About The Event
Sojourners and the Washington Interfaith Staff Community (WISC), along with more than 25 other co-sponsors, are continuing to co-organize a series of faithful witness vigils at the Capitol every Wednesday in April 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 feature faith leaders from diverse traditions offering inspirational prayers and calls for faithful action.
The focus for today's vigil is on justice for immigrants and refugees. Speakers for today's vigil include:
- Rev. Michael Neuroth, Director, United Church of Christ Office of Public Policy & Advocacy
- Giovana Oaxaca, Program Director, Migration Policy, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
- Tania Del Moral, Program and Fundraising Coordinator, Latin America Working Group
- Susan Gunn, Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
- Rabia Sabri, Church World Service
- Rabbi Sarah Bassin, Rabbi in Residence, HIAS
- Rev. Shari Prestemon, Acting Associate General Minister and Co-Executive of Global Ministries (Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ)
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!