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Cat reflects on the 'Ace & Faith' event hosted in Ace Week 2025 with Ace Space LDN.

Our panel came from a variety of faith backgrounds, each sharing elements of their personal stories. 💜🩶

Read the full blog: buff.ly/wXu3nfm

The event was recorded, and we’ll be sharing more content soon 👀
‘I am what God made me’ Reflections on the SCM X Ace Space LDN ‘Ace and Faith’ Panel | Student Christian Movement
After hosting the 'Ace & Faith' Event with Ace Space LDN, Cat reflections on the discussions had. The event was a beuatiful display of unity and Ace joy as we started an important conversation but…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🕊️ Our Faith in Action worker Cat attended the Sabeel-Kairos 'From Lament to Liberation' conference - a powerful call to keep standing for Palestinian freedom and dignity.

As Rev’d Ashraf Tannous reminded us: Jesus never stayed silent against injustice. 🇵🇸
Three people stand indoors holding signs that read “Gaza Faces – Not Just Numbers.” Behind them are hanging banners covered in embroidered text. The atmosphere appears reflective and somber. A person holds up a Sabeel-Kairos leaflet that reads “Taking Action for Palestine” inside a church hall filled with seated attendees. The card also shows a prayer asking, “My God, my God, why did you leave Gaza?” People gather outside a church in a peaceful protest organized by Sabeel-Kairos, calling for justice and solidarity with Palestine. A group gathers outdoors in a public square for a solidarity event. Participants form a circle, holding posters and a long white rope with red ribbon tied on to remember lives lost.
October 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Tomorrow 👀

Issue 172 is jam-packed, including an interview with @revlizzie.bsky.social,
reflections from SCM members on the life and legacy of Walter Bruggemann, finding the divine in the everyday, and how waiting shapes our faith, plus the latest updates from the movement!
A yellow background, with a headline reading "movement, the magazine for Christian students". Below is the front page of the latest issue of movement magazine, which includes the words "everyday theology" over an illustration of four young people sat around a table chatting and eating. Along the bottom are blurbs for some articles in the magazine which read "Interview with Rev Lizzie McManus-Dail, in conversation with Melody Lewis page 12", "God in the group chat, reimagining faith for a digital world, page 21", "The divine in the everyday, reflections from SCM members, page 34", "Put your money where your faith is, how theology affects consumer habits, page 41".
October 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I utterly adore that there's a Venn diagram of Quakers and lesbians at a protest. Thanks @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social!

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Why are Quakers always at protests?
From campaigns for climate justice to protests against war, Rhiannon Grant takes a look at why it's not uncommon to see Quakers marching with a banner.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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We're hosting Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas later this month! Yes, THE Kelly Brown Douglas - one of the most important living Womanist theologians.

I am actually beyond excited about this, so please sign up! Online at 7pm on the 28th Oct.

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Black History Month lecture with Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas (28-Oct-2025)
Join us for our annual Black History Month lecture, featuring the trailblazing Womanist theologian, Rev Dr Kelly Brown Douglas.The Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Ph.D. is currently the visiting professor o...
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October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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📢 New on the SCM blog:

“The UN Has Spoken: Understanding the UN’s Gaza Genocide Ruling” by Lizzy Norman‑Sargent

With a background in genocide studies and political theory, Lizzy reflects on what this means, why it matters, and why silence is not an option.

Read here: buff.ly/GtDZbm2
A faded photo of destroyed buildings in Gaza in the background. In the foregroup, the UN and Palestine flags overlap each other. Words read "The UN has spoken: Understanding the UN's Gaza Genocide Ruling"
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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🎉 Meet Cat!
Demisexual theatre-lover, MA Politics grad + SCM’s Faith in Action Project Worker.

She’s hosting Ace & Faith with Ace Space LDN 💜🩶

📅 22 Oct, 7:30–9:30pm (online)
🔗 Sign up free: buff.ly/BY4h37F

Come for the stories, stay for the community. ✨
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🎉 Meet Rachel!
Asexual researcher, choral singer + PhD grad in digital health.

