Faith, Leadership, and Organizing for This Moment

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How do faith leaders, organizers, nonprofits, congregations, and community advocates sustain themselves while responding to the urgent challenges of this moment? Join Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker from the Center for Faith Lived Organizing for a timely dialogue exploring how…

Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything?

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Congress is frequently described as gridlocked, polarized, and dysfunctional with one notable exception: impeccable service for the donor class. It is enough to prompt mass conversions of even the most ardent optimists to zealous cynicism. In such a world, is…

Economic Justice: Love Our Laborers as Yourself

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We all feel a call to “do what you love.” Parents, teachers, pastors and culture all reinforce the message. Most importantly, the call comes from the Spirit within. To work and play freely, without shame or exploitation, is to feel…

Faith, Disability, and the Crisis of Homelessness

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Join the Disability Ministry Board for an interactive conversation around the intersections of disability and economic justice. We'll learn a bit about how the limitations of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) impacts housing and financial stability for the community diagnosed with…

Sex Ed as Resistance

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Join us as for a conversation with Dr. Meg Bartlett-Chase, sex educator, organizer and advocate--about how providing great sexuality education is a way to resist authoritarianism. Dr. Bartlett-Chase has researched sex education policy, practice and controversy, and she is the…

Responding to the Deadly ICE Detention System: Ways to Resist

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As Immigration and Custom's Enforcement (ICE) continues to terrorize communities, separate families, and even kill citizens and non-citizens alike as part of this administration’s mass deportation campaign, there is also increased public scrutiny of this country’s detention center system for…

Faith in Action: Global Peacemaking (A Two-Part Series)

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2025 saw the highest number of active conflicts since World War II, and data so far this year shows that the rise in conflicts globally is likely to continue. As we mark International Day of Peace on September 21, we…

Future of Faith: The Courage to Be Church

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As mainline Protestant membership continues to decline, many churches have resigned themselves to an inevitable death. Despite this fatalistic temptation, this conversation aims to reinvigorate congregations through a reclamation of the rich theological and practical tools found within our liberal…

Vote with Love: Mobilizing Our Communities This Midterm Election

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This midterm election, the stakes are higher than ever. Join the United Church of Christ and our partners for a conversation about why community mobilization matters right now, and what's on the line for the issues closest to our hearts:…