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    Jul 6

    The time is now! The is calling for a season of nonviolent moral direct action to end the filibuster, protect voting rights & enact $15/hr minimum wage. Watch announcement of National , 7/12 - 8/2-6:

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  2. 7 hours ago

    We need all clergy and people of moral conscience to join West Virginia in asking Senator Manchin: Which side are you on? Take action with the by sending Senator Manchin this letter online now:

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  3. 9 hours ago

    If our actions result in the system believing it has to arrest us, then so be it. Civil disobedience is a badge and banner we will proudly wear.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    On July 12, the will launch four weeks of National w/ a major press conference in Washington, DC, w/ impacted people & organizational partners uniting for a season of nonviolent moral direct action!

    National Moral Mondays: Season of Nonviolent Action, July 12-August 6
    The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is calling for a season of nonviolent action for voting rights and economic justice, July 12-August 2-6, 2021.
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  5. 11 hours ago

    Join us online now for Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) weekly Wednesday night Bible study! Our special guest teacher tonight is Rev. Kazimir Brown, National Director of Religious Affairs To get Zoom/call-in details, email sknight@breachrepairers.org

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  6. 11 hours ago

    - On June 21, we launched 365 days fighting forward to culminate in a transformative, once-in-a-lifetime Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers Assembly and Moral March on Washington in D.C., June 18, 2022.

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    14 hours ago

    Tonight at 6:35pm ET joins guest host on to discuss the ’s season of nonviolent action for voting rights & economic justice beginning on July 12! Watch:

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    16 hours ago

    Covid vaccines can save billions of lives, but Germany is standing in the way of vaccinating the world. must tell Chancellor Merkel to and support the TRIPS Waiver.

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    12 hours ago

    What books will be reading this summer and which one is on his Zoom bookshelf? Find out in this article from .

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  10. 13 hours ago

    More than 600,000 Americans have now died from COVID since the start of the pandemic. Do you know someone who has died from COVID-19? Please remember them and honor them by posting their story on the online memorial wall:

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  11. 15 hours ago

    To overcome Republican attempts to scalpel out voting rights for groups they don’t like, it will likely take an explosion of organized grassroots pressure from below, of the type being taken up by the Poor People’s Campaign and other pro-democracy groups.

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    Jul 6

    Bishop William Barber (), president of , joins to discuss the Jan. 6 Capitol , and more. "We organize people who have not traditionally been united together."

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    18 hours ago

    “People power matters to transforming this community & this country into what we want for it to look like.” -Justin Pearson, co-founder,

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    17 hours ago

    We are witnessing a concerted attempt to destabilize the democratic process and delegitimize our multi-racial democracy, and we need to fundamentally change the way we fight back against attacks on voting rights. Read my new piece for .

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  15. 17 hours ago

    Tell Congress: Embrace the now! Use our website to contact your Congressional lawmakers and demand that they embrace the Third Reconstruction.

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  16. 20 hours ago

    - On Monday we announced National , a season of nonviolent action for & economic justice from July 12 - August 2-6. Watch my speech:

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  17. 21 hours ago

    We are against voter ID b/c there was no demand for it until after Obama won & Republicans called his election fraud. All we need is signature attestation. Every voter who has registered & comes to vote has had their identity verified. ID is a scheme to shrink the electorate.

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    Jul 6

    Coming up tonight at 10:10pm ET joins on to talk abt the ’s season of nonviolent direct action happening this summer. Watch:

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  19. Jul 6

    In the our fight is to change the priorities of the nation. Join us! We must engage in nonviolent moral direct action to demand change now.

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  20. Jul 6

    More people have died today from poverty than from COVID. We are still saying COVID is national emergency, and it is. But why aren’t we saying the same thing about poverty & low wages? Why are people instead suppressing the vote & blocking a $15/hr minimum wage?

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  21. Jul 6

    750 people die every day from poverty in the U.S. It's immoral, violent & criminal, because it’s a direct result of the choice to block living wages; permanent earned income tax & child tax credits; universal healthcare; full infrastructure & voting rights.

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