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SUMMARY:Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
DESCRIPTION:Death Penalty Action and Abolitionist Action Committee are continuing the Starvin’ for Justice: Fast and Vigil for a 32nd consecutive year in 2025. Registration is now open\, so please register now if you are joining so they can keep you updated on the plans.\n\nRegister: https://abolition.org/register/\nDonate: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/fast-and-vigil-sponsorship-2025/\n\nWHAT IS THE FAST AND VIGIL? For four days\, death penalty abolitionists from around the country will gather at the steps of the Supreme Court to call for an end to capital punishment in the United States. It is an energizing grassroots week of training\, advocacy\, action\, community and education. Tens of thousands of tourists and locals\, from all over the U.S. and throughout the world\, pass by our vigil and table\, so the opportunity for dialogue and discussion at a real grass-roots level is invaluable to the movement.\n\nAdditionally\, each evening we hear stories from murder victim family members\, death row exonerees\, death row families and leaders in the national abolition movement.\n\nWe hope you will consider joining the more than 75 anti-death penalty activists who come regularly from across the U.S. and Canada – from Florida to California and everywhere in-between – to join together for public education and outreach at the steps of the Supreme Court.\n\nIf you are unable to attend but would like to support the annual event that reaches tens-of-thousands of people on the streets of DC\, donations are greatly appreciated to make this effort possible. See the sponsorship page for details.\n\nAnd as always\, help spread the word to your networks\, groups\, and local media: http://www.abolition.org
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/fast-and-vigil-to-abolish-the-death-penalty/
LOCATION:1 1st St NE\, Washington\, DC 20543\, 1 1st St NE\, Washington\, dc\, 20543
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SUMMARY:July Monthly Morning Prayer: Christian Nationalism / "special" MMP
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Red Letter Christians for a special Morning Prayer on Christian Nationalism on July 1\, 2025\, at 9 AM ET. \nJust days before the nation celebrates Independence Day\, we are hosting a special Monthly Morning Prayer to grapple with the critical issue of Christian Nationalism and its profound impact on our country. \nThis event will offer a vital time of reflection and engagement with leading scholars and activists who have been at the forefront of understanding and combatting Christian nationalism and how it corrupts our faith\, our politics\, and our nation. \nAs we approach July 4th\, we’ll delve into the true meaning of “liberty and justice for all” and explore what these foundational values genuinely require of us in the current political moment. Our expert guests will illuminate how Christian nationalism is currently shaping the political landscape we find ourselves in\, prompting us to consider our call to faithful citizenship and a more just society. \n \nGuests include (other may join us as well): \nSamuel L. Perry (Ph.D.\, University of Chicago) is the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Perry is a widely recognized expert on conservative Christianity and American politics. He has authored or co-authored five books\, including “Taking America Back for God” (2020\, with Andrew Whitehead) and “The Flag and The Cross” (2022\, with Philip Gorski). \nAndrew Whitehead is a professor of sociology at Indiana University Indianapolis and is one of the foremost scholars of Christian nationalism in the United States. He is the author of “American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church\,” an award-winning book that provides crucial insights into this movement. \nThe Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas\, Ph.D.\, is currently the Visiting Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School. From 2017 to 2023\, she served as Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary. An ordained Episcopal Priest\, she is the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Anglican Communion Canon at Newcastle Cathedral in England. Dr. Douglas is the author of numerous articles and books\, including the 2023 Grawemeyer Award-winning “Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter.” Her academic work focuses on womanist theology\, racial justice issues\, and the Black church. \nWe will be live on all Red Letter Christians socials and on our website. To engage with our guests directly\, register to join us on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/SfUJE8BMRNWht8bim3mrXQ#/registration \nMorning prayer takes place at the beginning of each month based on the book\, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals. You can follow along with the readings from Common Prayer at commonprayer.net for free!
