California Poor People's Campaign

In this issue… Election Day to-dos Wood St. Commons Block Party You Don’t Need a Home to Vote! Recap: SNAP at Risk workshop poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement #VotingRights #MoralMonday #PoorPeoplesCampaign

In this issue… • A statement on the Islamic Center of San Diego tragedy • New addition to the voter resource guide • Recap: Communitas Awards features two PPC mainstays • Bishop Barber on Rededicate 250 poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement

We all want the same things—jobs that pay a living wage, access to affordable housing, and a brighter future for our children. That’s why we’re using this moment to make #UnionsForAll a reality and win a better life.

“Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.” #MLK #SundayWithKing #TheKingCenter

Sixty nine years ago today, on May 17, 1957, my father delivered “Give Us the Ballot.” Its message still speaks with urgency. At a time when voting rights continue to be challenged and weakened, his words remind us that the ballot is about dignity, representation, and the power to help shape a just society. That call is still before us. I invite you to watch the full speech and reflect on what it still calls us to do: youtu.pulse.ly/zc8dwstmt3 #MLK #VotingRights #BelovedCommunity #Nonviolence365

Peace not war!! Raise your voice as we demand an end to policy violence. Join us tomorrow. RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/MoralMondays20…

In this issue… New: Voting rights resource guide Recap: Oakland’s 510 Day Moral Monday at BLM Plaza poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement #VotingRights #MoralMonday #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Walk with us! Oakland Ceasefire is a movement to stop the killings and more people going to jail. Come bring a presence of peace to our streets and raise awareness for Oakland's violence reduction strategy. 6 p.m. Friday, May 15 at St. Columba Church, 6401 San Pablo Ave., Oakland

AB 2465 heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 14. Join us in telling lawmakers: California should not subsidize family separation. Email Assemblymembers today and urge them to support AB 2465 at bit.ly/LAV2465 #FamiliesAreSacred #LasFamiliasSonSagradas

On May 18, join clergy, impacted people & moral leaders for a #MoralMonday Peace & Nonviolence Rally outside the White House and across the nation. We will challenge the distorted theology being used to justify war, racism, poverty & attacks on democracy. breachrepairers.org/get-involved/e…

In this issue… • How you can fight voter suppression today • 510 Day: A community celebration in Oakland • May Day recaps • Bishop Barber on SCOTUS redistricting poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement #VotingRights

On May 11, #MoralMonday Peace Rallies are taking place outside the White House and state Congressional Offices, as we continue to deepen and escalate nonviolent moral resistance against the unholy and illegal war in the Middle East! Register to join: breachrepairers.org/get-involved/e…

In this issue… • May Day details and inspiration • Recap: Statewide organizing meeting • Roots of Resistance Pilgrimage • A deadline for the Iran War poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement #PassLivingWages

#OTD in 1967, Dr. King delivered his "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam" sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. It could have just as easily been delivered today.

In this issue… May Day in L.A. and statewide Recap: Picnic & Purpose Rev. Liz on Noem vs. Al Otro Lado poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement

In this issue… • May Day action in the works • Recap: Dream On Beloved Resource Fair • LAX workers hold a Truth Commission • Bishop Barber on Trump’s Easter blasphemy • The public theology we need now poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement

In this issue… Oakland Beyond Vietnam reading Dream On Beloved resource fair Recap: No Kings #3 California style Interfaith vigil for asylum rights at Supreme Court Palm Sunday walk of prayers to Oak Flat poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor

61 years ago today, at the culmination of the Selma to Montgomery marches, my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol and declared with clarity and conviction, “How long? Not long!” That moment was not only about the victory ahead. It was about the determination to keep moving forward in the face of brutality, injustice, and delay. The question still meets us today. Not just “How long?,” but ”How committed we are to doing what is necessary to secure and protect the right to vote for all?” Watch/listen to the full speech on YouTube: youtu.pulse.ly/0esr1lqqws #MLK #VotingRightsAct #RestoreTheVRA #JohnLewisVRAA #Nonviolence365

In this issue… • No Kings Day this weekend • East Bay Food Justice Conference • LA PPC gets out the vote • Book event uplifts “Working Class Revolutionaries” • Our Moral Moment: Getting together to grow our light poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali… #CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor

In this issue… • Keep calling for an end to the Iran War • Announcement from a CA PPC quad chair • Next week, go “Beyond Vietnam” • Recap: Detention Center Serenade • A faithful response to billionaires • Our Moral Moment: No war is holy poorpeoplescampaign.org/committee/cali…