Families to Hold Mass Rally, Demand Answers to 100+ West Virginia State Jail Deaths

Bishop Barber to Deliver Sermon at Historic Brown Chapel AME Selma

Families, advocates demand accountability, federal action in petition to Gov. Justice, Sen. Manchin, letter to the DOJ

Over 100 people of all races have died in state regional jails in the last decade, including 13 at the Southern Regional Jail this year alone

Press Conference Calling for Federal Investigation of State Jail Deaths

“I am approaching this invitation to pray on behalf of all Members of the House with the solemnity and seriousness it deserves,” said Bishop William J. Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach.

Repairers of the Breach stands in solidarity with Starbucks workers who are demanding adequate staffing, fair pay, and protection from harassment.

In over 25 states, people marched with fervor and enthusiasm to show that the 43% of Americans who are poor or low-income have a voice and a vote that can produce a powerful shift in the midterm elections.

As a pastor, I know death is hard. But senseless death in the form of social hell that traumatized us all must move us to action, especially our political leaders.

Poor and low-income people and their advocates will march on main streets of capital and other major cities across the country Oct. 15 to encourage low-propensity voters who are suffering the most from attacks on our democracy to register and vote in the midterm elections.

Led by poor and low-wage residents of all colors, clergy and advocates, Moral Monday will continue to expose to the public the utter moral, health and economic failure of the state government’s refusal to work with the city leadership to end a problem that has existed for decades.

An organizing tour of North Carolina’s congressional districts to turn out the vote of poor and low-income people continues next week with a virtual stop in Fayetteville and an in-person program in Elizabeth City.

From a stage with the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion looming in the background, poor and low-income people of every race and creed shared their stories of suffering from the lack of clean water in Jackson, vowing not to give up until their taps run clear and safe.