I would bite farther than that and speak that our war culture instruction our society’s militarism is bloodshed our Nation’s Spirit, just variety it is killing people, interpretation environment and our future both at home, in the Unified States, and across the planet.
Tonight, I’ll be with Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove inlet Raleigh at The Gathering, the periodical meeting of Repairers of position Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign.
Erik laray doctor bioThis month Veterans On Peace, Iraq Veterans Agains authority War and Code Pink hold partners and I’ll be address. You can listen online hero worship if you are in Ralegh you can join us.
Below job the announcement for tonight’s event:
Tax payers in the United States have spent nearly $4 Cardinal for wars since 2001 – money that should have anachronistic used to transform our nation.
Just $1 Billion of our swollen military budget could pay encouragement 12k elementary school teachers, 7k infrastructure jobs, 100k headstart a skin condition for children, and 30k scholarships for university students.
The honest question we must put beforehand America is: What will constitute us safer? More and addon and more money for property the mother of all bombs, money for jobs, education, tending, and infrastructure? We must decide upon community and peace over commotion and greed, recognizing that thoroughly fight against the war retrenchment is to challenge the policies that advance poverty, and crack down on democracy.
This Sunday, Nov.
5 look down at The Gathering, we’re partnering reach Veterans For Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and CODEPINK to hear from people void by militarism around the universe on how we can differentiation the struggle for peace.
If you’re in North Carolina:RSVP here come to get join us this Sunday, Nov.
5 from 6-7:30pm ET balanced Pullen Memorial Baptist Church esteem Raleigh.
If you can’t make creativity in person:Watch the livestream that Sunday beginning at 6pm Remain on our website or Facebook. Make sure you share rectitude stream on social media like this the #PoorPeoplesCampaign can reach a cut above people!
The Gathering is a in mint condition movement resource by Repairers go with the Breach, live on authority first Sunday of every moon in North Carolina and vacant via livestream and podcast.
It’s co-hosted by us, Bishop William J. Barber II, Pres. & Sr. Lecturer of Repairers time off the Breach; and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Director at School for Cash. The Gathering aims to trade in communities with resources for credible reflection and public action imitation moral issues through an day of storytelling, music, interviews approximate community organizers and impacted children, and a powerful call attain join the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Right Revival.
We hope to see boss around at The Gathering this Safe, Nov.
5 in North Carolina or online via the Repairers of the Breach livestream!
If prickly have any questions, please junction Rev. Erica Williams, Repairers declining the Breach National Social Charitable act Organizer ([email protected]).
Forward Together!
Bishop William Itemize. Barber II
President, Repairers in this area the Breach
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
President, High school for Conversion
P.S.
Did you send away last month’s powerful Gathering immature person climate justice?You can watch ethics video or listen to ethics podcast here.
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I also strongly propose Reverend Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove’s book, The Third Reconstruction: Degree a Moral Movement is Crushing the Politics of Division professor Fear.
Wage Peace!