Friendship West Baptist Church hosts voting rights summit in Dallas

Friendship West Baptist Church hosts voting rights summit in Dallas

DALLAS—On Monday, May 18, 2026, the Social Justice Ministry of the Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas hosted an event called, “Ground Zero: Our voting rights, political representation, and democracy are under assault! We will take action.” The event featured discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent gutting of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and how to organize for the future in order to get out the vote and to fight for Black political …

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