Bishop Barber and Partners Announce New Voter Mobilization Organization and Joint Statewide Campaign 

Bishop Barber and Partners Announce New Voter Mobilization Organization and Joint Statewide Campaign 

On the first day of the state’s early voting period, Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II joined with a broad coalition of leaders, grass-roots organizers, and voters at First Baptist Church in Raleigh (101 South Wilmington Street) to unveil the newest addition to their “moral movement” efforts. Repairers Educational Voter Uplift Project (“REV-UP”) was founded to activate the untapped power of poor, low-wealth, and low-income voters to shape the local and national policy agenda in a way that directly addresses their needs. During the press conference, REV-UP’s Executive Director, Andrew Simpson, emphasized the extent to which the electoral power of poor, low-wealth, and low-income voters is consistently overlooked by those running for local, state, and federal office.  Bishop Barber, voting rights attorneys, faith leaders, workers, and voters impacted by the interlocking injustices of poverty and racism, announced their commitment to massive statewide mobilization until November 8 to elect and hold accountable leaders dedicated to fighting poverty, saving our democracy, and lifting society from the bottom up.

Bishop Barber said, “After all this movement has done to defend our constitutional right to early voting here in North Carolina, this is no time to be apathetic! Today, on the first day of early voting, we’re announcing REV-UP, a new initiative committed to reshaping our nation’s distorted policy priorities to focus on the needs of the country’s 80 million poor, low-wealth, and low-income voters.  In a state like North Carolina, those voters make up 45% of the electorate. One thing is for sure: when we mobilize poor and low wealth voters, their advocates, and other people who care–that’s a power block that can shift the electorate. We will leave no stone unturned, no tool unused, and no voter left behind as we fight to save this impoverished democracy from the bottom up.”

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