Dear *{{Informal Name}}*, 

This Easter season has seen this community advocating for justice on many fronts. You've joined us to learn about the importance of protecting the right to vote; you've affirmed the Christian case for the Equal Rights Amendment; you've supported raising our voices against human rights violations in the United States. 

As always, faith keeps us motivated and grounded in the pursuit of a world where human rights are upheld for all. I'm happy to share our recent progress with you.

Faith Fueled Advocacy: Defending the Sacred Right to Vote

Our recent event, “The Right on Which All Others Rest: Defending the Sacred Right to Vote” drew in dozens of faithful justice advocates for a highly informative conversation.

The Rev. Alvin Herring of Faith in Action shared a profound personal and spiritual message, recalling his tears standing in a voting booth for the first time. “My mother and father could not vote at my age when I first voted. Voting is truly a sacred act,” he reminded us.

Myrna Pérez, the director of the Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program, called all morally motivated people to action and made the case that we belong on the frontlines of advocacy to pass both the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act.

These experts were united in clearly identifying the ways in which voter suppression targets people on the basis of race. They were practical and hopeful, expressing the urgency of people of faith working together to secure an unfettered and equal right for all citizens to participate in our democracy.

This event was made possible through the generous support of Lori & Bill Price of Bellevue, Washington, for whom we are deeply grateful.

This event is also part of our new fully digital educational series, “The Heart of Human Rights: Faith-Fueled Advocacy on Issues of Our Day.” Look out for our next event, on police reform, which will take place in June.

Holding the U.S. Accountable for Human Rights Violations within its own Borders

The excessive use of force by law enforcement officers against Black Americans is a human rights violation. International accountability for these violations is critical to dismantling systemic racism and police brutality domestically. 

Justice Revival recently signed two letters stewarded by the ACLU to the  UN High Commissioner on Human Rights and the U.N African Group on Ensuring Effective Accountability for Police Violence in the U.S.

We are urging the international community to protect "the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers."

#Faith4ERA Campaign

This month, I had several opportunities to speak about the #Faith4ERA campaign: on the Freedom Road podcast and in a #KitchenTableConvo with Lisa Sharon Harper on Instagram Live. I elevated core beliefs I’ve heard from so many of you: that we know our God loves women and people of all gender identities equally, and we all have the inherent human rights to life, health, safety, and freedom from discrimination. It’s time for our Constitution to recognize this truth.

Today, May 20th, I'll be discussing the importance and promise of the ERA at an interfaith webinar hosted by Religions for Peace USA. Please join us at this special event, and bring a friend from any faith tradition. More details here.

Standing up to #StopAsianHate

As misinformation on COVID-19 spread across the US, we saw a distressing uptick in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Over a year later, the pandemic is waning but racism towards Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) is sadly not. 

There was more than a 164% increase in anti-Asian hate crime reports  in the first quarter of 2021. Stop AAPI Hate recorded 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents over a year during the pandemic.

We must pay attention when we see discrimination or hear hateful speech, whether explicit or subtle. Shamefully averting our eyes (or ears) only emboldens the offenders. Justice Revival stands in solidarity with our AAPI brothers and sisters and will continue to speak out to #StopAsianHate.

Welcoming Prachi Lalwani

Prachi Lalwani started this month as our summer human rights and communications intern. She is an Honors College student at Florida International University studying International Relations. As an international student from Venezuela, she is looking forward to the opportunity to link her faith, work, and passion for human rights. At FIU, she was a Diplomacy Lab Fellow and a delegate of the Model United Nations Team.

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