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Donkees

(31,407 posts)
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 04:42 AM Jun 2019

🐦 JUNE (17-19) Sen. Sanders attending The Poor People's Moral Action Congress Forum, D.C.

Jun 17 at 11:00 AM – Jun 19 at 5:00 PM EDT

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The Poor People’s Moral Action Congress is being organized at Trinity Washington University from June 17 to 19, 2019 by the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Nearly one thousand poor people, moral leaders, activists, and advocates from over 40 states across the country will convene on Washington DC for three days to strategize, learn and build power together.

During the Congress, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will launch the Poor People’s Moral Budget that shows concretely how to enact the demands of the Campaign. We will hold a Forum with 2020 Presidential Candidates when poor people from across the country will ask questions about the issues that impact their lives and we will hold a Hearing from those most impacted by systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the distorted moral narrative of Christian nationalism who are coming together to organize a movement. On the second day of Congress, participants will join workshops or longer tracks to learn how and why we are building a moral fusion movement.

Come join a fusion movement that is building in more than 40 states and Washington DC – shifting the narrative, impacting policies, and building power among the 140 million poor people in the United States.

https://z-m-www.facebook.com/events/335790947108140/



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🐦 JUNE (17-19) Sen. Sanders attending The Poor People's Moral Action Congress Forum, D.C. (Original Post) Donkees Jun 2019 OP
Bernie showing, once again, he stands with real people, not big corporations...SO damn proud of him! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2019 #1
We All Could Use A Little Bobby corbettkroehler Jun 2019 #2
LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE ... Donkees Jun 2019 #3
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2019 #4
➡️ Watch LIVE JUNE 17 at 1PM: Poor People's Campaign Presidential Forum Donkees Jun 2019 #5
LIVE ... Donkees Jun 2019 #8
This isn't about having candidates come and speak - but to listen to people of every race, creed... Donkees Jun 2019 #6
"This Is About the Moral Center" - Poor People's Campaign Presidential Forum Donkees Jun 2019 #7

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
1. Bernie showing, once again, he stands with real people, not big corporations...SO damn proud of him!
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 05:01 AM
Jun 2019

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
2. We All Could Use A Little Bobby
Thu Jun 13, 2019, 05:57 AM
Jun 2019

Sanders' address at George Washington University on Democratic Socialism was a watershed moment, to be sure. His campaign is run MUCH better than in 2016. I only would suggest a few tweaks here and there, including the need to have an array of sound bites at the ready to defend Democratic Socialism, which he has begun to create.

Intensifying the focus on poverty as Dr. King did (but Bobby Kennedy also did with great effectiveness), would be my other key suggestion. Bernie already has done so but the Poor People's Moral Action Congress will be an excellent way to turn up the volume further. Naturally, Sanders' attendance at the King March on Washington those many decades ago is helpful.

Medicare For All and a living wage of at least $15 an hour nation wide sounds even more compelling within this larger context. It's important to remind ourselves and the world that the richest nation in history has 40 million of its people living in poverty.

I suspect that this also will be a compelling opportunity for Cornell West and Tavis Smiley to renew their laudable campaign to keep the subject of poverty at the fore.

I also am tickled pink to see Rev. Barber at the front of the march in the photo above! He is the Dr. King of his generation. Few speak of morality with greater persuasion or conviction than he. Rev. Barber is the real deal. I avail myself of every opportunity I can to hear him speak.

Donkees

(31,407 posts)
3. LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE ...
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 06:44 AM
Jun 2019

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE - Please join us here on our Poor People’s Moral Action Congress page to watch the following events via livestream:

Forum with 2020 Presidential Candidates: Monday, June 17, 1:15 pm - 7:00 pm ET

https://www.breachrepairers.org/poor-peoples-moral-action-congress

Donkees

(31,407 posts)
5. ➡️ Watch LIVE JUNE 17 at 1PM: Poor People's Campaign Presidential Forum
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:28 AM
Jun 2019


Scheduled for Jun 17, 2019
Watch live coverage of the Poor People’s Campaign Presidential Forum where 2020 candidates will be questioned directly from the nation’s poor. Hosted at Trinity University in Washington, candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and others, will discuss solutions for systematic racism and poverty in the U.S.

Donkees

(31,407 posts)
7. "This Is About the Moral Center" - Poor People's Campaign Presidential Forum
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 06:10 AM
Jun 2019


Published on Jun 16, 2019
June 16th, 2019 - Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II discusses the 2020 Presidential Candidate forum taking place at the Poor People's Congress in Washington, DC on Monday, June 17th.
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