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As people of faith, we cannot profess the sacredness of human life and ignore the ongoing crisis of police killings and excessive force in this country. This is a past event. You can watch the full recording below.   A little more than a year ago, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer with 18 prior complaints of misconduct, murdered George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in broad daylight. Although no response could adequately match the arbitrary deprivation of a sacred, infinitely valuable life, the public outcry for change and accountability has been forceful and widespread.  Sadly, public officials have not met the intensity of the calls for change with commensurate urgency. Legislative responses have been scattered on state and local levels and efforts to pass federal laws have stalled. This shameful inaction costs lives. Since the murder of George Floyd, police have killed over 1,000 more individuals.  Unsatisfied with the inadequate response from domestic lawmakers, grieving families who lost loved ones to police killings have looked to faith leaders for solace and leadership, and to international human rights bodies to address the long-neglected violations. Both local and international appeals place pressure on the U.S. to live up to its human […]

Voting rights are under attack on the basis of race in the United States. This event will feature leading voting rights experts and explore the Christian imperative to defend the right to vote as a fundamental human right. This event occurred on May 13, 2021, and you can now watch the recording below.   Check out the continued education and awareness-raising we're doing around voting rights by following us on social media:   Loving our neighbor includes protecting their human and civil right to vote against continued threats of voter suppression.  The right to vote, which is fundamental to representative democracy, has long been suppressed in the United States on the basis of race. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), one of the country’s most successful civil rights laws, tore down barriers to the exercise of this right. The law made great strides in ensuring marginalized communities--African-Americans, in particular--could make their voices and votes heard.  Today, the once widely-supported law is under attack. Weakened by the 2013 Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder,  the VRA is diminished in its capacity to safeguard the right to vote. The Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling in Brnovich v. DNC could further […]

In celebration of International Women’s Day, join Justice Revival for a special conversation with two extraordinary guest speakers to explore the ERA from the perspective of Christian faith and commitment to fundamental human rights.