Poor People's Campaign to lead recommitment march in Selma for voting advocacy

The co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign announced in a press conference on Friday, Feb. 18 that they will be leading the first day of a recommitment march for voting rights advocacy in Selma on March 4. 

The march will be led by co-chairs Bishop William J. Barber II and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, who will participate in the conclusion of the march in Montgomery on Friday, March 11.

Barber and Theoharis will later join the Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and March on Washington and to the Polls on June 18.

According to a press release from the organization the march will address what they called voter suppression in the country. They also said that the event would address poverty issues, citing the events of the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr. 

"One-third of America’s poor live in the South, where poor and low-income people make up over 40% of the eligible voting age population in most states in the region," stated the press release.

"We have an opportunity to galvanize enough of this demographic to change the South and change the nation. Selma cannot be a commemoration. It must be a re-commitment. We cannot come just for an anniversary. We must gather to build momentum for the largest mass demonstration of poor and low-wealth people in US history on June 18, 2022."