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Due to the social unrest in the nation, on Sunday, May 31, 2020, the Rev. George C. Gilbert, Jr. organized a small group of clergy to meet at the White House for prayer and a brief word for the people. There was a tremendous response from the community, activists, and social media, including clergy from the DMV area, who asked to be a part. Subsequently, the next day, President Trump invoked terror on protestors, to include, but not limited to, the militarization of police, mounted police, deployment of tear gas, and flash bombing– only to clear the streets, to use the St. John’s Church and the Bible as mere props for a photo op. Dr. Keith Byrd compelled Rev. Gilbert to call a conference call late that night, “Gilbert we got to go get arrested!”

Rev. Gilbert urgently hosted a teleconference where it was firmly suggested and acknowledged that an immediate response via press conference at St. John’s Church, voicing our disgrace, speak truth to power, and expand the movement’s focus of Police Brutality and Systematic Racism. The overall consensus of a June 2 virtual meeting with approximately 67 clergy participating, was to pursue the establishment of an organization that would be sustaining for years to come.

PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL

I want to thank this coalition of clergy and organizations who are speaking truth to power and have come together in one voice to stand with and for federal government employees and contractors who are being targeted and mistreated by the abusive power of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. We come today as authentic representations of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, to say to President Trump, Mr. Musk and to the world that America needs a government that is just, equitable, and values human dignity. We speak out today, in the spirit of Moses speaking to Pharaoh, to say to President Trump to take your hands off our federal government employees and contractors. What you are doing is evil and you must turn from your wicked ways.
The decisions to fire mothers and fathers without just cause is immoral and shows no care for humanity and no relationship to our God. The Bible says, that the Lord requires for man to be just, love mercy and to walk humbly with God. Mr. President, unfortunately, you have given the world all signs that you would rather take our country backwards to a place of segregation and Jim Crow, rather than an America that can work together with all ideas, races, and creeds to a “more perfect union” where the authors of the Preamble begins it by saying “We the people.” Mr. President, we say to you today, that whether it be, the mass firings of federal government employees and contractors, the illegal actions of shutting down entire government agencies or attempts to impeach judges who have not coward down to your bullying and attacks, God is not pleased. We come to say turn from your ways or you will lead America to destruction.
But let us not put all the blame on Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Let’s call the roll of those who put fuel to this fire of hatred and white male dominance: The Heritage Foundation, the author of Project 2025, The White Christian Nationalist who put ideals of a white imperialist country before their Christ, The White evangelicals who sit on the sidelines and follows a Jesus with no connection to the least, lost and the left out, and let’s not forget about The Senators and Congressmembers who have become puppets for the president, in order to remain in a sit of power and position. Our nation is at a crossroads. We see rising injustice, voter suppression, economic inequities, attack on public education and policies that undermine the very fabric of our communities across America. We are at a crossroads, where we see efforts to strip away our rights, diminish our voices and weaken the moral consciousness of this nation. We are here to sound the alarm and we encourage you to reassess the side that you have chosen to stand on. The floor you currently stand on is shaky ground. For we know that our God is always on the side of the least, the lost and the left out.
For we all heard it. This president wants a nation not to be woke. And when people are not woke, they are sleep. We are calling on every leader, every policy maker and every person of goodwill to take heed. America it is our time to get up. It’s our time to wake up. It’s our time to stand up. Let God arise and our enemies be scattered!

Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Glen Ivey