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/july-monthly-morning-prayer-christian-nationalism/
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on War Crimes & Genocide in Gaza
DESCRIPTION:On May 31\, 2025\, the people of Philadelphia conducted a People’s Tribunal to hold the United States Government\, the U.S. Executive Branch\, the U.S. Congress\, & U.S. Senator John Fetterman and other designated members of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Congressional Delegation Accountable for Genocide & War Crimes in Gaza. \nHundreds of people attended in person at Friends Center and via Zoom. (People’s Tribunal on War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza) \nRead and listen to WHYY’s coverage here. \nView photos of the Tribunal here. \nThe jury\, a group of nine community leaders representing a cross section of Philadelphia\, are deliberating and will release their findings on July 16\, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Friends Center\, 1501 Cherry Street\, Philadelphia. \nRegister to attend the Tribunal Jury Findings Release Event. \nThe Tribunal was modeled after a grand jury hearing; the jury will determine if evidence of complicity was sufficient to warrant indictment of certain government institutions and specific state actors.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/philadelphia-peoples-tribunal-on-war-crimes-genocide-in-gaza/
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SUMMARY:RLC Book Club with Malcolm Foley\, author of "The Anti-Greed Gospel"
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome historian\, pastor\, and truth-teller Dr. Malcolm Foley as our July Book Club guest. He’ll be in conversation with Shane Claiborne to discuss his timely and convicting book\, “The Anti-Greed Gospel”. \nIn this bold and necessary work\, Malcolm Foley uncovers the greed at the root of American racism—and invites Christians to confront it with the values of the gospel. Drawing from deep wells of historical scholarship and lived pastoral experience\, Foley exposes how the pursuit of wealth and power has fueled racial violence from slavery and lynching to present-day injustice. But he doesn’t stop there. \nThrough the witness of figures like Ida B. Wells and the framework of racial capitalism\, Foley calls on the church to become a community marked by solidarity over selfishness\, truth over silence\, and generosity over greed. With clarity and conviction\, The Anti-Greed Gospel challenges us to take the next faithful step toward racial justice and economic repair. \nRegister to join us on Zoom or join us live on our socials: Registration – Zoom\nWe will be live on all of our socials. Register to join us on Zoom!\nFind us streaming live on Red Letter Christian’s Facebook\, Twitter\, or YouTube channels.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-book-club-with-malcolm-foley-anti-greed-gospel/
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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Edward Zakrzewski in Florida
DESCRIPTION:Florida has scheduled US Air Force veteran Edward Zakrzewski for execution on July 31\, 2025 for the 1994 murders of his wife\, Sylvia\, and his two children\, Edward and Anna. \n\nJoin the Virtual Sit In\nCall Governor DeSantis at 850-717-9337 with the following message: \n“Hi. My name is [your name]. I am calling to express my concern about the direction Florida is headed with regards to the death penalty. For at least the third time this year\, Florida is set to execute an individual who served our country honorably. Additionally\, the fact that in both cases the jury only recommended death with a 7:5 split should be deeply troubling. In no other state would it be possible to impose the death penalty with such a split – even by today’s threshold in Florida(which is the lowest in the country). I am calling to encourage Gov. DeSantis halts all plans to execute Edward at the end of the month.” \nREGISTER FOR THE 7/31 VIRTUAL VIGIL SHOULD THE EXECUTION GO THROUGH. \n\nEdward’s death sentences were the product of two simple majority votes (7-5 each) plus a judge’s override of a jury’s life verdict. In no other state in the nation\, including under Florida’s current law\, would Edward even be eligible for execution. This is Governor DeSantis’ 9th death warrant of 2025. \nWe believe in accountability\, but true accountability does not require execution. A sentence of life without the possibility of parole protects society while also recognizing the human capacity for redemption and the role of childhood trauma in shaping adult behavior. \nFlorida does not need the death penalty to be safe. This execution will not make us safer\, it will simply add another act of violence to an already tragic story. Justice does not require death. Florida’s continued use of executions marks the state as an outlier in its use of the death penalty. The majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. \nPlease sign the petition asking Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida State Board of Executive Clemency to do everything within their power to stop this execution\, including issuing a stay\, and seeking a path to clemency in the case.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/stop-the-execution-of-edward-zakrzewski-in-florida/
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