威廉-J-巴伯二世 牧师和社会正义倡导者

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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


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Title
Pastor and Social Justice Advocate
Affiliation
Greenleaf Christian Church / Repairers of the Breach
Location
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Age
55 at time of award
Area of Focus
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Website
Repairers of the Breach: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Poor People’s Campaign
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Published October 4, 2018
ABOUT WILLIAM'S WORK
William J. Barber II is a pastor and social justice advocate building a broad-based grassroots movement grounded in the moral tenets of faith-based communities and the United States Constitution to confront racial and economic inequalities in America today. As pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina (since 1993), and president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP (2005–2017), Barber approaches social justice through the lens of the ethical and moral treatment of people as laid out in the Christian Bible, the Reconstruction and civil rights movements of the South, and the U.S., Constitution.

He is effective at building unusually inclusive fusion coalitions that are multiracial and interfaith, reach across gender, age, and class lines, and are dedicated to addressing poverty, inequality, and systemic racism. When his work to expand voting rights, health care, living wages, immigrant rights, public education and LGBTQ rights was thwarted by state lawmakers in North Carolina, Barber began a series of “Moral Monday” rallies outside of the statehouse in Raleigh to protest laws that suppressed voter turnout, cut funding for public education and health care, and further disenfranchised poor white, black, First Nations, and LGBTQ communities. The Moral Monday marches and associated nonviolent acts of civil disobedience grew to involve tens of thousands of participants across North Carolina and spread to other states. The movement waged successful legal challenges to voter suppression and racial gerrymandering and engaged in massive voter registration and education efforts.

Barber founded Repairers of the Breach, a national leadership development organization, in 2014 to expand upon the Moral Monday movement, and in 2017, he and colleagues launched a revival of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign that was originally spearheaded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others. To recast the movement for the twenty-first century, the Campaign conducted an audit of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy in the United States since 1968. The findings of the audit have been used to inform and build state and local, nonpartisan fusion movements committed to challenging laws and policies that are antithetical to these four broad tenets of social justice. Merging moral and activist traditions, Barber is providing a faith-based framework for action that strengthens civic engagement and inspires the country to imagine a more humane society.

BIOGRAPHY
William J. Barber II received a B.A. (1985) from North Carolina Central University, an M.Div. (1989) from Duke University, and a D.Min. (2003) from Drew University. From 2006 to 2017, Barber was president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and he has been a member of the national board of the NAACP since 2005. He is also a distinguished visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary. Barber’s publications include the co-authored books Forward Together: A Moral Message for the Nation (2014), The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement (2016), and Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Organizing (2018), and he is a contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC and The Washington Post.



威廉-J-巴伯二世
牧师和社会正义倡导者 | 2018级
作为对抗种族和经济不平等的道德运动的一部分，建立基础广泛的融合联盟


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标题
牧师和社会正义倡导者
所属机构
格林利夫基督教会/修复者的漏洞
工作地点
北卡罗来纳州戈德堡市
年龄
获奖时55岁
关注领域
公民权利和公民自由
网站
破坏的修复者。威廉-J-巴伯二世牧师
穷人运动
社会
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发表于2018年10月4日
关于威廉姆的工作
威廉-J-巴伯二世是一位牧师和社会正义倡导者，他在信仰社区的道德信条和美国宪法的基础上建立了一个基础广泛的基层运动，以对抗当今美国的种族和经济不平等现象。作为北卡罗来纳州戈兹伯勒市格林利夫基督教会的牧师（自1993年起）和有色人种协进会北卡罗来纳州会议的主席（2005-2017年），巴伯通过基督教圣经、南方的重建和民权运动以及美国宪法中规定的伦理和道德对待人民的视角来处理社会正义。

他能有效地建立异常包容的融合联盟，这些联盟是多种族和跨信仰的，跨越性别、年龄和阶级界限，并致力于解决贫困、不平等和系统性种族主义。当他为扩大投票权、医疗保健、生活工资、移民权利、公共教育和LGBTQ权利所做的工作受到北卡罗来纳州立法者的阻挠时，巴伯开始在罗利的州政府大楼外举行一系列 "道德星期一 "集会，抗议那些压制选民投票率、削减公共教育和医疗保健资金，以及进一步剥夺贫穷的白人、黑人、原住民和LGBTQ社区权利的法律。道德星期一 "的游行和相关的非暴力公民抗命行为在北卡罗来纳州发展到有数万人参加，并蔓延到其他州。该运动成功地对压制选民和种族划分进行了法律挑战，并参与了大规模的选民登记和教育工作。

巴伯在2014年成立了全国性的领导力发展组织Repairers of the Breach，以扩大 "道德星期一 "运动，在2017年，他和同事们发起了1968年穷人运动的复兴，该运动最初是由小马丁-路德-金博士和许多其他人带头发起的。为了重塑21世纪的运动，该运动对1968年以来美国的系统性种族主义、贫困、生态破坏和战争经济进行了审计。审计结果已被用于通知和建立州和地方的无党派融合运动，致力于挑战与这四个广泛的社会正义原则相悖的法律和政策。结合道德和活动家传统，巴伯正在提供一个基于信仰的行动框架，加强公民参与，并激励国家想象一个更人道的社会。

个人简历
威廉-J-巴伯二世在北卡罗来纳中央大学获得学士学位（1985年），在杜克大学获得神学硕士学位（1989年），并在德鲁大学获得神学博士学位（2003年）。从2006年到2017年，巴伯是有色人种协进会北卡罗来纳州分会的主席，自2005年以来，他一直是有色人种协进会全国委员会的成员。他也是联合神学院的杰出访问教授。巴伯的著作包括与人合著的《共同前进》。国家的道德信息》（2014年）、《第三次重建》。第三次重建：道德星期一、融合政治和新正义运动的崛起（2016年），以及再次复兴我们。他是《纽约时报》、CNN、MSNBC和《华盛顿邮报》的特约专栏作家，也是道德组织的愿景和行动（2018）。