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"This Madness Must End"

Dr. Martin Luther King and the U.S. Budget Debate

Hear an inspiring panel of community leaders discussing:

• Dr. King’s stands on economic justice;
• How Dr. King would view the current debate on the federal budget;
• Actions we can take for a moral and healthy economy and budget;
• Learn about the Move the Money campaign, an exciting community initiative, including the opportunity to join a KC area federal budget priorities education and action network.  

Panel Members include:

• Donna Birks, Financial Secretary, UAW Local 31
• Pearl Webb, Park U. Senior, Kauffman Scholar, American Friends Service Committee Peace Intern
• David Kingsley, KU Professor of Health Policy and Gray Panther Convener

Moderator: Deth Im, Dir. of Clergy & Congregational Organizing, Communities Creating Opportunity

“This is America’s opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The question is whether America will do it...

What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty.”           

~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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