The Alabama Poor People's Campaign held press conferences across the state on Saturday to raise poverty awareness.
) - Saturday the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign made a stop in various cities across the state. This morning while some coordinators spoke in Mobile, others visited Montgomery and Birmingham to raise awareness about poverty. Alex Lofton one of the coordinators who spoke at the press conference in Mobile said. “Poverty is killing people everyday.”
Mr. Lofton said. “We want to basically kind of put the word out as much as possible, you know, to the people, so they can make their own decisions about you know, who they want to represent us.” They’re hopeful voters keep that statistic in mind when voting in the next election. James Jackson also spoke at the press conference as someone who’s struggling trying to survive. His main concerns are affordable health care and housing.
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