A Moral Resurrection With Reverend William Barber

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🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Dr. Reverend William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, initiated by Dr. Martin Luther King, talks about the Selma-to-Montgomery Style, 4-Day march in Texas to Challenge Attacks on the Right to Vote, which consists of a 27 mile trek from Georgetown to Austin, TX. The event is part of the organization’s national Moral Monday direct actions which are designed to demand an end to the filibuster, passage of the full For the People Act, and complete restoration of the Voting Rights Act. The group is also urging passage of a minimum living wage of $15 per hour. The Poor People’s campaign and partners will begin the Texas events with meetings with Democratic and Republican legislators on June 26, before engaging in a 27-mile trek from Georgetown to Austin, Texas, July 27 through July 30. As Democratic legislators in Texas fled the state in search of federal assistance pushing back on anti-voting measures there, the Rev. Liz Theoharis and the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II are organizing a march involving members of the Poor People’s Campaign, including clergy, religious and moral leaders, who earlier called for a season of nonviolent direct action in support of voting rights, a $15 minimum wage, and an end to the filibuster. “It is a mistake to think that racism only impacts Black people,” said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. “It impacts us all and the collective impact necessitates a collective response.” Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) is the president of Repairers of the Breach, a co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and the author of “We Are Called to Be a Movement.”

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0:00.9	Hello, and we are live. I'm so excited to be talking to someone who I've been wanting to have
0:05.9	on the show for a while. A real inspiration, moral figure. His name is, as you probably know,
0:14.0	because you're watching this. And I know that a lot of listeners and viewers have already requested
0:18.4	that you come on that I invite you on. So Bishop, Dr. William J. Barber, he's the president and
0:24.9	senior lecturer of repairs of the breach, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and National
0:29.8	call for moral revival, Bishop with the fellowship of affirming ministries, visiting professor at
0:35.2	Union Theological Seminary, the architect of the moral movement, co-chair of the Poor People's
0:39.8	Campaign, which of course was begun by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and relaunched by
0:48.6	Bishop Barber. So welcome, and thank you so much for taking time. We know how busy you are,
0:55.6	you're organizing an incredibly important march. So could you just tell people what the march
1:00.5	that you're organizing is and what the demand are? Well, first of all, thank you for having me,
1:06.4	and let me welcome you. All of your audience, also on behalf of Reverend Dr. List, your Harris,
1:11.2	our co-chair, the 45 coordinator committed the Poor People's Campaign around the country and
1:17.3	thousands of clergy and most of our impacted people, poor and low-well people that represent
1:22.4	the 140 million poor and low-well people in this country, 40% of the nation. And also, you know,
1:28.5	Dr. King did lift this up, but it was also the welfare rights women who helped push Dr. King,
1:34.9	and I think that part of the history should never be left off. Listen, we're in a
1:41.4	serious time, we're seeing political insurrection. We've seen physical fighting mean insurrection
1:47.5	on January 6th, but since then, we've seen political insurrection that are literally a
1:54.0	attempt to wage a political coup through changing voting laws after 56 million people use
2:01.3	non-traditional ways to vote. And so, Texas is like the canary in the mind, and a number of
2:10.9	states have already passed them, but Texas is a place that we need to nationalize. And so the
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