RLC Network Emily Jones

Emily Jones

Emily Jones is the executive for racial justice at United Methodist Women, a national, faith-based women's membership organization. She leads United Methodist Women’s campaign to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Prior to her current position, Emily served as the director and lead organizer for the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty. She has also worked as a program manager for an education non-profit and as a lay associate pastor for discipleship at a new church plant in Chicago, IL. She began her career as a labor organizer with the healthcare employees' union in Connecticut.

Consistent and Faithful Witnesses

June 15, 2021

General, Practical Justice, Race

Racial justice is a necessary part of the substantive call of discipleship, part of who we are called to be – day after day, year after year.

Don’t Just Wash Your Hands: Scripture, COVID-19, and Mass Incarceration

March 20, 2020

Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

A call for immediate release of vulnerable, incarcerated individuals amid COVID-19 crisis.

People of Faith Must Help Disrupt the School-to-Prison-Pipeline

May 16, 2019

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Practical Justice, Race, Women

What are we doing to build a system that shows grace to all children, not just some?