Center for Social Justice & Reconciliation

08/29/2024

Reminder! First event is this Sunday!

Friends, please RSVP and join us on September 8th or September 22nd in Charlotte.
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On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made headlines, but among them were a sea of crosses and Christian flags, rosaries and “Jesus Saves” signs. What motivated so many Christians to participate in this violent assault?

Join us for two afternoons with Special Guest Speakers

Moderated by Jennifer Watson Roberts – 58th Mayor of Charlotte

Sept 8 at 4:00pm with journalist Kyle Spencer & Rev. Sally Johnston (St. Peter’s Episcopal Church)

Kyle Spencer is an award-winning journalist, former NYT contributor and the author of the critically-acclaimed book Raising Them Right, the Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power, which is out in paperback in October. She is also the founding editor of Reporting Right, a weekly, pro-democracy journalism newsletter for local reporters.

The Reverend Sally Johnston is an Episcopal priest affiliated with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Charlotte. Although retired, she continues her ministry with a focus on social justice, formation and pastoral care, especially related to grief and loss.

Sept 22 at 4:00pm with Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler (Union Presbyterian Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation – CSJR) & Nancy MacLean (Democracy in Chains)
Dr. Sadler is a theologian, Director of the CSJR, professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary, and a social justice and racial justice advocate.

Nancy MacLean is the William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, and the author of several award-winning books, most recently, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America. A New York Times bestseller, it was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award in Current Affairs)

Sponsored by:

Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation at Union Presbyterian Seminary (CSJR)
St. Peter’s Episcopal
Rodney Sadler Reimagining America Project Jennifer Watson Roberts

08/27/2024

Join us for a day of beginnings-- as we launch a deeper dive into both conversations and practices for radical discipleship by practicing resurrection. Not only do we want to change the conversation for a day about the intersections of faith and justice, mercy and love, we want to begin an intentional movement for community building that leads to liberation and life for all God's children. Come to this event with an open mind for transformation, and you will walk away ready to mobilize with others and lead transformation in the communities where you live.

Register at the link below and don't forget to sign up for the accompanying book club leading up to the event!
https://na.eventscloud.com/805292

06/18/2024

Join us for this month's Just Talk / Talk Just in the final installment of our yearlong series examining just and unjust intersections. Stay connected to get announcements of next year's focus and broadcasts!

Society has come a long way in its relationship with and treatment of LGBTQIA+ human beings. Most of this progress has come about due to changes in laws and cultural attitudes. Communities of faith have seen similar changes in the ways we speak to and about LGBTQIA+ people.

Yet amidst this sea of changes, there is much that remains undone, particularly in our faith communities, so that we may be not only affirming and welcoming spaces, but places where the humanity of all of God's children is protected, honored, and celebrated equally.

The Just Talk/Talk Just conversations are intentionally provocative in title and content. We aim to open discussions which are often difficult about topics that are crucial to the church in our present moment. We believe we cannot shy away from these conversations, nor can we keep silent during prophetic moments for our culture. We encourage you to attend, listen, ask questions, and consider what it is that God may be saying about the issues we explore together. In this way can we expand our horizons and inspire the church to work toward greater justice and equity.

Register here: https://buytickets.at/unionpresbyterianseminary/1284552

06/14/2024

Register for our next Just Talk / Talk Just
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/unionpresbyterianseminary/1284552?mc_cid=607d6ced5f&mc_eid=141f64a405

Tuesday, June 18th at 7:00 pm ET

Join us for this month's Just Talk / Talk Just in the final installment of our yearlong series examining just and unjust intersections. Stay connected to get announcements of next year's focus and broadcasts!

Society has come a long way in its relationship with and treatment of LGBTQIA+ human beings. Most of this progress has come about due to changes in laws and cultural attitudes. Communities of faith have seen similar changes in the ways we speak to and about LGBTQIA+ people.

Yet amidst this sea of changes, there is much that remains undone, particularly in our faith communities, so that we may be not only affirming and welcoming spaces, but places where the humanity of all of God's children is protected, honored, and celebrated equally.

