The Unsilent Church:

Reclaiming the church as a great social justice movement maker

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  • BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Uplifting Black Women’s Voices

    Day 10 Today, I am sharing a great little video about how to stand in solidarity with Black, Indigenous and other People of Color by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a Black Muslim author and activist. In her TikTok, she answers basic and practical questions about how people can live more fully into being an active anti-racist. Yasmin’s…

  • Black History Month: Uplifting Black Women’s voices

    Today I am lifting up Shyla Tre @highlyvibey on TikTok. Her video below calls for the end of the trope “Black on Black” crime. Crime happens in local communities and in our society most neighborhoods remain segregated. Therefore, victims of crime (of all races!) are often victimized by people of their own race. White victims…

  • Black History Month: Uplifting Black Women’s voices

    Today, I am lifting up Lynae Vanee who does videos every Friday afternoon on TikTok. I have been following Lynae for many months, and I find her advocacy deeply compelling. In today’s video, Lynae is asking us, particularly white people, to recognize that Black History as it is consumed through media (film, TV, etc) is…

  • Black history Month: uplifting black women’s voices

    Day 2 Today, I am highlighting Malynda Hale @malyndahaleofficial. In her short TikTok, she reminds us of the white supremacist origins of policing in the United States. Please listen to her voice. Malynda gives us a profound reminder of why teaching history in our schools is so important. History teaches us, especially those of us…

  • Black History Month: Lifting Black Women’s voices

    For Black History Month, I have decided to use my small blog platform to uplift Black women who are doing incredible work for racial justice on social media platforms. For the most part, I will be highlighting Black women from TikTok because I am indebted to them for their hard and consistent labor working for…