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DESCRIPTION:Virtually join the Poor People’s Campaign outside the U.S. Capitol for 
 the unveiling of the congressional resolution for a bold Third 
 Reconstruction, which demands that the U.S. fully address poverty and low 
 wages from the bottom up.\n\nWhen: Monday, May 24th at 12:30pm 
 PT\n\nLivestream here: 
 https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/\n\n______________\n\nWhat 
 is a 3rd Reconstruction?\n\nhttps://www.3rdreconstruction.org/\n\nIt’s 
 Time to Fully Address Poverty and Low Wages from the Bottom Up!\n\nDrawing 
 on the transformational history of the First Reconstruction following the 
 Civil War and the Second Reconstruction of the civil rights struggles of 
 the 20th century, the Third Reconstruction is a revival of our 
 constitutional commitment to establish justice, provide for the general 
 welfare, end decades of austerity, and recognize that policies that center 
 the 140 million are also good economic policies that can heal and transform 
 the nation.\n\nEmerging from the pain and organizing power of the 140 
 million people living in poverty or with low wages in this nation, the 
 congressional resolution for a Third Reconstruction reflects an omnibus 
 vision for a fundamental restructuring of society that lifts from the 
 bottom. The non-partisan resolution comes as a response to years of 
 movement-building to create the collective resolve necessary to implement 
 real and transformational legislative action.\n\nThis resolution recognizes 
 that in order to build a true Third Reconstruction we must simultaneously 
 deal with the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, 
 ecological devastation and the denial of health care, militarism and the 
 distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism that blames the poor 
 instead of the systems that cause poverty. \n______________\n\nCALL TO 
 ACTION: END THE FILIBUSTER\n\nThe end to poverty and low wages through a 
 3rd Reconstruction cannot be achieved without an end to the 
 filibuster.\n\nThe PPC released a letter to US senators demanding an end to 
 the filibuster rule.\n\nLETTER STATES: “The filibuster has been used to 
 block civil rights, labor rights, voting rights, living wages, healthcare 
 access, especially for poor and low-wealth Black, Brown, White, Asian and 
 Indigenous people. The filibuster continues to facilitate idolatrous policy 
 platforms about who deserves to thrive and who does not.”\n\nCalifornians 
 can, with a few clicks, send the letter directly to Senators Padilla and 
 Feinstein.\n\nJoin in emailing this letter to our senators to demand an end 
 to the filibuster (easy peasy!): 
 \nhttps://actionnetwork.org/letters/call-to-conscience-dont-filibuster-democracy\n\nOR 
 call them directly to tell them end the filibuster:\n\nSenator Dianne 
 Feinstein: 
 https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me\nPhone: (415) 
 393-0707\nFax: (415) 393-0710\n\nSenator Alex Padilla: 
 https://www.padilla.senate.gov/\nPhone (202) 224 – 3553\nFax (202) 224 
 – 2200\n_____________\n\n14 Priorities for the First 100 Days: The PPC 
 Sends New Demands to 
 Washington\n\nhttps://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/resource/policy-and-legislative-priorities/\n\nOn 
 behalf of the 140 million poor and low-income people in the country, the 
 Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival – and our 45 
 state coordinating committees, thousands of religious leaders, scholars, 
 economists, advocates and hundreds of supporting organizations – insists 
 that the following policies from the Poor People’s Jubilee Platform take 
 precedence during the first 50-100 days of the new administration and 117th 
 Congress.\n\nThe 14 policy priorities include:\n\n--Enact comprehensive and 
 just COVID-19 relief that provides free testing, treatment, vaccines and 
 direct payments to the poor\n\n--Guarantee quality health care for all, 
 regardless of any pre-existing conditions\n\n--Raise the minimum wage to 
 $15/ hour immediately\n\n--Update the poverty measure\n\n--Guarantee 
 quality housing for all\n\n--Enact a federal jobs program to build up 
 investments, infrastructure, public institutions, climate resilience, 
 energy efficiency and socially beneficial industries and jobs in poor and 
 low-income communities\n\n--Protect and expand voting rights and civil 
 rights\n\n--Guarantee safe, quality and equitable public education, with 
 supports for protection against re-segregation\n\n--Comprehensive and just 
 immigration reform\n\n--Ensure all of the rights of indigenous 
 peoples\n\n--Enact fair taxes and targeted tax credits\n\n--Use the power 
 of executive orders\n\n--Redirect the bloated Pentagon Budget towards these 
 priorities as matters of national security\n\n--Work with the PPC to 
 establish a permanent Presidential Council to advocate for this bold agenda 
 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842682.php
SUMMARY:Rally to Demand End to Poverty & Starvation Wages in U.S. w/ PPC
LOCATION:Online via livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842682.php
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