Register below for our June 18th conversation about LGBTQIA+ justice and the faith community, as we talk about how far we have come-- and how much work there is yet to do.

Co-sponsored by Union Presbyterian Seminary's Center for Social Justice & Reconciliation and Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Rodney Sadler Reimagining America Project Union Presbyterian Seminary

04/16/2024

Join us tonight!

04/15/2024

Reminder- register for our next Just Talk / Talk Just!

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/unionpresbyterianseminary/1199244?mc_cid=f7c6943296&mc_eid=141f64a405

Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00 pm ET

Join us for this month's Just Talk / Talk Just in our yearlong series examining just and unjust intersections.

We all (say we) love our waters and our land in our nation. They are among the greatest gifts of America, part of what gives us the potential to be great. Well watered fertile lands support forests and farmlands that feed our collective spirits and bodies, helping us thrive as a people… but not all of us. Far too often we see that our waters and land are under attack by corporate greed and callous indifference. Worse, the waters and land that are most at risk are those in Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.

Please join us for a conversation with leaders in the Environmental Justice movement as we discuss the need to protect our most vulnerable communities as race influences our patterns of pollution. This is an issue that really does show the impact that race has on everyone, because our willingness to defile the land of those whose lives we least respect, ultimately impacts us all! The environment that we endanger knows no racial boundaries; we will all suffer from the harm that we ignore in minoritized communities!

The Just Talk/Talk Just conversations are intentionally provocative in title and content. We aim to open discussions which are often difficult about topics that are crucial to the church in our present moment. We believe we cannot shy away from these conversations, nor can we keep silent during prophetic moments for our culture. We encourage you to attend, listen, ask questions, and consider what it is that God may be saying about the issues we explore together. In this way can we expand our horizons and inspire the church to work toward greater justice and equity. Union Presbyterian Seminary Rodney Sadler The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Union Presbyterian Seminary Alumni

04/04/2024

Tonight! Join us for Policing in Black and Blue. Webinar registration is available here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sswrURXQQnqZ7QyPaykUCg

African American police officers have a particularly difficult job, one that requires them to work within a system that has a painful history of racial discrimination. Join Police Chief Johnny Jennings and Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart, a former police officer, for a conversation on being Black in Blue. Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler will lead the conversation exploring how Black officers hold up under the burden of being the protector of all, while knowing that the color of their skin makes them and their communities uniquely susceptible to excessive force by police officers. Please share and help us spread the word about this important conversation.

03/29/2024

We have got to start to recognize the full humanity of all of God’s children and fight for each of their lives as though we were fighting for our own!

03/24/2024

“Jesus is King!”
Remix For Palm Sunday

I have often heard the phrase
Recited on Palm Sunday Mornings
As if proclaimed by script
“Jesus is King!”
It has the feel of something
Routine and said by rote
Without much consideration
Just something to say this day

But I have come to understand
It is more than just learned words
Repeated and recited
In response to an unasked question
No, these words mean more than that

“Jesus is King!” does mean that:
Our Salvation is assured
Our Souls are comforted
Our Spirits are nurtured
Our hearts are healed
Our lives are eternal
Our God is with us always!

But “Jesus is King!” also means:
Poverty is not intractable
Racism is not inevitable
Hatred is overcomeable
Oppression overturnable
Sickness is healable
Victory is achievable
For it is the in the “…able”
That we find the ability to end evil

“Jesus is King!” means:
We can fight impossible fights and win them
We can dream impossible dreams and manifest them
We can confront impossible foes and defeat them
We can face impossible odds and transcend them
We can do impossible deeds and accomplish them
We can live impossible lives and commend them

“Jesus is King!” is:
A testimony that the incredible is possible
A reminder that the unbelievable is realizable
A witness that there is nothing that limits us
An affirmation that there is nothing that is beyond us
An attestation that our hopes are limitless
An assertion that our potential is boundless

“Jesus is King!” is:
A promise that we will rise
On a future day at a future time
That our future is assured
That our fate is in God’s hands
But we’d be remiss not to see
That it is also a (now) promise
That with God “all things are possible” (now)
That with God we are unconquerable (now)
That with God we are invincible (now)
That with God we need never fear (now)

“Jesus is King!” challenges us:
To never give up in frustration
To never give in to disdain
To never surrender to doubt
To never submit to injustice
To never succumb to disbelief
To never pay heed to naysayers
To never concede to defeat

For “Jesus is King!” assures us:
That God is on the throne
That God is over all
That God is standing with us
That God is walking by us
That God is living in us
That God is working through us
That we are not alone!

