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Our votes tell the world that we won’t be silent anymore. We demand that the issues of 140 million poor & low-income people be addressed. If you believe it’s time to rise, join us! www.poorpeoplescampaign.org https://linktr.ee/californiapoorpeoplescampai
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · 22h
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 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.
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · 11d
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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#MoralMovement
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."
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · 18d
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 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.
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · 25d
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 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
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Sep 19
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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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.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Sep 12
"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/...
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · Sep 12
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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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.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 14
“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
Farm workers returning to a field where they're harvesting cilantro
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · Sep 10
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...
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.
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Sep 12
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 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."
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Sep 5
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
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.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 2
"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
Workers harvesting tomatoes
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Sep 2
As kids head back to school this year, public education is under attack from Trump's assault on the Dept of Ed and the rise of voucher programs.

These attacks threaten to rob kids of a quality education.

Learn more in our new report: www.epi.org/publication/...
U.S. investment in public education is at risk: Vouchers, state budget austerity, and federal attacks on the Department of Education threaten children’s futures
Weak public K–12 education spending in the U.S. and the rising trend of Republican attacks on public schools threaten our children’s futures. The last decade has seen a flurry of high-quality studies ...
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · Aug 29
Only 11 days until “We Pray Freedom” hits the shelves! (preorder link in bio)

"Oramos por las almas de las personas fallecidas en los desiertos, en las montañas, en los rios y oceanos en su camino por una mejor vida." –ana g. lara lopez from “Día de los Muertos and All Saints' Day: The Prayer“
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Aug 30
In this issue…
• Labor Day “Workers Over Billionaires” action
• Measure W update: Oakland petition for real solutions
• Resources for immigrant protection and defense
• Building the Let Them Hear Us campaign
• An Oak Flat emergency injunction

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The photo is from Oakland-based Housing & Dignity Project and shows an orange tent with a handwritten sign that says "Where Do We Go, Oakland?" And a printed sign that says "Housing is a Human Right" and "Resist Displacement, Protect Dignity" They are calling on Oakland residents to sign a petition (https://www.change.org/p/invest-in-solutions-to-homelessness-not-criminalization-of-the-poor) demanding the city council adopt an Encampment Management Policy based on evidence and human rights principles and to reject any proposal for sweeps and criminalization, which escalate the attacks on people experiencing homelessness.
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Aug 22
In this issue…

- CA PPC fall organizing campaign
- New resource: 10 Terrible Ways the Congressional Budget Causes Harm
- Recap: A Southern Call to Conscience
- Recap: Vigil for the Taken
- Bishop Barber on the president’s D.C. takeover

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California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter Weekly news, updates and more August 21, 2025 Forward together, not one step back! On the cover: Some of the CA PPC delegates to the Poor People's Campaign Moral Poverty Action Congress in DC in June 2023 with raised fists, wearing various PPC tshirts with slogans just prior to engaging with our elected representatives in the offices.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Aug 21
"Today in UFW History - 8/21/88: Cesar Chavez ended his 36 day fast over the pesticide poisoning of farmworkers & their children during a mass at the UFWs “Forty Acres” property attended by Ethel & Kerry Kennedy, Rev. Jessie Jackson and 1000s of farm workers and supporters.
Cesar Chavez breaking his third fast by receiving communion from Ethel Kennedy. Photo by Victor Aleman
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AFT @aft.org · Aug 21
A new report from @epi.org shows that states with high union density also have:
✊Higher incomes
✊Greater access to health & unemployment insurance
✊Higher spending on education
✊Greater access to sick leave
✊Fewer restrictions on voting rights
#WorkersDeserve
New report details the benefits of unions to workers, communities, and democracy
A new Economic Policy Institute report documents the strong correlation between higher levels of unionization and a range of economic, personal, and democratic well-being measures. In the same way uni...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Aug 21
"Lily" is harvesting grapes in Kern County CA. It's lunch time and it is already past 90° and feels even hotter under the grapevines. Reports put the high on Sat. and Sun at 106°. Workers tell us they are proud of the work they do and how their efforts feed America. #WeFeedYou #CALOR
A partial face of a farm worker who is packing grapes in Kern County California with trays of grapes behind her
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Aug 15
In this issue…
• Moral Monday: A Southern Call to Conscience
• Vigil for the Taken in DTLA
• More resources for immigrant protection and defense
• Recap: Summer of Resistance Community Stoppage

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#CaliforniaPPC #MoralMovement #FightPovertyNotThePoor
Masthead for California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter August 14, 2025 Weekly news, updates, and more Forward together, not one step back! On the cover: CA PPC activists and allies joined in solidarity at the Summer of Resistance March and Rally for our Immigrant Community. One is wearing a tshirt that says, "Fight Poverty Not the Poor". The other holds a sign that says, "Since 9/11, the U.S. has spent over $20 Trillion on war | Deportations and detentions separate and destroy communities | We Won't Be Silent Anymore"
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California Poor People's Campaign @californiappc.bsky.social · Aug 8
In this issue…

-Summer of Resistance: Community Stoppage
-Recap: Never Again–80 years since Hiroshima
-Recap: Good neighbor assembly in Oakland
-More resources for immigrant protection and defense
-TIME op-ed: “Poor People Are America’s Swing Voters”

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Masthead for California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter August 07, 2025 Weekly news, updates, and more Forward together, not one step back! On the cover: Two young men carry posters as they walk along Madison Street during the Poor People's Campaign May 11, 1968 march in New York. Photo by Bev Grant/Getty Images.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Aug 2
Trump’s firing of federal workers, misguided economic policy & chaotic implementation, and attacks on immigrant workers are hurting our economy. @epi.org www.epi.org/blog/weak-jo...
Weak jobs report may signal a coming recession: Average job growth just 35,000 over the past three months
Below, EPI economists offer their insights on the jobs report released this morning, which showed 73,000 jobs added in July.  From EPI senior economist Elise Gould: Read the full thread here. Big news...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Aug 4
This tractor driver in CAs San Joaquin Valley needs to wait approximately an hour while the tomato harvesters fill up his bin. It’s in the 90s & 100s and since his tractor doesn't have an overhead cover or air conditioning it can be excessively hot. #WeFeedYou
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Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice @kairoscenter.org · Jul 30
"We need to forge new alliances across racial, religious, geographic, and partisan lines... we can’t concede religion to extremists" @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org

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This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches
Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Aug 1
Heat kills. A bill just reintroduced in Congress can save lives. Urge your members of Congress to back federal heat bill introduced on July 16th.

Take action at:
act.seiu.org/a/heat2025?m...
#WeFeedYou #Calor
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