We are SACReD
SACReD is a national alliance of multiracial, multifaith, multiethnic, mixed gender and sexual identity religious leaders, congregations, movement organizations, activists, academics, and directly impacted communities collaborating to advance Reproductive Justice through congregational education, culture change, community building, and direct service.
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Now What?
Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams, SACReD Co-Director for Movement Building Take a deep breath – this is deep work, and we need you for the long haul. Inhale. Exhale. These are the words that closed SACReD’s call to action after the draft SCOTUS opinion leaked, showing what many of us presumed would happen: the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June 2022. I repeat these words to you now in another moment filled with anxiety, uncertainty, commitment, dread, resolution, fear, dis-ease, possibility, exhaustion, and anticipation that fill our personal, communal, national, and global worlds. These are foundation-cracking times, moments that can shift…
Apocalyptic Visions, Possibilities, and Politics
Rev. Lyndsey Godwin I’ve lost track of how long I’ve been bringing up apocalypse in “polite” conversation. Often when I bring it up, I watch discomfort and anxiety creep up on people’s faces. Many folks jump directly to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, citing it as the moment of impending apocalypse. Folks name the fear of increased fascism on U.S. soil, the possibilities of violent power transitions, and potential impacts on democracy. They rightfully point to our recent history: January 6th, Charlottesville, Shelbyville, and increasing targeting, manipulative rhetoric. Behind those anxieties lie other dreads that may be harder…