FILE - In this March 1, 2016, file photo, The Rev. William Barber II, right, head of the North Carolina National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, speaks during a news conference as Rolonda Byrd, left, who says she is the mother of shooting victim Akiel Denkins, listens near the scene of a shooting in Raleigh, N.C. Barber and the Rev. James Forbes said Monday, March 28, 2016, that they want to encourage people to reclaim political discourse so that it focuses on love, justice and mercy. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) (The Associated Press)
RALEIGH, N.C. – A minister who has challenged conservative North Carolina lawmakers through the "Moral Monday" movement is joining the former pastor of an activism-oriented New York church for a 15-state tour to promote a "revolution of moral values" against what they see as social injustice.
The Rev. William Barber and the Rev. James Forbes said Monday they want to encourage people to reclaim political discourse so that it focuses on love, justice and mercy.
The tour will include New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C.
Barber founded the Moral Monday movement, which challenged North Carolina policies on issues such as redistricting and human rights. Forbes is senior pastor emeritus at Riverside Church in New York City.
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