California Poor People's Campaign

California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter March 05, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more Masthead with a photo by Jill Freedman of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign and Resurrection City featuring two women holding a sign with the photo of Martin Luther King and the words "Dr. King died for the poor people". They may have been at the May 12, 1968 Mother's Day March led by Coretta Scott King and Johnnie Tillmon.

In this issue…
• Women’s Day and the PPC
• Recap: ICE out of Universal!
• Recap: Statewide Organizing Meeting
• Recap: We Sing Freedom in Long Beach
• Rev. Liz prays with her feet

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California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter February 26, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more Masthead with a photo of a large truck with two ICE OUT OF CA banners that say Immigrants are Welcome Here. The logo and url of the Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) https://www.pwcsc.org adorns the banners

In this issue…
ICE out of Universal!
East Oakland community town hall
L.A. regional meeting
“We won’t let Trump silence critics of ‘Christian’ Nationalism”

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California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter February 19, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more Masthead with a photo of Jesse Jackson with fist raised in front of City Hall in Resurrection City. A text overlay on the photo reads Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson 10.08.1941-02.17.2026

In this issue…
• Jesse Jackson's legacy
• Urgent Laney PPC meeting
• Panel: Defending Black History and Academic Freedom
• Two more big PPC meetings
• Love Forward Together march

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Haitian immigrants protest the Trump administration's immigration policies in St. Paul, Minnesota, January 20, 2018. (Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 2.0) Two Black women are holding a large Haitian flag between them. A white man with a megaphone leads chants, many people are marching behind them. See more photos by Fibonacci Blue on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/

In this issue…
• Protect TPS for Haitians
• Petition: Mothers and caregivers say STOP ICE
• Housing fight press conference
• Rev. Liz and the Young Organizers Survival Corps
• Bishop Barber on grassroots resistance

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A hand is holding up a sign that says Deport ICE. The sign is black with white and blue writing that looks like a neon sign.

In this issue…
• Call your reps: No more state terror
• Reports from the National Shutdown
• Haitian TPS demonstration
• Faith leaders arrested in D.C.

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Photo of a white man in a maroon shirt with a CLUE sticker and grey ball cap from the back carrying an ICE Out Now sign with other illegible signs in front of him.

In this issue…
• Call your senators: no more cash for ICE
• L.A. regional meeting this Sunday
• Recap: National Day of Truth and Freedom
• Recap: Oakland community’s Dinner Without Borders
• "How Will We Respond?"

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#WeAreThatMovement

A graphic advertising solidarity with Minnesota rally In solidarity with Minneapolis, faith leaders who are summoning people across the country to join them in Minnesota on Friday, join CLUE, faith, leaders, and community members across Southern California. Call to witness, resistance, and action. In solidarity with Minnesota, Friday, January 23, 2026 DTLA 12 PM – meet at La Placita Olvera at the entrance to the United Methodist Church www.cluejustice.org/Mncalls. Across the bottom, are many logos of sponsoring organizations and a raised fist graphic.

In this issue…
This weekend in DTLA: solidarity with Minnesota
Bay Area acts for solutions to homelessness
Recaps: MLK Day and Homeless Union gatherings
Pastor Ted goes on the air

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#WeAreThatMovement
#FightPovertyNotThePoor

Photo of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Governor Edmund G. Brown during a Freedom Rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on June 18, 1961. Dr. King has a hand on his chin. There is an unknown man behind Dr. King and Gov. Brown.

