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- 2018 MacArthur Fellow
William J. Barber II. Pastor and Social Justice Advocate | Class of 2018
Building broad-based fusion coalitions as part of a moral movement to confront racial and economic inequality
- Articles in The Nation magazine
Since June 2014
- June 3, 2018: Sunday Sermon by The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II (40 min)
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber preaches at Washington National Cathedral on June 3, 2018.
- Repairers of the Breach
Repairers of the Breach is a nonpartisan 501 (c) 3 tax exemptnot-for-profit organization that seeks to build a moral agenda rooted in a framework that uplifts our deepest moral and constitutional values to redeem the heart and soul of our country. We challenge the position that the preeminent moral issues are prayer in public schools, abortion, and property rights. Instead, we declare that the moral public concerns of our faith traditions are how our society treats the poor, women, LGBTQ people, children, workers, immigrants, communities of color, and the sick. Our deepest moral traditions point to equal protection under the law, the desire for peace within and among nations, the dignity of all people, and the responsibility to care for our common home.
- Rev. William Barber II, Talk, 11 October 2018 (90 min)
Rev. William Barber II, introduced by Khury Petersen-Smith, talked about his work. Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM.
- Wikipedia entry
William J. Barber II (born August 30, 1963) is an American Protestant minister and political activist. He is a member of the national board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the chair of its Legislative Political Action Committee. Since 2006 he has been president of the NAACP's North Carolina state chapter, the largest in the Southern United States and the second-largest in the country.[1] Barber has served as pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Goldsboro, North Carolina since 1993.
- William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump
Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, May 14, 2018
After the success of the Moral Monday protests, the pastor is attempting to revive Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s final—and most radical—campaign.