The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March On Washington: Join The Movement On June 20th
The Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington is a program that will be broadcast on Saturday, June 20th at 9am and 5pm CST, and again on Sunday, June 21st at 5pm CST, at June2020.org. This is a call for racial, economic and climate justice through the largest digital gathering of low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in the nation's history. The UUA is among a long and illustrious list of Mobilizing Partners.
The Poor People's Campaign is a movement of tens of thousands of people across the country who are organizing to end the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, militarism and the war economy, ecological devastation, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism.
The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is building a broad and deep national moral fusion movement—rooted in the leadership of poor people—to unite our country from the bottom up.
There are 140 million poor and low-wealth people in the richest country in the world. We’re bringing together tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and militarism, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality.
This Campaign is made up of people of all backgrounds. We are Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian and White; we are old and young; we are people of faith and not of faith; we are people of all sexual orientations and gender identities; we are people of all abilities; we are led by poor people and we are a broad movement made up of those from all walks of life.
This is not the time for trickle-down solutions. Now is the time to reimagine what is necessary and possible in this country. From policing and militarism to voting rights, workers' rights, welfare, health care, education, indigenous sovereignty, water and environment, the demands of this Campaign present a comprehensive, transformative political and moral agenda for this nation. Click here for our most recent demands around COVID-19 and systemic racism.