Never Give Up, Never Surrender

satsuma left a comment on our sticky post flagging up S.2767 - SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act.

This legislation would change the amount an individual on SSI can save from $2,000 to $10,000, and the amount a family can save from $3,000 to $20,000. It would also adjust the limit for inflation in the future and exclude retirement savings.

This would ensure people on SSI aren't always teetering on the edge of disaster if they have just one unexpected expense, such as needing a repair to their assistive technology or needing to move home, as well as helping family members move into work or accept better jobs (or marry their long-term partners!) without risking the loss SSI benefits in the family.

There's more information in this article.

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is an anti-poverty campaign that aims to further the ideas of the original 1968 Poor People's Campaign, which was organised by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The new Poor People's Campaign is led by (among others) the Rev. Dr. William Barber, who was also behind the "Moral Mondays" civil rights protests in North Carolina. It aims to unite the poor and dispossessed across race, religion, geography and other divisions. Its goal is to

challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality.

On May 14, the Campaign will launch its first nation-wide event of the season with nonviolent moral direct actions in over 30 state capitals.

Through highly publicized, non-violent moral fusion direct action over a 6-week period in at least 30 states and the District of Columbia, the Campaign will force a serious national examination of the enmeshed evils of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation and the war economy during a key election year.

You can find out more about the campaign at the Poor People's Campaign website or find your local event.