Friends -- are you aware that people have mounted protests in Chicago and in Oakland, California in solidarity with NC's Moral Monday protests? We have national support for our movement -- let's keep the faith! We are not alone in this.
MORAL MONDAY COALITION DROPS BANNERS, RISKS ARRESTS TO PROTEST CORPORATE-AUTHORED LEGISLATION
Chicago--(ENEWSPF)--August 5 - The Chicago Moral Monday Coalition, an alliance of Chicago clergy, lay people, unions and community organizations, has just taken over the lobby of the Palmer House Hilton, at 17 E. Monroe St., to protest the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which is slated to meet at the hotel this Wednesday for its 40th annual national conference.
The Chicago Moral Monday Coalition takes its name from the series of ongoing weekly protests in North Carolina.
“Over the last three months, more than 900 North Carolinians have been arrested, and thousands upon thousands more have rallied to support them. Our brothers and sisters in Raleigh have been protesting cuts to public education and assaults on labor, attacks on Medicaid, unemployment and other social programs, and disenfranchisement through restrictive voter ID laws,” said Chicago Moral Monday Coalition member Rev Marilyn Pagán-Banks, United Church of Christ.
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Opening schools takes more than waving some paper in the legislature and passing a mandate that lacks backing to get the job done.
If this is more than posturing, legislators must provide the necessary support and resources for schools open safely.
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Editorial: Resources for school health, safety must be part of in-person mandate :: WRAL.com
"Remember when we had a president who lied about matters great and small, from weather maps to the severity of a deadly pandemic, leading to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths?
Remember when a group of his supporters held a giant rally on Jan. 6 on Capitol Hill with a plan to overthrow the election results?
As Sen. Ben Sasse said, “Jan. 6 is going to leave a scar.” It’s up to Republicans whether that scar will be a sign of permanent damage or of healing".
