Presbyterian Mission Agency arrested Archives

‘You don’t want this smoke’

Posted August 3rd, 2021

The Poor People’s Campaign’s month of Moral Monday actions ended Monday with a march to the Capitol launched with some fiery rhetoric calling on Congress and the White House to secure voting rights and living wages.

‘We have nothing to lose but our chains’

Posted July 20th, 2021

Singing freedom songs and fighting for voting rights and a living wage on Monday, women from around the country converged on Washington, D.C., for a march and season of action by the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) and its supporters.

A night of ‘trepidation and enlightenment’

Posted July 19th, 2018

The director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness recently found out what life is like behind bars. The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, along with other clergy, was arrested earlier this summer while praying outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.