Following a powerful and passionate march and moral assembly of poor and low-wage workers and faith leaders that drew thousands of people from every state in the nation, the Poor People’s Campaign has announced its plans for the midterm elections in November.

Thousands upon thousands of people lined Pennsylvania Avenue and even more watched online as impacted people shared their stories involving voting rights, the nation’s failure to respond to COVID, especially among poor communities, workplace rights, the need for health care and living wages, ecological devastation, homelessness, food insecurity, massive debut, and the day-to-day struggle of not having enough money to survive.

Poor people and low-wage workers, along with the National Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, will offer testimony to members of Congress on a “Third Reconstruction Agenda” to confront systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the denial of health care, militarism and the false narratives of religious nationalism and white supremacy. These testifiers are among 140 million people who are poor or low-income living in the US, accounting for over 40 percent of the population and nearly one-third of the electorate.

Labor organizations representing millions of workers will partner with the Poor People’s Campaign to mobilize for the upcoming Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls & will join a news conference Monday with workers & faith leaders who are urging President Biden to meet with a delegation of poor people and low-wage workers ahead of the assembly on June.

Poor People’s Campaign holds news conference Monday in DC to urge President Biden to meet with delegation from Mass Poor People’s and Low Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls on June 18

Low-wage workers, union and faith leaders joined the Poor People’s Campaign on Monday to ask President Biden to meet with poor people and to call on the nation to join the campaign for its assembly and march on June 18th.