“Jesus is King!” proclaims boldly that:
A man filled with God’s Spirit
A man filled with God’s Word
A man who healed the sick
A man who encouraged the poor
A man who welcomed the strangers
A man who challenged the systems
A man who lived for justice
A man who Loved us all
Was opposed by this world’s leaders
Was crushed by this world’s judgment
Was abused by this world’s powers
Was killed by this world’s violence
Was buried with this world’s refuse
But was raised by the God who made this world
Who overcame this world
Who overcomes this world
Who will transform this world
Who is transforming this world
Who is even (now) transforming this world

So, “Jesus is King!” is:
That which we should remember
When-ever conflicts rise
When hope within us wanes
When waves would overwash us
When troubles would overtake us
That we need not be afraid
That we need not ever be moved
For when it seemed the world had won
For when it seemed that all was lost
God won!
And because God won
We will win!

Yes, “Jesus is King!” is:
An acknowledgement of God’s victory
An attestation of our belief that that victory
Cascades down to us as
Countless other victories
This world in all its power
This world will yield to God
This world will yield to us
For, “Jesus is King!”
“Jesus is King, Indeed!”

03/24/2024

If someone is doing something that imperils another, call it out, oppose it, end it, regardless of who they are, who you are, and your loyalties to them. Never let your identity or your allegiances efface your humanity!

03/19/2024

Theopoetics represents an emerging field within religious studies that integrates art, song, poetry, speech, and other embodied practices to emphasize faith, imagination, and wonder. Womanism, as a prophetic social movement that addresses the survival and liberation of Black women, reclaims Black women’s experiences, history, bodies, aesthetics, literature, and art as primary sources for theological reflection and biblical interpretation. This Just Talk/Talk Just conversation “Womanist Theopoetics: Embodied Intersectional Approaches” emphasizes the powerful influence of womanist approaches to theopoetics that values embodied ways of being and knowing while mapping intersectional realities of oppression and transformative possibilities for hope.

To register:

03/18/2024

Join us tomorrow night!

Womanist Theopoetics: Embodied Intersectional Approaches - Register for JUST TALK this Tuesday at 7PM ET! - https://mailchi.mp/fa2c305e4556/womanisttheopoetics

03/16/2024

“God and Country”

[If you would like to see this movie and participate in a panel discussion about it, you can come to the Independent Picture House today 3/16/24 at 4:20pm. We would love to have you learn with us the danger that is at our front door!]

Meathead done good!

I went to see “God and Country” yesterday, this new documentary by Rob Reiner on Christian Nationalism that is playing at the Independent Picture House in Charlotte. It was a riveting movie that delved deeply into the crucial concern that is shaping the political landscape of our nation and imperiling the future of democracy. It was a deep dive into a complex and layered issue that showed not only what Christian Nationalism is, but also why it is so dangerous, something that should not only frighten us all, but that we should all shun like the cancerous ideological plague that it is!

Though the film offers several definitions for Christian Nationalism, I will cite just a few to help us see what it is that this movie is talking about. Perhaps the best description is that it is the malady that led hundreds of people to storm the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 proclaiming the lie of the “stolen election.” It is not patriotism, the love of one’s nation that evokes deep and abiding commitment; it is more the intentional connection of God to government that makes people willing to fight to maintain power to which they feel entitled.

