The Right Rev. James E. Curry ’70’s Nonprofit Is Converting Weapons of Death Into Tools of Life
“Curry, a now retired Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, has dedicated more than a decade to working with families of victims of gun violence,” writes Hannah Van Sickle. The clergyman is a co-founder of Swords to Plowshares Northeast, “a nonprofit rooted in the transformation of guns into garden tools.”
Curry serves as head of operations and chief blacksmith for the organization, which is inspired by and named for a verse in the Book of Isaiah. He helped to launch the initiative in the wake of the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which was part of his diocese. Swords to Plowshares has partnered with a Colorado organization called RAWTools on a nationwide gun-buyback program and, before the COVID pandemic, taught blacksmithing skills to incarcerated people.
Curry is also a founding member of Bishops United Against Gun Violence, a contributor to the anthology Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace and a board member of Mothers United Against Violence in Hartford, Conn.
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