Read the full issue of this week’s newsletter: The Weekly Liberal May 10

In this week’s newsletter, Rev. Justin writes:

Beginning Monday, May 14 at 5 p.m., the Minnesota Poor People’s Campaign will join with thousands of other activists, clergy and moral leaders in dozens of state capitals and Washington, D.C., for 40 days of moral action. The goal, according to the campaign, is “to awaken the moral conscience of our nation’s leaders to address systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy. We seek nothing less than to reclaim the moral narrative in this nation by building what Dr. King called a ‘new and unsettling force’ committed to collective action to transform the political, economic, and moral structures of our nation.”

On Easter Sunday, I spoke about how this campaign was an embodiment of communal resurrection, a chance for entire communities to find new life and hope as we worked together to build the world we dream of. On Easter Sunday, over a hundred members of First Universalist pledged to be involved in this campaign. I hope that hundreds more will join us, starting on Monday, May 14, and continuing through Monday, June 11, when Minnesotans of faith and conscience will gather at the State Capitol, as we demand moral action to address the issues that impact the earth, and the lives of so many.

Here’s the plan for the next five Mondays:

Monday, May 14: Somebody is Hurting our People and it’s Gone on Far Too Long
A Rally for Women, Children, and Working Families
5 p.m. at the State Capitol

Monday, May 21: Connecting Systemic Racism and Economic Justice
A Rally for a Just Immigration Policy
5 p.m. at the State Capitol

Tuesday, May 29: War Economy and Militarism
A Rally for a Peace Economy that Values all of Humanity
2 p.m. at the State Capitol

Monday, June 4: The Right to Health-Ecology & Climate Change
A Rally for Ecological Justice
2 p.m. at the State Capitol

Monday, June 11: Everybody’s Got a Right to Live
A Rally for a Living Wage and Economic Justice
TBD

According to this campaign, “We will amplify the voices of those who have been impacted by poverty, racism, environmental degradation, and the war economy to demand an overhaul in our state laws to address systemic injustice.”

This is the work of our faith. This is the work of our church. This is our work. And in doing this work, may we be blessed and be a blessing.

I’ll see you in church,
Justin