A “Survival Revival”: Springfield group takes part in national training to help build a poor people’s movement

From left to right: Renee Bell, Tiara Standage, Susan Phillips, Zach Adams, Reggie Guyton (back), Karen Broquet (front), JB George, Boris Bernardino (front), Danielle Webster and Candice Trees were part of a group of artists and activists from around the country who attended an April 18-22 training session in Texas hosted by the Kairos center for Religions, Rights & Social Justice. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN PHILLIPS

The Kairos training at the Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly in Hunt, Texas, spurred a local “Survival Revival” movement, an event which will take place from11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at Comer Cox Park, 301 Martin Luther King Drive, Springfield.

The focus of the family-friendly Survival Revival will be on housing insecurity, reforming qualified immunity – which shields law enforcement officers from individual civil liability in lawsuits –and working to preserve democracy through voter education, registration and mobilization. Read full story on Illinois Times.