The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is named after the movement Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized in the months leading up to his assassination. It is picking up where Reverend King and his team left off. The movement aims to combat the evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological destruction, militarism and the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. Originally, they had a protest planned in Washington D.C. for June 20th, 2020. However, since the pandemic has hit us, the protest has gone digital! The next few weeks are going to be essential and there are several ways to get involved, if you so feel compelled. Since this protest has gone digital, organizing for action looks a little different than your traditional protest. But considering our world is in a state of chaos, now is the perfect time to organize, engages, and achieve Social Justice!
Ways to get involved:
- Visit the Poor People’s Campaign website to learn more about the movement and its full list of demands
- Go like The Kentucky Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on Facebook and share the content that is posted on there
- Join watch parties at the Union Church Berea Facebook Page when we have them
- Follow the movement’s state and national Twitter accounts @Kentucky_PPC and @UniteThePoor and retweet their content
- Follow the movement’s Instagram pages: kypoorpeoplecampaign and poorpeoplescampaign and engage with them there
- Donate to the cause
- Sign up for a training session to learn how to make phone calls to organize protestors for the June 20th online gathering. Training sessions every Wednesday at 8:30pm EST and Saturdays at 1:00pm EST
- Reach out to me via email at macks@berea.edu or phone at 386-916-2100 if you are an administrator of a Facebook page that would be interested in supporting the cause
- RSVP for the online gathering of June 20, 2020
- Send a letter to your state governor and call the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader
- Sign their petition to President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Members of the 116th Congress and share it on social media
Please remember I am happy to assist with troubleshooting any issues that pesky technology may be causing!
Sean Mack
Union Church Social Justice Intern
Berea College ‘20
Sociology Club Vice-President
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