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NAACP
Something big is happening here in Florida.

Spurred by the repugnant agendas of Florida state legislators, your fellow citizens are beginning to stand tall and say, "no more."

Every week—inspired by the Moral Monday efforts that began in North Carolina last year—they are taking this message to their elected officials via peaceful protests all over the state.

Taking part in these protests charges my soul. If you're inspired by working for those without a voice, you should take part in the next one.

Sign up now to participate in a "Moral Monday" event in Florida.

Last year I gathered with a few other North Carolinians for the very first Moral Monday because our state legislature was enacting a series of bills to crush working people like you and me.

Then other states began enacting the SAME type of legislation to slash Medicaid, raise taxes on the working and the poor, cripple education, deny rights to workers, women, and the LGBT community, and make it more difficult to vote.

However, they aren't the only ones following the lead of North Carolina. Concerned citizens and activists in Florida are participating in their own "Moral Monday" protests against these injustices. Each week, more and more people join them.

In February, at our 15,000-strong Moral March on Raleigh, we had a message we wanted our elected officials to hear: Kicking hard-working people when they're down is not just bad policy, it's against the common good and disregards human rights. It is a refusal to lean to the better angels of ourselves. It's time for these legislators in Florida to find their better angels.

If you believe in democracy, in civil rights, and in human rights, sign up to participate in a Moral Monday event in Florida today:

http://action.naacp.org/Moral-Monday


Thank you,

Reverend William Barber II
President, North Carolina State Conference
NAACP

P.S. Watch the Moral Monday video here.

 

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