Michigan Poor People's Campaign

Uniting Michiganders to challenge systemic racism, poverty, war economy, ecological devastation & religious nationalism.

[Greg Olszta @OlsztaGreg]

Flint residents standing up for environmental justice!

Flint Residents Demand Federal Action After Michigan Court Upholds Permit for Asphalt Plant https://t.co/YrJ53pvDuy

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

From June 19-21, our #MoralPovertyActionCongress brought together impacted people and faith leaders from 30+ states demanding action to address death by poverty and say: we won’t be silent anymore.

Photo credit: Shanaz Deen

[Nebraska Poor People's Campaign @NebraskaPPC]

The fourth leading cause of death in the US? Cumulative poverty | Rev William Barber and Gregg Gonsalves https://t.co/790N8gK38n

[New York State Poor People's Campaign @nysppc]

#MoralPovertyActionCongress 2023 is a wrap! But we will keep moving #forwardtogether w/ @UniteThePoor

[Nebraska Poor People's Campaign @NebraskaPPC]

55 Years After the Launch of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
https://t.co/BG6nybSQCT

[Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor]

“Why do we hear so little from politicians about death by poverty.
Why is there no Surgeon General’s Warning on a low wage job?” @RevDrBarber

[VT Poor Peoples Campgn Natl Call for Moral Revival @VTPPC]

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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[Michigan Poor People's Campaign @MichiganPPC]

Between 2018-2020, there were 3,266,000 poor and low-income people in MICHIGAN- 33% of the population. To meet their basic needs, a household with 2 adults and 2 children needs to earn over $27/hour. However, the current minimum wage is just $9.97/hour.

[Institute for Policy Studies @IPS_DC]

In 1968, Dr. King, Jr. launched a Poor People’s Campaign to tackle the “Triplets of Evil”—systemic racism, poverty, and militarism.

Today, the modern Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor and IPS have NEW data on these issues in every state. Find yours: 👇 https://t.co/YSfzgz6v9F

[Michigan Poor People's Campaign @MichiganPPC]

"... Matthew Desmond, a sociologist at Princeton University, estimates that we could lift everyone within our borders above the poverty line for less than 1% of our national GDP – $177bn."
https://t.co/8n5JBce6ek

[Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign @MA_PPC]

MAPPC making our demands known to our congressional delegations! We demand an end to #DeathByPoverty . We demand the #ThirdReconstruction. #MoralPovertyActionCongress #PoorPeoplesCampaign
@UniteThePoor @RepRichardNeal @RepMcGovern @USRepKeating @RepAuchincloss

[Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign @MA_PPC]

MAPPC making our demands known to our congressional delegations! We demand an end to #DeathByPoverty . We demand the #ThirdReconstruction. #MoralPovertyActionCongress #PoorPeoplesCampaign
@UniteThePoor @RepStephenLynch @RepMoulton @SenMarkey @SenWarren

[Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign @MA_PPC]

@UniteThePoor kids!
Everybody’s got a right to live!
Lift from the bottom so everyone rises!
We won’t be silent anymore!
#MoralPovertyActionCongress
#PoorPeoplesCampaign

[Maryland Poor People's Campaign @Maryland_PPC]

We’re sending off a delegation from the #PoorPeoplesCampaign to a meeting at the White House, including MD tri-chair Rabbi Alana Suskin. 🙌🙌

Somebody’s hurting our people, it’s gone on far too long, and we won’t be silent anymore. #MoralPovertyActionCongress #PovertyIsDeath

[Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign @MA_PPC]

MAPPC making our demands known to our congressional delegations! We demand an end to #DeathByPoverty . We demand the #ThirdReconstruction. #MoralPovertyActionCongress #PoorPeoplesCampaign
@UniteThePoor @RepPressley @RepLoriTrahan @WhipKClark

[Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign @MA_PPC]

Art tells our story and honors those in this movement - both those who came before us and those still fighting with us. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Here is our amazing Trichair Savina Martin! @UniteThePoor #MoralPovertyActionCongress #poorpeoplescampaign

[Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor]

“I often skipped meals with my husband, or he would eat one day, and I would eat the next. This isn’t the America I want for my children.”

No one should have to sacrifice their health to survive. #MoralPovertyActionCongress

https://t.co/4gXsNctXKf

[Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor]

The @MichiganPPC is one of 30+ state groups joining together at the #MoralPovertyActionCongress to end the death sentence of poverty in America. Mobilizing and organizing together, we won’t be silent anymore.
https://t.co/9bO2Gm7kEC

[Washington DC Poor People's Campaign @WashingtonDCPPC]

Yesterday the #PoorPeoplesCampaign visited 400 members of Congress to demand they address the crisis of death by poverty: the 4th leading cause of death in the US.

Thank you @EleanorNorton for a fruitful meeting, we look forward to our next meeting and to working together!

[Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign @MA_PPC]

Huge props to the folks at @KairosCenterNYC and @BRepairers for an inspiring, grounding, sobering, educational, and joyful #moralpovertyactioncongress. We are fired up and ready for the next steps in our fight to end #DeathByPoverty.
@UniteThePoor
#PoorPeoplesCampaign

[Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor]

Day 2 of the #MoralPovertyActionCongress was a success 💪 We are mobilizing and organizing from the bottom up to demand we end the death sentence of poverty in America.