Written by Wayne Duvenage // The public protest against the introduction of an electronic tolling (eToll) system to finance an urban freeway upgrade in Gauteng - South Africa’s economic hub - is regarded as the biggest and most successful civil disobedience campaign since democracy in 1994. But how did an unjust eToll system come into … Continue reading When Civil Disobedience Becomes Necessary: The eToll Debacle
Accompaniment, Direct Action, and Deportation: A Conversation with Noah Rubin-Blose
A Conversation with Noah Rubin-Blose // Background: On November 23rd, 2018 Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an immigrant from Mexico who had been living in sanctuary at CityWell church for 11 months, was arrested by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) during a trap appointment at a U.S. Immigration Services office in Morrisville, North Carolina. 28 people of the many … Continue reading Accompaniment, Direct Action, and Deportation: A Conversation with Noah Rubin-Blose
The Field-work of Reconciliation: Land, Healing, and Agrarian Theology
Written by Julia Sendor // I am a white farmer, farming on land that was given as a gift, by a black farmer, to be a space for neighbors to come together after an unsolved murder in their community. “Healing divisions by growing food together” – that’s the mission of our work at Anathoth Community … Continue reading The Field-work of Reconciliation: Land, Healing, and Agrarian Theology
Making Peace Contagious: A conversation with Marcus McAllister
A conversation with Marcus McAllister // Interviewed by Johanna Depenthal, SC Co-founder SC: Violence is often seen as an inevitable result of conflict. How do you make a distinction between conflict and violence in your work with Cure Violence? Marcus: One of the things that we do is we look at violence being the root … Continue reading Making Peace Contagious: A conversation with Marcus McAllister
Speech Therapy and Self-Advocacy: A Conversation with Sarah Kenny
A conversation with Sarah Kenny // SC: Hello Sarah, thank you for joining us! Can you tell us a little about Speech Pathology? Sarah: Sure! I think Speech Pathology is a field that a lot of people don’t quite understand unless they’ve had an interaction with a speech pathologist. We work with speech and language … Continue reading Speech Therapy and Self-Advocacy: A Conversation with Sarah Kenny