11/07/2016
IT'S TIME TO WITNESS THE VOTE
Election Day is tomorrow, and unfortunately voter
intimidation has already cropped up at some early
voting polls. We’re more committed than ever to
#WitnessTheVote: to go to the polls en masse,
and make sure everyone has the right to vote this
Election Day.
intimidation has already cropped up at some early
voting polls. We’re more committed than ever to
#WitnessTheVote: to go to the polls en masse,
and make sure everyone has the right to vote this
Election Day.
We've been working tirelessly to compile these
resources, including instructions on how YOU can
make a difference at your own polling place. Learn
more here.
resources, including instructions on how YOU can
make a difference at your own polling place. Learn
more here.
Voter suppression and intimidation efforts are real,
and they must be countered with peaceful presence
— ensuring all of our brothers and sisters have their
votes counted.
and they must be countered with peaceful presence
— ensuring all of our brothers and sisters have their
votes counted.
If you are a pastor or clergy member, we urge you
to go to the polls and serve your community. Snap
photos of yourself, friends, and/or colleagues in
your ministry garb, and tweet them to
#WitnesstheVote for @Sojourners to lift up your efforts.
to go to the polls and serve your community. Snap
photos of yourself, friends, and/or colleagues in
your ministry garb, and tweet them to
#WitnesstheVote for @Sojourners to lift up your efforts.
Find all our election resources here, and join us in
prayer and peaceful presence this Election Day!
prayer and peaceful presence this Election Day!
(Sojourners)
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11/05/2016
REMEMBER THIS BEFORE YOU VOTE
Verse
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
Voice
To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects and enhances
the freedom of others.
Nelson Mandela
but to live in a way that respects and enhances
the freedom of others.
Nelson Mandela
Prayer
Encourage us, Lord, to devote our lives to
securing freedom for all, for it was you who first
boldly tethered themselves to the cause of our
freedom.
securing freedom for all, for it was you who first
boldly tethered themselves to the cause of our
freedom.
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