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The Many Gates of Justice Are One
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Welcome <<First Name>>
Happy Holidays! We're back to 12 Days of Vision. For Day 6, we continue through the gray gate of JUSTICE. This gate acknowledges that there is not just one gate of justice but many intersections.
Read and watch as Rev. angel walks us into the gate JUSTICE to look from standpoints of livelihood, race, inclusion, how to love everyone and more.
CONTENT GUIDE:
- VISION - Learn how Rev. angels' shows up in the world.
- GIVE - Discover why you would want to GIVE.
- GET - when you give from loveStream PLUS a gift for Everyone.
- GATHER - Enter to win prizes and help us grow Rev. angel's reach!
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VISION
v i·sion /ˈviZHən/: the ability to think about or plan the future with Wisdom & Imagination (and don't forget Love and Liberation).
JUSTICE
Sitting for Justice
It is tempting to imagine that THIS is the point at which justice will be most served, whether that is the frontlines, confronting history, voting, political advocacy, direct feeding of the poor, or inspiring people to move from apathy to action.
Rev. angel knows that the many gates are One. She makes a practice of locating herself at as many different points as she can — with a hearty sense of balance that includes herself as one that deserves rest and care. Rather than seeing it as "this will make all the difference," she sees it as "this might make some difference, and in the process, I will learn about the difference between what I imagine and what is real for people. I will have a relationship to their truth — whoever "they" might be — that confronts, comingles, contradicts, and eventually transforms my truth. This is Transformative Change."
She engages both strategy — connecting in spaces where showing up fills in more blank spots of her own views — and leverage — settling in where her presence might amplify awareness and inspiration, perhaps just by being the unexpected voice. She is at turns fierce and vocal, and a steady, clear, calm. Not walking in one Way, but many, through gates that lead back to justice.
"Love and justice are not two" is one of Rev. angel Kyodo williams' most famous quotes -- hear her talk more about it on The Astral Hustle podcast with Corey Allen, at her east coast spiritual home, Brooklyn Zen Center where Buddha meets Buddha, and in relating it to Diversity and Inclusion at one of Thich Nhat Hahn's communities.
Want more on how to make radical change toward JUSTICE happen and Love Everyone in the process? Rev. angel talks with Sharon Salzberg about political activism and spiritual practice, their interplay, and what they bring to one another. Auburn Seminary's Senior Fellows is a small group of influential faith leaders who bring justice-centered faith into the public square to help meet, head-on, today’s most pressing challenges. Read the Washington Post article about how this group has been quietly Organizing The Religious Left.
- Register now for Revolutionary Love 2020: Toward a More Perfect Union in Washington DC
Read and learn more in Rev. angel's Justice library.
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#1 & 2 - Sit for 15 — a contemplative action on behalf of the Fight for 15 campaign that won in NYS and led the charge nationwide.
#3 & 4 - Rev. angel keeps her eyes up at the NYS Capitol Building in Albany before interrupting the Senate session for Fight for $15
#5 - Rev. angel and Father Richard Rohr public sit for Poor People's Campaign.
#6 - Rev. angel elucidates the concept and vision of Transformative Change at Sit For Change
#7 - Rev. angel sits for justice at Sit for Change in Berkeley, CA.
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GIVE
Rev. angel's work for JUSTICE is networked -- with leaders from faiths, with activists in intersectional movements, with frontline protest that affect everyday lives and inspired actions that seed a vision for the future -- because that's how things change in this interconnected world. Today she needs YOU TO BE PART of her network by GIVING to power her work and her message into 2020, spreading love, liberation, and justice in every direction. Your donation is tax-deductible.:
GIVE in multiples or multiplications of 12: $12, $24, $36 to $108 or $120, $1200, $12,000 or anywhere along the spectrum that feels good to you
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Rev. angel is made for these times.
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PS, Remember, when you GIVE it helps capacity-building for Rev. angel's work. To share a personal birthday offering (we know that sometimes it's personal,) you can do that here.
Share digital love notes here.
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GET
GET when you GIVE towards JUSTICE
In a monumental talk—knowing it to be the last public talk of 2019 the 400th year from the beginning of African peoples being enslaved on this land—Rev. angel opens a new avenue of her discourse on justice by addressing the necessity of the work of emancipation — "getting out of the hand that binds" — from the system. Without such work, we are not free enough to even recognize the path of liberation. Compliments of loveStream.
Give generously. Get generosity in return. (Receive by December 28.)
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IT'S BACK! Curated media from both the archivevs of 15 years of Rev. angel's teaching, speaking and leading plus newly recorded items, livestreams and behind-the-scenes.
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EVERYONE GETS:
Wear Your WISDOM: More of Rev's favorite things: If you've been to a Radical Dharma Space or seen her on national stages, you know that "love is my lineage" is her statement and prayer worn on blacklotusrising.org t-shirts. She loves to support jylani ma'at's endeavor which grew out of the love for her daughters, Janaya and Kanoni. Use discount code "REVANGEL10" (case sensitive) to GET 10% off any purchase. Holiday and forever gifts. Spread the word.
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Help us get 10K across ALL of our social and information platforms. We invite you to GATHER your friends, family, colleagues and loved ones to join her social media channels to share in the radical vision of Rev. angel. Click below OR better yet,
ENTER HERE TO WIN PRIZES for YOU and EVERYONE.
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Meet Rev. angel & catch up on the previous days in the 12 Days of Vision series
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DAY 5
Day 5 had us enter the Justice gate to learn what Standing for Justice requires. Commitment, courage, and risk. Check it out here.
Find all the previous Days of Vision and all past mailings here.
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