“14 years ago the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour. It hasn't changed” -
Hear @PoorPeoplesCampaign’s Rev. William Barber talk with NPR about why the federal minimum wage hasn't gone up in more than a decade. #DeathByPoverty

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191034086/14-years-ago-the-federal-minimum-wage-was-raised-to-7-25-an-hour-it-hasnt-change

MD PPC joined impacted people, faith leaders, and activists and advocates on Capitol Hill yesterday for a powerful speak out calling to an end to #DeathByPoverty. Our procession was nearly the length of the Capitol. #MoralPovertyActionCongress #PoorPeoplesCampaign

We won’t be silent as hundreds of thousands of Americans are being kicked off of Medicaid. In America, poverty is a death sentence and we won't be silent anymore. #DeathByPoverty

Join the #PoorPeoplesCampaign livestream TODAY at 4PM ET for a National Speakout, “Poverty, America’s Death Sentence, Will Not Have The Last Word.

At the #MoralPovertyActionCongress, we’re getting ready for the 400 meetings that the #PoorPeoplesCampaign has scheduled today on the hill. Today, 80% of congressional offices are going to hear that they need to put poverty abolition on the agenda. #DeathByPoverty

In America, poverty is the fourth leading cause of death.
In America, poverty is a death sentence.
In America, poverty is a policy choice.

We cannot be silent until we have policy solutions that address the needs of poor and low-wealth people. This is why we the @mdpoorpeoplescampaign traveled to Washington D.C. alongside hundreds of poor and low-income leaders from across the country. The time to end poverty is now.

#MoralPovertyActionCongress #PoorPeoplesCampaign #DeathByPoverty

Poverty = Death

There’s not a scarcity of resources but a scarcity of political will. This week poor and low-income leaders from 30+ states are coming together to demand that our nation’s leaders invest in the wealth of this nation to ensure equal justice for all.

Tune into our LIVESTREAM this Tues. June 20th at 4PM ET for the #MoralPovertyActionCongress National Speakout, “Poverty, America’s Death Sentence, Will Not Have The Last Word.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign #DeathByPoverty

Tune into C-Span today at 11 AM ET for the #MoralPovertyActionCongress Plenary, “The Moral Mandate For Ending Poverty In America” It is an expert panel moderated by Bishop William J. Barber II. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MoralPovertyActionCongress #DeathByPoverty