The Hope of America’s Possibility, with Rev. William J. Barber II | #OBConf2019
Rev. William J. Barber, II, gave a rousing and profound keynote about the work to build a broad-based grassroots movement that can be strong and sustainable enough to confront systemic racism, poverty, environmental devastation, the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism in America today.
--
William J. Barber, II is a pastor and social justice advocate building a broad-based grassroots movement, grounded in the moral tenets of faith-based communities and the constitution. As pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina (since 1993) and president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP (2005–2017), Barber approaches social justice through the lens of the ethical and moral treatment of people as laid out in the Christian Bible, the Reconstruction and civil rights movements of the South, and the United States Constitution.
He is effective at building unusually inclusive fusion coalitions that are multiracial and interfaith, reaching across race, gender, age, and class lines, and dedicated to addressing poverty, inequality, and systemic racism. When his work to expand voting rights, health care, living wages, immigrant rights, public education and LGBTQ rights was thwarted by extremist state lawmakers in North Carolina, Barber began a series of Moral Monday rallies outside of the statehouse in Raleigh to protest laws that suppressed voter turnout, cut funding for public education and healthcare, and further disenfranchised poor white, black, First Nations, and LGBTQ communities. The Moral Mondays rallies and associated nonviolent acts of civil disobedience grew to involve tens of thousands of participants across North Carolina and spread to states across the South. The movement waged successful legal challenges to voter suppression and racial gerrymandering, winning twice at the Supreme Court.
Barber founded Repairers of the Breach, a leadership development organization, in 2014 to expand and build a national movement rooted in moral analysis, moral articulation, and moral action.
In 2016 he led a moral revival tour that covered 26 states and attracted thousands. In 2017, he and colleagues launched a revival of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign that was spearheaded by Dr Martin Lither King, Jr and many others. Beginning with an audit of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy in the United States since 1968, the campaign has been recast for the twenty-first century, building state and local, non-partisan fusing movements committed to shifting the moral narrative, building power, and challenging laws and policies that hurt the poor and threaten our democracy.
William Barber received a B.A. (1985) from North Carolina Central University, an M.Div. (1989) from Duke University, and a D.Min. (2003) from Drew University. He has also received seven Honorary Doctorates. From 2006 to 2017, Barber was president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and has been a member of the national board of the NAACP since 2005.
He is a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC and the Washington Post. Barber is also a 2018 MacArthur Fellow, 2018 Tar Heel of the Year, an Auburn Seminary Senior Fellow and holds the Visiting Social Justice Chair at St. John’s University.
For a transcript visit:
Nick's Story - Helping Heroes Move Onward - Harley-Davidson
Last year, in partnership with Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Harley's Heroes helped claim tens of millions of dollars in earned benefits for heroes like Nick Bernardi. Nick served in Iraq with the 101st Airborne and with the help of another military veteran, he was introduced to the DAV where he received the help he needed to move onward. Watch his story below and help those who gave so much get the support they need to move onward with their lives.
Get support or learn more about the program at h-d.com/military
Coming in May 2013! Harley-Davidson of Panama City Beach, Florida! Due west of Tallahassee on Florida's beautiful Emerald Coast and Bay County's full service Harley dealer. Located not far from Mobile and Dothan Alabama and a nice ride from the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Visit our world famous locations in Tampa, Brandon, New Port Richey, Florida and proudly serving Bradenton FL, Clearwater FL, Clearwater Beach FL, Clermont FL, Cocoa Beach FL, Daytona Beach FL, Ft Lauderdale FL, Ft. Myers FL, Ft Walton Beach FL, Gainesville FL, Homosassa FL, Jacksonville FL, Key West FL, Kissimmee FL, Lake Buena Vista FL, Lakeland FL, Leesburg FL, Miami FL, Naples FL, New Port Richey FL, Ocala FL, Orange Park FL, Orlando, FL, Ormond Beach FL, Palm Bay FL, Pensacola FL, Port Charlotte FL, St Augustine FL, St Petersburg FL, Sarasota FL, Stuart FL, Sunrise FL, Tallahassee FL, Tampa FL, West Palm Beach FL
Our full service dealerships provide top rated service on all makes and models of motorcycles, an incredible selection on H-D t-shirts, Motorclothes, boots, helmets and gloves. We offer genuine HD parts and accessories including seats, helmets and windshields.
Ride the motorcycle of your dream for a week or the weekend through our Harley-Davidson Rentals. Click on the link for more information:
We also offer motorcycle-riding classes at all three of our locations in Tampa, Brandon and New Port Richey. Our courses teach you everything you need to know to ride and at the end of the class you will meet the licensing requirements for a Florida motorcycle endorsement. Click here to sign up!
The Tampa Harley group welcomes all guests from Fletcher's Harley-Davidson of Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Alabama, Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Auburn, Dothan, Mobile, Alaska, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Hawaii, Honolulu, California, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Modesto, San Jose, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Glendale, Anaheim, Irvine, Riverside, Palm Springs, San Diego, El Cajon, Nevada, Reno, Carson City, Las Vegas, Colorado, Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Grand Junction, DC, Florida, Tallahassee, Panama City Beach, Panama City, Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, Jacksonville, Gainesville, Ocala, Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach , Coco Beach, Orlando, West palm Beach, Miami, Hollywood, Ft. Lauderdale, Naples, Ft. Meyers, Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Bradenton, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Clearwater Beach, Largo, St, Pete Beach, Tampa, Dunedin, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey, Tampa, Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland, Homosassa Springs, Brooksville, Spring Hill, Dade City, Georgia ,Atlanta, Marietta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, Valdosta, Illinois, Chicago, Joliet, Aurora, Naperville, Rockford, Peoria, Springfield, Indiana, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OHM OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Harley Davidson, motorcycles, motorcycle, Harley, Harleys, Dealer, Dealers, Dealership, H-D, HD