Ep. 16 - Environmental Justice & Faith-based Organizing against White Supremacy ft. Rev. Brian Sauder

GUEST
As the Faith in Place President and Executive Director, Rev.
Sauder’s passion is empowering faith communities across Illinois
to take measurable steps to connect the dots between faith,
environmental justice, poverty, mass incarceration, race,
violence, class, and health. He grew up in Illinois in rural
Tazewell County and received his B.S. from the University of
Illinois in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, M.A. in
Religion from Urbana Theological Seminary, and M.B.A. from the
University of Illinois. Rev. Sauder is ordained by the Mennonite
Church U.S.A. and worships with Chicago Community Mennonite
Church in East Garfield Park. He also serves as an Adjunct
Professor at McCormick Theological Seminary, co-teaching an
environmental certification course for future clergy.


OVERVIEW
Brian and BrownTown discuss the bottom-up, decentralized
organizing model of Faith in Place, the pros and cons of
preaching with privilege, and politicizing audiences pre- and
post-Trump. After BrownTown learns more about Brian’s journey as
an organizer through his faith, the group analyzes how
capitalism, consumerism, and militarism inform white supremacy.
How does this create and sustain harmful environmental
injustices? What we can do to combat it? Here's BrownTown's take.


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their site, Facebook, and Twitter.


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CREDITS: Intro song Forbidden Knowledge
by Raury ft. Big K.R.I.T. Outro song God's Plan by Drake.
Audio engineered by Genta Tamashiro. Episode art and Bourbon 'n
BrownTown logo by Desirae Gladden.


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