This week, Repairers of the Breach organized Moral Monday gatherings and prophetic eulogies across the nation for all of those who have or will die as a result of policy violence.
51,000 people could die next year due to lack of healthcare access as a result of the Big Bad Ugly Deadly Bill passed earlier this year by Congress. Millions of people are also at risk of losing SNAP benefits and food assistance.
At the gathering in North Carolina Barbara Martin shared about how cuts to SNAP benefits and food assistance impacts her community.
Sloan Meek, a disabilities rights activist in North Carolina, shared how policy violence impacts his life.
We also know that the same forces leading deadly raids against Latinos & our immigrant neighbors are the same forces attacking the poor, suppressing the vote, & perpetuating other forms of injustice.
We call on Congress and the president to reverse the Big Bad Ugly Deadly Bill and stop the attacks on Medicaid, the attacks on SNAP benefits and food assistance, and to stop funding illegal and immoral ICE raids that are terrorizing and causing fear amongst our latino and immigrant neighbors.
Moral Mondays took place in AL, AZ, AR, CT, DE, IN, KY, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, and WV. Below are a few press highlights from across the country:
- Why was a casket being carried through Downtown Wilmington?
- ‘Moral Monday’ protestors at Kentucky Capitol ask lawmakers to support people in poverty
- Religious leaders gather at General Assembly to address ‘policy violence’ for Moral Monday
- ‘Moral Monday’ protestors at Kentucky Capitol ask lawmakers to support people in poverty
- Bishop William Barber and NC clergy condemn health care cuts, urge legislators to return to Raleigh
- Video shows Border Patrol agents in the streets of Charlotte, despite conflicting reports
- Alabama clergy lead protest to secure SNAP benefits
- Local faith leaders ask for morals to return to politics
- Anti-ICE Units Launched as Pastor Slams Trump’s ‘Extreme Crusade’
- Alabama protest against Medicaid, SNAP cuts in Montgomery
We will continue organizing and calling on elected officials to stop the cruelty and embrace public policies that respond to the urgent needs of the over 140 million poor and low-wealth people across the United States.