In the US, Poor People’s Campaign stages massive online demonstration
RNS With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington DC, at least a million supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign reportedly tuned in on Saturday to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders calling for a “moral revolution” and the enactment of a sweeping policy agenda focused […]
In the US, Rev Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign calls for resistance to reopening plans
RNS The Poor People’s Campaign, a grassroots group with branches in more than 40 US states, is urging resistance to or non-cooperation with state plans calling for the reopening of the economy just weeks after the coronavirus put most of the country on lockdown. In its new slogan, the campaign, co-chaired by two Christian ministers, […]
Joe Biden and other US presidential candidates speak to diverse faith leaders, activists
Washington, DCRNS Former Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a major forum on faith and poverty issues Monday afternoon, fielding questions from faith leaders and low-income Americans during a gathering organised by the Poor People’s Campaign. “We have the greatest income inequity…in the United States of America since 1902,” Biden told the crowd of hundreds […]
US: ‘POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN’ ENDS WITH VOWS TO KEEP ORGANISING AND PROTESTING
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on the conclusion of the Poor People’s Campaign in the US – and plans for the next steps…