She’s joining us for Ace & Faith with @AceSpaceLDN 💜🩶

📅 22 Oct, 7:30–9:30pm (online)
🔗 Sign up free: buff.ly/BY4h37F

That’s our full panel - see you there! ✨
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🎉 Meet Aryam! Aroace + queer Kuwaiti refugee, writer, poet + community organiser with a focus on Domestic Violence + decoloniality.
Excited to share her story for Ace & Faith 💜🩶

📅 22 Oct, 7:30–9:30pm, online
🔗 Free sign-up: buff.ly/BY4h37F

More panellists coming soon! 👀
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🎉 Meet Gaby! AceSpaceLDN organiser, former librarian and local government worker. Excited to share her story for Ace & Faith 💜🩶

📅 22 Oct, 7:30-9:30pm, online
🔗 Free sign-up: buff.ly/BY4h37F

More panellists coming soon! 👀
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🎉 Meet Abigail, our first panellist ! Chair of Trustees at SCM, PhD student, and aroace. Excited to have her share her story for Ace & Faith with Ace Space LDN 💜🩶

📅 Weds 22 Oct, 7:30-9:30pm, online via Teams
🔗 Sign up FREE: buff.ly/BY4h37F

More panellists coming soon - stay tuned! 👀
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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💜🩶 Ace Week 2025 is just around the corner and we're teaming up with Ace Space LDN for a special panel on Ace and Faith.

📆 Weds 22 Oct
🕐 7:30–9:30pm
🔗 Microsoft Teams — sign up FREE: buff.ly/Z05GLmD

Hear from asexual people of faith as they share their journeys, questions, and hope.
Ace and Faith - Real Stories, Sacred Journeys | Student Christian Movement
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September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Cat shares their top five tips for your first protest. Whether you are a protest newbie or a seasoned pro, she hopes these tips will set you up for a successful day of activism!🪧✊

Read the full blog at:
Top Tips for your first protest: Practical advice for showing up, speaking out & staying safe. | Student Christian Movement
In this blog, I share some practical tips for anyone preparing to attend their first protest. From knowing your rights and what to pack, to finding community and looking after your wellbeing, these…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Cat shares what it was like to step into their first protest, what she learned, and how it helped her see protest as an expression of faith, community, and justice 🪧 ✊
My First Protest: Reflections from the Front Line at the DSEI Arms Fair | Student Christian Movement
Before I started my role as Faith in Action Project Worker, I wasn’t someone who regularly attended large-scale, public demonstrations. This is for several reasons, but predominantly because the…
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September 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Check out our new resource for Asking Important People Difficult Questions:
Asking Important People Difficult Questions | Student Christian Movement
How do we reach the 'people at the top'? How do we ask desicion makers important questions? Sometimes an e-mail hits the spot, but it's not the only way to reach people and ask questions. This…
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September 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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👋We want to say goodbye and good luck to Naomi, Phoebe, and Soph as they begin their new journeys.

We will miss you all!
August 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📢 Going to uni in September? Already got a student bank account?

💷 Here are some tips for switching and choosing an ethical bank. Ignore those 'perks' and choose something that aligns with your values!

🕊️Check out our bank switching resource for more information: buff.ly/qFxoWOL
On a white background, images related to banking surround text on a green smudge which reads: Tips for choosing an ethical student bank. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The title on a green smudge reads: what to avoid. The body of the text reads: look out for 'perks' from high street banks. Many of the big banks will have perks to draw you in, whether this is railcards cash or discounts. There is then a table which shows banks, their perks and their ethical concerns Text reads: if you're with one of the UK's major banks- barclays, santander, natwest, lloyds bank, halifax- you should consider switching- The ethical consumer guide. The text reads Here are a few examples of ethical banks which offer student accounts. Nationwide is a building society which is not only ethical but offers a couple of perks for its student current account. The co-op also comes in the top three of the ethical consumers guide, and offers student accounts. Under the co-operative bank logo it reads: Regularly polls customers and stakeholders for a customer led ethical policy. Has a customer union that holds the bank to account: Save Our Bank. Committed to not financing fossil fuels. Works to protect human rights and equality, both in the UK and abroad. Interest free over draft One year to pay off your overdraft after you finish your course, without any interest. Under the nationwide logo it reads: £100 cash. Just Eat vouchers (worth £120 a year). No charges for using debit card abroad Second place in the ethical consumers guide to current accounts. Building society not a bank Pays all its employees a living wage.
August 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Last year for #DisabilityHistoryMonth we ran a pop-up campaign of Honest Church all about disability access for communities. As part of this, SCM's Access and Inclusion Rep, Sorrel, created an access toolkit for SCM communities, to help them look at and improve their inclusion of disabled members ⬇️
Disability access & Honest Church. Access toolkit for SCM communities.
August 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Looking for a new role where you can make a huge difference?

