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âHuerta wrote in an online essay: âCesarâs actions do not reflect the values of our community and our movement. The farmworker movement has always been bigger and far more important than any one individual.ââ
MY LATEST âŚ@latimes⊠COLUMNA: And just like that, the Cesar Chavez myth is punctured. What's next? latimes.com/california/storyâŚ
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Update: The Chicago clergy letter decrying ICE's actions and voicing a willingness on the part of clergy to put their "bodies on the line" to protest ICE has reached 250 signatures â and now includes multiple evangelical pastors/leaders of evangelical institutions in the area.
21 Oct 2025
NEW: 200 Chicago-area clergy â Protestants, Catholics, evangelicals â have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants, saying, "What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/âŚ
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20 Oct 2025
ICYMI: For years, faith groups have applied for a special govt program to help secure worship spaces.
But Trumpâs DHS changed the conditions â such as apparently requiring grant recipients to cooperate with ICE.
Now, faith groups are voicing outrage. religionnews.com/2025/10/17/âŚ
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7 Oct 2025
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.
Three say they've been shot w/pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/âŚ
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âThis is domestic terror, in my opinion,â the Rev. Tanya Lopez told RNS in June, following an incident with masked agents in her church parking lot. âI donât feel safe.â
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6 Aug 2025
Iâm joining @TheOpEdProject's #WriteToChangeTheWorld workshop, because this is how we change who writes history. If youâd like to join me, register here (scholarships available): theopedproject.org/seminars
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The Louisville Institute is accepting applications for their 2025-2026 grant and fellowship programs âĄď¸ in support of religious and theological studies conducted by pastors, scholars, and researchers. Explore the details/deadlines under the programs tab. louisville-institute.org/proâŚ
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2 Jul 2025
A reminder that submissions for American Religion's 2025 dissertation prize are due August 30, 2025!
Below, hear 2024 winner Kelsey Alejandra Moore describe her dissertation, "What the Dead Witnessed: Clearing Black Knowledges in Jim Crow South Carolina":
youtu.be/qxgO2F_y5-A
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4 Jun 2025
Running it back with Judith Brunton now that the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup finals once again! Check out our article in @ConversationUS
theconversation.com/loyal-toâŚ
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2 Jun 2025
Baltimore Historian Discovers Family Secrets in Researching Her Memoir. In 'The Trouble of Color,' Martha S. Jones comes to terms with her complicated heritage nextavenue.org/baltimore-hisâŚ
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đŁBryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Open until filled. sssreligion.org/announcementâŚ
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16 May 2025
When asked, I had to share my thoughts on @UWMadison granting an honorary doctorate to the architect of one of this country's most restrictive pieces of immigration legislation. Really a head-scratching move.
16 May 2025
Jim Sensenbrenner, who introduced the Patriot Act in 2001 and a controversial immigration reform bill in 2005, was honored Friday with an honorary doctorate from the Universtiy of Wisconsin, sparking backlash from immigrant rights advocates. buff.ly/inXGyW3
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8 May 2025
Come ye, come ye!!
8 May 2025
Join us TODAY (5/8) at 5:00pm for Lloyd Barba (Amherst) on "A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement." Wallis Annenberg Conference Room (SSMS 4315). See website for details. Free and open to all!
cappscenter.ucsb.edu/news/evâŚ
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5 May 2025
Here it is!!
5 May 2025
So proud of this co-written piece, put together with my compa @ElProfeBarba, in the latest edition of @DissentMag. We review the history of the sanctuary movement and what it means for faith-based migrant justice movements today.
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5 May 2025
An honor to work on this w/ @SMGonzalezWI
5 May 2025
Our spring issue, Border Politics, is out today!
dissentmagazine.org/issue/spâŚ
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Come check it out!
4 May 2025
Join us on 5/8 at 5:00pm for Lloyd Barba (Amherst) on "A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement." Wallis Annenberg Conference Room (SSMS 4315). See website for details. Free and open to all!
cappscenter.ucsb.edu/news/evâŚ
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Join us on 5/8 at 5:00pm for Lloyd Barba (Amherst) on "A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement." Wallis Annenberg Conference Room (SSMS 4315). See website for details. Free and open to all!
cappscenter.ucsb.edu/news/evâŚ
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11 Apr 2025
Grateful for this opportunity to finish my next book âA Refuge of Resistance: A History of the US Sanctuary Movementâ đ
acls.org/news/american-councâŚ
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