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12/03/2021
04/02/2021
The OIYAI page is moving to Odyssey Impact, driving social change through innovative storytelling and media, connecting faith and secular communities.
09/12/2020
Meet today's resilient panelists! Join us tonight for Breaking through Walls: Young Women and Interfaith Conversations!
Baseemah Nance
Black American Muslimah
Senior Director, Finance & Talent @ Generation Teach
Licensed CPA
Steph Campbell, (They/Them/Theirs)
Jewish
BA in English, Accounting Assistant @ a housing nonprofit.
Zara Anderson (She/Hers)
Muslim
Product Designer
BA in Studio Art & International Relations
08/12/2020
Get ready for Wednesday's panel with Baseemah E. Nance Zara Anderson and Steph Campbell on fighting religious adversity and interfaith relations. Register here: https://bit.ly/BreakingWalls2020
07/12/2020
What do two Muslimahs and one Jewish person have in common? Join us Wednesday night to find out!
Engage in this dynamic conversation about interfaith relationships and how we all together can overcome hate.
Register here: https://bit.ly/BreakingWalls2020
Breaking through Walls: Young Women and Interfaith Conversations Join us for a sneak peek of documentary Stranger/Sister and a conversation with young women from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian backgrounds.
01/12/2020
See you tonight!!!!
Even during this difficult COVID19 season, we’re still called to remember and minister to the “least of these!” Join us tonight, for a special viewing of the film: “Trapped-Cash Bail in America” during our TNT Virtual Circle Time. Meet us next week, same time same place, as we discuss the film, outreach and the call to serve those in need. We hope to see you there!
7PM | www.newlifenation.org
Message! Here at Odyssey Impact we celebrate Black women and the work they do to keep our world spinning!
28/10/2020
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The Marathoner Who Runs for His Imprisoned Father | Run For His Life | GQ Sports At first glance, Repeter ‘Pete’ Monsanto lives a glamorous life – a celebrity photographer who works with boldface names like Meek Mill, Rick Ross, Ludacris,...
07/10/2020
Black Christians have lived out their faith by fighting for voting access
"Those who look upon what continues to happen to Black people in this country still find ourselves asking, “Is this America?” Is America the place that shoots Black women who were sleeping in their homes or uses pickup trucks to stalk Black men? How can we vote for hope and against terror except through concrete policies designed to expand Black freedom?"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/08/20/black-christians-have-lived-out-their-faith-by-fighting-voting-access/
Perspective | Black Christians have lived out their faith by fighting for voting access Fighting for voting rights is an act of loving your neighbor.
02/10/2020
01/10/2020
They say...A quarter of Americans, and a majority of black Protestants, say their religious faith has deepened because of the coronavirus. Do you agree? https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/04/30/coronavirus-deepening-more-religious-black-protestants/
A quarter of Americans, and a majority of black Protestants, say their religious faith has deepened because of the coronavirus Twice as many Americans say the virus hasn't changed their faith and another quarter say they're not religious
23/09/2020
Presbyterian Church: "Breonna Taylor decision: ‘Our cries have fallen on deaf ears.’" https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/breonna-taylor-decision-our-cries-have-fallen-on-deaf-ears/
Breonna Taylor decision: 'Our cries have fallen on deaf ears' | Presbyterian Mission Agency Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Mid-Kentucky Presbytery leaders address the grand jury report and call on church to lead reform.
21/09/2020
These are something like the “Ten Commandments” for how to be political AND Christian. It’s possible. Thanks Sojourners!
https://sojo.net/articles/10-political-things-you-cant-do-while-following-jesus
10 POLITICAL Things You Can't Do While Following Jesus This is not a complete list, but it's a pretty good place to start.
21/09/2020
Who else is going to be watching besides us?! 🙋🏾♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏿♀️🙋🏼♀️🙋🏽♂️🙋🏼🙋🏾♂️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/14/presidential-debates/
What to know about the 2020 presidential debates The first presidential debate between President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden is scheduled to take place Sept. 29.
17/09/2020
Congrats to a young adult we gladly call friend! Preach PASTAH Austin J. Young!!!!!
Welcome Pastor Young!
