The Progressive Pulse: “The Poor People’s Campaign held a rally in Raleigh on Monday to demand an end to poverty, kicking off a year-long activism campaign that will culminate in a march on Washington in 2022.
Attendees heard testimony from speakers across the country, both in-person and via Zoom, as well as several live music performances. Speakers discussed a wide range of progressive issues, including poverty, systemic racism and the environment.
President Biden delivered pre-recorded remarks to the rally’s attendees, expressing his support for the organization and their agenda.
“I don’t think we’ve ever been together at a time of such opportunity to deliver dignity for our nation’s poor and low wage workers,” Biden said. “To make ending poverty not just an aspiration — but a theory of change.”
The event in Raleigh was the beginning of what the group says will be 365 days of action, ending on June 18, 2022, with a massive “Moral March” on Washington, D.C.”