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A Reflection from Wendy

Wendy served as Staff Associate at the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) from 2012-2013 through the Loretto Volunteer Program. Going into WATER for the first time, I had a very vague picture of what my work was to be. Not for lack of trying. I had spent a great deal of time on […]

March 4 WATERtalk with Jann Aldredge-Clanton

WATERtalks: Feminist Conversations in Religion Series  “She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World” With Jann Aldredge-Clanton Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 1 PM EST  Jann Aldredge-Clanton is an ordained minister, author, teacher, and chaplain. She currently serves as adjunct professor at Perkins School of Theology and Richland Community College, Dallas, Texas. She also serves as co-chair of […]

A Consultation Reflection

By Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA I wanted to share some very early reflections on what happened when I asked the DignityUSA network to mobilize around the “LGBT Black Bodies Matter” solidarity action brought to us by Yvette [Flunder] and Ann [Craig] (and thanks to Sharon [Groves] for ensuring we did not miss this!). […]

Amplifying Marginalized Voices Interviews

Amplifying Marginalized Voices is a clearinghouse established by WATER to share articles and media among feminist religious thinkers and activists for the advancement of equality for all. The following interviews with activists from around the country about what it means to amplify marginalized voices were conducted at the December 2014 Consultation near Baltimore, Maryland. Marianne […]

Press Release: Black LGBT Religious Leaders Act with Historically Black Churches: “Black Bodies Matter”

LGBT Black Christians and faith leaders join tens of thousands of historically Black congregations/denominations and allies to wear black to church on Sunday, December 14 in response to police brutality: “Black LGBT bodies must matter, too!” Spokespersons – Bishop Yvette Flunder, Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM) – Rev. Elder Darlene Garner,Director […]

Faith Doesn’t Need Walls: A Conversation with Kate Kelly by Kate Stoltzfus

Originally posted in Feminism & Religion When Kate Kelly faced excommunication from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in June 2014, much of the world took notice. The D.C.-based human rights lawyer garnered wide-spread attention for founding Ordain Women, a movement to push for advocacy of female ordination in her Mormon faith. A […]