On Monday, Sept. 16, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival kicked off the We Must Do M.O.R.E. Tour (Mobilize, Organize, Register, and Educate) in El Paso, TX. The National M.O.R.E. Tour highlights the work of the Poor People’s Campaign on the ground in 20+ states from September 2019 to May 2020, and will culminate in the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington on June 20, 2020, where thousands of poor people and moral agents will gather at the nation’s capitol to demonstrate our power.
For the first stop of the We Must Do M.O.R.E. Tour, the Campaign partnered with the Border Network for Human Rights in El Paso. On the first day of the tour, we held a powerful Mass Meeting at All Saints Episcopal Church. We continued over the next few days with community canvassing throughout border communities, and finished the tour with a march and rally in the main square in El Paso. At the rally, we proclaimed that next year, on June 20, 2020, the border would go to Washington!
The following are some of the powerful images captured on the tour by Steve Pavey, #HopeInFocus.
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Join us as the We Must Do M.O.R.E. Tour continues across the country, leading to the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington on June 20, 2020! Find a tour stop near you!
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