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Black Churches to Energize Occupy
By Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
05 January 12
The mission, which is being called "Occupy the Dream," will start on Monday, January 16, 2012, in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday holiday. On that day, Dr. Ben Chavis announced recently during a press conference at the National Press Club, pastors who are part of the Occupy the Dream movement will connect with the well-known Occupy Wall Street group to hold protests at Federal Reserve banks in 10 cities around the nation.
The strategy will be to raise the consciousness level of African-Americans, starting in church pulpits, by spreading the message of income equality, economic justice and empowerment, leading up to the January 16 events. "It starts in the pulpit and then we're going to go to the community at large," he said.
Led by Dr. Ben Chavis, civil rights leaders announced the formation of Occupy the Dream, an organization to mobilize Americans around the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who sought to wage war on poverty, unemployment and economic injustice. Dr. Chavis announced that the first major march of Occupy the Dream would also take place on Martin Luther King Day, January 16, in Washington, DC.
Dr. Jamal Bryant, pastor of Empowerment Temple in Baltimore - which has 10,000 members, joined Dr. Chavis and leading advocates of Occupy Wall Street at the National Press Club, where they rallied their followers.
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(90,364 posts)...the garbage workers unions.
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(24,544 posts)"The strategy will be to raise the consciousness level of African-Americans, starting in church pulpits, by spreading the message of income equality, economic justice and empowerment,"
LOL Because if it wasn't for this, most black people would have no idea about income inequality and the racial disparities in justice and economic empowerment.
The language in this piece, in addition to not being supported in any way by the actual Occupy the Dream web site, is very telling.