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“The Black church carries a prophetic obligation to name harm and demand remedy.”

Chelsea Fuller and Takara Pierce issue this call as the Christian Nationalist Right uses America’s 250th anniversary to promote a White, heterosexual, wealthy, male, and Christian nation—while recruiting Black and brown Christians to support a vision that excludes them.

That recruitment is expanding because Christian Nationalism excels at making a exclusionary political project feel like an expression of communal faith.

Take, for example, a single working mother who has repeatedly heard that having children outside marriage is sinful. She may see her financial hardship as punishment for a moral failure—not as the result of low wages or unaffordable housing.

That explanation can obscure the structural forces shaping her life. It also can influence her beliefs about poverty, reproductive healthcare, immigration, and political leadership.

Fuller and Pierce argue that progressive narratives often focus on Christian Nationalism’s most extreme White evangelical expressions while missing how the ideology moves through Black and brown faith communities.

Christian Nationalism cannot be defeated only as a political ideology. It must also be confronted at its foundational storytelling about faith, suffering, and who belongs in America’s future.

✍🏽: Chelsea Fuller (@chelcglenn) and Takara Pierce (@takarapierce)
🔗: In bio and comments

#WeTheCivic #ChristianNationalism #BlackFaith

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The Black church’s tradition was born out of resistance and hope, held at the same time. That’s why the Voices of Repair campaign (@blackalderlabs) is so important — to highlight what it means to repair a nation still wrestling with its original sins.

Faith ancestors didn’t just survive, they built. They organized. They declared that this nation owed them something and refused to let it forget. Repair is not a new conversation. It is the conversation the Black Church has been having since its founding. And it’s the conversation faith leaders are continuing today.

To repair is to honor their legacy as America approaches 250 years of a promise still being realized.

Learn more and listen to the faith leaders preaching about repair throughout July and August at VoicesOfRepair.org/

#VoiceOfRepair #WeekOfRepair #RepairIs

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This week, the #WeTheCivic narrative movement grows more powerful.

We are proud to welcome four organizations whose work reminds us that civic life is built not just in legislatures and town halls — but in courtrooms, classrooms, newsrooms, and communities fighting to be seen and heard.

@counterstream_media is a nonprofit media organization using journalism and storytelling to center the voices of frontline communities — especially Black, Indigenous, and communities of color — in the fight for climate and environmental justice. They don't just cover these stories. They shift who gets to tell them.

@law4blacklives is a national network of over 6,000 radical lawyers, law students, and legal workers of color building legal infrastructure that follows the lead of organizers — not the other way around. They are the Black femme-led legal arm of the Black liberation movement.

@blackalderlabs is a social impact lab developing innovative tools and practices to build narrative, social, and cultural power — including groundbreaking work on trauma-informed journalism and what it costs communities when their stories are extracted rather than honored.

@themavencollaborative works across the advocacy, research and narrative change spaces to create a different future. It imagines a world in which we all have what we need, where the only labor is that of love. Our worth is inherent, we are bound to each other by our human connection and not segregated by our perceived worth based on the market value of what we produce for others.

This is what civic power looks like. What coalition-building looks like.

We are honored to be in it together.

#WeTheCivic #America250 #solidarity #socialjustice #nonprofitleadership #blackleadership #powerbuilding

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As we prepare for the inaugural Pillars of the Press, we’re incredibly grateful to the organizations and individuals who invested in this vision and helped us create a meaningful experience for our honorees and community.

Thank you for helping us give our legends their flowers.

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@teenvogue has been a home for some of the most critical stories of the past decade. As media strategists and storytellers, we are deeply saddened by this news.

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🎉 Big News Announcement! 🎉 We are thrilled to share the incredible achievement of our Co-founder and Executive Director, Bridgette Simpson! 🙌🏾

🌟 Bridgette is being appointed as the first-ever justice-impacted person to the City of Atlanta’s Human Relations Commission! 🏛️ This historic appointment comes after being nominated by Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman.

📅 Join us in celebrating this momentous occasion on Monday, August 7, 2023, at 11:00 AM, at 55 Trinity Avenue Larry M. Dingle Committee Room.
You can also watch the live event here: https://bit.ly/Bri-Appointment
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#Congratulations #MilestoneAchievement #JusticeForAll #CityofAtlanta #HumanRelationsCommission #HistoryInTheMaking #MakingAnImpact #SocialJustice #Empowerment #Trailblazer #Leadership #CommunityEngagement #Changemaker #Inspiration #BreakingBarriers #Equity #RepresentationMatters #DiversityandInclusion #WeAreProud #SupportingChange #Gratitude #BridgetteSimpson #AtlantaCityCouncil #DougShipman #BeTheChange #WitnessTheMoment

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Black Alder Labs, our first 501c3 project, is coming very soon 👀

We’ve been working hard to bring this project to life, and we are so excited to build beautiful things with our community.

Stay tuned 🔊

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