Poor People’s Campaign took to the streets of Nashville

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Low-wage citizens united to fight for a better life Saturday by marching in the streets with the Poor People’s Campaign. The march was the official launch of the group’s ‘40 Weeks of Action’ initiative, during which the organization plans to host community action events every week up until the 2024 presidential election. Nashville was just one of the 30 state capitals nationwide that marched with the Poor People’s Campaign on Saturday. Tri-Chair of the Tennessee Poor People’s Campaign Gordon Myres said the goal of the march, and of the PPC, is to impact policy perpetuating poverty and awaken the “sleeping giant” within the American voter base, that being poor non-voting citizens.& The Poor People’s Campaign said they “demand legislators take immediate action to end the death and poverty in the United States.” Myres said poverty is currently the 4th leading cause of death in the United States, with 800 people a day dying from circumstances related to poverty.& “A lot of times we’ve done things to try to address it and it’s sort of been like whack-a-mole,” Myres said. “You address hunger … and make progress there and wages jump up. You address access...