The Case for Asylum in These Less Than United States
(Common Dreams) In late March, I sat in the gallery of the Supreme Court for the first time in my life. Throughout my 30 years of grassroots anti-poverty work, I’ve joined countless protests and vigils outside the Court. In 2018, I was even arrested and held in detention for praying on its palatial steps.
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Please join us this Sunday, August 16th, as we continue to observe Black August at Freedom Church of the Poor.
The Freedom Church of the Poor stands in the long tradition of freedom movements that understood spirituality and social transformation as inseparable. From the spirituals sung by enslaved Africans, to the freedom songs of the Civil Rights Movement, to the prayers rising from prison cells, labor strikes, migrant communities, welfare rights struggles, and rebellion in the streets, faith has sustained generations of organizers, revolutionaries, artists, workers, and everyday people fighting for collective liberation. We honor the sacred traditions that have nourished movements for justice — Black church traditions, liberation theology, Indigenous spiritual practices, Islam, Buddhism, ancestral practices, and the many ways oppressed people have called upon spirit to survive, heal, and organize.
Grounded in the lessons of the Watts Uprising, the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, the Original Rainbow Coalition, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, welfare rights organizing, labor struggles, and freedom movements across the globe, this Black August series seeks to strengthen moral and political leadership for this moment. We believe that the fight against mass incarceration cannot be separated from the fight for immigrant justice. We believe that democracy cannot exist while millions are denied housing, healthcare, living wages, safety, and political representation. We believe that solidarity across communities is not optional — it is necessary for survival and transformation.
As we gather in worship, study, cultural expression, testimony, and collective reflection, we lift up the legacy of those who came before us and prepare ourselves for the struggles ahead. We come together not only to remember, but to build. Not only to mourn, but to organize. Not only to resist, but to imagine and create a society rooted in dignity, justice, beloved community, and liberation for all people.
Tonight’s service will spotlight the cultural organizing work of Songs in the Key Of Resistance (SKOR), featuring song leaders from across the country.
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