Jamar Tisby suggests that Christian Nationalism should always be prefaced with the adjective “white.” He would likely conclude that it is a mode of protecting white privilege by deeming it a Christian virtue, the violation of which would be the end of America. That racial dimension is essential to understanding the slogan “Make America Great Again,” i.e. return it to the great days of old (when women could not vote, blacks were subject to enslavement/ segregation/ legalized second-class status, Mexicans (Latinx folks) and Muslims were on their side of the border…).

Others sought to define it less as overtly racial, but no less a danger politically. Though called “Christian,” most critics acknowledge that it is only so in name. Better put, it uses Christianity as a means of achieving a nationalist agenda. One of the experts interviewed suggested that while the movement around it functions in ways completely antithetical to Christianity (hating the poor, minorities, Democrats, people of other faiths, issues like women’s rights and “racial” justice) it preys on Christian people and uses them as a means of marshalling political power.

So while distinctly unChristian in its action, it functions by convincing Christian people (mostly Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Fundamentalists, some Catholics and other people who profess the Christian faith) that they need to join to fight together in a Christian coalition against abortion, homosexuality, and for prayer in schools. This collectivizes their votes for a conservative agenda. One interesting dimension of the Christian Nationalist fight is that it is originally not animated by these issues (concerns that were really not evident for these groups when, for example Roe v. Wade was passed). The origins of the movement that has morphed into Christian Nationalism is Brown v. Board of Education way back in 1954.

In essence, the fundamental concern that fostered the beginning of this alliance was a reaction against the federal mandate to integrate schools and the desire to maintain a segregated educational system. When numerous members of white churches decided to open their own schools as an alternative to having their children be educated with black children and were rebuffed by the Federal Government, they took this as a call to arms, as governmental overreach of the First Amendment, and worked towards an alliance that might give them the political power to exert their collective will. Hence the overtly neutral to positive term “Christian” Nationalism hides a much more insidious racist motivation.

There is so much more that I could say and I hope that a great conversation continues on this post. Suffice it for me to say that I hate all forms of Nationalism. For me the fundamental idea is troubling as it lifts one kind of people/ one type of identity to the center and does so by intentionally making other kinds or types of people less “human.” It is this kind of ideology that came into vogue in the latter part of the 19th century that we thought we defeated when we ended Naziism and then said “Never Again,” then we defeated as Apartheid in South Africa, then we “ended” the wars in Northern Ireland, in Yugoslavia, in the Congo, in the Sudan, in Somalia…well that same sentiment continues to rear it demonic head in the Sudan, in Somalia, and in India as Hindu Nationalism and in Israel as Zionism. Nationalism is made no better when it lifts Christians or Christianity (or actually white Christians) or even dare I say African American peoples as Black Nationalism.

Nationalism is a fundamentally irredeemable ideology that fosters an inevitable hierarch of humanity that when fully grown gives birth to genocide. We should well have learned our lesson by now. But this new Christianized version (well not really new because it does deeply resemble the German Christian Nationalism of the 1920’s…and we saw where that ended) is at our front door now. May we end this political charade masquerading as a faith-based movement before it fully flowers as genocide in our “exceptional” “city on a hill!” Perhaps we might just try to catch it before it lays to rest our vaunted so-called exemplary democracy…for America’s sake!

(A shout out to Dr. William Barber who appears at the beginning and end of this movie and provides an alternative vision to what we can and should be as people of faith!)

03/08/2024

03/05/2024

Registration closing tomorrow!

The SACReD Team is excited to announce that we are partnering with Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation to present a Faith and Reproductive Justice training in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday, March 15, 10 am - 4 pm!

Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/nu56y7r

Join facilitators Rev. Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters and Rev. Kentina Washington-Leapheart for this wonderful educational opportunity! This training is for congregations and communities seeking to explore and deepen their commitments to faith-based reproductive dignity for all. Learn how to lead your congregation through courageous conversations weaving together our faith and reproductive stories. You do not have to be ordained or have a formal role leading a congregation to participate.

