The original Poor People’s Embassy
Six Decades Later We Are Still Marching
Six Decades Later We Are Still Marching © Carlos Raul Dufflar 8/23/2025 The beauty of the sunrise wakes you up to hear the birds singing in the branches of the trees Rose oil surrounds all of us The call of human beings in all corners of the country as we meet at the city of Philadelphia that lifted our love for…
Happy Three Kings Day! ¡Feliz Día de Los Reyes!
The Poor People’s Embassy – Embajada de la Gente Pobre wishes all in the struggle for Poor Power a joyous and powerful Three Kings Day! Salute to the people of Puerto Rico in their struggle against stolen elections and stolen electric power. ¡La Embajada de la Gente Pobre desea a todos los que luchan por…
A Love Poem for the Mothers’ Day March Heroes of 1968 (Rev. Annie Chambers)
A Love Poem for the Mothers’ Day March Heroes of 1968 Rev. Annie Chambers © Carlos Raúl Dufflar 5/12/24 A garden of flowers that rose on May, Mothers Day March in Washington, DC. All the sisters and supporters of the 5000 womem of the National Welfare Rights Organization and the New York Mothers Welfare Association…
The Diggers Legacy Lives: 1649, 1968, and always!
On 1 April 1649, The Diggers began to occupy St. George’s Hill, Surrey, England to plant in defiance of the law, the church , and landlords to build what Gerard Winstanley called “a common treasury for all.” In 1966, The Diggers of San Francisco emerged from the Free City Collective for all human needs to…
Remember the Alliance of the National Welfare Rights Organization & the original Poor People’s Campaign!
On 5 February 1968, the National Coordinating Committee of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) met with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago to build the coalition for the Poor People’s Campaign. NWRO were instrumental in the Mother’s Day March that commenced Resurrection City three months later. Poor People’s Embassy/ Embajada de la Gente…
The Original Voices of the Poor People’s Campaign
From the voices of the original Poor People’s Campaign on the 55th Anniversary (May 12th, 2023) of the Sunday Mother’s Day March Throughout the Streets of Washington, DC, an Original Salute with love. To the brave women warriors of the National Welfare Rights Organization and the allies that laid the foundation for the Poor People’s…
Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of the Poor People’s Campaign & Resurrection City
13 May 2023 To the Poor People’s Campaign y La Canpaña de La Gente Pobre To the citizens of Resurrection City Los cuidadanos de la Ciudad de la Resurrección I salute the heroes and veterans with the sea of love To Stanley Levison, Miriam Wright Edelman, Martin Luther King, Jr, Ralph Abernathy – the seeds…
Remember the founding of the Poor People’s Campaign on 4 December 1967
On this day, the Poor People’s Campaign and its Committee of 100 was founded in 1967. Commemorate this powerful legacy, 56 years later. Stay tuned for an upcoming tribute to the legacy here.
Indian Power: Salute to all who answered the call to unite with the original Poor People’s Campaign – A commemoration for IP (Indigenous Peoples’) Heroes Day #IPHeroesDay #TranscendingLegacy
Poor People’s Embassy commemorates 10 November – IP Heroes Day – as called by the Indigenous Peoples’ Movement for Self-Determination & Liberation to celebrate by name all who have been active in global Indigenous struggle. Below are the names of those known for joining the American Indian (Indigenous peoples of Abya Yala) contingent of the…
Everybody’s Got a Right to Live: 55 Years of the Soundtrack for the Original Poor People’s Campaign
Jimmy Collier & Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick Everybody’s Got a Right to Live Broadside Records, 1968 By Ángel L. Martínez “Our KING Will Never Die” Printed on the lower left side of the front album jacket In 1968, the original Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) burst into the consciousness of a pivotal year of global activism.…
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