I Agree with trump - Terrorist Attacks are Underreported
According to Vice News “between 9/11 and June of 2015, white supremacists and right-wing extremists killed nearly twice as many people (48) on American soil as radical Muslims did (26).” But where is the demand to step up enforcement against white supremacists?
Keep Trying: Change Can Happen
This notion that people cannot change is not only small-minded and cruel, but also flatly false. People do indeed change, and it is in the human-ness of the way we change that we need to remember hope in times such as today. We must keep working to change hearts and minds, and to subvert racism, xenophobic ethnocentrism, imperialism, nationalism, warmongering, and bigotry.
United Methodist No More
Though the church began as an egalitarian revolution we now have transformed an organic and dynamic movement into a corporately structured morass of selfish political games, which is utterly bereft of transformative power. We are supposed to be salt and light to the world; a living example of a complete transvaluation of all that the world holds dear. But our vertical hierarchies just show us to be just another corporation, though terribly ineffective and growing more and more bankrupt by the day.
Straight from the Horse's Mouth: donald trump's Own Words
Who is Fig Tree Revolution? Chris Lahr
During college I started a group of us going into the city to hang out with homeless families. Weekly we would hit the streets and spend time with our newfound friends. After a while we started going down with nothing but ourselves and we would sleep on the streets. We did this to alleviate power dynamics, and God said don’t worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself, so we tested God on this…God was right… God took care of us.
RESIST State-Sponsored Terror
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Don't Mourn, Organize, Organize, Organize: What Real Folks are Doing
#GeneralStrike is Coming February 17! Time for Solidarity!
There is a General Strike called for on February 17th, 2017. It is time for universal solidarity and resistance to tangible and blatant injustices that are mounting every day during this worsening political and social climate in the United States. Bigotry is being codified by politicians and economic warfare is being waged by the wealthy with the conservative government’s full backing.
Two Ways We Can and Must RESIST
Straight from the Horse's Mouth: donald trump's Own Words
Who is Fig Tree Revolution? Kenya Cummings
I learned that all oppression is related. I learned the power of intersectional work. I saw how it worked while I worked with people incarnated, their families and church members. I learned how it transforms the community and I remained vigilant as I keep wellness at the forefront of my intersectional work for justice
Obamacare: A Minister's Open Letter to Mitch McConnell
I believe that access to health care is a fundamental human right. In a moral society, the right to health and well-being should be fully accessible to all, not only the privileged, wealthy few. I am convicted in this way as a citizen, a person of a faith, and a neighbor, as I know people who depend upon life-saving medications, procedures, treatment, and forms of therapy.
The Politics of Persecution
If donald trump wants to care for Syrian Christian refugees then there is much he can do to expedite those processes of letting more refugees in. But he does not care about Christian refugees. He does not care about Christians and he does not care about refugees. He is using Christian refugees as a means of demonizing Muslims and elevating mindless nativism and the baseless fear of refugees.
What a Sanctuary City Looks Like
With President Haman's announcement yesterday to attack effective law enforcement and drive people further underground through cutting funding for Sanctuary Cities, we wanted to show what real leadership looks like. Below is the text of a letter sent on January 17 from the Arlington County Board to Arlington County residents in Arlington, VA.
trump is Hurting People
Relational RESISTANCE
Let Saturday be the Beginning
And we must be ready to publicly proclaim our allegiance under an administration that has said they will operate by the new decree, “America First.” This new decree is an abomination to anyone who claims to faithfully follow Jesus. Simply put, you cannot faithfully follow Jesus and follow "America First."
