Voicing Faith Media Bureau
Civil Rights

Rev. Joseph A. Darby

Senior Pastor, Morris Brown AME Church - Charleston, SC
A dynamic leader in the faith and civil rights communities in the South, Rev. Darby's congregation is the largest in the Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church. Winner of numerous civic and professional awards, Darby is also the former first vice president of the S.C. Conference of Branches of the NAACP.

Expertise: Civil Rights, Economic Development, Education, more...

Rev. Dr. Welton Gaddy

President, The Interfaith Alliance - Washington, DC
Rev. Dr. Gaddy leads the national nonpartisan grassroots and educational organization The Interfaith Alliance, hosts State of Belief, a weekly radio show and serves as the Pastor for Preaching and Worship at Northminster (Baptist) Church in Monroe, Louisiana.

Expertise: Church-State Issues, Civil Rights, Homosexuality and the Church, Judicial Nominations, Role of Religion in Public Life, more...

Rev. Timothy McDonald

Pastor, First Iconium Baptist Church - Atlanta, GA
Rev. McDonald is Founder of the African American Ministers Leadership Council, and current President of the African American Ministers In Action. He previously served as the full-time Assistant Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta and three times as President of Concerned Black Clergy of Metro Atlanta.

Expertise: Church-State Issues, Civil Rights, more...

Rabbi David Saperstein

Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - Washington, DC
Described by The Washington Post as the “quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill," as Director of the RAC, Rabbi Saperstein represents the national Reform Jewish Movement to Congress and the Administration.

Expertise: American Jewish community, Church-State Issues, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Genocide in Darfur, Israel/ International religious freedom, War in Iraq, more...


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