The following statement was issued by the National Action Network (NAN).
In
light of a need for racial healing across the country, the National
Action Network (NAN), ministers, and civil rights leaders are not only
disgusted by the lack of leadership in the current White
House, but are also tired of the silence of others. That is why rabbis,
imams, and ministers will join together – more than 1,000 faith leaders
in total – in the nation’s capital on August 28 for the Ministers March for Justice.
In Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, those filled with hate
gathered around the statue of Robert E. Lee; and in late August faith
leaders from across the country will unite under the statue of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Under the statue of America’s
champion for civil rights, ministers will reaffirm their commitment to
the social justice movement and hold both the Trump administration and
Attorney General Jeff Sessions accountable in the wake of an increase in
hate crimes, mass incarceration, and discrimination.
On August 28,
faith leaders of all ages will unite to send a message that while white
supremacists cling to a statue representing the racist past of America,
we will unite under the statue
representing our country’s inclusive future.
Participants
will include: Reverend Al Sharpton, Founder and President, National
Action Network, Martin Luther King III, eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of Religious Action Center of
Reform Judaism; March Co-Chair, more than 1,000 clergy members from all
denominations, ages, and backgrounds, and national dignitaries,
including Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Advisor to President Barack
Obama.
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