Dear John,

We invite you to come together on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 11 AM ET for a National Call for Repentance & Truth-Telling, a sacred gathering of clergy, faith leaders, and people of conscience.

📍 Location: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church (301 A Street SE, Washington, D.C.) at 10:30am 
🚶🏾‍♂️ Procession: Nonviolent walk to the U.S. Supreme Court 

On this holy day of reflection and repentance, we will stand in the prophetic tradition to call our nation to repentance from the sins of injustice, apathy, corruption, and oppression. Together, in prayer, lament, and moral resistance, we will demand a turning away from lies, extremism, and unchecked power and proclaim a commitment to righteousness, truth, justice, and love.

We Are Calling On:

✅ Clergy and faith leaders—please wear full vestments of your faith tradition.
✅ People of faith and conscience—stand with us in witness and moral truth.
✅ All who seek justice—join this sacred gathering and march for moral renewal.

Register Now to Stand With Us:

🔗 Register here: [ Registration Link]

Can’t Attend in Person? Join the Live Stream:

📺 Watch live here: [ Live Stream Link]

Now more than ever, our voices must be heard. We hope you will join us in this powerful call to action as we stand together in faith and justice.

With hope and determination,

Forward Together, 

Bishop William J. Barber, II
National Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
President & Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach
Founding Director, Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School

Other Important Local Events Coming Up Soon:

March 9th 3-5 pm  Virtual and in-person (Cedar Lane Unitarian Church, Bethesda) Congregation Action Network Register here. Immigrant Justice Training for Allies & Organizing 

March 19th 7pm  Franciscan Action Network Nonviolent actions training webinar.

"Using Our Power:  Nonviolence and Noncooperation in History & Today.”  Hold the date more details to follow. 

Forward Together!

DC Poor People's Campaign Coordinating Committtee