William Barber and Liz Theoharis take the Poor People’s Campaign on the road
The campaign is confronting four interlocking issues: systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation.
William Barber (left) and Liz Theoharis. Photo by Desmon Yancy.
William Barber II and Liz Theoharis may be national co-chairs of a new Poor People’s Campaign, but their speaking tour isn’t about their own agenda.
“This is not for the poor, it’s with the poor,” Barber said at an October 12 event in Chicago that included people from across Illinois and Indiana. It was the ninth stop in a 15-city tour.
This year and next are the 50th anniversary of the first Poor People’s Campaign, but “we’re not having a commemoration,” Barber said.
