February on Freedom Road
Standing for Mutual Thriving
Standing for Mutual Thriving
The Global Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages @gcpilgrimages officially began February 14th in Australia.
Lisa went live with Jarrod McKenna and Shane Claiborne as Jarrod walked in Melbourne in the first pilgrimage of this global movement.
See what Lisa had to say and then watch the video below:
In response to the plausible genocide taking place in Gaza, where more than 100,000 people have been killed, injured or are missing under rubble, Christians and people of faith in 97 cities in 15 countries are committing to engage in public prophetic witness from Ash Wednesday through Good Friday.
Participants are walking the length of Gaza from Gaza City to Rafah in solidarity with the people of Gaza. It will be a spiritual pilgrimage, meant to cleanse our hearts of the addiction to empire.
Listen in on my convo with @jarrodmckenna, organizer of Melbourne, Australia GCP, which launched today, and @shane.claiborne who I’m partnering with to organize the Philadelphia GCP!
Join Lisa, Shane and a host of local and national justice leaders on any one or all of the legs of the Holy Week Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage across Philadelphia (4 miles per day) from The Liberty Bell to Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest distributor of military weapons—many of which have been used to commit genocide in Gaza.
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Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages and Pilgrimage for Peace
On the Freedom Road Substack
Build a Better World
2024 Subscriber Calls
Fly
Truth-Telling is the Work of Right Now
On the Freedom Road Podcast
Global Writers Group
Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages and Pilgrimage for Peace
On February 14, @freedomroad.us @gcpilgrimages and faith leaders, activists, and artists representing over 30 organizations launched @apilgrimageforpeace from Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Rooted in the long tradition of peace walks, The Pilgrimage for Peace traveled for a week, bringing the message of ceasefire to the White House and urging President Biden to call for an end to the war on Gaza, unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza, and the release of the remaining Israeli civilian hostages and Palestinians held captive by Israel.
Moved by our conscience, we stand united to address the ongoing tragedy in Gaza, where the death toll has reached over 30,000. As we continue to mourn the loss of Israeli lives on October 7, we firmly believe that responding to violence with more violence is not the solution. It is our collective responsibility to advocate for a peaceful resolution and uphold the principles of justice and compassion.
It was truly beautiful and powerful to walk the Philadelphia leg of the pilgrimage with @lsarsour @shane.claiborne @arielelysegold @ministter @thenewevangelicals @copeytwo @ldcallahan5 @fhunscripted @greentherev @vashtimckenzie @hindusforhumanrights @drpaulzeitz @rabbis4ceasefire and so many others!
Learn more about the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages and particiapte in a city near you:
On the Freedom Road Substack
[LIVE PODCAST] Freedom Road & InVerse Presents: GazaCeasefirePilgrimage.com
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A message from Jarrod McKenna of co-host of Inverse Podcast: A New Zealander James Harris set out with a mustard seed of faith and walked the length of Gaza to fundraise for relief and refugees while calling for a ceasefire. The next day he rang me (Jarrod) and asked would I be interested in doing a walk too. I responded, “Mate, I think the world would be…
Build a Better World: A Learning Community from Freedom Road
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Fly
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There is a Truth That Can Heal Us...
Less than a month ago, we released the video of the new anthem, “Fly (aka Fortune’s Song)” to the world, announcing that “there is a truth that can heal us if we let it.” We have been overwhelmed and astounded by the response to the song! The video has been shown in communities around the world to inspire people to lean into the call of truth-telling a…
Truth-Telling is the Work of Right Now
As we find ourselves in a pivotal moment in the history of both our nation and the church, truth-telling is the call of the moment. For a limited time (now - April 2024) Lisa is offering discounted speaking rates for truth-tellers like you!
Talk Title: “Truth-Telling is the Work of Right Now”
In a world that hungers for honesty and clarity, Lisa's talk delves into the pressing need for all of us to seek, listen to and tell the truth about who we are as a nation and as the church. With intimacy, humor and power Lisa models her truth-telling process by sharing her own quest to untangle her family’s 300 year story on American soil. She addresses the urgency of this moment, emphasizing how authentic storytelling can catalyze positive change. Lisa's powerful and engaging delivery leaves a lasting impact on her audiences, inspiring paradigm shifts that catalyze change.
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On the Freedom Road Podcast this Month
[Subscriber only] Bad Faith Documentary
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This episode we are joined by the filmmakers of the newly released and riveting documentary, “Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy.” Director Stephen Ujlaki has produced more than 25 feature films, made-for-television movies and documentaries, and served as dean of the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television. With 10 years of directing and producing experience in Hollywood, Chris Jones, co-directed the film.
[Subscriber only] God and Country
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In this critical election year where the most dedicated base for the GOP candidate is a rising tide of White Christian Nationalism within the evangelical community, we must take the time to understand it. So, we invited the producer/director of God & Country
Freedom Road Podcast: The 100 Year's War on Palestine with Dr. Rashid Khalidi
As ethnic cleansing and plausible genocide grip Gaza, we ask, “What’s going on? And how did we get here?” Our guest for this episode is Dr. Rashid Khalidi. He is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, and was President of the Middle East Studies Association, and an advisor to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. He is author of almost a dozen books, the latest one being The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917- 2017 which we will be talking with him about today.
Global Writer’s Group
Since April of 2020 as the world closed down, the Global Writer’s Group has been meeting via zoom every Saturday, with time off only for Christmas and New Years. Early in our time together, Lisa Sharon Harper charged the group with the task of “writing a new world into existence” and over time we have truly seen this in action. We have taken on the task of changing the world, and of course what changed first was ourselves. We as a group have become better writers over this time, but also better people, finding true community in the sacred sharing of ourselves with each other and the world.
We accept members on a rolling basis: it’s never too late to join the community. Prepare to find your life changed for the better as you sharpen your writing skills and prepare to bring your words to the world.
Collectively, we have published six books, have several writers who’ve recently become agented and/or are under contract for upcoming books, and many, many journal articles over the past three years with several more books in the works.
The Narrative Gap, as coined by Lisa Sharon Harper, is the distance between the stories that we tell ourselves about ourselves, including how we got here and what it will take to make things right. In our world today, competing narratives vie for our loyalty, dividing society and the church, therefore making justice impossible. Our mission is help communities shrink the narrative gap, by identifying core issues and building community capacity so they might work toward common solutions for a just world. Here on the Freedom Road Substack, we can converse together on ways to shrink that narrative gap and help ensure everyones’ stories are told.
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