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Bishop William Barber – Warrensburg, Missouri – February 27, 2023 – Epilogue

01 Wednesday Mar 2023

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On Monday evening Bishop William Barber spoke in Warrensburg on the campus of the University of Central Missouri. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience – this became an epilogue.

Bishop William Barber

The epilogue:

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BishopWilliamBarberEpilogueUCM022723.mp3

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“…But let me just say this to give you hope. There’s a study one time that said if you can just get two percent of a nation to work together they can shift the narrative and the consciousness of that nation. Not twenty percent. Uh, God told Isaiah in Isaiah 6 that just ten percent of the nation doing the right thing would change the nation

I want you all to hear this. All the people we read about in history were in the minority. It wasn’t like everybody marched. When everybody tells you, when folks tell you, I was there with Dr. King. Tch. Um. Hush. ‘Cause if everybody that says they were there it would have been more than two hundred fifty thousand people at the March on Washington. ‘Cause there were that many people in Washington, D.C. So, just hush. Everybody was not there. The majority of the people were not there. The majority of the preachers were not there. Dr. King was put out of his own denomination. Put out. Of the Baptist church. So, I don’t want us to live in a need for a majority. What God said to Ezekiel is if I can find one person. What the scripture said, an ancient psalm is, the stone that the builders reject. What has to happen is the rejected people have to come together. If, if, you, ultimately rejected because of poverty, rejected because of race, rejected because of your sexuality, that’s the coming together. And if a remnant comes together, Harriet Tubman got seven hundred slaves out of slavery. She didn’t have Twitter, she didn’t have Instagram, she didn’t have none of that.

My point is, we don’t, we need a committed group of people. Don’t ever live in the false, it was not thousands of people that led the march from the, across the Edmund Pettis bridge. It was probably four hundred. Now, in the end it was twenty-five thousand people. I’m talking who, who were beaten, who were beaten, who, who did it. Alright. It’s never been…”

“…The church needs to do what the church has been called to do by its founder, care for the poor and the least of these. Or, either, take the signs down, don’t call it church, call it club. Call it something. But don’t call it church…”

Previously:

Bishop William Barber – Warrensburg, Missouri – February 27, 2023 (February 28, 2023)

Bishop William Barber – Warrensburg, Missouri – February 27, 2023

28 Tuesday Feb 2023

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“…America has a heart problem and is in need of a moral movement…”

Bishop William Barber

On Monday evening Bishop William Barber spoke in Warrensburg on the campus of the University of Central Missouri.

…Considered the architect of the Moral Movement, [Bishop William Barber] is a sought-after speaker who has presented keynote remarks at hundreds of events across the nation. He has been described by media as “one of the most prominent – and relentless advocates for poor people,” and is engaged in leadership posts for many organizations that address social issues, pursue justice, build community and promote public healing. Such service includes positions as President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, an ecumenical activist group which trains and organizes religious leaders across the nation; co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival; Bishop with the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries; Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary and Senior Fellow at Auburn Seminary, in New York City.

Barber began his ministry as pastor of the Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he has served for nearly 30 years, and has been part of efforts that have raised more than $12 million for community development. He also is a prolific author, having written four books: “We are Called to be a Movement”; “Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing”; “The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of the New Justice Movement”; and “Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation.”

He gained national attention for initiating in 2013 weekly Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly, which were revived in 2018 under the Poor People’s Campaign banner. In the early 1960s, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with help from others, created the Poor People’s Campaign through protests that called for a moral agenda and a moral budget that took place at state capitals and in Washington, D.C. Over the past four years, millions of people have participated in Poor People’s Campaign events nationwide….

Remarks:

https://showmeprogress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BishopWillimBarberRemarksUCM022723.mp3

Bishop William Barber

“…Here we are. We look at where we are in this moment….obscene levels of income and wealth in the hands of a few, the rapidly growing concentration of ownership and the incredible and dangerous power that billionaires have over our political systems. We can hardly be called a democracy when a handful of the wealthiest people in this country can spend as much as they want to to influence an election…”

Bishop William Barber

“…We need a moral movement. We need a moral movement that uses moral language. I’m so sick of this, are you left, are you right, are you Democrat, are you Republican. What about are you caring? Are you loving? Do you have concern for people because they are human beings? Some of this stuff we don’t need to talk about as policy. We need to use the language that scripture uses, we need the language that Jesus uses. Some stuff is wrong. Some stuff is unjust. Some stuff is evil. Or like the Declaration of Independence, it says when there has been a long train of abuses. We need to start talking about policies that deny people health care is abusive. It’s an abuse of power. A malfunction of the democratic process to use power to hurt people. There’s something wrong when you want to use religion in the service of hate and injury. We need a moral movement…”

