'This is why it's expensive to be poor in America.'
Great video debunking the hate, bias, stereotypes, & bigotry that surrounds people who are poor. I wish more people were like this ....
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Q. 'Why is there so much poverty in America?'
A. 'Because we exploit the poor to enrich the wealthy!'
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Poverty's a policy decision.
What you'll see below shouldn't even exist but as long as our elected officials profit off the exploitation of poor people, it sadly will.
We have both the means & ability to end poverty in ๐บ๐ธ
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๐ฅ The federal minimum wage needs to be $52/hr & here's the math behind it. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
A pic from yesterdayโs Justice Jam in Boston with the Embrace monument in the background. Many great conversations about the PPC and our demands clearly speak to people.
#PoorPeoplesCampaign #3rdReconstruction
The Maryland #PoorPeoplesCampaign congratulates one of our youngest members, Mimi Edwards, who is *VALEDICTORIAN* of Bowie Class of 2024!
She will attend University of Maryland this fall as a Banneker Key Scholar, studying studio art. #ForwardTogether ! #PPCArtistsRiseTogether
Guests rave about how our newest exhibit exposes them to an often-overlooked protest of poverty and inequality in America. Open through August 18 at #ALPLM . Organized by SITravelingExhibits and Smithsonianโs NMAAHC.
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#PoorPeoplesCampaign #SolidarityNow #CivilRights
โ Why is the #PoorPeoplesCampaign mobilizing?
๐ฃ Because we must end the crisis of death by poverty/low wealth in America and advance a moral public policy agenda instead!
Check out our 17-point agenda and sign up to join us now: buff.ly/2HVlx7p
Maryland #PoorPeoplesCampaign 's State House Assembly segment (starts at ~30 min mark, after marchers return), w/umbrellas in hand as not even rain can stop our movement! Take the oath to be a poverty abolitionist! #WeWontBeSilentAnymore #UnityofLove
mdppc.org/march2
Today is 4 wks since the Maryland #PoorPeoplesCampaign held its Assembly in Annapolis.
No voices would have been heard (LITERALLY) if not for the generosity of Re:Action, who provided/operated the sound/stage equipment, working hard in the pouring rain!
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Going over some footage of the March to the Capitol on March 2nd. Thanks to our theomusicologist Arnae Batson and all the hundreds who marched with us.
#PoorPeoplesCampaign #California #Mobilize
If it is OK to solve the debt ceiling crisis out the pockets of the poor, it is OK to pay a living wage, Provide Healthcare, and affordable housing out of the pockets of the under taxed, uber wealthy. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
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Happy Mother's Day!
As we celebrate the joy of having children, we must remember that HALF of those children in this country are poor or low-income.
Join @unitethepoor & the Maryland #PoorPeoplesCampaign in DC on June 29!
RSVP at mdppc.org/mm2024
#FightPovertyNotThePoor
