National Faith Leader Applauds Executive Orders Promoting Racial Equity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 26, 2021
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Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202) 735-7123
Austin Schuler, aschuler@faithinpubliclife.org, (540) 280-3393
National Faith Leader Applauds Executive Orders Promoting
Racial Equity
Washington, D.C. — President Biden issued four executive actions today promoting racial equity, including a directive to the Department of Justice to not renew contracts with private prison operators.
Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life:
“Today’s racial equity executive actions signed by President Biden are a positive moral step toward dismantling systemic racism and honoring the dignity of people our country has long denied. The United States has a long and sinful history of racist policies and practices targeting Black people, Native people, and people of color. I applaud President Biden for this down payment on the promise of justice for all of God’s children.
The decision to scale back the federal government’s use of private prisons is an important first step toward rolling back the system of mass incarceration that disproportionately harms Black families and communities.
As people of faith, we must continue to hold our leaders accountable to using policy to root out systemic racism and creating a fully just, equitable nation for Black people, Native people and people of color.”
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