A Note from Reverend Lennox Yearwood

Greetings all,

I pray everyone is doing well.

This message is for all of my brothers and sisters in the struggle.

On Saturday, October 15, 2005, I will be attending the Millions More Movement on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., I am asking everyone in my database to join me for this historic occasion, or send someone in your place.

The nations poor and disenfranchised will gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 15th to help launch a united movement long overdue. The Millions More Movement will focus on mobilizing men, women and youth into an effective national movement with the goal of transforming American society and eliminating poverty and injustice.

As was starkly evidenced in the revelations following Hurricane Katrina, our nation's poor are being grossly undeserved. As we witnessed, New Orleans’ 9th Ward was the invisible ward but a 9th Ward exists in every city in America. From South Central in Los Angeles to Houston’s 2nd Ward to North Philadelphia to Southeast Washington D.C., all of them and more contain people who are drowning in poverty. The power and resources to alleviate the horror of this condition is among us. The Millions More Movement will focus on empowering poor people to help themselves, beginning with the knowledge that in numbers comes strength and a common purpose to effect change.

So this plea is for all of my friends in the climate control struggle, the health care struggle, the stop the war struggle, the end poverty struggle, the better public schools struggle, the stop racism struggle, the voting rights struggle, all of our struggles, I ask all of you to join me on National Mall in Washington D.C. on Saturday, October 15th.

It is time for all of God's children, black, white, yellow, and brown, straight, gay, male, and female to come together to fight for justice once and for all.

In the 21st century we will not sing, "we shall overcome" anymore, in the 21st century we will sing, "we will overrun" for justice.

So please join me, and afterwards let us all celebrate at the MCI Center for a "We Are Family" Concert being put on by the Real Hip Hop Network.

For future generations,

Rev. Yearwood

President & CEO, Hip Hop Caucus