14/09/2020
ARREST THE COPS THAT KILLED BREONNA TAYLOR 🗣🗣🗣🗣 https://www.etonline.com/olivia-wilde-amy-schumer-and-more-stars-wear-arrest-the-cops-who-killed-breonna-taylor-t-shirts?amp
Celebs Wear 'Arrest the Cops Who Killed Breonna Taylor' T-Shirts It's been 150 days since Breonna Taylor was killed.
09/09/2020
Today's Facebook Watch Party isn't working as planned. We've heard from several viewers that the video isn't available. The full talk is linked below. Please watch at your convenience and accept our apologies!
Odyssey Impact - Live Town Hall on The Church's Role in the Work of Anti-Racism & Policing Odyssey Impact’s Young Adult Initiative convened a town hall conversation on how the Christian Church of 2020 can show up to help lead the work of anti-racis...
Odyssey Impact Young Adult Initiative recently convened a town hall conversation on how the Christian Church of 2020 can show up to help lead the work of anti-racism in society and equitable policing in Black and Brown communities. Join us Sept. 8th at 2pm ET to watch and extend the conversation through a live chat.
The town hall is led by Rev. Terrance McKinley, Director of Racial Justice and Mobilizing, Sojourners and Senior Pastor, Campbell AME Church. Panelists include: Rev. Jazmine Brooks, Itinerant Deacon, AME Church, Program Director, Mary Baldwin University Office of Inclusive Excellence, Rev. Tyler Sit, Pastor and Church Planter, New City Church, Oriana Mayorga, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Rev. Leslye Dwight, Minister of Social Justice, Community of Hope AME Church.
When more than 90% of those surveyed say they will "more
deeply engage in anti-racism and equitable
policing work," you know the conversation was good!
Don't miss the Facebook LIVE Re-Broadcast of our young adult-led townhall on anti-racism and policing. Stream here next tomorrow at 2pm EST.
07/09/2020
Should the police be defunded or should churches build relationships with the local precincts?
Find out what young adult clergy and leaders think on Wednesday at 2pm during the LIVE Re-Broadcast! Church's Role in the Work of Anti-Racism and Policing - An Odyssey Impact Young Adult Initiative Live Town Hall!
05/09/2020
This is how justice begins to roll like thunder! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Raheem partners with Slack to end police violence against Black people Raheem—the independent online service for reporting police—has partnered with Slack — the leading channel-based messaging platform — to…
04/09/2020
Suspended with pay?! Soooo..... when does the actual punishment begin? https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/us/rochester-police-daniel-prude-death/index.html
7 Rochester police officers suspended over Daniel Prude's death, mayor says Seven police officers in Rochester, New York, involved in the March arrest of a Black man who was pinned to the ground and later died have been suspended, the city's mayor announced.
03/09/2020
How do you think young adults can show up to do the work of anti-racism in the Church? Watch the Facebook LIVE Re-Broadcast of our Young Adult-led town hall next Wednesday at 2pm!
Odyssey Impact Young Adult Initiative recently convened a town hall conversation on how the Christian Church of 2020 can show up to help lead the work of anti-racism in society and equitable policing in Black and Brown communities.
Join us Sept. 9th at 2pm ET to watch a special rebroadcast of the event and participate in a live chat.
The town hall is led by Rev. Terrance McKinley, Director of Racial Justice and Mobilizing, Sojourners and Senior Pastor, Campbell AME Church. Panelists include: Rev. Jazmine Brooks, Itinerant Deacon, Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Program Director, Mary Baldwin University Office of Inclusive Excellence, Rev. Tyler Sit, Pastor and Church Planter, New City Church - Minneapolis, Oriana Mayorga, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Students for Sensible Drug Policy and Rev. Leslye Dwight, Minister of Social Justice, Community Of Hope AME Church.
02/09/2020
First they kill the love of his life. Then they try and charge him for shooting in self defense. Then they try to offer him a plea deal. Of course, he deserves to sue them.
Get your justice, Kenneth Walker!
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/breonna-taylor-boyfriend-sues-louisville-police-damages-200901163403369.html
Breonna Taylor's boyfriend sues Louisville police for damages The lawsuit claims Kenneth Walker is immune from prosecution for shooting a police officer during the fatal raid.
