This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, demands for social justice, peace, and liberty.
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A prayer offered at the Broadview Detention Center for an interfaith vigil in support of the detainees and for change in US immigration policy.
A contemporary Jewish prayer for healng, used at congregation Tzedek Chicago.
A personal declaration to become a shomer/et shalom on Yom Kippur.
A prayer for justice offered for the Poor People’s Campaign Rally for Action at Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston on March 22, 2018.
Psalms 140 decries the injustice tolerated, supported, and rallied around within the community of Israel. This contemporary adaptation does the same.
A prayer for the correction of the United States immigration policy in support of immigrants and open borders.
A prayer for collective and communal well-being with an emphasis on dismantling systems of oppression and repairing their harms.
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