Uncategorized How conservative and liberal book bans differ amid rise in literary restrictions https://abcnews.go.com/US/conservative-liberal-book-bans-differ-amid-rise-literary/story?id=96267846
Uncategorized Brooklyn Public Library and PEN America Teaming Up to Train High School Students to Defend Against Book Bans, Promote the Freedom to Read https://pen.org/press-release/brooklyn-public-library-and-pen-america-teaming-up-to-train-high-school-students-to-defend-against-book-bans-promote-the-freedom-to-read/
Lisa Miller Awakened awareness When I think of awakened awareness, I think of the iconic painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of God giving life to Adam. So are we given life,…
Uncategorized Community Groups Sponsored by the Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance These groups offer space for connection and conversation growing out of the themes in the devotional journal Colors of Hope. Not a formal book study. Not a business meeting. Learn more…
Uncategorized “From January 6 to Ephesians 6: Strengthening the Pillars of American Democracy” by Adelle M. Banks https://religionnews.com/2023/01/09/cornel-west-robert-george-mark-jan-6-anniversary-with-call-for-courageous-leaders/
Adam Grant Most of life isn’t zero-sum If politics can be fertile ground for givers, it’s possible that givers can succeed in any job. Whether giving is effective, though, depends on the particular kind of exchange in…
Uncategorized Trail of Tears by Taylor Holbrook https://blog.reformedjournal.com/2023/01/03/trail-of-tears/
Patty Krawec Indian boarding schools Indian boarding schools were an attempt by the governments of the United States and Canada to change the language, religion, and social structure of Indigenous societies and homogenize everyone into…
Willie Dwayne Francois III Honest, consistent, collective speech The one who practices racial truth-telling affects others by sharing “as directly as possible what he actually believes.” Racial truth-telling assumes the speaking person owns their words and intends for…
Jennifer Garcia Bashaw Women as Scapegoats Society continues to separate women out as scapegoats by consigning them to gender-role stereotypes - the virgin, the shrew, the wife, the widow, the whore, the witch, and many more.…
Uncategorized She led two historic victories for abortion rights – by persuading Republicans https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/01/rachel-sweet-abortion-victories-kentucky-kansas-republicans
Uncategorized Why the Past Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
