Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
@RevDrBarber
President @BRepairers, co-chair @unitethepoor, architect of #MoralMondays, Founding Director and Professor at Yale @theology_policy. Join us: Text ROTB to 32846
I’m currently reading “White Poverty” by @RevDrBarber and this tracks. We need an anti-poverty movement stat.
A stunning 39% of parents say they can’t afford back-to-school shopping this year. 44% of parents plan to take on debt during back-to-school shopping. More than 50% of parents plan to sacrifice necessities like groceries to ensure their child has what they need for school.
The power of truth-force isn’t in the perfection of those who embrace it. In fact, the power of a moral movement lies in its capacity to work through people who are honest about their imperfections. More on the truth the FBI’s King files obscure: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoralmo…
A moral movement in this moment must help people remember that the cruelty isn’t inevitable. There are more of us who oppose it than those who benefit from it. But extremists maintain power by pitting us against one another. More here: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoralmo…
In a dozen cities and towns across the South yesterday, local Moral Monday coalitions rallied in the spirit of Ida B. Wells to launch a campaign that refuses to accept the lies about policies that will kill people in our communities. More here: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoralmo…
“We have come today to Memphis and 11 other Southern states to dramatize the devastating impact that this bill, the US Congress recently passed, will have on poor and low-income communities,” said Alvin O’Neal Jackson wreg.com/news/local/gro…
Photos from the July 14 #MoralMonday prayer-protest-rally in North Carolina. @NC_PPC gastongazette.com/picture-galler…
"Medicaid is expected to see roughly $1 trillion pulled from the joint federal and state program over the next decade... The cut could mean that 11.8 million Americans will be uninsured by 2034..." commercialappeal.com/story/news/pol…
In Mississippi, 101,000 people will lose SNAP benefits & 34,000 people will lose Medicaid coverage as a result of the President's #BigUglyDeadly Budget Bill. Impacted people and moral leaders held a #MoralMonday prayer-protest-rally to challenge lawmakers who supported this bill.
.@RevDrBarber joined @AprilDRyan to discuss why we organized #MoralMondays in 11 Southern States, and delivered caskets to political leaders to symbolize the death that will come due to the passage of the President's #BigUglyDeadlyBudgetBill. open.substack.com/pub/contrarian…
"Religious leaders across the country delivered caskets to the offices of senators in 11 Southern states, including South Carolina's Lindsey Graham, to protest the possible fallout of the federal reconciliation bill." greenvilleonline.com/story/news/pol…
We stood with moral leaders and those impacted by the budget to call out the death that will result from Rep. Tim Moore’s vote to cut Medicaid and SNAP. Here are photos near Rep. Moore’s office, outside the Gaston County Courthouse. @BRepairers @UniteThePoor
“The highest number of people who will lose Medicaid are in the south... 40% of the South are poor now and low wage...” -@RevDrBarber blackpressusa.com/reverend-willi…
We rallied yesterday in communities across the South to educate folks about what is coming because of the Big, Ugly Bill that just passed Congress. We must organize the pain that policy produces and refuse to accept unnecessary death. open.substack.com/pub/ourmoralmo…
American faith leaders gathered for “Moral Monday” protests across the South and in Washington DC today. These protests are part of a larger effort to push back against the passage of Trump’s H.R.1 bill, which has drastically cut Medicaid and food assistance benefits to our…
LIVE: Moral Monday Memphis, TN 07-14-25 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Clergy in Greenville, SC delivered a casket to Sen Lindsey Graham’s office with a report detailing how the Big Ugly Bill’s cuts to healthcare and nutrition assistance will lead to unnecessary deaths. #moralmondays
Today (7/14), directly impacted people & Moral Leaders will march, mourn, & organize in 11 Southern states to reject the Big, Bad, Budget Bill & policies that hurt poor & low-wealth people. You can watch our flagship #MoralMonday event at 12 noon CT here: breachrepairers.org/get-involved/l…
We are not going to allow the damage, destruction & death that will be created by this big, ugly budget to go away from the headlines or for people not to be seen. And so we’re going to the South. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
LIVE: Bishop Barber delivers a Call to Moral Courage from Memphis, TN. 07-13-25 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
The bill may have passed, but our voice is not silenced. Our faith is not shaken. Our responsibility has not ended—it has only just begun! @BRepairers @RevDrBarber @UniteThePoor