The Sacramento chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign launched a series of “Moral Monday” protests this week, denouncing proposed federal budget cuts and calling on lawmakers to protect vulnerable communities from what organizers describe as immoral policy decisions.
The first protest took place June 9 outside the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse in downtown Sacramento. It focused on legislation that would slash Medicaid, food assistance, and the child tax credit, programs that organizers say form the backbone of the nation’s social safety net.
“It’s becoming a war against the people who need help the most,” said Satearah Murphy, who spoke about her father’s reliance on Social Security and her own experience with homelessness…