Today on Sojourner Truth:
Our team was on the ground in Washington, D.C. We covered the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Moral Congress. The Congress ran from Monday, June 17, to Wednesday, June 19. Over 1,200 people from across the country, the majority people impacted in the areas of focus of the Poor People's Campaign. The focus of the Poor People's campaign is racism, poverty, the war economy and environmental devastation. It also has the goal of shifting what it calls "the moral narrative." Its joint coordinators are Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis.
On Monday, June 17, there was a six-hour-long presidential candidates forum at the Poor People's Campaign Moral Congress. The host of the forum was MSNBC's Joy Reid. On today's show, we return to the Poor People's Campaign presidential candidates forum. We hear from Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Now, keep in mind: this presidential candidates forum at a Poor People's Congress was unprecedented given the reality that during the last presidential race, poverty wasn't even mentioned.