In this issue…
A poem to Dr. King
5th Annual MLK Day Community SSING-IN
East Bay: March to reclaim MLK’s radical legacy
Salinas/Monterey Homeless Union Celebration (this Sat!)
Street actions all over CA: pics and video
“The Lie That Killed Renee Good”

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Salinas/Monterey Homeless Union 10th Anniversary of the re-establishment of the National Union of the Homeless celebration peer led leadership conference Sponsored by NAACP Monterey County Branch NAACP Logo National Steinbeck Center One Main Street, Salinas) Saturday January 17, 8am–5pm There is a photo of people holding signs like People over Property, What about our pets?, Stop Persecuting the Poor on a rural street. Peer led community conversations Art Build Live performances Awards Narrative Projects Breakout groups Interested in setting up a table or performing? Or sponsoring? Contact Western Regional Co-Directors NUH Wes White 510-274-9275 or Crystal Sanchez 916-495-9026 You only get what you're organized to take #HousingNow #NoMoreDeathOnTheStreets

In this issue…
Salinas/Monterey Homeless Union celebration
5th Annual MLK Day Community SSING-IN
Venezuela and the war economy
Make Them Hear Us video
Our Moral Moment: Sacred journey to save Oak Flat
Watch Night video: “We won’t be silent in 2026!”

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A graphic for Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day with the words Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 2025 (Candle stick graphic) We Remember, We Rage, We Rise with a background of candle flames as from a vigil.

In this issue...
Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
International Migrants Day march
Recap: Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Rev. Liz: "Is Trump the New Nero?"
Our Moral Moment: “Advent Joy Interrupts Reigns of Terror”
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Newsletter on pause for 2 weeks, back Jan 8

Flyer for El Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe Friday Dec 12, 9:30am Placita Olvera (845 N Alameda Street, Los Angeles CA 90012) Wear white! Bring candles! Join Faith, labor, and community leaders for a peaceful and community protected, interfaith, prayer, service, procession, and vigil centered in peace, justice, and community care. All are welcome! There are a variety of logos across the bottom including CHIRLA, SEIU, LA Voice, and Unite Here! Local 11 There is a collage style graphic at the top with many activists all in shades of purple on a yellow background.

In this issue…
Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe vigil
Recaps: Wood St. Fundraiser, People Over Billionaires, Redwoods Peace Colloquy
New report on mass detentions and deportations
Rev. Liz on the “Unsettling Advent”

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Flyer for Wood Street Commons Holiday Party Fashion Show Fundraiser Friday Dec 5, 6pm-9pm at Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland 94609) The flyer is decorated with winter holiday ornaments and lights.

In this issue…
Wood Street Commons Holiday Party & Fundraiser
People Over Billionaires L.A. this Sat
Buy California for California makes an impact
Recap: Alameda County Food Bank policy meeting
“ICE Raids and Shredding of Social Safety Net Are Linked”

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Flyer for Buy California for California! features a photo of a grey haired man in an Acura uniform in front of an orange sign reading Lucas. The text says Buy California for California with the "o" in California replaced by a heart. Under that headline is a phrase "We spend where we get respect". From November 27th to December 31st. Sign the promise. bit.ly/buyCA4CA

In this issue…
Buy California for California launches today
Recap: rally for airline workers
Moral Mondays: mourning lives lost to policy violence
Prayer, ritual and “solidarity as nourishment
#CaliforniaPPC #UniteThePoor #MoralMovement

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Flyer with white letters on a red background featuring a photo of many workers holding signs at the bottom. The text reads Headline - City of L.A. - Hear the Flying Food Workers Voices We invite you to join catering workers at LAX for an action ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday tp demand the city hold serial law breaking Flying Food Group accountable. Tuesday Nov 25, 2025 Century Blvd and Jetway, Los Angeles 4:30pm-6:30pm

In this issue…
Rally for airline catering workers
Alameda Food Bank’s December Policy Breakfast
Another way the “Big, Beautiful” budget causes harm
Recap: People Over Billionaires in SF
“Peter Thiel is wrong, St. John is right”: a Bishop Barber sermon

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Flyer for People Over Billionaires November 15 Day of action There are photos of a man with a megaphone, a group of protesters with a People Over Billionaires banner and a woman hugging a child. There are nine logos of sponsors including ACCE, CHIRLA, SEIU, and California Black Power Network. Join us! - San Francisco, Los Angeles & San Diego

In this issue…
People Over Billionaires rallies
Tell our reps: Protect our healthcare!
Resources for Black immigrants
Bishop Barber on the end of the shutdown
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A photo of the California State Capitol dome in Sacramento, CA. The American flag and California flag fly in front of the lighted dome under a dark blue sky.

