Today on Sojourner Truth:
We continue our coverage of the recent Poor People's Campaign Moral Congress held in Washington, D.C. from Monday, June 17 to Wednesday, June 19. At least 1,200 impacted people from states across the country attended. The Poor People's Campaign fights back against what it calls the evils of racism, poverty, the war economy and environmental devastation. It also has the goal of shifting what they call the moral narrative. The joint coordinators of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival are Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.
Today, we hear voices from a powerful discussion held on Tuesday, June 18, at the Congress that I was involved in. It was titled, Everybody's Got A Right To Live: The Role of Women's and LGBTQ Rights Organizing in Winning Freedom for Poor People. Speakers included: Emily Nelson from Grace Harbor, Washington with Chaplains on the Harbor and the Washington State Poor Peoples Campaign; Bishop Tonyia M. Rawls with the Freedom Center for Social Justice in North Carolina; and myself. During the discussion, I spoke about my experiences as a participant of the Every Mother is a Working Mother network, the National Welfare Rights Union and Women of Color in the Global Women's Strike. The discussion was moderated by Rev. Emily McNeil, a minister in the United Church of Christ who directs the labor-religion coalition of New York State for the Poor People's Campaign.
