Starting today, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, is on the move. Nationwide civil disobedience is happening in more than 30 state capitals each Monday* through mid-June. The campaign will culminate on June 23rd in Washington, DC. Here’s a link to find all you need to know: the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.

The poor People’s Campaign is the reboot/successor to a movement begun by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King 50 years ago. His final Sunday sermon was given at Washington National Cathedral  on March 31st, 1968. It was called Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution. In this sermon you can read his analysis of systemic racism, militarism, poverty, and ecological devastation. If you’ve never read this sermon, it’s every bit as relevant today as it was in 1968. If you’ve read it before, it’s still an incredible read.

Back to the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival – There will be singing! Here are links to the songs being taught across the country at each action. Learn them now, teach them, share with your friends,  communities, take to the streets and remember that we are the change.

Somebody’s Hurting My Brother                                             by Yara Allen

Somebody’s hurting my brother
and it’s gone on far too long
Yes, it’s gone on far too long
It’s gone on far too long
I said, somebody’s hurting my brother
and it’s gone on far too long
And we won’t be silent anymore

Somebody’s hurting my sister…

Somebody wants to build that wall…

Somebody’s hurting poor people…

Somebody’s hurting our children…

Somebody’s poisoning the water

Somebody’s ignoring the homeless…

Somebody’s closing our borders…

Somebody’s hurting our families…

Everybody’s Got a Right to Live

Everybody’s got a right to live
Everybody’s got a right to live
And before this campaign fails
We’ll all go down to jail
Everybody’s got a right to live

(Hip Hop Break)

Everybody’s got a right to live (to live)
Everybody’s got a right to dream (to dream)
Everybody’s got a right to love (to love)
Everybody’s got a right to learn (to learn)
Everybody’s got a right to  live (to live)
Everybody’s got a right to dream (to dream)
Everybody’s got a right to love (to love)
Everybody’s got a right to…

I Am Not Afraid

I am not afraid
I am not afraid
I will die for liberation
Cause I know why I was made

(Add Alternative languages)

I will live for liberation

I will march…

I will sing…

I will stand…

Unsettling Force

We’re a new unsettling force

And we are powerful a new unsettling force

And we’re here, we’re a new unsettling force

For liberation and we’ve got nothing to lose but our chains

And we’ve got nothing to lose but our chains

And we’ve got nothing to lose but our chains

Lead with Love

(Chorus)
You gotta put one foot in front of the other and lead with love (put)
One foot in front of the other and lead with love
You gotta put one foot in front of the other and lead with love (put)
One foot in front of the other and lead with love

Don’t give up hope / Don’t give up hope
You’re not alone / You’re not alone
Don’t you give up / Don’t you give up
Keep moving on / Keep moving on

Chorus

Lift up your eyes / Lift up your eyes
Don’t you despair / Don’t you despair
Look up ahead / Look up ahead
Your path is there / Your path is there

Chorus

I know you’re scared / I know you’re scared
Cause I’m scared too / Cause I’m scared too
And here I am / And here I am
Right next to you / Right next to you

Chorus

Ready for Change to Come:

I wanna be ready for change to come
I wanna be ready for change to come
I wanna be ready when it comes
Wanna be ready when it come
I wanna be ready for change to come

Do you wanna be ready for change to come…
Yes I wanna be ready for change to come…
We need to be ready for change to come…
We better be ready for change to come…
Yes we’re gonna be ready for change to come…

*Memorial Day action will be to May 29th.