{"id":12243,"date":"2024-05-30T17:45:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=12243"},"modified":"2024-05-30T17:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:46:07","slug":"poor-peoples-campaign-and-national-partners-announce-mass-poor-peoples-and-low-wage-workers-assembly-and-moral-march-on-washington-d-c-and-to-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/poor-peoples-campaign-and-national-partners-announce-mass-poor-peoples-and-low-wage-workers-assembly-and-moral-march-on-washington-d-c-and-to-the-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor People\u2019s Campaign and National Partners Announce, \u201cMass Poor People\u2019s and Low-Wage Workers\u2019 Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C. and to the Polls\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent<\/strong><\/em>
\nSpecial to The Truth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Scheduled for June 29, the \u201cMass Poor People\u2019s and Low-Wage Workers\u2019 Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C.: A Call to the Polls and to Vote,\u201d aims to commence four months of outreach efforts targeting 15 million poor and low-wage infrequent voters nationwide. According to the study \u201cWaking the Sleeping Giant: Poor and Low-Income Voters in the 2020 Elections,\u201d approximately 85 million eligible voters in the United States are classified as poor or low wage, constituting at least 30 percent of the electorate. In battleground states, the percentage climbs to over 40 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is movement time,\u201d declared Bishop William J. Barber, president and senior lecturer of\u00a0Repairers of the Breach<\/a>\u00a0and co-chair of the\u00a0Poor People\u2019s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival<\/a>. \u201cWe are here this morning to mobilize the power of over 33 million infrequent voters, poor and low wage, to demand attention to their concerns in the political arena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, national co- chair, Poor People\u2019s Campaign, echoed this sentiment. \u201cOur goal is to center the desires and political agenda of those\u00a0who are\u00a0often left out of the conversation,\u201d Theoharis stated.<\/p>\n

The coalition, comprising representatives from over thirty state coordinating committees, religious organizations, labor unions, and advocacy groups, seeks to mobilize the substantial voting bloc to demand political candidates\u2019 endorsement of a moral agenda addressing the poverty and low-wealth crisis, which claims 295,000 lives annually.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoor and low-wage voters are saying in this season that if you want these votes, talk to poor and low-wage folks,\u201d said Bishop Barber.<\/p>\n

Rev. Mark Thompson, host of Apple TV\u2019s Make It Plain who also works for the National Newspaper Publishers Association, was among the many coalition members who addressed the issues during the news conference, which\u00a0aired live on C-Span and at BlackPressUSA.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thompson highlighted the interconnectedness of poverty with various social issues. \u201cWherever there is a lack of health care and voting rights, LGBT rights and immigrant rights,\u00a0there is an abundance of poverty,\u201d he asserted. \u201cWherever there is a lack of jobs and labor unions and sensible gun laws in women\u2019s bodily autonomy,\u00a0there is an abundance of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever there is a lack of racial justice and legal rights, criminal justice reform, access to adequate legal representation, an alternative to incarceration and police reform, wherever those things are in lack,\u00a0there is an abundance of poverty. Wherever there is a lack of what is now under attack, diversity, equity, and inclusion, affirmative action, investment in education, a lack of educational opportunities,\u00a0there is an abundance of poverty. Wherever there is\u00a0lack\u00a0of religious tolerance, racial harmony, and beloved community, there is an abundance of poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event\u2019s organizers emphasized their commitment to empowering impoverished and low-wage individuals, aiming to amplify their voices in the political discourse. Rev. Thompson concluded, \u201cI contend we\u00a0do not need to ask permission to finish Dr.\u00a0King\u2019s\u00a0work. He did not retire.\u00a0It is our duty to\u00a0pick up his baton and move forward. They always talk about the people who\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0want to vote. They never talk about the impoverished and low-wage individuals. We want to lift them and bring them forth. If we address these issues, we will address all these others.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the nation gears up for the 2024 elections, Bishop Barber, the Poor People\u2019s Campaign, and its allies assert that they are poised to make their presence felt, advocating for policies that address the systemic issues perpetuating poverty and economic inequality across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to lift them up and bring them forth. If we address these issues, we will address all these others,\u201d Thompson insisted.<\/p>\n

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By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Special to The Truth Scheduled for June 29, the \u201cMass Poor People\u2019s and Low-Wage Workers\u2019 Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C.: A Call to the Polls and to Vote,\u201d aims to commence four months of outreach efforts targeting 15 million poor and low-wage infrequent voters nationwide. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[232],"class_list":["post-12243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12244,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12243\/revisions\/12244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12243"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=12243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}