Men and women from different religious groups march toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington Aug. 2, 2021, during a protest for voting rights and economic justice organized by the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
Hundreds march for voting rights, justice near U.S. Capitol; 200 arrested
Nearly 3,700 women religious urge Senate to pass For the People Act
Aletter urging Congress to pass the voting-rights legislation — signed by 3,685 religious sisters from various congregations across the nation — was hand-delivered to the Long Island office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.