Poor Peoples Campaign- Tennessee

 

Moral Monday in Nashville
Monday Apr. 17, time TBD | Livestream on the PPC Facebook page
At a press conference held yesterday, Bishop Barber and Tennessee and national faith leaders issued a call to clergy nationwide to join a special Moral Monday rally next week in Nashville. This Moral Monday will highlight the senseless deaths of America’s children to assault weapons and the urgent need for gun control—declaring that attempts to silence the voices of those impacted by gun violence will fail.

“When it comes to our people, our lives and our children, there’s too much death from poverty, too much death from denial of health care, too much death from guns,” Bishop Barber said. “None of these deaths have to exist. They are policy murder. We can stop it.”

Bishop Barber has repeatedly voiced his support for Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones, the Tennessee state legislators who were expelled for using the House floor to protest gun violence following the horrific shooting in Nashville late last month.

“Tennessee GOP says the #TenesseeThree bring dishonor to the House of Reps. through their actions,” he tweeted last week. “The real dishonor is with Republicans who cut off debate, refuse to hear the cries of our people, and leave no choice for the three but to engage in non-violent direct action.”