All by The Interfaith Council of Southern Delaware County
Last week, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin found the former police officer guilty on all counts for the murder of George Floyd. While we experience some momentary relief that our judicial system held Mr. Chauvin accountable for his actions, we also feel sadness at the needless loss of George Floyd’s life. Mr. Floyd has become one more symbol of the need for dismantling the structures of racism that thrive in our nation. We hope that this decision will compel us to confront what comes next: the systemic reimagining of service and protection, and the true valuing of life, in all of our communities.
We, as members of the Interfaith Council of Southern Delaware County, Pennsylvania, affirm the interrelatedness of our communities and states. When an injustice occurs in our society, we find it imperative to not sit idly by.
The Interfaith Council of Southern Delaware County raises its voice in mourning for those who were murdered on Friday by a white supremacist terrorists in Christchurch, New Zealand. As members of diverse faith communities united in our values of respect for the right of all persons to worship freely, we stand together in holding the victims of this horrific attack in our prayers. We condemn this violence against the Muslim community in the strongest terms; an attack on one faith is an attack on all faiths.
