Posts Tagged ‘Social Justice’
Our Amplification Grantees
One of Believe Out Loud’s greatest blessings, as a program of a social justice ministry, has been the ability to support and uplift grassroots LGBTQIA organizations around the world. Since 2019, we’ve distributed $73,370 in amplification grants to 16 organizations working to provide housing, food, spiritual resources, COVID-19 relief packages, mental health services and transformational…
Read MoreAmnesty International Day
May 28th marks Amnesty International Day. Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization as well as a global movement that works to protect men, women and children around the world in cases where justice, dignity and truth are denied. Amnesty International’s goal is to prevent abuses to human rights and fights for justice for those whose…
Read MoreThinking Out Loud
Asbury Park, New Jersey where I live, is today covered with snow, followed by rain that is turning into ice. The weather outside has given me the excuse to do what I do with some frequency; “Thinking Out Loud”. An article in today’s New York Times; “Part of Kentucky Marriage Law Overturned” has attracted my…
Read MoreThe Way of Liberation
Every person in the United States of America must watch it: The Kalief Browder Story. It’s on Netflix. On May 15, 2010, sixteen-year-old Kalief Browder is arrested for stealing a backpack. He spends the next three years of his life (1,126 days) on Rikers Island with no charge, no trial. On May 29, 2013, Kalief is…
Read MoreChristians Support Marriage Equality In The UK
By James Chapman Gay marriage is consistent with Christian values of ‘justice’ and ‘fairness’, the equalities minister has told religious critics. Helen Grant said she was a ‘God-fearing woman’ and suggested those of faith should support Government plans to legalise gay unions. Speaking ahead of a key vote on the issue next week, in which…
Read MoreThere’s Room For All of Us
LGBTQ Jews have long been on the front lines, fighting for social justice. We are found on every page of the LGBTQ movement, from Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to office in California, to Avram Finkelstein, who co-founded the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP.
Read More#RefuseToBeComplicit with White Supremacy in Your Church
An open letter to white people of faith:
At every point in the history of the United States there have been people whose faith has provided the bedrock for lifelong efforts to end violence, oppression, and inequity—Dorothy Day, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Bishop Gene Robinson—and there have been others who have used their religion as a weapon to further these same forces; to maintain the oppressive status quo rather than challenge it.
Read MoreRev. Candy Holmes’ Resignation from MCC Leadership Roles
Dear friends and colleagues,
There are few things certain in life, but change is certain. Today I am writing to share a significant change in my ministry and why this shift is critical.
Read MoreStanding Up Against Discrimination
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case about whether religious beliefs give businesses that are open to the public a right to discriminate. The case is about David Mullins and Charlie Craig, who visited Masterpiece Cakeshop in 2012 to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. The bakery…
Read MoreIn Our Lifetime
She’s not a regular. I’d been meeting there weekly for almost two months, and I’d never seen her before. It must have been her first time. I was sure I knew all of the unsheltered people. She asked if I had $2. I didn’t. I still don’t. I choose not to carry cash. I walked…
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