December 4

Therefore, keep awake, for you do not know when the head of the house will come, in the evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or at dawn, or else they may find you asleep when they come suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.” Mark 13:24-37

Abolition Advent Movement Mondays with Coke Tani

“As freedom is a constant struggle, abolition feminism has always been a politics – the refusal to consign humans and other beings to disposability – inseparable from practice…[It] is an intentional investment of our resources to support the flourishing of our collective best selves, a fuller vision of freedom that allows us to reclaim “accountability” and “justice” from the carceral regime. – Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners and Beth E. Richie, from Abolition. Feminism. Now.

 

Reflect with Coke Tani as we explore the intersections of Abolition, Racial Justice, and Reproductive Justice

Every Monday during Advent, Join the Movement’s Abolition Advent Artist Coke Tani will offer a way of engaging our intersectional focus and Advent scriptures with embodied spiritual practices. Each Movement Monday video includes suggestions for modifying the movements to make them accessible for your body. The transcript for the video is available below.

 

Access a transcript of the video here.

Coke Tani is a liberatory spiritual director, body memoirist and teaching artist. She holds an MSW, MFA and MDiv, and can be found on Instagram: @CokeTani, Facebook: @Coke.Tani and at CokeTani.com.

 

You can also meditate with the podcast version of our Monday Movement practices!
Listen to the reflection on all major podcast apps in our “UCC Cast” feed- every Monday morning this Advent.
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