It is a movement born out of a struggle of people dealing with an inflexible, ultra-conservative, overwhelmingly Republican Legislature and Governor in North Carolina. The Moral Mondays Movement in the Tar Heel State combined activism, peaceful civil disobedience and intense grassroots communications and lobbying to starting turning attitudes of people in that state away from a highly conservative agenda. Now, with the support of over fifty Indiana grassroots organizations, including organized labor, Concerned Clergy, and Indiana’s State Conference of NAACP Branches, the Moral Mondays movement has come to Indiana. Last weekend, hundreds attended workshops and rallies at Crispus Attucks High School and participated in a Saturday afternoon march to the State House.
Rev. Dr. William Barber interviewed as Attucks HS students look on
The spiritual and intellectual heart of Moral Mondays is the Rev. Dr. William Barber II. Born to an Indianapolis woman who was an Attucks grad, Barber has family connections to a former Pastor of historic Second Christian Church (the predecessor to Light of the World Church).
Rev. Barber came to Indy to help teach, organize and fire up Hoosiers for the Moral Mondays effort.
Amos with Moral Mondays Leader Rev. Dr. William Barber at Attucks HS
In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, I talked with the Rev. Dr. William Barber, head of North Carolina’s NAACP, about his movement and what people in Indiana and other states face today from energized ultraconservatives. In our interveiw we talked about how Moral Mondays began. Whether the movement could succeed in a place where for years there’s been little public protest about anything. Rev. Barber talked about the critical role young people played in Moral Mondays in North Carolina, and could that occur in Indiana. And a lot more. You can contact the Indiana Moral Mondays movement at IndianaMoralMondays.org or on Facebook or Twitter. Click the Media Player to Hear the Afternoons with Amos Interview with Moral Mondays Leader Rev. Dr. William Barber. Runs 25 Minutes ©2014 WTLC/Radio One.
