Chair in Faith + Justice @Georgetown/Director of @GeorgetownFaith. Founder of @Sojourners. Follow me here: https://xitter.cf/t.co/74b7REzW3F

Washington, DC
Joined November 2008
🕊️ Join us live from the U.S. Capitol for the Pentecost Witness for a Moral Budget. Faith leaders and community members are lifting their voices to defend programs that serve the poor, sick, and hungry. 1030am ET 📺 Watch the livestream: vimeo.com/event/5189017 #MoralBudget
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I hope you can join us at the Capitol next Tuesday. But if you can't, please consider signing this petition that will be delivered to Senators: act.faithfulamerica.org/sign…
Before Pentecost, the disciples hid in fear. After, they took to the streets. On June 10, people of faith will gather at the U.S. Capitol for a #PentecostWitness to defend a #MoralBudget. Join us to stand with the poor, sick, & hungry. Register: tinyurl.com/3cxmt5ar
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Jim Wallis (@revjimwallis.bsky.social) retweeted
Before Pentecost, the disciples hid in fear. After, they took to the streets. On June 10, people of faith will gather at the U.S. Capitol for a #PentecostWitness to defend a #MoralBudget. Join us to stand with the poor, sick, & hungry. Register: tinyurl.com/3cxmt5ar
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An American Cardinal from Chicago, but with deep international experience, Robert Prevost, took the name Leo XIV, following Leo XIII who set the foundations of modern Catholic Social Teaching, and called the "father of social justice"
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We are inviting you to join us at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 10th, to stand up against these harmful budget cuts. We want to show that Christians, across all of our traditions, are against these callous cuts to the most vulnerable and marginalized. jimwallis.substack.com/p/pen…
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Listen to my latest podcast with @robertpjones of @PRRIpoll on their latest report. You'll be shocked by the results to the question: "Is President Trump … a dangerous dictator who should be limited before he destroys American democracy?” open.substack.com/pub/jimwal…
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This is such an important conversation for this moment. I hope you will join us.
Why did progressive evangelicalism lose ground after Jimmy Carter’s presidency? Join us @GUBerkleyCenter this Thursday, April 10 for a conversation with Randall Balmer and @tgjelten. Details & RSVP: buff.ly/9F5iCKJ
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Join us for an interfaith prayer vigil on the eve of our historic lawsuit against DHS’s rescission of the sensitive locations memo. 📅 Thu., April 3 🕡 6:30pm 📍 National City Christian Church, DC. Stand with us in faith and solidarity. tinyurl.com/mr3xdv58
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In the long string now of federal court cases that are raising constitutional questions about Trump/Musk mass firings without legislative approval or due process. and illegal deportations: when will a judge issue a contempt of court sanction against Donald Trump?
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📢 We’re Hiring! The CFJ is expanding our team with two exciting opportunities: 🔹Administrative Assistant – Keep our mission running smoothly with exceptional organizational skills. 🔹Communications Coordinator- Share and spread our impact through communications strategy ⬇️
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Humanitarian Rev. Tim Costello was in Africa when Trump froze USAID funds: Doctors in tears, medications wiped out. Hear him on the Jim Wallis Podcast “The clinicians we talked to were in despair saying, “This is a death sentence for many of these women.” tinyurl.com/cm57mtu2
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Trump has paused the delivery of all military aid to Ukraine, while starting process of ending sanctions against Russia. Trump’s America has switched sides in the world; and Americans must say no.
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Take time on Wednesday to join us to discuss what we can learn from the legacy of Bloody Sunday and what it means for us now in this moment of rising autocracy and authoritarianism.
60 years after Bloody Sunday, what lessons can we learn from Selma’s civil rights movement? Join @jimwallis @RepTerriSewell, Robert Pratt, and Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. for a powerful discussion on civil disobedience & democracy March 5 6-830pm ET tinyurl.com/4f62mv63
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Donald Trump wants to be an imperial president. This is not the first time that American presidents have acted in imperial ways. But in most cases they have been called mistakes, overreaches, or just wrong– either contemporaneously or retrospectively. tinyurl.com/yc3dbtjj
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The rise of the far-right in Germany is deeply alarming. But the far right is rapidly trying to take over America from the White House. Trump together again with Putin are working to have a few dictators take over the world nytimes.com/2025/02/21/opini…
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Listen to our newest podcast Stand Up for Jesus and the Stranger I speak with @GeorgetownICAP attorney Kelsi Corkran and Pastor Carlos Malave who are suing the Trump Administration over threats of ICE and CBP raids on sacred spaces tinyurl.com/38sn7p8v
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Panama, Greenland, and even Canada are worried about our imperial President Donald Trump. Faith communities will stand up to a man who wants to be an emperor. We have seen this before.
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Is Trump's claim that if you think you are saving the country you don't have to abide by laws, just another provocation or a plan? The brave federal prosecutors who resigned are not "collateral damage" but have shown us the way to honor Presidents Day.
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Join us by signing this growing petition that will be delivered to the White House, DHS, and every member of Congress sensitive-locations.com/
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