Reverend Tuhina Verma Rash, the theologian in residence for Faith and Public Life Action. Tuhina grew up in a Hindu family and is now a pastor with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has done interfaith community organizing, research and pastoral work. She is now helping us build out our theology of change and articulate what it looks like to be in a community of belonging. Tuhina is a scholar who can tell you the Greek origin of any word in any religious text, and she is a person of deep compassion, conviction for building power and love.

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Rev. Terry Williams is Pastor of Orchard Hill United Church of Christ in Chillicothe and a Faith Organizer committed to equipping faith leaders to do justice in Ohio. An ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, Rev. Williams serves a congregation in Ross County, a rural community hit hard by the drug crisis that also is home to two of Ohio’s state prisons. His work includes supporting faith-based volunteer work inside his local corrections facility and ministering to families of overdose victims. His other passions include organizing for equality & social change, reproductive health access, and fairness in community budgeting & resource utilization.

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Rep. Angie Nixon is a force to be reckoned with. She is always on the go-- whether that is in Tallahassee advocating for constituents or knocking doors to help fellow candidates run for office. As a former organizer, and current state representative, Nixon joined us from a hot summer afternoon in FL and spoke with us about the work happening in Tallahassee where the people’s house doesn’t always reflect the people’s voice. We talked about Amendment 4, her faith journey and how she defines an authentic democracy.

If you want to hear more about her story, visit https://floridaforall.vote/

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As faith leaders and social workers, we are uniquely equipped to help keep Ohio elections peaceful and safe for everyone. Our society and political landscape has become more divisive and partisan than ever before. In situations of anxiety, tensions can easily rise. To keep voters safe, we must be prepared to de-escalate instances of harassment or verbal attacks. We believe that individuals like you are uniquely and ideally situated to act as Peacekeepers and can maintain a calm and peaceful presence that will help defuse tensions which may otherwise lead to conflict.

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Noor Mir is a DC-based digital strategist, advocate and dynamic leader from the Women’s March. She offers perspective on what progressive spaces can do to be more inclusive towards Muslim women like herself, and how her work digitally gave her a front row seat to the disinformation campaigns that came to a head in the January 6 insurrection. This conversation reminds us that there is always more work to be done, even for those of us who feel like we have already arrived.

If you want to hear more about her story, visit https://www.womensmarch.com/team/noor-mir

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For more than six decades, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) has worked to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish community to advocate for social justice. They mobilize around federal, state, provincial, and local legislation on more than 70 pressing socioeconomic issues, including gun violence prevention, immigration, reproductive rights, and criminal justice reform.

Michele Eiger is an organizer in Florida supporting the work around the Yes on 4 ballot initiative to secure reproductive access in the state Constitution.

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Brad Onishi is a former evangelical youth pastor, now podcast host, professor, and author of Preparing for War, a book that examines the role that churches played in the January 6 insurrection. Brad's history with wrestling with theology and the political implications makes for a nuanced conversation on everything from seeing the Imago Dei in one another to surfing in Hawaii and how all of that can represent the way the Divine shows up in the world.

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All are welcome at eTJC Unity Mosques spaces for prayer, community, reflection, and discussion which affirm and include all. ETJC Unity Mosques are places of healing for everyone ETJC Unity Mosques are safe spaces for everyone to worship, commune, and just be. We celebrate pluralism and diversity enshrined in 49:13 of the Quran. ETJC Unity Mosques extend an intentional welcome to people of all races, classes, abilities, health (including HIV) status, sexual orientations, gender identities, sex, ages, family and relationship statuses, and religions. ETJC Unity Mosque's beliefs and practises are based on the understanding that all persons are equal agents of Allah in all aspects of ritual practice. Everyone is welcome, even encouraged to take a turn in each aspect of Juma services, including but not limited to making the call to prayer, giving the sermon, and leading the ritual Friday prayer. We stand for radical tawhid. Absolute Oneness. Absolute Equality, like the teeth of a comb, shoulder to shoulder against injustice and tyranny, including tyranny from the pulpit. That is our Islam. Nothing else.

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