“If you all invite me, I’ll come in and move in for a few days in this townhome and invite other clergy in the city,” Bishop Barber told the crowd of about 200 people and numerous clergy members. “And then we’ll call for folk to meet us here. And maybe while we’re staying here, y’all can redo that encampment for another 30 days. Since it’s in the middle of an election year, let’s make this an election issue.”

Social justice leader Bishop William J. Barber II will join residents who face eviction from historic and subsidized housing in Philadelphia during an interfaith service Sunday at the 70-unit townhomes.