Poor People's Campaign Calls For 'Moral Revival' at Statehouse
When the diverse group gathered Monday morning, March 25, at the Statehouse for the Indiana Poor People's Campaign legislative demand delivery, they put their priorities into practice from the start.
Before the official program began, Rev. Shonda Nicole Gladden, CEO of Good to the SOUL, invited those seated in the audience to join the speakers on stage.
We're all in this together, she said. You're welcome to join us.
The group, which is one of 35 state campaigns across the nation, was gathered to demand a massive overhaul of voting rights, welfare and work requirements, living wages, health care, access to clean water, housing, ecological devastation and an end to endless war, to lift up the 140 million Americans currently living in poverty.
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