Will KC and Missouri Follow the Example of North Carolina's Moral Monday Movement?

A report on Democracy Now! today aired portions of "State of Conflict: North Carolina," a Bill Moyers documentary, which focuses on the "Moral Monday" protests and actions in North Carolina. Moral Mondays have built a movement to oppose Republican-led policies, which have diminished a range of social programs for poor and working people in the state, including Medicaid expansion, cuts to food stamps (aka Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), education and unemployment benefits, changes to voting rights, as well as laws restricting abortion and support for the death penalty. These policies represent nothing short of an attack on poor people in that state.

The Moral Monday movement is planning a massive march in Raleigh on February 8 to "fight back against these extreme policies." 

While efforts in the Kansas City area and throughout Missouri don't match the impact of Moral Mondays, there is a groundswell led by Communities Creating Opportunity and Missouri Jobs with Justice to improve conditions for poor and working people. The protest on December 5, 2013 to increase the minimum wage for fast-food workers is one effort that is getting people energized to follow Moral Mondays organizing example.


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