27/08/2020
26/08/2020
We are sick and tired of being sick and tired!
Let us know you’re going to join us this afternoon for our LIVE Townhall on the Church, Anti-racism and Policing Black and Brown Bodies.
There’s still time to register here:
bit.ly/oiyaitownhall
25/08/2020
Same story. Different day. 🙄🙄🙄
National Guard deployed after US police shooting Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers deploys troops after police shot a black man in the back on Sunday.
25/08/2020
Black girl magic continues. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Amy Sherald on Making Breonna Taylor’s Portrait The artist, who painted Michelle Obama, took care to draw on details from Taylor’s life.
25/08/2020
Say less, Vanity Fair! Say less! 🗣🗣🗣
Presenting Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair’s September issue, “The Great Fire”: vf.com/thegreatfire
Five months have passed since police killed Breonna Taylor in her own home, a violent crime that our September issue guest editor Ta-Nehisi Coates ascribes to a belief in black people as a disaster, as calamity. “I don’t know how else to comprehend the jackboots bashing in Breonna Taylor’s door and spraying her home with bullets, except the belief that they were fighting some Great Fire—demonic, unnatural, inhuman.”
Coates chose the "The Great Fire" as the theme for the issue, which assembles activists, artists, and writers to offer a portrait of hope in a world where the possibility of a legitimate anti-racist majority is emerging for the first time in American history. “Something is happening,” Coates writes, “and I think to understand it, we must better understand the nature of this Great Fire.”
For his cover story, Coates tells Breonna’s story through the words of her mother. Also in the issue: an oral history of the historic days after George Floyd's death; a portfolio of creatives and visionaries who capture the spirit—and urgency—of the moment; director Ava DuVernay's conversation with revolutionary Angela Davis; and much more. Read “The Great Fire” now.
24/08/2020
*taps mic* Before we host Wednesday's Town Hall, we want to introduce you to the rockstar panelists and moderator! Click on each image to learn more.
Do you know a Righteous Riley? Are you an ally that speaks up and out like this young sister? Listen (and also laugh at CT).
04/08/2020
By way of his NEW Church plant, meet OIYAI partner, Rev. Omari Hughes! Rev. Omari is a 30-something, Christ-filled, Husband, Father, Brother, Uncle, Friend, and Hamptonian. He is part of this project because he too believes he is required to humbly, live, act, and serve justice this world.
Meet Rev. Omari tonight at 7pm at New Life Gathering Laurel for Virtual Circle Time! https://www.newlifenation.org/tuedaynightteaching
Tuesday Night Teaching | New Life Church Rewatch our latest Tuesday Night Teaching here.
04/08/2020
What Micah 6:8's Call to 'Do Justice' Looks Like in the Face of Racism
"Given this enhanced view of the word for justice in Micah 6:8--mishpat--it’s clear that the meaning is far beyond just making sure bad guys are punished. If we are passively watching the plight of the vulnerable or oppressed, and giving it what amounts to a shoulder shrug, we are guilty in God’s eyes of shirking our responsibilities."
https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/racism/what-micah-6-8s-call-to-do-justice-looks-like-in-the-face-of-racism.html
What Micah 6:8's Call to 'Do Justice' Looks Like in the Face of Racism During these trying times, one of the most quoted and shared passages, particularly by those desiring to speak to social justice, is Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to ...
....Because sometimes you have to remind folks that you’re saved ... but not that saved. Happy Sunday Saints!
01/08/2020
Episode 75: Kisha Chose to Talk About Love....This week on Mary & Martha Podcast.
"Love will sometimes require more than what we want to give. In this episode, Kisha and Christina talk about asking hard questions to yourself and the ones you love and the need to look inward at what we are willing to sacrifice."
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13: 8-13 CSB; John 15:9-17 CSB
Church Announcements: Happy fifth anniversary Kisha and Joseph!!!
cc Shakisha Morgan Christina M. Jones
29/07/2020
It’s not too late... 🗣🗣🗣
Don't forget! This Sunday at 4pm, we're discussing MILWAUKEE 53206 with Rev. Lauren Bennett + Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis! Register now for Queering Racial Justice: Milwaukee 53206 Screening