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We are launching a new newsletter, "Arts and Culture: Movement Superpowers" to share strategies, celebrate successes, highlight current funding and training opportunities for creatives, and propose calls to action to make the movement against authoritarianism more effective and irresistible to join.
October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We are launching a new newsletter, "Arts and Culture: Movement Superpowers" to share strategies, celebrate successes, highlight current funding and training opportunities for creatives, and propose calls to action to make the movement against authoritarianism more effective and irresistible to join.
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Watch the video of Maria’s keynote address here: youtu.be/b0olBsE84ec?...
Maria Stephan opening plenary, Pax Christi USA 2025 national conference
YouTube video by PaxChristiUSA
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Watch the video of Maria’s keynote address here: youtu.be/b0olBsE84ec?...
We unpacked the behind-the-scenes organizing that made it possible:
🫂 Years of relationship-building laid the groundwork for unlikely coalitions.
⛪️ Framing around faith, family, and fairness made space for real compromise.
📌 Tension, discomfort, and honest negotiation were all part of the process.
🫂 Years of relationship-building laid the groundwork for unlikely coalitions.
⛪️ Framing around faith, family, and fairness made space for real compromise.
📌 Tension, discomfort, and honest negotiation were all part of the process.
Lessons on Broad Based Organizing from the Utah Compromise: A BOLD Case Study
horizonsproject.us
September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We unpacked the behind-the-scenes organizing that made it possible:
🫂 Years of relationship-building laid the groundwork for unlikely coalitions.
⛪️ Framing around faith, family, and fairness made space for real compromise.
📌 Tension, discomfort, and honest negotiation were all part of the process.
🫂 Years of relationship-building laid the groundwork for unlikely coalitions.
⛪️ Framing around faith, family, and fairness made space for real compromise.
📌 Tension, discomfort, and honest negotiation were all part of the process.
Effective stories:
📌 Focus on lived experiences of injustice than abstract anti-corruption pledges
📌 Connect corruption to everyday harms like public health, education, and safety
📌 Emphasize accountability and possibility to counter fatalism and build public trust
📌 Focus on lived experiences of injustice than abstract anti-corruption pledges
📌 Connect corruption to everyday harms like public health, education, and safety
📌 Emphasize accountability and possibility to counter fatalism and build public trust
Forging Effective Corruption Narratives to Counter Democratic Erosion
Harnessing public concern over rising corruption makes sense for U.S. democracy advocates—but doing so can fuel apathy and authoritarianism unless corruption narratives also cultivate hope.
carnegieendowment.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Effective stories:
📌 Focus on lived experiences of injustice than abstract anti-corruption pledges
📌 Connect corruption to everyday harms like public health, education, and safety
📌 Emphasize accountability and possibility to counter fatalism and build public trust
📌 Focus on lived experiences of injustice than abstract anti-corruption pledges
📌 Connect corruption to everyday harms like public health, education, and safety
📌 Emphasize accountability and possibility to counter fatalism and build public trust
Check our @mariajstephan.bsky.social's full keynote presentation →
paxchristiusa.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Check our @mariajstephan.bsky.social's full keynote presentation →
🎵 Songs in the Key of Resistance (from @kairoscenter.org ):
Songs in the Key of Resistance: A Movement Songbook - Kairos Center
We Rise: A Movement Songbook draws on a rich history of social movement music, both old and new.
kairoscenter.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🎵 Songs in the Key of Resistance (from @kairoscenter.org ):
📖 Our case studies & analysis on faith and resistance: horizonsproject.us/tag/faith/
Faith Archives
horizonsproject.us
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
📖 Our case studies & analysis on faith and resistance: horizonsproject.us/tag/faith/
She also lifted up tools for action:
🧰 Our Faithful Fight Toolkits (in collab with @protectdemocracy.org): protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
🧰 Our Faithful Fight Toolkits (in collab with @protectdemocracy.org): protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
The Faithful Fight: Toolkits for countering authoritarianism - Protect Democracy
The Faithful Fight brings together strategies from religious leaders across denominations to help communities mobilize against authoritarian actions.
protectdemocracy.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
She also lifted up tools for action:
🧰 Our Faithful Fight Toolkits (in collab with @protectdemocracy.org): protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
🧰 Our Faithful Fight Toolkits (in collab with @protectdemocracy.org): protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...