About The Event
Sojourners and the Washington Interfaith Staff Community (WISC) are continuing to co-organize a series of faithful witness vigils at the Capitol every Wednesday in March at 12 noon. These multi-faith vigils will call on Congress to exercise greater moral courage in upholding its Article 1 powers and preventing executive overreach.
Our nation faces an escalating threat of a constitutional crisis fueled by the Trump administration’s overreach and unconstitutional actions. A lack of leadership in Congress has allowed this crisis to grow, as it cedes its role as a co-equal branch of government. The faith community will be raising a prophetic and pastoral call to Congressional leaders to serve as a check and balance to advance the common good. These nonpartisan vigils will speak truth to power, highlighting what’s at stake and the communities already harmed. They will feature faith leaders from diverse traditions offering inspirational prayers and calls for faithful action.
For our March 19th vigil, we will focus on the many ways our children and families are being harmed by the administration’s Executive Orders and policy decisions.
Our preliminary featured speakers’ list includes:
- Rev. Leslie Tune, Chief Operating Officer of the National Council of Churches
- Jeanné Lewis, CEO of Faith in Public Life
- Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Rev. Marvin Silver, Director, Leadership of Development & Organizing, Children’s Defense Fund
- Michele Dunn, Executive Director of Franciscan Action Network
Register today to join us either in-person or virtually. Together we can provide a faithful witness by speaking truth to power about this mounting crisis, what is at stake, the people and communities who are already being harmed - and what we can do to make a difference!