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During this holy season of Lent we’ve been focused on an effort central to our ministry – our flagship initiative to provide human rights education to Christian communities.
I hope you’ll join us for upcoming monthly events in our series, “The Heart of Human Rights,” beginning with a conversation on the death penalty the week after Easter.
Read on for details, plus highlights of the #Faith4ERA campaign. While we celebrated Women’s History Month, we were all about the action needed to make history in our time.
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You won’t want to miss the events coming up in our online series, “The Heart of Human Rights: Faith-Fueled Advocacy on Issues of Our Day.”
On April 20th at noon Eastern, join Justice Revival and special guests Shane Claiborne and Sister Helen Prejean to explore how the death penalty in America offends the Christian Gospel and the idea of human rights. In Executing Grace, Claiborne charts how the “death penalty has succeeded in America not in spite of Christians, but because of Christians.” Together, we’ll learn what Christians must do to change this trajectory and stop state sanctioned killing.
Stay tuned for info on upcoming May and June events, where you’ll hear from experts on what you and I can do to eradicate violence against women and outlaw solidarity confinement. More details coming soon!
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#Faith4ERA Makes Clear: Equality Can’t Wait Another 50 Years
On March 22nd, the ERA turned 50. That’s right–for 50 years, advocates have urged our nation to respect women’s basic right to be equal under the law. On this landmark anniversary, the #Faith4ERA campaign rallied with a Tweetstorm, calling our public officials to recognize the ERA as the 28th Amendment.
Ninety of you joined us on Twitter and the hashtag #Faith4ERA reached its largest Twitter audience yet, with over half a million impressions. We’re so glad you’re in this struggle with us, because we’re in it to win it!
Also last week, Baptist News Global published my most recent article on the ERA, co-authored with Justice Revival’s #Faith4ERA coordinator, Meghan Tschanz. Our piece explains how, “The ERA offers a just, humane and effective path to reducing abortion, by transforming a system that tolerates its root causes: injustice and violence against women.” This is why equality is a cause all Americans and people of faith can get behind. I hope you’ll give this nuanced piece a read, let us know what you think, and consider sharing it.
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We are thrilled to welcome two new partners organizations to the #Faith4ERA campaign: NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and The New Evangelicals. These noteworthy groups are mobilizing and educating Catholics and Evangelicals respectively, in the spirit of Christ’s liberating justice. We are grateful for their partnership and powerful witness.
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If your congregation is seeking fresh, faithful approaches for advancing justice and rights, we’d love to hear from you. Justice Revival is available for guest sermons, lectures, retreats, and workshops this summer and beyond. If you’re interested in bringing our heart for justice and human rights expertise to your community, please reach out here.
Justice Revival has two exciting positions open for summer: the #Faith4ERA Mobilizing & Advocacy Coordinator and the Digital Communications Internship. If you have a background in policy advocacy, government relations, or community organizing, #Faith4ERA Coordinator could be the role for you. The Digital Communications Intern will learn about comprehensive social media strategy, and be trained in graphic design, website management, and more.
Become a valued member of our team and mobilize Christians across the U.S. for human rights.
Welcome Legal Extern Mickey Liu
Whitney Grimm is the newest member of our talented volunteer team. She is attending George Washington Law School and is passionate about using her education to advocate for people not represented by those in power. Whitney has worked in interfaith relations, where she focused on how people of all faiths can contribute to an environment of justice, tolerance, and equality. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Rollins College.
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Thank you for another wonderful month of defending human rights and living our faith together. I hope to see you for our next event!
In love,
Allyson McKinney Timm
Founder & Executive Director
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