The Rev. Jason Lydon is minister at Second Unitarian Church of Chicago. Lydon joined other faith leaders outside praying for the early release of prisoners amid the pandemic and has been active on other fronts related to criminal justice reform.

Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. Gilliard also wrote Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores.

Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner is the director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. The center’s advocacy work includes criminal justice reform.

Stacy Rector is the executive director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. She also is an ordained Presbyterian minister.

Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel is the executive vice president of Agudath Israel of America, which objected to the COVID-19-related restrictions New York state put on religious gatherings.

The Rev. John Faison Sr. is the senior pastor of Watson Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Susan Frederick-Gray is the president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, which has recommended congregations plan to meet virtually through May 2021.