Over 500 People of Faith are Calling on Gov. DeWine to Release Incarcerated Children of God
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT
Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202) 735-7123
Austin Schuler, aschuler@faithinpubliclife.org, (540) 280-3393
Over 500 People of Faith are Calling on Gov. DeWine to Release Incarcerated Children of God
Columbus, Ohio– Hundreds of Ohioans are calling on Gov. Mike DeWine to protect life and practice love of neighbor by dramatically reducing the number of Ohioans who are incarcerated and freeing as many people as possible, whether they be in prison, jail, youth facilities, halfway houses, or immigration detention facilities through early release or reprieve. Refusing to act now, puts the lives and safety of thousands of Ohioans, incarcerated and not, at risk.
“As people of faith, we join in solidarity and call on you to meet the moral challenge of this catastrophic moment,” the letter states. “There is no time for half measures. You must act boldly and now. It is the right thing to do, the just thing to do, and the faithful thing to do.”
To see the letter and the full list of signers, click here.
Co-sponsors of the letter: Faith in Public Life; Dominican Sisters of Peace; Baptist Pastors Conference; Black Women Rising; CAIR-Ohio (Council on American-Islamic Relations); Community Development for All People; Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS); Death Penalty Action; DeEscalateOhioNow!; The Freedom BLOC; Hunger Network of Ohio; Interfaith Association of Central Ohio (IACO); IRTF Cleveland: InterReligious Task Force on Central America and Colombia; Ohio Council Of Churches; Ohio Prisoners Justice League; Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice; Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; Sisters of Charity of Saint Augustine; Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio; United Methodist Church for All People; Unity Partnership; Vincentian Ohio Action Network (VOAN)
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