The event will address plans of action primarily against Trump’s anti-DEI legislation.
Black ministers will host a President’s Day rally alongside ACLU leaders and their congregation to protest against the Trump Administration.
One of the officials leading the DC-based event will be Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, the newly appointed Presiding Prelate of the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. According to a press release obtained by BLACK ENTERPRISE, Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, CEO and co-founder of Skinner Leadership Institute, and Sherrilyn Ifill, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, among other religious leaders, will help host the rally, taking place at Metropolitan AME church.
The event will address President Trump’s ongoing and harmful policies that are thwarting the progress of the Black community. Specifically, Trump’s anti-DEI legislation will become the topic of discussion. Speakers will encourage Black America to unite against this “chaos” sparked by the president.
Bishop Jackson also shared a statement emphasizing the need for a unifying rally. He hopes to inspire the Black community not to succumb to despair but to spark change through faith and collective action.
As for Bishop Jackson, the religious leader also has a background in rallying his congregation toward civic action. Ahead of his appointment as the 132nd elected Bishop to AME’s second district, he led a Get Out The Vote operation that sparked a historic Black voter turnout while serving as Bishop over Georgia’s sixth district. Now, Bishop Jackson aims to promote civic engagement that opposes the Trump administration and its regressive policies.
The rally begins at 11 a.m. on the U.S. federal holiday.
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Source: Black Enterprise
