What is Moral Mondays?

Moral Mondays refers to a burgeoning mass movement, led by Rev. William Barber, the president of NAACP North Carolina, that had its roots in efforts to defend voter rights in the state. The initial civil disobedience protest by 17 faith leaders at the state house on moral grounds around voter rights took place on a Monday. After the 17 were arrested, more protesters came on Mondays, growing to the hundreds and thousands. On February, 2014, over 80,000 protesters marched in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Thousands of activists have been mobilizing across the South over the last year - inspired by North Carolina Moral Mondays. They are also fighting back against draconian efforts to destroy the right of people to vote, workers' rights and women's rights, and for progressive policies in general.

Moral Mondays began as the annual  Historic Thousands on Jones Street Peoples' Assembly (HKonJ) in 2006 to promote progressive politics in North Carolina. Originally a coalition of 16 organizations, initiated by the state's NAACP, it has grown to include 150 organizations today promoting a multi-issue agenda. In 2006, its task was to pressure the state's Democratic politicians to expand voting rights and support progressive legislation on a variety of fronts. 

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Who is Indiana Moral Mondays?

We are a broad and diverse statewide coalition that is inspired by the North Carolina Moral Mondays Movement and committed to making change TOGETHER in Indiana.

 

 

The statewide steering committee members are:

To become a coalition partner organization, fill out this membership form.  

Partner organizations that have signed on to Indiana Moral Mondays are: