to organize our mobilization on this date, or if you have questions or comments, please reach me at ekkeel@protonmail.com. To receive more frequent updates and learn other ways to participate, contact me, Emily Keel of the Triangle branch.
Forward Together!!
