Clergy Rally for Voting Rights, Against Gerrymandering at Start of Interfaith Bus Tour
The bus for Interfaith Alliance “The Vote Is Sacred Tour” parked outside St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri, on Oct. 5, 2026. (Brian Kaylor/ Word&Way)
“We are here because human dignity matters. Truth matters. Community matters. Freedom matters. Democracy matters. And democracy only works when every voice has the power to be heard.”
Rev. Traci Blackmon, a United Church of Christ minister from St. Louis, fired up the crowd at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City on the other side of Missouri during the first stop of Interfaith Alliance…
