The Poor People’s Campaign – a national event established back in 1967 by Martin Luther King Jr. – is on its way to Sacramento.  This is  now 5 decades after King’s assassination and the legacy is living on through the Campaign.  Steering committee member Faye Wilson Kennedy pointed out:

“You may be living a good life now but if your money, if your source of income dries up or your resources dry up, you’re going to have more in common with that person that’s homeless than you realize.”

Fascinatingly – and perhaps somewhat disappointingly – it seems that not much has changed since the project began 50 years ago.  As Northern California National Moral Revival of the Poor People’s Campaign’s Kevin Carter said:

“Back then, it was three pillars which were justice, jobs and equality. Now we have 4 pillars. What we’re talking about now is poverty, systemic racism, the war economy, and we’re talking about ecological devastation. While the local group has been around for several years, this is the first time it has connected with other civil rights groups on a national level.”

Another really important factor of the project is to try to get everyone in the community at large to realize that no-one is immune and everyone has their part to play.