Faith & Politics Project Dispatch #1
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We are a team of Harvard graduate students committed to working towards a society in which people from religious, spiritual, and secular walks of life collaborate to build a more just world. Our team comes from diverse religious and academic backgrounds, but we all share a passion for the intersection of religion and progressive politics.
The Faith & Politics Project aims to create a space for interfaith dialogue and action with roots in religious traditions, social justice, and progressive politics.
We are thrilled you are joining us in this journey! As our project continues to evolve, so will our newsletter. For our first edition, we offer a taste of the content we hope to be producing.
This Week in the News: Religion and the Vaccine
How are different religious communities responding to the COVID-19 vaccine?
Do Catholic responses to stem cell-derived COVID-19 vaccines open a door to a new era in health care for LGBTQ+ and others? by Marianne Duddy-Burke, Religion Dispatch.
Sikh leaders celebrate upcoming holiday with vaccine clinic, by Danica Kirka, Religion News Service.
White Evangelical resistance is obstacle in vaccination effort, by Elisabeth Dias and Ruth Graham, New York Times.
Our Interviews with Activists
Sophie Siegel-Warren: Prayer, Protest, and Immigration Justice: a conversation with an immigration justice activist at Never Again Action about ICE abolitionism, theater, and Jewish visions of justice.
Jeff Bissoy-Mattis: New Media and Racial Justice: a discussion of the intersections of race, religion, and immigrant identity, and how those identities inform the work of Black producers of media.
Rabbi Lori Koffman: The Jewish Case for Reproductive Rights: a conversation with the former Board VP at the National Council of Jewish Women about reproductive justice in Jewish law.
Job Opportunities in the Community:
Faith in New Jersey - Community Organizer
Faith in Action - Climate Equity Organizer
New Mexico Communities In Action & Faith - Donor Development Manager
Faith in Public Life - Leadership Development Director
Keshet - Chief Communications Officer
The Queer Muslim Project - Business Development Intern
We would love to hear your thoughts about this first newsletter as we continue to develop the Faith & Politics Project. Please contact us at faithandpoliticsproject@gmail.com to let us know what you think about the content we’ve shared and what you would like to see in the future. And, of course, if you haven’t already subscribed you can do so below!