16 people occupy rotunda of Capital as Poor People’s Campaign challenge systemic race

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ)- Sixteen individuals, from 29-75 year’s of age, retired teachers & students, ministers and artists will spend the night in the rotunda of the Kentucky State Capitol.  Refusing to leave the Capitol Building after closing, the group draped the statue of Jefferson Davis- a symbol of slavery – with a white sheet. The group announced the plan is to stay in the Rotunda witness of the necessary struggle against racism, poverty and the war economy – the essential elements of the Kentucky Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Carla Wallace, one of the people inside the Rotunda says, “We are here as a moral witness in the face of the challenges of racism, poverty, the war economy and environmental destruction that is allowed in our Commonwealth, in our country and in this nations treatment of the people of the world.”

Rev. Megan Huston from Bowling Green, adds “We are here because we believe Kentucky can do better than 46% of our people living in poverty or being low income.  We are here because this is OUR house and we demand a shift in course.