On the Sacramento Shootings : Sac Poor People's Campaign

 Statement from the Sacramento Poor People's Campaign ( Sac PPC)  regarding the Mass Shooting in Sacramento

 

 

 

 

It is with grief and concern that the Sacramento Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival learned the news that 6 people had died, and many more wounded, in downtown Sacramento in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 3, 2022. It was a chaotic scene of a conflict and gunfire after the nightclubs closed around 2 am. We know that as many as 100 shots were fired. 

 Of course, we support more effective legislation to control firearms, such as automatic weapons, but these types of laws do not reach the root causes that bring violence to our communities. The root cause of the rising violence around us is the failure of our society -- at every level of government -- to address the basic needs of our people and to end the scourge of poverty. 

 We need good schools, actually great schools, and community centers, playgrounds, sports, and opportunity -- as well as every other form of support for families. We must make sure that each and every family is economically secure, well nourished, and well housed, with access to health care. We must open the way for all to go on after high school to higher education or training so that all can experience the fulfillment of a meaningful life and work and make a contribution to society in the way that best suits them. This is the only way we can free ourselves from the stress and desperation that haunts our neighborhoods and spurs our people to turn to gun violence because they can see no other kind of life. 

 We can do this. We can heal our communities and end the culture of violence and destruction. We must invest in our communities and our people's lives. It's not a dream -- it's a vision of the future that we can make happen if we unite and work together for that moral revival that we so urgently need. Join the Poor People's Campaign as it mounts a massive campaign in Washington D. C. on June 18,2022 to make our voices heard!

 Thank you and Ashe

 Sacramento Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival