Black faith leaders look to increase unity, voter turnout

Less than a month until Election Day, a group of Black faith leaders joined forces in Trenton on Wednesday to share plans to boost Black turnout in the Garden State.

Salvation and Social Justice, a faith-based progressive organization headed by Rev. Charles Boyer, hosted a group of Black reverends from around the state at Trenton’s Friendship Baptist Church. Leaders from African Methodist Episcopal churches, Baptist churches, and the Church Of God In Christ emphasized plans like Souls to the Polls and voter registration drives.

“And once you have AMEs, Baptists, and COGIC, you’ve got 90% the black church,” Boyer said.

The leaders were particularly focused on uniting and strengthening the Black church to achieve the level of political influence it attained during the Civil Rights Movement. Bishop William T. Cahoon, borrowing a phrase from Vice President Kamala Harris, said “We ain’t going back” on issues like civil rights



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