Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States "
The moral demand to stop climate change is a fight against poverty"
Millions of people on the frontlines of climate change are struggling to recover from the extreme effects of ecological devastation this month – and that’s just in the United States.
We cannot claim to love our earthly neighbors and sit quietly while the Earth herself is made unfit for human habitation. We cannot love humanity and yet give way to forces that derail the very climate that gives us life. We cannot be silent in a world devastated by our predatory relationship with nature. We must choose community and care of the earth over chaos and greed, recognizing that to protect the Earth’s delicate climate balance is to challenge the policies that increase militarism, advance poverty, and suppress democracy.
This Sunday, Oct. 1 at The Gathering, co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. William J Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, we’re partnering with 350.org, Appalachian Voices and Our Children’s Trust to hear from people affected by ecological devastation around the world on how we can join the fight for climate justice.
If you’re in North Carolina: RSVP here to join us this Sunday, Oct. 1from 6-7:30pm ET at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh.
If you can’t make it in person: Watch the livestream this Sunday beginning at 6pm ET on our website or Facebook. Make sure you share the stream on social media so the #PoorPeoplesCampaign can reach more people!
The Gathering is a new movement resource by Repairers of the Breach, live on the first Sunday of every month in North Carolina and available via livestream and podcast. It’s co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Pres. & Sr. Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach; and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Director at School for Conversion. The Gathering aims to equip communities with resources for faithful reflection and public action on moral issues through an hour of storytelling, music, interviews with community organizers and impacted people, and a powerful call to join the new Poor People’s Campaign.
We hope to see you at The Gathering this Sunday, Oct. 1 in North Carolina or online via the Repairers of the Breach livestream!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me (ewilliams@breachrepairers.org)!
Forward Together!
Rev. Erica Williams
National Social Justice Organizer
Repairers of the Breach
P.S. Did you miss last month’s powerful Gathering on labor rights? You can watch the video or listen to the podcast here.
Rekindling a Prophetic Moral Vision for Justice, Social Change and Movement Building
Repairers of the Breach
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