Protests are expected to continue this weekend after a Staten Island grand jury did not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

Thousands have taken to the streets since the Eric Garner decision — to speak out against police brutality, demand change and to grieve. From Ferguson to Staten Island, clergy members have been wrestling with how to talk about the cases that have brought issues of race and justice to the fore.

“We need our community to gather around us to remind us that there’s hope in a situation that seems without hope. And as people of faith, we need to listen very hard for this mandate that our faith offers us to make change,” said the Rev. Amy K. Butler, senior minister of the Riverside Church on the Upper West Side.

Butler traveled to Ferguson with other clergy members from all over the country on Tuesday and wrote about the experience on her blog. She spoke Friday to WNYC’s Amy Eddings.

If you are an imam, rabbi, minister or priest, WNYC wants to share your sermons about the Eric Garner case, race and community in the New York region. Send your sermons or thoughts to sermons@wnyc.org and include the name and address of your congregation.