In this issue…
Give us back our SNAP
How the “Big, Beautiful” budget favors big business
Recap: Projects of survival statewide meeting
2 reports from the East Bay
Bishop Barber on redistricting

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A photo of the front of a bodega/convenience store with a sign proclaiming "We accept Food Stamps EBT".

In this issue…
Act now to prevent hunger
The “Big, Beautiful” budget: Robin Hood in reverse
Recap: Statewide listening session
Faith leaders and protest

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A graphic with the PPC logo at the top and black text on a yellow background. A hooded skeleton with a scythe is by the headline, "Terrible ways the Congressional Budget causes harm." Text reads, "The GOP's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here is one of the worst things about it. It terrorizes immigrant families. The GOP budget provides $170 billion to arrest, detain, deport, and wall off migrants. That includes $45 billion for new immigration detention centers, including family detention facilities — a vast increase that will primarily benefit private companies contracted to build and run them.

In this issue…
How the “Big, Beautiful” budget terrorizes immigrant families
No Kings Day stories and pics
Wood Street Commons updates
Bishop Barber on the meaning of mass protest

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#FightPovertyNotThePoor #MoralBudget

A graphic with the PPC logo at the top and black text on a yellow background. A hooded skeleton with a scythe is by the headline, "Terrible ways the Congressional Budget causes harm." Text reads, "The GOP's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here is one of the worst things about it. It takes from the poor to give to the rich. The bill’s tax policies will overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest households. A Yale analysis of the bill’s combined tax and spending policies finds that the poorest 20 percent of households will suffer a net income loss of $700 per year on average, while the top 1 percent will get a $30,000 increase.

In this issue…
No Kings Day returns: find a rally
Another way the “Big, Beautiful” budget causes harm
Solidarity Is Sacred: Sukkot action
Info on SB 81: ICE out of our ERs
#CaliforniaPPC #MoralMovement
#FightPovertyNotThePoor
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A graphic with the PPC logo at the top and black text on a yellow background. A hooded skeleton with a scythe is by the headline, "Terrible ways the Congressional Budget causes harm." Text reads, "The GOP's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here is one of the worst things about it. It bars lawfully present immigrants from aid. Hundreds of thousands of lawfully present immigrants, including children, will lose access to Medicaid, the Children’ s Health Insurance Program, Medicare, ACA tax credits, and SNAP benefits. And 2.6 million U.S. citizen children who live with only an undocumented adult are expected to lose their Child Tax Credit."

In this issue…
East Bay Ethical Investment Policy passes—our voices matter!
Recap: We the People Are Rising
Information on Trump’s “Project Homecoming”
New music from Arnaé Batson
The true meaning of the government shutdown

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A flyer for: We the People Are Rising march and rally Stop the hate. Stop the raids. March and rally. Saturday Oct 4, 10am 6th Street Bridge, Mateo Side, Los Angeles Billions of tax dollars become available this October to supercharge the immigration enforcement machine now that the Supreme Court handed ICE a blank check to racially discriminate while our communities lose union contracts, access to healthcare, and funding to education. We are not going to stand idly by. This is one struggle. One fight. Join us. About a dozen sponsor logos grace the bottom of the flyer.

In this issue…
We the People Are Rising march and rally
Squeezing states on SNAP
Tomorrow’s Ethical Investment Policy vote in Alameda County
Recap: Getting the PPC message to our senators
Bishop Barber in The Advocate
#CaliforniaPPC #MoralMovement
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A graphic with the PPC logo at the top and black text on a yellow background. A hooded skeleton with a scythe is by the headline, "Terrible ways the Congressional Budget causes harm." Text reads, "The GOP's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here is one of the worst things about it." It will take food from the mouths of hungry people New work requirements for SNAP benefits will take food assistance from millions, including children and veterans. As with Medicaid, these new requirements will have little effect on employment—but will cause more children to go hungry. At the bottom there is a tiny collage of PPC signs with the slogan Fight poverty, not the poor. The logos of Repairers of the Breach, The Poor People's Campaign, and the Kairos Center adorn the bottom

