Sojourners and the Washington Interfaith Staff Community (WISC) are co-organizing a series of faithful witness vigils at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. every Wednesday in March at 12 noon EST 10:00 a.m. MST, beginning March 5. 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 will feature faith leaders from diverse traditions offering inspirational prayers and calls for faithful action.
Here is the confirmed speaker lineup for the March 5th Vigil:
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor, President, Sojourners
Amanda Tyler, Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee
Darcy Hirsh, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, National Council of Jewish Women.
Bishop Julius Trimble, General Secretary, General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church
Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ
Rev. Terri Hord Owens, General Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the US and Canada
Register below 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!
Time 12-1 p.m EST.
Location (in-person): Upper Senate Park just across the street from the Capitol on the Senate side (off Constitution Ave.)
Livestreaming link: https://youtube.com/live/5FFhNM7c0rI?feature=share
Link to event page on Sojo website: https://sojo.net/join/events/faithful-witness-wednesday-call-congressional-courage
Registration page link: https://act.sojo.net/page/79871/survey/1?ea.tracking.id=event
Flyer link: sojourners_faithful_witness_wednesday_march2025.pdf