The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. UFPJ is a proud national mobilizing partner of the Campaign.
This April 4: Organize a Public Reading of Dr. King’s “Beyond Vietnam: Speech in Your Community
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, in his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on...
Mobilizing for The Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls, June 18, 2022
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has launched a national Mobilization Tour leading to June 18, 2022. Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls. The Mobilization Tour will make stops...
The Poor People’s Campaign: Picking up Martin Luther King’s Unfinished Work
In a February 1968 speech, Dr, King declared: “We have played havoc with the destiny of the world and we have brought the whole world closer to nuclear confrontation . . . I am still convinced that the struggle for peace and the struggle for civil rights as we call it...
A Burst of Anti-Nuclear Activity!
January 22 will mark the first anniversary of entry-into-force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW prohibits the possession, development, testing, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons for the 59 countries that have so far ratified...
The Poor People’s Campaign: Get it Done in 2021!
Congress has not yet taken action to pass the Build Back Better plan, protect voting rights, advance immigrant rights, fight for the health of the planet, and more. On December 13, United for Peace & Justice partnered with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National...
Moral Monday March on Washington Monday, December 13, 2021; 12:00 noon ET Capitol Hill, Washington DC
Congress has not yet taken action to pass the Build Back Better plan, protect voting rights, advance immigrant rights, fight for the health of the planet, and more. United for Peace & Justice is partnering with the Poor People’s Campaign in calling for a...
UFPJ Webinar: The Costs of War at Home, recording now available.
Click here for a recording of this webinar. This webinar highlighted UFPJ member groups’ and allies’ work to raise awareness of the impacts of war industries in communities around the U.S., including approaches ranging from focusing on particular armament companies to...
President Biden and Congress: Listen to the Poor People’s Campaign!
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is keeping up the pressure on President Biden and Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act and voting protections to save our democracy from coordinated attacks across the country. The largest investment...
Poor People’s Campaign Moral Monday: Build Back Better From the Bottom Up!
Get on the Bus! Congress is coming back to DC on Monday, Nov 15 and we need to meet them there to demand they Build Back Better from the Bottom Up and pass voting protections to save our democracy from coordinated attacks across the country. All hands on deck!! This...
Poor People’s Campaign: 2020 Election Study Shows Low Income Voters Can’t be Ignored
According to a study released by the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival at an online national press conference on October 15, poor and low-income people accounted for more than a third of all voters overall in the 2020 presidential election, and...
The Poor People’s Campaign: A Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action to Save Our Democracy
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has just wrapped up A Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action to Save Our Democracy, focused on four demands of U.S. Senators:1) End the filibuster NOW; 2) Pass ALL provisions of the For the People Act; 3)...
Poor People’s Campaign Announces a Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action
On Monday, July 5, 2021, Bishop William J. Barber II, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, delivered an impassioned Moral Monday Message to the Nation, declaring, “Democracy vs. autocracy is the battle of our time. We must engage...