But, what Barber did in the attention-capturing language and cadence of an evangelical preacher, was more advanced than a recitation of issues and concerns. What does he think will be the main civil rights challenges in the year ahead? Reverend William Barber II (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) Over the week it took the U.S. Senate to deliberate on President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Recovery Plan and to vote down. But Greenleafs size belies a much larger vision for ministry, Barber said. National, state faith leaders to hold 'Moral Monday' event at state capitol. December 19, 2022. The relationship with the disability community has been an evolving one. Over an illustrious civil rights career, he's broadened the agenda from black and white . On returning to campus, Barber preached his first trial sermon one of the final activities of his junior year. William Barber II at Greenleaf Christian Church, his home congregation in Goldsboro, North Carolina, March 26, 2022. The great majority of those in the crowd in Raleigh wore masks an effort to protect immunocompromised people, including Barber himself. Once a burgeoning football star, he moves slowly, aided by his cane and sometimes a coterie of assistants. Barber founded Repairers of the Breach, a leadership development organization, in 2014 to expand and build a national movement rooted in moral analysis, moral articulation, and moral action. But he appears utterly undaunted. Attending NCCU together helped create a lifelong bond. The Moral Mondays rallies and associated nonviolent acts of civil disobedience grew to involve tens of thousands of participants across North Carolina and spread to states across the South. Rev. Greenleaf, Barber noted, also embraced him with his health issues. America loves its prophets, but prophets who cannot trouble us any more, Barber said. The Rev. William Barber dropped the mic - The Washington Post Reverend William Barber Says: Leaders Need To Offer More Than Partisanship [13], In 2014, he founded Repairers of the Breach, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization "formed to educate and train religious and other leaders of faith who will pursue policies and organizational strategies for the good of the whole and to educate the public about connections between shared religious faith".