Injustice at Home
U.S. injustice has deep historical roots: the theft of Native American lands, slavery, centuries of racism and anti-immigrant policies, and profound income and wealth inequality. The legacies of these injustices persist and intersect today. The median wealth of a Black or Latinx family is only a small faction of that of a white family. Native American water and lands continue to be devastated by petroleum pipelines, coal and uranium mining. Muslim-Americans have experienced a wave of Islamophobia, while individuals seeking to enter the U.S. at our southern border are denied the right to seek asylum and detained in pens. UFPJ was founded on the principle that there will be no true peace without addressing the myriad injustices of U.S. society.
Voting is Power Unleashed: An Update from the Poor People’s Campaign
America is home to 140 million poor and low-income people who are living without health insurance, without fair wages, without clean water, and without the basic necessities we need to survive. But together we can do M.O.R.E. — Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering,...
Voting is Power Unleashed! National Moral Monday Mass Assembly and Teach-in
Haz clic aqui para recibir nuestras comunicaciones en español. This pandemic and economic collapse, along with the recent wave of police brutality and massive voter suppression tactics have forced this nation into an unprecedented season of crisis. As Rev. Dr. William...
Update from the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
The Poor People's Campaign just launched a groundbreaking new report, “Unleashing the Power of Poor and Low Income Americans; Changing the Political Landscape,” that proves empirically what we’ve always known: that poor and low-income people are the key to political...
Tell Blackrock: Stop investing in Tasers!
BlackRock loves to make a killing on killing: Over a thousand Americans have been killed by Tasers — 32 percent of them are Black Americans. Tasers are made by the colossal law enforcement supplier Axon Enterprise, based in Arizona. One of their top shareholders...
Poor People’s Jubilee Platform launched; A Moral Agenda to Heal America
Following the June 20, 2020 digital Mass Poor People’s Assembly and March on Washington that drew millions of viewers, on July 16, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, held a well-attended Congressional briefing to demand a moral policy...
U.S. Conference of Mayors Calls for Human-Centered Security in a Time of Global Pandemic
At the close of its 88th Annual Meeting, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 30, 2020, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Executive Committee unanimously adopted a sweeping resolution “Calling for Human-Centered Security in a Time of Global...
Strike For Black Lives! July 20, 2020
On Monday July 20th, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is joining a coalition of major labor unions and racial and social justice organizations, including SEIU, the Fight for $15 and a Union, the Movement for Black Lives and many more, for...
Facing History and Ourselves: Full Spectrum Dominance from White Supremacy to Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Societies are a fabric of a whole. The foundations of domestic, foreign and military policies are the same. in his article "Facing History and Ourselves: Full Spectrum Dominance from White Supremacy to Hiroshima & Nagasaki," Joseph Gerson explains that since the...
Protests of the Murder of George Floyd Met with Military Force UFPJ Member Groups and Leaders Respond
The police murder of George Floyd sparked an outpouring of public protest across the nation, and members of UFPJ’s leadership, past and present, joined calls to defund the police and the military, while warning of imminent threats to our democracy. Michael McPhearson,...
June 20, 2020: Power Concedes Nothing Without an Organized Demand
United for Peace & Justice is proud to be a National Mobilizing Partner in the Poor People’s Campaign; A National Call for Moral Revival. On June 20 the voices of our movement rang out loud and clear through the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on...
Mapping the Militarization of Police
Central to the crucial debates about policing and racism that Americans are engaged in is the growing militarization of U.S. law enforcement: adoption of the equipment, tactics and mindset of the military, along with the overwhelmingly disproportionate use of SWAT...
Are You Ready to Throw Down this Weekend?
The Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington Digital Gathering is just 2 days away and momentum is growing! United for Peace & Justice is proud to be among the more than 200 partner organizations across the country, including unions, religious...