Like millions of others around the United States and the world, I participated in one of the women’s marches held in January. At a time when I felt discouraged and disheartened about the future of our movements for social justice, the march was a life-giving, inspiring moment that catalyzed my commitment to resist oppression in all its forms. As a Read More
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Parenting and Politics: How I’m Showing Up
When I was ten weeks pregnant I gave an impassioned speech in front of the Supreme Court during the Hobby Lobby hearings about why universal access to contraception was part of my own religious understanding. I’d wanted to share about my own planned pregnancy, but at that point I wasn’t far enough along to feel comfortable telling that in a public Read More
Catalyzing, Not Culminating
On this Inauguration Day I have been putting the final touches on my sign that I will carry in the Women's March in Raleigh, NC tomorrow. It reads, "Love not hate will make America great." Though I'm regularly in DC, sometimes several times a month, I deliberately chose to stay home and participate in the local march because I firmly Read More