William J. Barber II, architect of the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina and leader of the Poor People’s Campaign, has won a MacArthur “genius” grant.
Barber, 55, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, will receive $625,000 paid over five years as one of 25 recipients announced in October.
“My work, growing out of a deep religious and spiritual foundation, [is] to help people look at public policy through the lens of our deepest moral values, both constitutionally and religiously,” Barber said in a video statement. “How do we talk about public policy without just getting into the normal right-left discussions?”
