To Start a Movement, Start Moving!

Several of the small group were arrested that day, and Republican leaders berated their protest as “Moron Monday.” But the politicos aren’t laughing now. The protestors kept coming and their numbers kept growing, for Moral Monday had struck a chord, and the protest spread across the state. A rally in February drew more than 80,000 people, and public approval ratings for the governor and state assembly have tanked.

The legislature is now out of session, but Moral Monday still has weekly meetings and is launching a 50-county organizing and voter education campaign this summer. It’s no longer a protest, but a burgeoning multi-issue, grassroots movement for progressive change. And it is literally on the move branching out to other sates – Moral Monday Georgia is going full steam this year, South Carolina has a Truthful Tuesday movement gaining steam, and the movement is getting started in Alabama, Florida, New York, and Wisconsin.

Some of these states are mighty steep political hills for progressives to climb, but success begins with someone saying, “I think I can.” To have a movement, you’ve gotta start moving!

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This has been reposted from Jim Hightower’s website.

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Photo of Rev. William Barber by Justin Valas on Flickr.