Taking to the streets: California Poor People’s Campaign marches, holds rally to support policies that lift from the bottom & fight those killing, hurting the poor and low-wealth

Housing Is A Human Right:

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Flyer for the Poor People’s Campaign Rally and March in L.A. being held on Monday, May 16th 2022 starting at Los Angeles City Hall and beginning at at 5:00 p.m. PT (Graphic: Business Wire)

WHAT: The California Poor People’s Campaign, with the support of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, will march and rally in Los Angeles in the lead-up to their March on Washington on June 18th, to demand that this nation adopt policies that lift from the bottom.

WHEN: Monday, May 16, 2022, 5:00 p.m. PT

WHERE: Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

WHO: The California PPC and the PPC:NCMR, with co-chairs Bishop William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, alongside local unions and faith organizations and testifiers from Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Spanish speakers will participate.

Interviews are available from 3:00 p.m. PT at a media tent on Spring Street near the entrance to Grand Park.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Please contact Yolanda Barksdale (ybarksdale@breachrepairers.org) if you are interested in interviews and attending.

ON-SITE MEDIA CONTACT:

Yolanda Barksdale | ybarksdale@breachrepairers.org

Lauren Zehyoue | lauren@kairoscenter.org

Jenna Kyle | jlk359@cornell.edu

For Spanish-speaking media:

Kenia Alcocer | alcocerkenia@gmail.com

ABOUT the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

The PPC:NCMR has picked up the unfinished work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others who, in 1968, called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of history: The Poor People’s Campaign. The PPC:NCMR has picked up this unfinished work. From Alaska to Arkansas, the Bronx to the border, people are coming together to confront the interlocking evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. We understand that as a nation we are at a critical juncture — that we need a movement that will shift the moral narrative, impact policies and elections at every level of government, and build lasting power for poor and impacted people. Our anchor organizations are Repairers of the Breach and the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice.

Sent on behalf of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival by AHF’s ‘Housing Is A Human Right’ housing advocacy division.

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