The leader of the movement known as the 'Poor People’s Campaign' is making stops in three Kentucky towns Monday in an effort to focus attention on those living in poverty.
Reverend William Barber will visit Eddyville, where the state maximum security prison is located, to focus on the disproportionate number of people of color who are incarcerated. Families of inmates are expected to speak.
The next stop is Hopkinsville to address issues including economic inequality and affordable housing.
Michael Gramling is a member of the Kentucky State Coordinating Committee for the Poor People’s Campaign. He says the bus will arrive at Mount Zion Church in Bowling Green at 6 o’clock.
“There’s going to be a community supper. There’s going to be music and speakers. Rev. Barber himself will speak. But really the main focus is that the people who live in this community who are impacted by poverty are going to tell their stories.”
The Poor People’s Campaign was organized by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 to push for economic justice for those in poverty.
Barber revived the campaign, naming it a 'A National Call for Moral Revival.'
