The Poor People’s Campaign, a movement originally organized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, comes to Maine on Oct. 10, as part of a 20-state tour. The Poor People’s Campaign aims to change the national conversation and seriously address systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and ecological devastation.
Guests
Rev. Dr. William Barber, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach; author, preacher, professor, chief architect of the "Forward Together Moral Movement"; MacArthur Foundation awardee (2018); and co-chair of The Poor People’s Campaign
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival; director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary
Resources
- Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
- Poor People's Campaign Portland march
- Poor People's Campaign Maine
- The Souls of Poor Folk: Auditing America 50 Years After the Poor People’s Campaign Challenged Racism, Poverty, the War Economy/Militarism and Our National Morality
- Mass Poor People’s Assembly And Moral March On Washington, June 20, 2020, Washington, DC
- The Revamped Poor People's Campaign Is Building Support And Coming To Maine
- 'Truth And Poverty Tour' Elevates The Voices Of Impoverished Mainers
- 'Poor People's Campaign' To Target Maine Policies That Foster Economic Inequality
- The Poor People's Campaign Seeks To Complete Martin Luther King's Final Dream
- New York Times: 50 Years Later, War on Poverty Is a Mixed Bag