Clergy to Address Extremists’ Subversion of Democracy in Tennessee

Repairers of the Breach 

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: April 7, 2023 

Contact: Phoebe Rogers, phoebe.rogers@berlinrosen.com, 914-343-9063

Erica Noll, erica.noll@berlinrosen.com, 424-237-6790

*VIRTUAL EMERGENCY FIELD HEARING FRIDAY 10AM ET*

Rev. Barber, Repairers of the Breach Invite Thousands of Clergy to Emergency Field Hearing with Reps. Johnson, Jones, Pearson to Address Extremists’ Subversion of Democracy in Tennessee

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Barber to Call on Clergy to Take Action to Confront Silencing of Lawmakers 

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Zoom Link Here, RSVP Required

TENNESSEE - The Rev. William J. Barber II and members of the Repairers of the Breach Prophetic Council will join Tennessee State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson at a virtual emergency field hearing on Good Friday to confront the effort by extremists to expel the three legislators for standing up for dead children.  

“Republican extremists in the Tennessee legislature want to silence the voices of dead children,” the Rev. Barber said. “They are impeding three brave legislators, who articulate the concerns of millions, because they aim to keep families whose children were murdered unseen and unheard.” 

Thousands of clergy from across the country are invited to attend the emergency hearing, where the Rev. Barber will lead a discussion with the legislators, two of whom are themselves pastors, and implore members of the clergy to get directly involved in the movement for justice in this moment of extremist attempts to subvert democracy. 

The hearing comes after Johnson, Jones and Pearson led a peaceful protest when extremist Republicans tried to cut off debate around last month’s elementary school shooting in Nashville.  

EVENT DETAILS

WHAT: Rev. Barber, State Reps. Johnson, Pearson, Jones Hold Emergency Field Hearing to Address Subversion of Democracy in Tennessee

WHO:  Rev. William J. Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach and Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

Tennessee State Rep.  Gloria Johnson

Tennessee State Rep.  Justin Pearson

Tennessee State Rep.  Justin Jones

Members of the Repairers of the Breach Prophetic Council, a community of faith leaders from across the country committed to engaging in social change through moral articulation, analysis, and action

WHEN: Good Friday, April 7, 10am ET

WHERE: Zoom link here. Must RSVP. 

*For questions or to coordinate interviews, please email phoebe.rogers@berlinrosen.com*

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