Join the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on April 4, 2020 for A Day of Prophetic Mourning and Action. Use this digital toolkit to share posts and graphics throughout the day!
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#MLK Sample Posts
#MLK taught us 50 yrs ago, what #COVID19 teaches us today: living wages, guaranteed health care for all, unemployment & labor rights are issues of right vs. wrong & life vs. death. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
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You can’t say you support #MLK and not support the policies he fought & died for! #EndRacism #EndPoverty #EndMilitarism #SaveTheEarth
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We don’t honor prophets like #MLK by simply celebrating them. We honor them by continuing the fight. Sign onto our demands at MoveOn.org/poverty! #EndPoverty #COVID19 #PoorPeoplesCampaign
The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is calling for noncooperation w/ injustice & inequality. We demand Congress go back to work & fix the #COVID19 stimulus bill & make permanent changes to help the poor, the sick, the uninsured, the homeless & low-wage workers. SIGN: MoveOn.org/poverty
Litany & Rev. Barber Sermon Sample Posts
Epidemics like #COVID19 emerge along the fissures of our society, reflecting not only the biology of the infectious agent, but patterns of marginalization, exclusion & discrimination. #PoorPeoplesCampaign poorpeoplescampaign.org/poverty-amidst-pandemic-litany/
As Passover begins we remember that plague is not a storm weathered before a return to normalcy. It’s a call to come together in new ways in order to survive. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #COVID19 poorpeoplescampaign.org/poverty-amidst-pandemic-litany/
Jesus challenged oppression & cared for the poor. We need a resurrection, not of false and derelict worship, but of care for the most vulnerable… of the conviction that we’re all endowed by our Creator w/ the right to live. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #COVID19 poorpeoplescampaign.org/poverty-amidst-pandemic-litany/
Ramadan is a time of fasting & sacrifice to clarify what‘s necessary & just. Everybody has a right to live. And if they don’t live, we don’t live! #PoorPeoplesCampaign #COVID19 poorpeoplescampaign.org/poverty-amidst-pandemic-litany/
Before a single diagnosis of #COVID19, nearly 700 ppl died everyday from poverty in the US. Our faith demands clear action that transforms how we treat the poorest & the most marginalized in our society. #PoorPeoplesCampaign SIGN ON: MoveOn.org/poverty
Join @RevDrBarber today at 1pm ET for a moral message to the nation on the anniversary of #MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam” sermon & his assassination 1 year later. #PoorPeoplesCampaign “Knowing the Symptoms of a Nation Approaching Spiritual Death” Watch here: breachrepairers.org/livestream
#COVID19 Legislation Sample Posts
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? 27.5 million uninsured people & 16.8 million health care workers on the front lines are inadequately protected. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? 48% of the workforce, including “essential” workers, did not receive paid leave, and there are no guarantees for living wages or adequate incomes for all. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? Homeless assistance funding is based on a 500,000 count, but there are 8-11 million ppl who are homeless or on the verge of homelessness. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? Millions of low-income families, nearly 1/2 of renters who spend more than 1/3 of their income on rent, will have to re-start payments on rent or mortgages in 4 to 6 months. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? 11 mil undocumented immigrants, their 5 mil citizen children, & some 4 mil immigrant taxpayers who use an ITIN, ineligible for the legislation & its emergency provisions. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? The right to vote for 52 million eligible poor and low-income voters is not protected in the 2020 elections, due to inadequate funds to support voting by mail and extending voting periods. #PoorPeoplesCampaign Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Who is left out of the #COVID19 legislation? The legislation provided $500 billion for corporations, but the oversight requirements may be ignored, allowing investors to profit at the expense of workers and taxpayers. Get the facts: poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/covid-19-legislation-fact-sheet/
Recent Media Sample Posts
We refuse to accept a military take-over of #COVID19 response. But we demand that military resources be brought under civilian medical & public health control to give a fighting chance to win this battle. @RevDrBarber & @PhyllisBennis #PoorPeoplesCampaign https://www.newsweek.com/redirect-military-resources-civilian-needs-coronavirus-1493831
If we don’t want to be enablers of evil, we must speak out & stand up against it. To write a bill in the time of #COVID19 that includes $500 billion for the wealthy & greedy is–according to the word of God–evil. @RevDrBarber & @liztheo #PoorPeoplesCampaign https://time.com/5814076/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-corporate-bailout/
The church is called to meet Jesus in the streets with the homeless—for in a time when people are called to shelter in place they have no place to go. -@liztheo & @DeanKBD #PoorPeoplesCampaign #COVID19 https://sojo.net/articles/kairos-time-will-we-embody-church
Join the #PoorPeoplesCampaign & SIGN ON to demand our elected leaders support the millions of people who are in dire need of critical attention immediately & address the depths of the crises that have been revealed in this #COVID19 pandemic: MoveOn.org/poverty