Previously:

NAACP in Kansas City: Rev. William Barber – “…we have to have more than words…” (July 18, 2010)

Women’s March – Warrensburg, Missouri – January 22, 2023

22 Sunday Jan 2023

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Cold, wet, and overcast. Today at noon over fifty individuals gathered at the amphitheater on the campus of the University of Central Missouri for a rally in support of women’s reproductive rights. After hearing speakers the group marched to the Johnson County Courthouse, forming a picket line and chanting to passing traffic. At times those drivers honked in support.

“Women’s Rights are Human Rights”

“We are not obligated to bear your children”

There were several speakers at the rally, including Jessica Piper (D):

Jessica Piper (D).

Marching from the University to the Johnson County Courthouse:

“Vote the Mother Fuckers Out”

“Abort the Court”

“We’ll be less Activist if you be less Shit”

Fifty years ago:

“My body, not yours”

“If you think being forced to wear a mask is bad, imagine being forced to have a baby”

“Separate Cooch and State”

It’s healthcare:

“We demand safe, legal and accessible healthcare for Everyone”

On the ballot: This person is voting. Are you?

07 Monday Nov 2022

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August 2, 2021 – Johnson County Community Health Board of Trustees meeting in Warrensburg, Missouri:

“No mask”

Vote.

Previously:

Johnson County Community Health Services – Board of Trustees – August 2, 2021 – This is why we can’t have nice things
(August 2, 2021)

On the ballot: Teach your children well

05 Saturday Nov 2022

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May 16, 2021 – AAPI march in Warrensburg, Missouri:

“Hate is a virus”

No home for hate here.

Vote accordingly.

On the ballot: The truth…and a promise

04 Friday Nov 2022

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abortion, election, missouri, protest, Roe v Wade, Warrensburg

July 2, 2022 – in Warrensburg, Missouri:

“It won’t end here”

It was never just about banning abortion. It’s about power and control.

Vote accordingly.

On the ballot: Love is love

03 Thursday Nov 2022

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June 4, 2022 – Pridefest in Warrensburg:

“I love my two moms”

The bigots outside who picketed a family event are voting.

Vote accordingly.

America in the 21st Century

15 Saturday Oct 2022

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This morning in Warrensburg, Missouri:

The Venn diagram of their concerns is probably a circle.

Burg Fest – October 8, 2022

08 Saturday Oct 2022

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Hundreds of people attended Burg Fest, a fall street festival in downtown Warrensburg today. Johnson County Democrats had a booth on the street with yard signs and literature.

A reminder – the plural of aneccdote is not data.

That being said, a number of women approached the booth to get literature and signs, quietly stating “I’ve always voted Republican, but not this time” or some variation of the same.

They know that access to women’s healthcare – without interference by the right wingnut controlled state government – is on the ballot.

They’re emphatically supporting Trudy Busch Valentine (D) and other Democratic Party candidates on the Roevember ballot.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): Warrensburg, Missouri – October 7, 2022

07 Friday Oct 2022

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Trudy Busch Valentine (D) made a stop to talk to voters today in Warrensburg on her RV campaign tour across central and west central Missouri.

Trudy Busch Valentine (D).

She made some prepared remarks, then she spent the majority of her time engaging in conversations and ilstening to voters.

We haven’t seen Eric Schmitt (r) in these here parts since never. Way to engage with voters, dude.

Previously:

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) in Jackson County, Missouri – August 13, 2022 (August 13, 2022)

Governor’s Ham Breakfast – Missouri State Fair – August 18, 2022 (August 18, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Campaign Office Opening – Kansas City, Missouri – August 28, 2022 (August 28, 2022)

Definitely left a mark (September 22, 2022)

Eric Schmitt (r) gets pwned…again (September 22, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D) – Kansas City, Missouri – September 22, 2022 (September 24, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): campaign ad (September 28, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): with working people (September 29, 2022)

Trudy Busch Valentine (D): this is what it is (September 30, 2022)

It is the season (October 1, 2011)

Post Oak, Johnson County, Missouri (October 2, 2022)

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