ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter October 15, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A photo of The National Day of Action in D.C. as part of the Poor People's Campaign, led by Reverend William Barber II (August 2, 2021). There are about a dozen people standing in a line in front of a marble building holding signs. A man in a black unite mask carries a sign that says "Protect our Freedom to Vote, Unite Here. A black woman in a white mask carries a sign that says, "Fully Restore the 1965 Voting RIghts Act with the Kairos/Repairs/PPC logs across the bottom. Most folks are wearing Voting Rights themed t-shirts. Image by Victoria Pickering.

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter October 08, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A photo of Faith leaders and community members walking in solidarity with immigrant families and those held in detention centers. One sign in the center says RIP Lorenzo in black on a yellow sign. Other signs have photos of other people killed by ICE with unreadable bios.

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter October 01, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A photo of a polling place with voting stations each protected by a white cardboard screen with an American flag on it. People are sitting or standing at each station casting their votes.

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter September 24, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A black & white photo of some of the more than 600 new citizens of the USA, following swearing in ceremonies in downtown Los Angeles, line up to register to vote for the first time. Photograph dated July 2, 1976. Image by Michael Haering via Digital Collection of the Los Angeles Public Library.

ALT A photo of a voter registration table. PPC signs saying "We Are the Swing Vote" line the front with a large Fight Poverty Not the Poor" sign on the end. Various forms to help people get registered or confirm their registration are on the table. A man in a white bill cap and a yellow California PPC t-shirt and a smiling young woman in a white shirt sit behind the table.

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter September 03, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A black & white photo of many diverse dock workers protesting at Long Beach Harbor. There are no readable signs, but the corner of a sign in the foreground says Local 9. Image via Los Angeles Public Library Digital collection. Photograph Mike Sergieff.

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter August 27, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: People in Gilroy marching to ward off a triple threat: a new ICE detention center, the profusion of Flock cameras and the construction of a new mega data center. The two readable signs say, "No Big Brother" and "Don't tell me you love America if you don't believe in liberty and justice for all"

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter August 19, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A photo from KAZU News featuring many concerned Santa Clara County residents attended the Gilroy City Council meeting on July 27, 2026 holding signs and speaking out against future data center projects. There a green signs that say "No data centers in Gilroy: The community says no" with a garlic clove Photo credit: Katie Brown/ KAZU News

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter August 13, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A black & white photo of a white woman's back wearing a backpack and a black ball cap with a blonde ponytail. She is holding a sign that says "No human is illegal. She is standing on a small town street corner with other folks on the opposite corner holding blurred signs that can't be read. Photo credit: Gary George

ALT A photo of Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis in a colorful clergy stole is at the microphone with several other people behind her. The background is a sign that reads, “The Fierce Urgency of Now” a national march into Marquette Park".

ALT Black and white flyer for Hiroshima commemoration at Livermore Lab. An illustration of a missile broken in a peace sign followed by text: Nuclear Abolition or Extinction: the choice is yours Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab—Westgate Thursday August 6, 9am Rally will be followed by a “die-in” and traditional Japanese Bon Dance, (inviting our ancestors to join us) and nonviolent witness and direct action for those who so choose.

ALT A photo of people gathered to rally against a proposal to build an AI data center in Gilroy. One the right is a young white woman with a sign that says "Public Libraries are the only data centers that I support", an older blonde white has a sign that says "No concentration camp in Gilroy" and an American flag, the next person's sign is unreadable because it is behind the flag, the person on the right has two signs sign one says "You Can't Drink Data" and the other has a portrait of John Lewis and the words, "Good Trouble Lives On". They are standing on a verge between a sidewalk and a street with a parking lot behind them.

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter July 16, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more On the cover: A black & white photo of young John Lewis leading anti-segregation demonstrators during the Freedom March in Nashville on March 23, 1963. There are four visible marchers in a residential street. John Lewis' sign proclaims "Join the Freedom March"", behind him is a white man whose sign reads "Sacrifice for Freedom, Christ Did"", third is line is a black woman with a "We want Justice to come to Nashville" sign, behind her is another black woman whose sign reads, "NOW is the time to Act!". Only part of the fifth marcher, a white man, can be seen. The Freedom March was the largest planned organized protest in Nashville since the 1960s downtown sit-ins. | Nashville Banner Archive via Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library

ALT California Poor People's Campaign Newsletter July 02, 2026 Weekly news, updates, and more A blurred photo of a boy behind a strand of barbed wire.