Help. I feel so guilty and I cannot shake it.

[barbtries]

17. you can volunteer from home

for the Poor People's Campaign. here's the email I received today:

Dear Barbara,
This pandemic is a LOT. Our people are hurting. But we can take action even as we follow state and local guidelines that prevent our being together during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here are several opportunities in the Triangle area to care for the most vulnerable among us, and to continue organizing for a Digital Rise Up on June 20th. Please RSVP Now!


1. Our Movement keeps on organizing--and we need YOU. We are making phone calls to every one who has joined the Poor People's Campaign, to check on their well-being during this pandemic, and to share information on how to be connected to our DIGITAL JUNE 20th 2020 Mass Poor People's Assembly. Can you help us make calls? Every Wednesday and Saturday in April we are training phonebankers: REGISTER HERE for a half-hour training that works for you, and our NC Volunteer Coordinator will contact you. Invite your friends to get trained as well--we have thousands of calls to make!

2. All Triangle Circle folks are welcome to join Raise Up NC's all-member meeting this Thursday April 9th at 1pm and/or 8pm! Kenia Alcocer, an organizer with Unión de Vecinos (also known as LA Tenants Union) and a leader in the California Poor People's Campaign, will be the featured speaker. Use this link to register and attend.
3. Our coalition partner El Centro Hispano is assisting families who are being impacted in Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. You can support their efforts HERE.

4. The Immigrant Solidarity Fund run through Church World Service has expanded to help our undocumented neighbors in Orange, Durham, & Wake facing economic hardship due to COVID-19. You can donate HERE; be sure to check the box for “Immigrant Solidarity Fund”.


5. The Poor People's Campaign has released a new Fact Sheet: Who is left out of the COVID-19 Legislation. Please Sign our Petition to Congress and President Trump to demand a moral stimulus package that addresses the roots of the double pandemic of poverty and COVID-19. And for faith leaders, there is an interfaith litany which can be read in religious services, organizing events, and shared widely. The Litany is our Campaign's moral statement and response to this pandemic. This video version read by faith leaders from across the Campaign is very moving.

6. Thursday, April 30, 8:30pm EST: April Mass Meeting - Everybody's Got a Right to Live:. Join our second live digital mass meeting featuring leaders from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. More details on how to join are coming soon--Save the Date!

Friends, our nation needs a Moral Revival more than ever before. Please share the opportunities and links provided here with your networks, your family, your friends.

Forward Together, Not One Step Back!

Triangle Circle, NC Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

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once i made a flip remark about "crispy critters" after hearing about a wreck on the freeway. turned out the person did indeed burn to death in his car. I can't take it back, but i still kick myself for it sometimes even though I was instantly remorseful for having said it.