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#PoorPeoplesCampaign Mass Meeting, Milwaukee, WI 8.28.17

The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival's fifth Mass Meeting — Milwaukee, WI 8/28/2017. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MoralRevival

We're LIVE from St. Gabriel’s Church of God in Christ in Milwaukee, WI! Tune into the now;

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Walking and talking with my mind stayed on Freedom

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"Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom..." 🎶

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Here texting and tweeting with my mind stayed on freedom... Watch the live from Milwaukee ,

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A National Call for Moral Revival

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"Ain't gonna let racism turn me around..." 🎶

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"Ain't gonna let no president turn me around..." 🎶

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Inspired & at the meeting in MKE.

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"Just like a tree planted by the water, we shall not be moved..." 🎶

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The power of song to energize a room filled with at the . @McDenimRebel

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"We're fighting for our health care... fighting for our rights...fighting for the children." "We shall not be moved."

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"God has made us different, so we can learn from each other."

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All are welcome in this fight for a more just world, nation, state, & community. @McDenimRebel

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One week ago tonight & I am still riding the love+justice high. Waves to Milwaukee tonight! ✌🏼✊🏼🦋❤️

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, a MKE native, opening the w/ the words of MLK, whose work they continue.

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"Massive civil disobedience is at least as powerful as an ambulance with its sirens on full..."

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"We will be heard, and we will build a powerful movement of the people to change society."

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, will you drive through the red lights of , , , & ?

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"We need a national , an empire-wide revival...people have done this before, but it's our job now..."

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"This is a time of hope. People are ready to be free."

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"We were in North Carolina, New Mexico, Kentucky...people are ready to be free."

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"Just the very existence of who I am is why they build a system to shut down who I am..."

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"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."

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Do justly NOW, love mercy NOW, and walk humbly NOW."

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50 years ago: Racism, militarism, materialism the "triple evils" of American society.

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aims to abolish as an instrument of national policy.

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It is we the people who pay for our war machine, so it is we the people who must demand we downsize our military.

"Somebody's hurting my brother... my sister...the children...It's gone on far too long. We won't be silent any more."

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"The really belongs to the people..."

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"In order to do justice you've got to be maladjusted..."

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"Why would you need an eternal rest if you're not willing to do anything down here?"

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The White House is Public housing so why not take care of the rest of public housing?

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"Wherever truth comes, you ought to accept it..."

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"Jesus was poor" say Rev. Dr. William Barber

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"I'd rather be tired fighting for justice, than be rested and not part of the ."

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You got to be able to laugh at some of this stuff that's happening today. Get ready for the work of Justice.

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“Our country is experiencing some deep moral sickness and we need a sustained campaign.”

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I have a dream while the rest of the country wants to keep poor people inside of a nightmare.

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"I'd rather be tired fighting for justice than rested & not part of the revolution."

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We need a sustained movement for human rights.

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"Dr. King never said 'remember me.' He gave us marching orders."

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We aren't just honoring the 50th anniversary of the , we're launching a Poor People's Campaign for .

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spoke about a 'marvelous new militancy'--"I wonder if we haven't made a mistake integrating into a burning house."

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Those who domesticate don't remember how dangerous it was, they don't remember it was a march for jobs and justice

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We will organize conscientious people to launch a , bringing people together to fight militarism, racism, and poverty.

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"Movement is about a marathon approach... to fight poverty, racism, militarism & environmental crisis"

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A movement isn't about one rally or one speech, it's about building, it's a marathon approach.

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"Don't just pull down the statues of white supremacy. Pull down the statutes!" Rev. Barber

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"To denounce hatred is not necessarily to denounce white supremacy."

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People will use racialized narratives & tactics to split black & white people from each other & to gain power.

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"White supremacy is not just about attitude. It's about policy." Rev. Barber

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"White supremacy is attacking our Jewish brothers and sisters"

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"If you can't pay your lights bill, we all Black in the dark."

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"The KKK was first formed to attack white people who were working w/ Black people to build coalitions."

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"If you scratch a racist you find a liar. Racism is a lie."

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"Racism and don't care about poor white folk."

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"Walter Wink said demons aren't about something that spins your head around, demons are about systems."

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"The statues were not about the civil war, but were meant to celebrate the recodification of white supremacy."

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We need to build a movement to support goodness when others are working to build a movement of meanness."

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45% of all workers in make less than $15 an hour.

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"We would need to do a even if Hilary had won or Obama was still in office."

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"Racism was real under Obama, would have been real under Hillary, it's just real & more open under Trump."

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God won't judge us based on how many churches or mosques we have, but how we treat the the least of these.

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The Constitution starts by saying, 'Establish justice.'

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There is abundance and enough for everybody!

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"If you don't have the establishment of justice- there's a word for that out in the street, 'no justice no peace'."

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No Justice. No Peace. We are talking about moral issues. Trump is a symptom.

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God says, go out into the streets and cry loudly! Protest loudly!

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“People hate this kind of talk cause raw truth is never popular.”

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"Go out, cry & weep loudly, empty the buildings, protest about what is going on." Cry & Declare. We need a breakthru!

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We may not change everything in '18 but we wont change anything until poor, clergy, people of conscience come together!

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We will never change anything til the poor, clergy, advocates & others come together. The rejected will lead revival.

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If Rosa Parks could breakthrough, if could breakthrough-they are dead, but we are alive! We need to breakthrough!

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"We must not become what we hate. We must revive one another." Rev Barber

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“I don’t want to fight meanness with meanness”

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19,000 people were online tonight with the of the in . It's on!

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"The Achilles heel of progressives is we make the perfect the enemy of the good"

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Go to to pledge to join the online!

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