In this issue…
Ethical investment policy in the East Bay
Recap: Bishop Barber’s L.A. Mass Meeting
Liberty Vans Launch
L.A. mayor meets with faith leaders
Our Moral Moment: “Listen to the children crying”

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#CaliforniaPPC #MoralMovement

A flyer for the Shine the Light of Truth! Mass Meeting for Moral Witness A photo collage of faith leaders at the US Capitol are imposed cover the Capitol Dome. Friday September 19, 2025 6:30pm Gather, 7pm mass meeting McCarty Memorial Christian Church (4101 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles 90018) Join Bishop Barber, faith leaders and people of conscience for a mass meeting to shine a light on immoral attacks against Latino and immigrant neighbors in the tradition of moral and nonviolent resistance. You have been chosen to stand in the power of nonviolence! We won't be silent anymore! Event info https://breachrepairers.org/get-involved/events/mass-meeting-for-moral-witness/ Live stream https://www.facebook.com/brepairers About a dozen sponsor logos grace the bottom of the flyer.

In this issue…
• Join Bishop Barber at two events in L.A.
• Another way the “Big, Beautiful” budget causes harm
• Laney College teach-in
• Rev. Liz on liberation theology
• Bishop Barber on Charlie Kirk
#CaliforniaPPC #MoralMovement
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"Deportations don't just affect those being deported; they ripple throughout the economy," says EPI President @hshierholz.bsky.social.

Learn more about how Trump’s deportation agenda will destroy millions of jobs: www.epi.org/publication/...

Behind Every Meal: The Farmworkers Who Feed America Over the summer of 2024, in collaboration with United Farm Workers, we sat down with several farmworkers, volunteers, and organizers to hear their stories.

Farmworkers feed America — often in dangerous conditions for low wages.

Last summer, at a legal clinic we hosted with @ufw.bsky.social, we heard directly from immigrant farmworkers about their experiences working in the field.

What they shared ⤵️
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Farm workers returning to a field where they're harvesting cilantro

“Rosa” shared this pic of her crew returning to the fields to finish harvesting cilantro after their morning break near Moorpark CA. She works piece rate so needs to work as fast as she can but on especially hot days like today, must take a break so she can hydrate. #WeFeedYou

Beware Rich Men Quoting the Bible to Punish the Poor | Common Dreams ​The Trump administration and its theological apologists are working overtime, using Jesus’ name and the Bible’s contents in even more devastating rounds of immoral biblical (mis)references.

There is never a suggestion, of course, that the rich, who have functionally stolen people’s wages and engorged themselves by denying them healthcare, are in any way to blame, writes @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org: www.commondreams.org/opinion/bibl...

A graphic with the PPC logo at the top and black text on a yellow background. A hooded skeleton with a scythe is by the headline, "Terrible ways the Congressional Budget causes harm." Text reads, "The GOP's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here are some of the worst things about it."

In this issue…
• New “Make Them Hear Us” series
• Dr. Wendsler Nosie tours CA
• Win for L.A. tourism workers
• Know-your-rights resources for Muslim immigrants
• Angeleno activists saluted in Our Moral Moment
• How the “Big, Beautiful Bill” does us dirty

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A photo of a black woman with raised fist in front of a Poor People's Campaign sign. There is an overlay with the quote "We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values." Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this issue…
• Make Them Hear Us fall campaign
• Apache Stronghold leader’s speaking tour
• Recaps: Labor Day across CA
• Our Moral Moment: The power of labor
• Rev. Liz on connection through ritual

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#PoorPeoplesCampaign #UniteThePoor #MoralBudget

Workers harvesting tomatoes

"Julia's" picking tomatoes CA San Joaquin Valley. " I get up at 2am to get ready for the day. We start work early cause of the heat. Once it gets hot, we can't harvest as fast. We usually work 4-5 hrs. It's hard, but this is peak season when we could earn the most." #WeFeedYou