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Bishop William J. Barber II is President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Bishop with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, Executive Board Member of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, and Professor in the Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.ÌýHe isÌýCo-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National CallÌýforÌýMoral RevivalÌýand a Kettering Foundation Senior Fellow.

Bishop BarberÌýis the architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement, whichÌýgained national acclaim in 2013 with its Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly. In 2015, heÌýestablishedÌýRepairers of the Breach to train communities in moral movement building through the Moral Political Organizing Leadership Institute and Summit Trainings (MPOLIS). In 2018, he co-anchored the relaunch of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival—reviving the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign organized by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,ÌýtheÌýwomen’s rights movement,ÌýtheÌýworker’s rights movement, religious leaders, and people of all races to fight poverty in the US. As a moral leaderÌýengaging in nonviolent civil disobedience,ÌýBishopÌýBarberÌýhas been arrested more than 15 times in various states standing up with those who have been marginalized by systematic racism, poverty, and injustice.

Bishop BarberÌýis the author of five books:Ìý;Ìý;Ìý;ÌýandÌý.ÌýÌýwasÌýreleased in June 2024.

“William Barber is the closest person we have to Martin Luther King, Jr. in our midst.”Ìý

— Dr. Cornel West