In this training, we will

· Dive deep into the intersections of theology and Reproductive Justice
· Experience feminist liturgy
· Explore sacred texts and support for Reproductive Justice
· Learn how to lead your congregation through courageous conversations weaving together your faith and reproductive stories
· Build relationships with other people of faith in the community
· Discern your capacity for faith-based Reproductive Justice advocacy

Tickets are available for individuals, professionals, and congregations to attend.

If there are other colleagues in your network who would like to attend this training, please send this invitation along!

Rodney Sadler Reimagining America Project

02/28/2024

Race - America’s original sin - continues to plague us as a nation. Despite hopeful strides made over the last 50 years, racial divisions in many areas remain. Though we made progress through legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and policies and practices like affirmative action, many of these policies and programs have since been overturned or undermined by partisan politicized courts. We are in desperate need of that elusive resolution to the problem of race in America.

Please join us for a discussion about the Reimagining America Project, a grassroots effort of clergy, activists, and local leaders in and around the Charlotte community. In this conversation, we will explore the impact race has on the systems of our society and how we might reimagine these systems for a more just society. The Reimagining America Project offers our nation hope that although this problem seems intractable, we can find our way toward an America that lives up to its exceptional promises.

02/27/2024

I am excited that we will be marching for justice with the Moral March to the Polls this Saturday morning in Raleigh! If you want to go and would like to ride the bus, please register below. God bless and can’t wait to see you there! Forward Together!

Thank you for being a part of this movement to bring about a moral revival in NC and the US! Please sign up below to reserve a seat on a bus leaving from Charlotte on March 2nd for the Mass Moral March on Raleigh and to the Polls! Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

02/27/2024

Register for our next Just Talk / Talk Just!
Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00 pm ET

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demonstrating-intersectional-justice-the-reimagining-america-project-tickets-849011996737?aff=oddtdtcreator&mc_cid=8f71c4e1c2&mc_eid=6142df60b1

Join us for this month's Just Talk / Talk Just in our yearlong series examining just and unjust intersections.

Race - America’s original sin - continues to plague us as a nation. Despite hopeful strides made over the last 50 years, racial divisions in many areas remain. Though we made progress through legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and policies and practices like affirmative action, many of these policies and programs have since been overturned or undermined by partisan politicized courts. We are in desperate need of that elusive resolution to the problem of race in America.

Please join us for a discussion about the Reimagining America Project, a grassroots effort of clergy, activists, and local leaders in and around the Charlotte community. In this conversation, we will explore the impact race has on the systems of our society and how we might reimagine these systems for a more just future. The Reimagining America Project offers our nation hope that although this problem seems intractable, we can find our way toward an America that lives up to its exceptional promises.
Reimagining America Project Rodney Sadler Union Presbyterian SeminaryUPSem Community Life - Charlotte CampusUPSem Community Life - Richmond Campus Union Presbyterian Seminary Alumni

Join us for a conversation on intersectional justice and reimagining systems and society.

02/26/2024

Register for our next Just Talk / Talk Just!
Tuesday, February 27th at 7:00 pm ET

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demonstrating-intersectional-justice-the-reimagining-america-project-tickets-849011996737?aff=oddtdtcreator&mc_cid=8f71c4e1c2&mc_eid=6142df60b1

Join us for this month's Just Talk / Talk Just in our yearlong series examining just and unjust intersections.

Race - America’s original sin - continues to plague us as a nation. Despite hopeful strides made over the last 50 years, racial divisions in many areas remain. Though we made progress through legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and policies and practices like affirmative action, many of these policies and programs have since been overturned or undermined by partisan politicized courts. We are in desperate need of that elusive resolution to the problem of race in America.

Please join us for a discussion about the Reimagining America Project, a grassroots effort of clergy, activists, and local leaders in and around the Charlotte community. In this conversation, we will explore the impact race has on the systems of our society and how we might reimagine these systems for a more just future. The Reimagining America Project offers our nation hope that although this problem seems intractable, we can find our way toward an America that lives up to its exceptional promises.
Reimagining America Project Rodney Sadler Union Presbyterian SeminaryUPSem Community Life - Charlotte CampusUPSem Community Life - Richmond Campus Union Presbyterian Seminary Alumni

02/26/2024

This Thursday!

