Advocates for sexual, gender, and reproductive justice in faith communities and society.
Bridgeport, CT
Joined April 2009
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A blend of on-demand and cohort-style courses, the new and improved TransformClassroom.Online gives you the choice of participating in courses on your own time or learning in community with others. Check it out! #Trans4m
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Today, as a pastor trying to be faithful to the Gospel, I sent a letter to Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle @SenateMajLdr @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi @GOPLeader calling on them to refuse to be comfortable with other people's deaths. I hope others will do the same.
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“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." - Isaiah 43:18-19
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A team member of Believe Out Loud has written on their experience of being confined indoors.
We're all going through this time of change together and must continue to hold faith and stay strong. What adjustments have you had to make in your everyday life?
believeoutloud.com/voices/ar…
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This is criminal. What the HELL??
“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.” politico.com/news/2020/03/31…
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Throughout the Old and New Testament, our call to do justice is clear.
“It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.”
- Micah 6:8 MSG
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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to apply for a seminary scholarship! If you're a seminary student (or know someone who is), check out this opportunity now & apply online before midnight: transformnetwork.org/scholar…
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OMG we’re teaching our church seniors how to zoom. They’re in a meeting together for the first time.
Remember all those threads about preschoolers zooming? It’s like that. Adorable chaos. Lots of just yelling each other’s names.
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Today we remember that our transgender siblings experience poverty at a rate 2x that of the general population, w/ transgender POC experiencing even higher rates. We stand w/ Sophia from Iowa & all trans veterans. We see you. We love you! #TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TDOV2020
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Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness, in quarantine, in "stay in place." Could it be that quarantine is not to be feared by people who live by faith? If this is how Jesus approached his 6 weeks in isolation, maybe this is how we should approach ours. Feed & grow our own spirit.
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Every human being has a sexual orientation. It's important to affirm youth as they define their sexual and gender identity. All people are created in God’s image. We honor the diversity, beauty and wonder of creation.
@ReligiousInst @brc_central #bihealthmonth
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“In times of hardship, fear or panic, either you think, ‘How can God do this to us?’ or you run to him for protection and for guidance, to make it all make sense.” How people are turning to religion during a pandemic. nyti.ms/2wzRF0a
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“In the shadow of #COVID19 the greatest threat to our immediate collective well- being is the miserable circumstances of our poorer neighbors we had for all too long ignored, figuring their reality had nothing to do w/ the rest of us.” #PoorPeoplesCampaign alternet.org/2020/03/america…
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So... You had time to sell your stocks but not the time to start putting in place safe guards to save lives... 🤷🏽♀️🤦🏾♀️
This isn't just immoral, unethical... It is a crime. nytimes.com/2020/03/20/us/po…
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“This latest wave of xenophobic animosity toward Asian Americans should not be normalized or encouraged by public officials…”
Important @USCCRgov statement expressing concern over the growing anti-Asian racism and xenophobia during the #COVID19 crisis. bit.ly/3di3uJ1
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Masjid al-Rabia, an LGBT affirming Muslim community center based in Chicago, IL, has made all of their prayers, classes and community meetings available online. Masjid al-Rabia practices an “Islam that leaves no one behind.” Check out their resources here: masjidalrabia.org/covid-19
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With over 260 co-signed organizations, we called on Congress to denounce the anti-Asian racism surrounding #COVIDー19. Read our statement below:
ncapaonline.org/aapi_leaders…
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Call your representatives today and demand they pass the #FamiliesFirst coronavirus bill. It contains:
- Free testing
- 14 days paid sick leave
- 3 months paid family leave
- Expanded unemployment insurance & food security
- Medicaid funds
Lives are on the line. (202) 224-3121
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Someone said “God has a lot of explaining to do for Trump.” Nope. God didn’t stay home in 2016, but 100 mil of us didn’t vote. God didn’t give Trump free airtime; corporate media did. God didn’t enable his racism & greed; people did.
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Overnight they found $1.5 trillion for Wall St, but they can’t find money to provide healthcare & living wages for 140 mil poor & low wealth people in America. cnn.com/2020/03/12/investing…