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#PoorPeoplesCampaign Mass Meeting, Charlotte, NC 8.9.17

The first in a series of public events for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, held in Charlotte, NC on August 9, 2017.

The elders and the children are blessing and giving permission for the !

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"We're building an army of love, an army of heaven to break every chain."

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speaking on engaging with hope that our friends become stronger and are enemies transformed.

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"This is not a fad, this is a calling. You need to search your souls-God shows up when there's lament in public square"

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on voter apathy: "Voting doesn't change everything but you don't throw away what people died for."

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We're building to revive the heart of democracy in America. Join us!

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"We are going to see a break-through or die trying!" -

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This is the year for a breakthrough.

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"Now God says go out into the streets and holler...when there's a cry in the street God will make an appearance."

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It's time for a BREAKTHROUGH! Amos 4:10

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"There has to be a movement that will challenge every party--a moral movement led by the people." - now at

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"The day is over for the people impacted by the policies to have no say in the policies." -Rev Barber

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Amos says the LORD shows up when there's wailing in the street.

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"There must be a led by the people!" -

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"We've seen attention violence to the issues of poverty, racism & militarism." -Rev Barber

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Ground troops for gather on the stage in Charlotte. They'll hit 27 cities from here.

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"We must have a non-violent revolutionary movement!" -

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This beautiful "freedom church of the poor" is committed to the

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"Ecological devastation... destroys poor life. Poor white life. Poor black life. Poor brown life." - now at

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Rev. Barber - Equal protection under the law, education and healthcare for all, and automated voter registration at 18

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"We need a core of people who are eternally discontent!" -

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"The narrative of scarcity has to be challenged." -Rev Barber

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"Equal Protection Under the Law is non-negotiable!" -

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"There will be a movement that breaks through the con, cuts through the lies and brings people together." -Rev Barber

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Rev. William Barber - 25% of all children live in the poverty in North Carolina.

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"We must have a non-violent revolutionary movement!" -

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"We can't be divided any more!"

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"You almost hear a struggle not to say the word poor, not to say the word welfare even though it's in the Constitution"

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"The moral narrative of our nation must be challenged and it must be changed and it doesn't matter who's president."

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"Systemic racism is still real!" -

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"We are coming together across lines of division!" -

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"Jesus committed his life to a " His mission was to end poverty, not to manage it.

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Rev. Barber calls for a to engage in 40 days civil disobedience to right…

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"My humanity means nothing if I do not care for you." -Rev Barber

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quotes the Koran: "Believers are responsible for one another." kickoff in Charlotte

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"If you don't care for the poor, the bones of your nation will be brittle." -Rev Barber

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"America needs to decide if she'll be a repairer or a breaker!" -

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Somebody's hurting my brother, And it's gone on far too long. And we won't be silent anymore!

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Now at the pulpit: kicking off tour.

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Bojangles worker tells her story at kickoff in Charlotte, brings the house down.

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"Don't thank me for my service. Thank the foot soldiers of the new who brought us together tonight." -Doug Ryder

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"War is a waste-every year the US spends one trillion a year on the military. It would take 4% of that to end poverty."

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"I've learned war keeps us poor"- Doug Ryder – at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church

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We have to add ecological devastation to the triple evils of poverty, racism & militarism that Dr. King spoke about.

"Who can survive on $7.25? We need a built by and for poor people, united as one to demand the country we deserve."

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"This is about the plight, the fight, and the insight of the poor!" -

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"Often we have people swoop in to try and save the day when folks have been working for survival the whole time"

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"The movement is broad enough for everyone! This is not a time for you to opt out!" -

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"We are going to make our lives full and abundant, and everyone deserves this." -Rev Liz Theoharis

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"Jesus was called an enemy of the state. He passed this on to his followers."

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"Jesus was also engaged in a " -Rev Liz Theoharis

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"We are going to turn over the tables! We are going to build a way out of no way!" -

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"We end poverty, we don't manage it. We end racism, we don't put a bandaid on it" -Rev Liz Theoharis

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Fire raging now for the poor people in this country. Let's solve the emergency!

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The is LOUD The is FORCEFUL The is starting right now in Charlotte NC

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"Are you willing to be ambulance drivers ignoring the red lights of poverty, militarism ecological devastation racism?"

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"Poverty makes us pretend to be normal because it looks like us!"

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"Poverty is not natural, it's an android ratcheted & bolted together, clicking ticking & shifting..."

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Rev. Garrison: "We welcome you to the right place, the right time, and the right side. The side of justice."

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"We stand together today to declare a fight against poverty, not the poor!"

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"woke up this morning texting and tweeting and my mind stayed on freedom"

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