And ages and genders and sexuality, people are committing to building a moral fusion movement. And building power. I believe that we will win. Abouts movement is not merely saving the Democratic Party or criticizing the republican party. This movement is about saving the soul of this nation. Up to fightsing poverty. [chanting] we must do more mobilizing organizing registration educating people for the movement who vote. Cannot stand here and claim to be a follower of jesus christ and be silent about the moral outrage that is going on in our country. We are not afraid thank you, we love you half of its people is in a moral and economic crisis. We will. Do more. There will be a movement. To bring people together change the heart and soul of this democracy and this world. Almost 57 years ago, my father, reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. , reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. And now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling tranquilizingthe drug of gradualism. But now is the time to make real the promises of this democracy. He was working with poor people of every race, from every corner of this nation to build a Poor Peoples Campaign, when he was assassinated in memphis, tennessee, five years later. I am, as his daughter, honored to add my voice to the poor people of campaign, a National Call for moral revival. And stand with the 140 million poor people and lower wealth people, urging america to address with the urgency of now, the big issues of poverty and race. Welcome to the digital poor Peoples Assembly and moral march on washington. A movement that is bringing together black, brown, white people, liberals and conservatives, the young and our elders, gay, straight, trans, queer people, religious and nonreligious people. People of all backgrounds and thewalks of life to fight injustice of poverty and the injustice that grow out of poverty. I am the reverend nancy petty, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in raleigh, north carolina, where we come to you live this morning with the Poor Peoples Campaign. Im part of the Poor Peoples Campaign and past chair of the board of repairs of the breach. Im honored this day to stand with the reverend alan jackson and welcome the nation and the world to this historic day. Our purpose this day resounds the message of the moral fusion message of the 19thcentury reconstruction and the message of the 1968 Poor Peoples Campaign. Economic justice for poor people. In the words of dr. King, we have come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice, to the solid rock of brotherhood and sisterhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of gods children. So welcome. Welcome to the mass poor Peoples Assembly and march on washington. We ask you now to text moral 909 75 or go to june2020. Org. Thank you, pastor petty. Im proud to stand with you today welcoming the nation in the world to this digital justice gathering. Theexecutive director of mass poor Peoples Assembly and moral march on washington. Today, we will hear from the prophets of our time. Not just those who stand in churches inside the walls of churches and mosques and synagogues and temples, and up on high elevated podiums. But prophets who struggled to survive in food deserts and who scream and shout and march and protest on city streets. 140 millionng the poor and low wealth people in this country. Whereby Abraham Joshua henschel said prophets, prophets are , but they sound an octave a bit too high for our ears, they have experiences that defy our understanding, they are neither singing sates or moralizing ports, but assaulters of the mind. Their words often begin where our conscience ends. Hear from the prophets of our time. Hear them. Listen. Listen. First, we will have a word and litany from faith leaders followed by video, the pain and picture of poverty, and after the song what do the lord require . The cochairs of the peoples campaign, a National Call for moral reviver, revival, and the reverend dr. William j barber the second will speak to us. We come with many names for the holy. And those too sacred to voice. Though we call them by different teachers. Jesus, mohammed, buddha. Moses, and others. Declare in the face of systemic racism, silence is betrayal. Reaffirm the voice of each human. That within each person. There are these rights and recognitions. Racism is the virus that tears at our humanity. Infects our system. The greatters within democratic experiment. That is america. Somebody is hurting our people. And it has gone on far too long. And we will not be silenced anymore. A pandemic magnifies the fissures. Created by racist capitalism. Where a central workers are really sacrificial. And not given the essentials they need. Order the nearly 700 people who died every day. From poverty in this country. To the coronavirus. We pray that we would not be comforted. By the false worship of broken systems. But instead we would find new ways. Economy ofmong us an interdependence. Somebody is hurting our people. And it has gone on far too long. And we will not be silenced anymore. Ofwe have hurt the spirit river, soil, mountain entries. There is enough for everyone to live free. But there is not. Enough for corporate greed we pray with our policy demands. With solidarity strikes. With movements for farmers and growers. For care workers. From others fighting for water. Somebody is hurting our people. And it has gone on far too long. And we will not be silenced. We lament a nation addicted to war. Economically dependent on really violence, foreign and domestic. If we continue to fund half of our National Budget on the military. Lining the pockets of corporations, millionaires. And sacrificing the lives of our young people. Let us study war no more. Somebody is hurting our people. And it has gone on far too long. We will not be silent anymore. For the labor and witness over those gone before us. To light the way forward. With thanksgiving in our heart, we remember the soldiers on which we stand. And those who laid the foundation for this movement. For those who brought