June 20 is World Refugee Day, a day dedicated to raising greater awareness about the situation of refugees around the world.

To register for this event, please click here.

To learn more and to see the flyer, please click here.

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Catholic Charities of Southwest Ohio is also holding an event for WRD: their event is on Sat. 6/19 at 1:00pm. For more information about their event, please click here.

A Mighty Stream (the interfaith racial justice initiative under the EquaSion umbrella) has considered a request from the Cincinnati NAACP (found below) and forwards it on to you as an opportunity for the interfaith community to further the cause of racial justice as it relates to voting in Ohio. We’ve welcomed and reviewed the NAACP request to oppose Ohio HB 294, and in solidarity with it and other civil rights organizations, we, too, are of the opinion that the negatives of this bill far outweigh any positives.  

Although negotiations on the details of HB 294 are ongoing, too many facets of this bill in its current form are not in the public's best interest. Therefore, after careful review, the AMS Reviewing Team recommends calling your state representatives now to oppose those aspects of the bill that would suppress voting rights and cause unnecessary confusion.  We also recommend contacting the bill’s co-sponsors, Rep. Bill Seitz and Rep. Sharon Ray, to express opposition to the bill’s current formulation. 

https://www.ohiohouse.gov/members/bill-seitz/contact. 

Contact information for Representative Ray: (614) 466-8140 Rep69@ohiohouse.gov

* Ohio Voting Bill - Message Guidance

* Sample social media toolkit

The time for AMS' sacred activists to weigh in - is NOW! Nearly two dozen other states have already enacted similar legislation deemed by many to be restrictive of voter access and detrimental to the political participation of minorities. Time is of the essence.