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Poor Peoples Campaign demands Third Reconstruction, will march on Washington in 2022 Follow Us Question of the Day Now that we know the military is investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOs), what do you think they might be? Question of the Day Rev. William J. Barber II, national co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, tells a gathering in downtown Jackson, Miss., that restoring voting rights to people who have finished serving time is a moral imp...

A group of progressive leaders and lawmakers are unveiling a resolution calling for a Third Reconstruction to address poverty and low wages, two issues exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reverend William Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, and Democratic Representative Barbara Lee join American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss how this resolution provides a road map for lifting Americans out of poverty.

Poor People’s Campaign pushes for ‘Third Reconstruction’ in America in Washington event; Rev. Dr. William Barber

U.S. Reps Lee and Jayapal introduce Third Reconstruction resolution pushed by the Rev. Barber's Poor People's Campaign to help working poor.

ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE BATES In October 1829, some of the last surviving leaders of America’s founding generation gathered in Richmond, Virginia, for a state constitutional convention. Two issues dominated the gathering: suffrage and apportionment. Virginia’s 1776 constitution, drafted in the crucible of revolution, had limited the vote to white men who owned a certain amount of property. It also drew the General Assembly’s electoral districts to heavily favor the plantation-dominated Tid...

New leaders of color in Boston say the shift is a sign of progress and optimism, but also an indication that much work still needs to be done to close the racial leadership gap.

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Kick Off the 2021 Offering of Letters to Congress Bread members will urge Congress to expand anti-hunger programs in response to the pandemic and increase funding for nutrition programs. A new Offering of Letters website has flexible tools to help plan your event.Explore the New Website The Third Reconstruction: Pan African women are rising again! March 3, 2021 By Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith Her children rise up and bless her …. Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness...

Asked what the experience meant to them, the answers of the panelists varied from “We have to go harder, holding our elected officials accountable,” to the need to empower people, the importance of voting, directing the youthful passion at the doors, and strengthening the unity of Black and brown Georgians. These stories of overcoming challenges and inspiration found in the Georgia communities were life-changing and humbling events that panelists said stay with them forever, giving motivati...