us to this moment. Frederick douglass. John brown. Harriet tubman. Malcolm x, Martin Luther king. Dorothy day. Abraham peschel. Pauli murray. For the elders still with us, for the children in this movement now. We pray. And ones of infinite name and reach. Thank you for the courage of our people in the streets today. Lifted up to organize in our communities today. And we, like the ones before, are now the ones weve been waiting for. And we will not be silent anymore. Anymore. We lament because we love. We prophesy and stand for prophetic witness because we love. We advocate for justice because we love. We speak painful truths because we love. Because we love our fellow human children of god. Because we love this creation god has given us. And because we love, we must stand up for what is right. Because we love, we must stand up for what is good. Because we love, we stand up for what is just. Because we love, we stand up for what is not selfish but sacrificial. Because we love, we march. Because we love, we call on our leaders to help us to make america america, shining city on the hill, and not a place of darkness and despair. Let love lead us. Let love guide us. Let love show us the way. Shall we pray . Great god, love is not only what you do. It is who you are. The scripture says, beloved, let us love one another for love is of god and everyone who loves is born of god and knows god. He or she who loves not knows not god for god is love. You taught us that there is no fear in love and that love casts out fear. The greatest commandment is to love our neighbor as ourselves. And as my grandmother used to say often, love is not a say word. Love is a do word. Help us to live lives filled with love. Amen and praise god. At one time, poverty was a temporary condition. You were on a downslope for a minute, but you could bounce back up. We cant bounce back up today. Its permanent. Were not going back to the factory and building cars and trucks like we once did. A job working at mcdonalds or at the Grocery Store does not pay enough for one person to live. You work a 40hour work week and is still not enough to live from paycheck to paycheck. Rent is 600 a month. We got a water bill, electricity. I do this for my kids. And it hurts. We had water shut off. This entire neighborhood was shut off all at one time. I saw all of my neighbors get shut off right in front of me. It was kind of terrifying. Im 42 years old and im a cashier at mcdonalds. I had lost my house. Theres a lot of people that are living in their cars. You never notice until youre in that situation. I need to take care of my children. Im paying all of these bills and they need School Clothes and stuff. I cant give it to them. I see poverty in my own community. There 70 Unemployment Rate in the reservation right now. In new york city, were home to millionaires and billionaires and there are summative people on the street. Thats just not right. Ive been living down here since i was 17. Im from flint, michigan. You cant imagine being in my footsteps. I have children who have never had the experience of drinking from the tap. 700,000 people are on the verge of losing their food stamps. This budget is shrinking the social safety net. I just know that everything thats happening to us isnt right. Im in stage five of Kidney Disease. I fell behind on my health care and they canceled my Health Insurance and they tell me i have to wait until open enrollment. Theres only five stages of Kidney Disease and im in the fifth stage. Its murder. If you ask me, its murder. I lost a daughter. No parent in america should have to bury their kids. My children are no more my god. My god. Im wailing because my babies aint no more how many more babies . More children . No more. What love the lord requires of thee , for far too long, the poor immigrants, victims of racist police violence, young people have been blamed for all of societys problems. We have been divided by race and immigration status. Militarism. And the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. Our backs are against the wall. We have no choice but to push. I say it plain. America was never america to me. Time for transformation reconstruction and revival in america. Two years ago we were together on the National Mall and in washington, d. C. , and over 25,000 of us from every corner of this nation walked in a solemn procession on the steps to the u. S. Capitol to declare we were relaunching the Poor Peoples Campaign, a national a moral revival, with our eye on the 19th century and Poor Peoples Campaign a half central earlier in the 20th century. Not pledge to sit in our camp out on the National Mall, but to go home to alabama, alaska, california, carolinas and mississippi. The Senate Returns monday to continue debate on mississippis korey wilson to be a u. S. Court of appeals judge for the fifth circuit. A vote to advance the nomination takes place at 5 30 eastern. Bull to possible on the Police Reform legislation. Introduced by senator tim scott. You can follow the senate live on cspan two. In the house returns for legislative work thursday at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. A busy thursday and friday for the chamber as they take up their Police Reform bill, proxy voting rules are still in effect due to the coronavirus. Also, washington, d. C. Statehood and an attempt to override president trumps veto of a resolution that would block the education departments student loan forgiveness rules. You can follow the house live on cspan. Next, q a with university of texas oppressor peniel joseph. He talks about the activism and converging ideologies of malcolm x and Martin Luther king jr. And their impact on civil rights. After that, prime ministers questions from the british house of commons with porcha johnson. Talks aboutodes chinas influence locally and how 9 11 reshaped american politics. Susan dr. Peniel joseph, you and i planned this interview three months back, but we got sideways with the covid lockdown shared as a historian, how are you processing this time this country is going through . Prof. Joseph i have been writg