Bishop Harry L. Seawright

AME Church: Has the President Declared War on the Poor and People of Color?

AME Church leaders issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s recent Twitter attacks against four Congresswomen of color, Congressman Elijah Cummings and the city of Baltimore. The statement was signed by Bishop Harry L. Seawright, president of the Council of Bishops; Bishop Gregory G.M. Ingram, president of the General Board; Bishop Adam J. Richardson, Jr., senior bishop; Bishop Frank Madison Reid III, chair of the Commission on Social Action; and Mrs. Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, director/consultant of Social Action. “The Bishops, Social Action Commission, members and servant leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church are appalled by the continued