The Coalition of Concerned Clergy, made up of over 50 faith leaders nationwide, gathered Thursday in D.C. near the Liberty Bell at Union Station to launch a protest march to the conservative Heritage Foundation in opposition to Project 2025.
The event was a public demonstration of faith-based leaders standing united against what they deem as a regressive and harmful conservative agenda aimed at undoing more than 60 years of social, economic, and civil progress in the United States. The march concluded at the Heritage Foundation’s headquarters at 212 Massachusetts Avenue NE, where the group held a press conference denouncing the policies of Project 2025.
Following the press conference, the event culminated in the symbolic taping of a 95-point Theological Response Paper on the front door of the Heritage Foundation. This act paid homage to the historic moment in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Catholic Church, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
The theological response presented by the coalition challenges Project 2025’s policies, calling them an affront to the moral and spiritual values upheld by faith communities across the nation.
The Rev. Dr. Orlando Jermaine Bego, the coalition’s co-convenor, issued the following statement:
“Today, we gathered not simply as faith leaders, but as protectors of justice, truth, and the common good. Project 2025 threatens the rights and dignity of God’s people and seeks to unravel decades of hard-fought progress for equality, civil rights, and justice. Our Theological Response is a call to accountability — a declaration that we will not sit idly by as the most vulnerable among us are marginalized by an agenda that undermines the very principles of love, compassion, and justice that we hold dear. As Martin Luther challenged the Church centuries ago, so too do we stand to challenge the policies that threaten the soul of this nation.”