Multifaith Communities Working To Transform Justice
Multifaith Communities Working To Transform Justice
The Multifaith Initiative to End Mass Incarceration leverages the power of US faith leaders and communities to emphatically demand and act for the end to mass incarceration through congregational engagement, narrative advancement, and public policy education.
Mass incarceration is one of the most critical moral issues of our time. When we fight to end mass incarceration, we fight for voting rights, we fight against job discrimination, we fight for the humanity and dignity of poor people.
The Multifaith Movement to End Mass Incarceration (EMI) began with the Reverend Raphael Warnock, the Rev. Dr. Katherine Henderson and Rabbi Peter Berg sharing a vision to see faith communities collectively organize to stop the human rights catastrophe of mass incarceration.
The Multifaith Initiative to End Mass Incarceration (EMI) leverages the power of U.S. faith leaders and communities to emphatically demand and act for an end to mass incarceration on the local and national level.
EMI organizes an effective moral witness against the laws, policies, and policing practices that contribute to mass incarceration, drawing upon ancient traditions, moral vocabulary, and institutional strength to address the depth of this human rights catastrophe.
We engage congregations and their leaders to educate their communities and move them towards actions that end mass incarceration. We offer models and training toward changing the narrative of incarceration, lifting up theologies of forgiveness, compassion, and justice.
“What does it mean,” asks Willie Francois, “to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
Presently, in most states, people with felony convictions are prohibited from obtaining over 100 professional licenses. Yet education is one of the major factors proven to significantly reduce the rate of recidivism.
“What does it mean,” asks Willie Francois, “to cultivate leaders who are building power inside prison?”
Presently, in most states, people with felony convictions are prohibited from obtaining over 100 professional licenses. Yet education is one of the major factors proven to significantly reduce the rate of recidivism.
You have the power to change the narratiave about mass incarceration in your community.
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