Rick Steves:
I just want to take a moment to thank the 565 people who responded to our challenge to help make the Lawyers & Collars campaign more powerful than ever. Thank you very much for contributing. Together, with your money and my matching amount, we have raised more than $100,000 to help empower this exciting initiative. Lawyers & Collars will have a greater ability to make sure people are able to vote, and that will make our democracy stronger. Thank you again for your good citizenship. Thank you for walking the talk.
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About Sojourners and Lawyers and Collars
Sojourners’ Lawyers and Collars initiative brings together faith leaders, attorneys, and civic engagement organizations to involve faith communities in voting rights education and protections. Exercising the right to vote is an act of righteous resistance and liberation — one that affirms the image of God in each voter. This initiative expands upon Sojourners’ long history of supporting a fair and just democracy through advocacy and nonprofit journalism.
With your support we are expanding to new states, including North Carolina and Wisconsin — in addition to Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Ohio, and Georgia, where we began this program for the 2018 elections. We are training, equipping, and mobilizing clergy and allies to hold their election officials accountable in holding a free, fair, and safe election. Gifts designated to Lawyers and Collars will support local leaders in cities that are at most risk of voter suppression and advocation for mail-in balloting and other measures to keep voters safe during the time of COVID-19. Together, we can ensure that we have a free and fair election in November.
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