Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement

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Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement

Today’s voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.

September 28, 2021
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharris, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Rev. Jesse L Jackson Sr., Sarah Anderson

Originally in The Progressive

In the face of rising voter-suppression efforts across the country, we are witnessing a growing movement that builds on the proud history of the 1960s civil rights era. To be successful, today’s voting rights and economic justice advocates must apply two key lessons from the courageous activists of a half-century ago.

First and foremost, the voting rights movement of 2021 needs to reject the pressure to isolate voting rights from a broader moral economic agenda. The U.S. Constitution enshrines the interconnected commitments to “establish justice” and “promote the general welfare.”

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Read the full article at The Progressive.

The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is director of the Kairos Center and a co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Rev. Dr. William Barber II is a co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is an elder of the civil rights movement and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project and co-edits Inequality.org at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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