150 souls attended the “Say The Word: Reparations” Rally in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on October 30th, 2021. Clergy and laypeople representing diverse faith traditions gathered to call on Speaker Craig Coughlin to bring A711/S233 to the Assembly Floor.
Major rally sponsors included: NJ Episcopal Diocese, Peoples Organization for Progress, local NAACP chapters (state level, Perth Amboy City/Woodbridge/Sayreville, Camden County), Trenton’s historic Shiloh Baptist Church, NJ Institute for Social Justice, and UU Faith Action NJ’s Reparations Task Force.
Say The Word—REPARATIONS!