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Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington, D.C. & to the Polls

Name: Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly & Moral March on Washington, D.C. & to the Polls
Start: 2024-06-29T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-29T23:59:59-04:00

Sat June 29

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Washington DC

Join a historic assembly of impacted poor and low-wage workers, representatives from over thirty state coordinating committees, leaders from major religious organizations and denominations, labor unions, and other advocates as we kick off four months of outreach to 15 million poor and low-wage infrequent voters.

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https://masspeace.us/moral-march

We are calling on candidates for public office in 2024 and beyond to endorse a moral public policy agenda that can expand democracy to all people and the end crisis of death by poverty and low wealth, which kills 295,000 people each year.

Our 17 Point Agenda

Abolishing poverty as the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S.

A living minimum wage of at least $15 +/hour (indexed for inflation)

Full and expanded voting rights

No more voter suppression

Guaranteed workers’ rights & labor rights

Healthcare for all

Affordable, adequate housing

Strong social welfare and safety net programs

An end to gun violence, profit and proliferation

Fully protected women’s rights

Environmental justice that secures clean air & water

Justice for all Indigenous nations

Fully-funded public education

Just immigration laws

Addressing militarism and the war economy

Standing for peace not war; an immediate cease fire in Gaza that allows humanitarian relief, the release of all hostages, and peace with justice to be pursued; and an end to genocide, around the world

An end to hate, division, and the extremist political agenda

Mobilizing Partners

AFL-CIO
The Christian Church (DOC)
Common Cause
The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries
Good Trouble
The Kairos Center for Religions Rights, and Social Justice
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Repairers of the Breach
Make it Plain
The National Council of Churches
National Council of Jewish Women
SEIU
The Union of Southern Service Workers
Massachusetts Peace Action

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https://masspeace.us/moral-march

Details

Date:: Sat June 29
Event Category:: Fund the People, Not the Pentagon

Organizer

: Poor People’s Campaign

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