SCM are looking to hire a Senior Administrator to lead the administration function of our small but mighty charity 💪🏼

Applications close this Thursday 7th August at 12noon. Find out more and apply at buff.ly/D9Vjf0c 🌈❤️
a photo of smiling SCM members at the National Gathering. 'Come and join our team!'
August 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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📖New blog! Our friend Rosie from @justmoneymvt has written a blog all about how you can be an activist through your pension! Read the blog on our website, and download the resource we have created with JustMoney! buff.ly/iHhaGyQ
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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👣 Peace Pilgrimage to DSEI
📅 01 - 08 Sep 2025
📍 A walking pilgrimage from Oxford to the EXCEL centre in London.
Walking for peace, in witness against the DSEI arms fair.
Get the key details and register: buff.ly/y5dp9OC
On a green background the words Peace Pilgrimage in large font. Then on blue and white swirls it reads: Oxford to London September 1-8 2025. There is an image of a walking boot, and a link to the website: peacepilgrimage.org.uk
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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✨WE'RE HIRING! ✨

Are you a highly-organised, unflappable administrator with the ability to manage competing priorities in a timely manner? We're looking for someone to lead the administration function of our small but mighty charity 💪

Interested? Head to buff.ly/W1qRrud to find out more & apply!
Come and join our team! The Senior Administrator role is now open for applications: head to movement.org.uk/vacancies. A photo of four SCM members smiling and laughing.
July 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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In this episode of the podcast we are joined by Charlotte, the director of @sabeelkairosuk and Matthew from FaithJustice, to discuss Palestine, the Arms Trade and UK complicity. ❤️💚🖤🤍Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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📢 Call out!

We are making an archive of resources, books, and videos exploring theology and what brought us to our progressive and inclusive views. We need you to send suggestions of what helped you!

Email us at john@movement.org.uk or DM us on Instagram ✊🕊️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
A cartoon of protesters on a white background surrounded by a rainbow border. The text reads; call out! Affirming archive. How have you formed your views as a progressive christian? What articles/books/documentaries have helped form your ideas on: women in ministry, LGBTQIA+ rights in church, race and equality. Please share with us the resources that paint a picture of your progressive theology for our affirming archive. email John at: john@movement.org.ukk. or DM us on Instagram @studentchristianmovement
July 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Swipe for an update on our Disability Campaign group from SCM Member Sorrel! ➡️

If you're a student who is passionate about social justice, DM us to join our Disability Rights Campaign WhatsApp 💌
If one part suffers, the other parts suffer with it: An update on the SCM Disability Campaigns Group. "In SCM we have many disabled members, as well as members who are carers. We are also, as a movement, inspired to work for social justice. To this end, we recently created a Disability Rights Campaign group. Our original aim for the group was to campaign against the PIP and Universal Credit bill that was proposed to significantly reduce support available to disabled people, but I hope that we can continue to work as a group to support each other and to work on other causes as they come up." At the bottom of the page are two simple illustrations, one showing a brown woman with a prosthetic leg pushing another brown woman in a wheelchair. The other illustration shows two pale yellow people using a megaphone and shaking their fists. "Over the last few months, before the now-renamed Universal Credit bill was passed, we worked together to write two open letters, to Liz Kendall (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) and Rachel Reeves (Chancellor of the Exchequer). We explained our concerns about the Green Paper released in advance of the bill, and our objections to the proposed bill itself, in both practical and faith-based terms. We also shared some personal stories from members regarding how the proposed cuts would affect us." Two illustrations show a "hidden disabilities" lanyard, and two pale pink people holding a placard and a megaphone. They look to be on a protest. We are glad that the small part we played in the overall campaign against the cuts has contributed to the changes to PIP being removed from the bill and set to be reviewed. However, we are disappointed and concerned that the cuts for new disabled claimants of Universal Credit were passed, as this will seriously impact some of the most vulnerable disabled people and families in our society. Personally, I’m very glad that we have been able to bring this campaign group together, and I hope we will continue to live out our faith through working to support each other and disabled people more generally. Sorrel - SCM Member
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM