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The Vote is Sacred Tour: Kenosha
We’re halfway through the The Vote is Sacred Tour! Thursday’s stop was in Kenosha, Wisconsin. We partnered with Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Engagement Campaign and Carthage College to park the bus in the middle of campus and encourage students to vote by distributing doughnuts.
Carthage College has an Election Day voting location right on campus, and Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. How’s that for making it convenient to vote!
We interviewed students about why they believe it’s important to vote and compiled them in a video for our social media accounts. You can watch it here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@interfaithalliance/video/7432046835633605930
Since we’ve reached the halfway point of our tour, I also took the chance to reflect on what we’ve accomplished so far in a new essay for A Public Witness. I shared why I wanted to launch The Vote is Sacred Tour and recounted highlights of our events so far. Here’s some of what I wrote:
“It’s disturbing to be anxious about the election — not because of who will win (that’s normal in any election!) but because we’re unsure if the election results will be undermined. In this time of division and unrest, I’m grateful to hit the road and partner with religiously diverse Americans who believe in democracy. Together we can build a multi-religious, multi-racial, inclusive democracy for all. That’s the awakening I want to be a part of.”
You can read the entire essay here.
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons is the Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy at Interfaith Alliance.
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Interfaith Alliance Condemns Political Violence and Defends the First Amendment
Last week, Interfaith Alliance signed two important letters demonstrating our commitment to opposing all political violence and supporting free speech. In the wake of the unacceptable murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration has announced a crackdown on progressive nonprofits and philanthropic institutions. To protect movements working across diverse issue areas and communities, we reiterate our commitment to working nonviolently and supporting the First Amendment right of organizations to speak out and advocate for the civil rights of all communities.
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