Join our town-hall to learn: Why is emptying the jail crucial to public health and safety? How are the courts operating in this crisis? What are conditions like in the jail? What are your public officials doing to save the members of our community trapped inside the jail?   Purpose: to let our community know how the courts are operating during the COVID-19 crisis, why jails pose a unique threat, and what our community can do to save the lives of people trapped in the jail. Outcome: to take action by demanding our public officials act NOW to save the lives of people in our community who are being abandoned in jail! Guest: Judge Brandon Birmingham RSVP: www.bit.ly/judgetownhall

What does safety look like when viewed through the lens of faith? Join us for a discussion challenging us to redefine safety through the lens of our theologies and faith. We will analyze our current, violence-driven system of policing and incarceration to pose the question: is this system delivering on its promise of safety, or is it perpetuating violence and harm? What might a system rooted in liberation and dignity look like?  As people of faith, we believe that all people have inherent worth and dignity. For this reason, we care deeply about harm and violence, and we seek responses to harm that do not create more violence. Our faith values prioritize restoration and repair rather than punishment. We recognize that as humans we are complex; no one is innocent or guilty, rather all of us have done harm and been harmed by others. We also recognize that -- as creations of the Most High -- none of us are “monsters,” disposable, illegal, unreachable, or irredeemable. During Imagining Safety: Race, Policing, and Incarceration, we will unpack the history of these systems and their origins in slavery and white supremacy, and begin to imagine a public safety system rooted in the dignity of all people, the needs of survivors and community members, and the reality that most harm results from oppressive political, economic, and social conditions. We will also discuss practical steps we will take to move towards the dream of full liberation for all people. Call-in information will be shared upon registration.

Equip yourselves with tools to magnify your impact! Outvote is a peer-to-peer texting app that helps Faith in Texas teams make calls to action that anyone can take to make a difference. Faith in Texas Mobilization Teams use the Outvote system to magnify their impact by allowing members to quickly and efficiently text their friends, congregation members, and community members about upcoming education, action, and training opportunities. Outvote is the main tool we use to do turnout, track our progress, split up lists among our teams, and mobilize our base. Call-in information will be shared upon registration.