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Join us as we welcome Dr. Larycia Hawkins, who talks about her experience when, in 2015, she declared her intention to don a hijab in embodied solidarity with Muslim sisters throughout Advent and what transpired afterward. Host Lindsy Wallace and co-host Gina Ciliberto join in the conversation.

Dr. Hawkins is a scholar, political science professor, and activist teaching and researching at the nexus of politics, race, ethnicity, and religion and has been called a modern-day Rosa Parks by Rev. Jesse Jackson. 

In this episode, we:

• Dive into how Larycia decided to embody solidarity
• Soak in what was learned from Muslim women
• Examine the differences in proximity versus solidarity 
• Humbly consider embodied solidarity as a form of death
• Dare to be hopeful during the exile in the wilderness

Join us as we explore how to not only be for others but also with them. May we be people who are emboldened to embody justice to speak truth to power and to take risks as we follow Jesus.  

Recommended reading & resources:

• The Same God film
• Follow Dr. Larycia on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

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What's performative wokeness? How does our faith influence the destructive performativity of Internet activism? In this episode, join host Kayla, with co-hosts Lindsy, Alissa, and Gina, in this first discussion of Season 4 - "Get Your People."

In this episode, we:

• Laugh as we catch up with co-hosts after our summer hiatus
• Explore the definition of wokeness through our own experiences
• See the costs of awakening as the costs of the gospel, and the grace of the gospel as the grace of awakening
• Recognize why platform-building by promoting good deeds may not make the impact we desire
• Ask how we stay rooted in what we believe to be God’s Truth and how can that inform the ambiguous questions
• Discuss how we invest in who we love by how we spend our time through hands-on action, donate our money, and prayer focus
• Sit in the tension of the pull of social media activism against real-life conversations

Join us as we learn together to unpack wokeness and how it plays out on social media and IRL. May we be people who are willing to be awakened to the systematic oppression of image-bearers and allow it to cost us our sleep. 

Recommended reading & resources:

• Aziz Anzari’s Netflix special, Right Now

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• Support more conversations like this on Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going.
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