Please join the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation on March 7th for an evening of storytelling and conversation as we come together to hear Stories from Palestine. We invite you to learn about Palestine, listen with open hearts, hear the lived experiences of each storyteller, and share in their hopes and dreams for Palestine.

This event will be moderated by Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler, CSJR Director, and Dr. Hadia Mubarak, Assistant Professor of Religion at Queens University of Charlotte and the 2024 Union Presbyterian Seminary Dawe lecturer. We will also be joined by Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, Director of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Public Witness, and five gifted Palestinian storytellers.

Please register for this Zoom webinar at the link below and share this event with others! Rodney Sadler Reimagining America Project

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wRDsGU22TNyrj-Byy9BPhw

02/20/2024

Save the date!

Save the Date for this year's Dawe Lecture on March 14 at 6:30 p.m. in Watts Chapel on Union Presbyterian Seminary's Richmond Campus. This year's lecturer is Dr. Hadia Mubarak, Assistant Professor of Religion at Queens University. Dr. Mubarak will explore the implicit ways one receives and learns Islamophobia. We also plan to stream this event for those who can't make it in person.
You can register for the event at this link:
https://bit.ly/24Dawe

Get ready for the Dawe Lecture by registering for the Dawe Lecture Book Club.
https://bit.ly/DaweBookClub24

02/14/2024

“A Day of Love”

Today is a day of love
A day filled with cheery cherry red hearts
A day consumed with romantic notions of endearment
A day of love notes and bought cards and chocolate affections
A day commercially sacred for which the Hallmark Channel was made
A day for which ballads and rhythm and blues were created
A day of love that “makes the world go round”
A warm fuzzy pinkish hued sweet scented day

But what if today were a day of Love?
A day when we looked those we pass on the streets in the eye
A day when we ask “How are you?” and sincerely await the reply
A day when we recognize Others’ suffering and work to ameliorate it
A day when we stand with those who are going through as though going through, too

And what if today were a day of public Love?
Cornell West said that “Justice is what Love looks like in public”
So what if today was a public Loving day of doing justice?
A day when we worked to end racial disparity and suffering because of color
A day when we worked to end poverty and the divisions that come from class
A day when we worked to end war and the killing of children to make political points
A day when we worked to end hatred and the diminishing of Others because they are not us

So on this day may we remember
That though love is cute and fanciful and fun
Though love is pink and playful and sweet smelling
Love is just and work and hard
Love is sometimes bruised and bleeding and rank
But what the world needs now is not love, but Love!

For Love deserves a day
No Love deserves each day
And Love deserves each of us
And Love deserves all of our work
And Love deserves all though it is hard
For Love really does make the world go round
Real Love does make the world go round
Today is a day not just for love, but for Love
So let us do the hard work of Love today
No, let us do the hard work of Love each day!

Let’s start now!

02/13/2024

I just left an amazing turnout at the Charlotte City Council Meeting today where more than 60 people came together opposing a city ordinance that would criminalize homelessness. It proved that Charlotte has a concern to protect its most vilnerable citizens and is eager to be part of a movement to end poverty.

For those of you in the area around Charlotte this Saturday, I invite you, your family, and your friends to join Bishop William Barber at Mayfield Memorial Missionary Baptist Church at 12:30pm. He will be doing a press conference in preparation for the Moral March to the Polls in Raleigh on March 2nd. We need every one in this movement, so please mark your calendars to hear from Bishop Barber and then commit to mobilizing for Raleigh. Forward together…not one step back!

https://actionnetwork.org/events/moral-march-to-the-polls-mobilizing-tour-comes-to-charlotte?source=direct_link&

The Moral March to the Polls Tour is coming to Charlotte on Saturday, February 17 @ 12:30pm with Bishop William J. Barber, II, Repairers of the Breach, the NC Poor People's Campaign, partners along with impacted and faith leaders. The Tour is statewide mobilizing effort to bring attention to the "Ma...