A Georgia pastor is going on a hunger strike to raise awareness on the suicide epidemic and it's connection to religion.
Jomo K. Johnson, pastor and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Savannah,
began his hunger strike on June 6, the one year anniversary of the
death of Kalief Browder, a teen who spent nearly three years in solitary
confinement and later committed suicide.
Drinking only water for a minimum of 30 days,
Johnson will post an update and encouraging message on Facebook each
night. He says he will end the hunger strike when he feels enough
awareness has been raised or his body forces him to yield.
“We want to give more attention to mental
health—especially those coming out of prison and [the] LGBTQ community. I
believed this was a method to talk about death on a regular basis,”
said Johnson.
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