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Join Us Saturday, October 15th 2005 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Millions More Movement TM to Mobilize and Empower America's Poor and
Disenfranchised at 10th Anniversary Gathering of the Million Man March
October 14-16 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK, NY, - The nation's poor and disenfranchised will gather on
the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 15th to help
launch a 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 underserved. 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. to Miami's Overtown, 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. It takes place on the 10th anniversary of the Million Man
March, which peacefully mobilized two million Black men in order to help
them be better fathers, husbands and sons.
The Millions More Movement is being orchestrated by a broad
coalition of national organizations including Minister Louis Farrakhan and
the Nation of Islam, Dr. Dorothy Height and the National Council of Negro
Women, Bruce Gordon and the NAACP, Mark Morial and the National Urban
League, Russell Simmons and the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, Dr. Charles
Steele and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Reverend Jesse
Jackson and the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Reverend Al Sharpton
and the National Action Network and Congressman Mel Watt and the
Congressional Black Caucus, among others. The National Director of the
Millions More Movement is Washington, D.C. pastor the Reverend Willie
Wilson.
"The Millions More Movement is challenging all of us to rise above
the things that have kept us divided in the past, by focusing us on the
agenda of the Millions More Movement to see how all of us, with all of our
varied differences, can come together and direct our energy, not at each
other, but at the condition of the reality of the suffering of our people,
that we might use all of our skills, gifts and talents to create a better
world for ourselves, our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren,"
declared Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Added Dr. Dorothy Height, "The Million Man March ten years ago could
not have been successful without the support of women. And we are pleased
that women are invited to take part in the 10th anniversary of the Million
Man March to launch the Millions More Movement, which encompasses the whole
of black families and poor families throughout America."
Hip-hop leaders helping to galvanize the movement include Reverend
Run, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Damon Dash, Jermaine Dupri, Kanye West, Ludacris,
LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Common, Wyclef Jean, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown,
David Banner, Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Jha Jha of the
Diplomats, Masta P, Juvenile, Erykah Badu ?Questlove of The Roots, MC Lyte,
Fab Five Freddy, Biz Markie, Kid Capri, Cassidy, the Wu Tang Clan, Xzibit,
Tony Austin, Humpty Hump, the Ruff Ryders and dead prez, among others.
Russell Simmons, Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network,
emphasized, "The commemoration deserves the respect and support of all
people of goodwill who cherish the universal love of humanity. The time has
come for the hip-hop community and all of us to come together and
participate in a movement which will have a fundamental influence on the
lives of this generation and generations to come."
Other celebrities endorsing or participating include Harry
Belafonte, Cornell West, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Susan Taylor, Dr. Julianne
Malveaux, Steve Harvey, Tavis Smiley, Tom Joyner, Cathy Hughes and many
others.
Kanye West, speaking as he accepted the Million Man March Image
Award at Mosque Maryam in Chicago, expressed his support for the Millions
More Movement. West stated, "When your message resonates with the people,
then you know your message is from God, and we are building this movement in
the interest of all of God's people."
Common explains, "I always looked at hip-hop as a vehicle to
educate, to enlighten, to inspire. If we make money at this music game, we
can contribute to our communities, create jobs in our communities and really
help make a difference. Participating on October 15 will draw much needed
attention to these issues."
"I was given a tremendous gift and a platform, and it is my
responsibility to use my platform to do the work of the Most High." Erykah
Badu shared at the Millions More Movement Press Conference last May, where
she declared her support.
David Banner emphasized, "I saved for six months to attend the first
March and felt I was a part of history being made. The Millions More
Movement will make history, too and highlight the responsibility of our
people. If this is going to be a real movement, it has to be something the
plumber does, the trash man does, the rappers do and the school teachers do.
It has to be a grassroots, combined effort."
Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President/CEO of the Hip-Hop Summit Action
Network, explained, "We will start the Millions More Movement program with
the first National Memorial Service for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and
their families. This will be the first opportunity for survivors of the
hurricane along with elected officials from the affected states, to gather
together to commemorate those whose lives were changed by this national
tragedy. But most important, we are determined not to allow the lives of
those lost to have been lost in vain."
The National Memorial Service will be followed by the Millions More
Movement program.
LL Cool J emphasized the importance of being there. "I'm encouraging
every single person to take part in this Movement. It's going to be a very
positive and important event for every person, every family to experience."
Minister Farrakhan concluded, "Unity, love of self and love for one
another have always been my desire. We stand on the threshold of the
realization of our potential unity and the potential power that our unity
can unleash to bring about a positive change today because of the Millions
More Movement."
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