On Sunday April 28, the Massachusetts Poor People’s Campaign: National Call for Moral Revival will host its city wide Truth & Poverty Tour. Greater Boston Spill the Tea Tour (As in the Boston Tea Party).
Narrators, Recorders, video-teams, faith leaders, impacted, and activist will gather in the morning (TBA) meet, greet and board the bus. As we arrive at each STOP supporters, will also gather at the STOPS and participate in the Teach-In given by each “Tour Narrator”. (Each area should choose a narrator) and may coordinate his/her own support network to gather at the STOP, on the street or at a community center.
One of goals are to come together build/add to your coalitions, teach and reach the broader communities or neighborhoods.
Ideas and comments welcomed heading into 2020. These STOPS will lend to meeting other community leaders, teachers and students you may not necessarily work with. This lends to building diverse relationships across lines of division.
Sign Up: https://actionnetwork.org/events/greater-boston-spill-the-tea-tour-2020/
Example:
- Our first stop will include a historical fifty-year overview of Blue Hill Avenue during/after the 1968 riots, from there…
- Each STOP will draw from Dr. Kings “Quotes”, Each STOP will draw from FREEDOM songs, cultural perspectives (immigration) art and teachings addressing Dr. King’s three evils he spoke of during the 1967 speech on the War on Vietnam:
- Systemic Poverty, Systemic Racism, the War Economy (Militarism), Ecological Devastation, and the Distorted Moral Narrative as it relates to religion and religious rights. We will shift the narrative.
- Each STOP will address the critical effects, which have impacted the area, or community:
- Example: Gentrification, eviction, housing & displacement, homelessness, addiction and health, war, weapons, chemicals, economics, health and welfare, finances, Moral Budget…Where do we go from here? How can we build, teach? Gain support? Hold the rulers accountable? Pass legislation?
- Each STOP has a theme, Example: Song, “Somebody’s hurting our neighborhoods, community, people…and it’s gone on far too long, and we won’t be silent anymore.
- STOP #1. Historian – Narrator speaks of the plight and fight of Blue Hill Avenue
- STOP #2. Activist – Narrator speaks of the plight and fight of this affected area
- Here is what we have so far!
- STOP #3. Lunch provided at a space venue where a film/discussion will be shown (TBA)
- More detailed information to come, MARK YOUR CALENDARS April 28!