[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the midterm elections a few weeks away, hard-driving candidates, red-hot issues and divisive public discourse compete for our attention. The onslaught comes all day, every day. But don’t let the drama of it distract you from the two firmest convictions that hold the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice together — shared interfaith values and
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Rev. Cari Jackson At age 14, I was raped. When I told my Mom what had happened and she called the police, and I felt raped again. Still reeling from the fear of being killed, still traumatized by being overpowered and my body forcibly entered, I felt violated again by the disbelief of
September 21, 2018 The Honorable Chuck Grassley Chairman Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Diane Feinstein Ranking Member Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate 425 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Re: Call for a full investigation of the allegations
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chauna Lawson, right, with RCRC colleagues at the Women’s March in Las Vegas in January 2018. Intersectionality is a concept that’s getting more and more attention in feminist circles, academia and journalism as our country struggles to face its many disparities. But for me, intersectionality is as much a way of life as it
September 6, 2018 RCRC Takes Action to Defeat Kavanaugh Nomination The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is raising its progressive, interfaith voice in opposition to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Our Letter to Senators In a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, we’ve expressed concerns about Kavanaugh’s commitment to two
ANTI-KAVANAUGH LETTER TO SENATORS September 5, 2018 Dear Senator: On behalf of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), we are writing to express our strong opposition to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is a broad-based, national, interfaith movement that brings the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Rev. Cari Jackson We’ve just celebrated the ninety-eighth anniversary of the 19th Constitutional Amendment. On August 26, 1920, this amendment extended voting rights to women. As a woman, I consider my right to vote vitally important. Yet, while I grew up in a black family with three brothers, our parents didn’t teach us
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Guilt Deflates, but Responsibility Empowers Yesterday’s white nationalist rally in Washington, DC, showed these deplorable supremacists as far fewer and weaker than they’d promised. That’s a positive development, but only a small one on the much deeper and longer journey to confront racism and establish social justice in our country and our communities. Rev. Dr.
