{"id":502,"date":"2024-03-06T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsp.tikkun.org\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:20:08","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/resources\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-712 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-general\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/endorse-the-esra\/\" target=\"_self\" >Endorse the ESRA<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/endorse-the-esra\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESRA-petition-popup-V2-300x225-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Endorse the ESRA\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 60vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">You can endorse our ESRA by clicking here <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-04-22T19:48:29+00:00\">April 22, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-504 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/06\/revolutionary-love-book-groups-starting-you-can-join-us\/\" target=\"_self\" >Revolutionary Love Book Groups Starting &#8211; You Can Join Us!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We invite you to facilitate a Revolutionary Love Book Group! With our facilitator&#8217;s guide, you can begin your journey as a loving revolutionary whether you&#8217;ve read the book or not! All you need is passion, commitment, and video conferencing capability (please practice safe distancing). <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-01-06T21:01:00+00:00\">January 6, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-507 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-general\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/14\/national-working-groups\/\" target=\"_self\" >National Working Groups<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I\u2019d like to invite you to a different kind of social change activism. Like many of us who read articles from Tikkun, I am delighted at the many victories which have already be won by the Black Lives Matter movement. Yet the more those demonstrations moved beyond demands for reform of the police into an&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2020-07-14T21:05:03+00:00\">July 14, 2020<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-510 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/tikkun-and-nsp-launch-loveandjusticeproject\/\" target=\"_self\" >Tikkun and NSP Launch #LoveAndJusticeProject<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Tikkun\u00a0and the Network of Spiritual Progressives have been at the vanguard of speaking about the importance of integrating spirituality and politics for over 3 decades \u2013 yes, you read that right! We have been running trainings and workshops on Radical Love and Prophetic Empathy for over 5 years \u2013 workshops that help people understand how&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2019-12-06T21:07:00+00:00\">December 6, 2019<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-593 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2018\/12\/08\/love-knows-no-borders\/\" target=\"_self\" >Love Knows No Borders<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We (Rabbi Lerner, Rabbi Cat, and others from\u00a0Tikkun\u00a0and the Network of Spiritual Progressives) participated in an interfaith action in San Diego today with over 400 faith leaders and activists representing an extremely diverse range of spiritual traditions &#8211; Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Native Americans, and secular humanists. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2018-12-08T21:08:56+00:00\">December 8, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-603 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general tag-immigration\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/22\/please-help-keepfamiliestogether\/\" target=\"_self\" >Please Help #KeepFamiliesTogether<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">by Cat Zavis So for a brief moment, when Trump announced he would sign an executive order ending snatching children from their parents, I let myself cry tears of relief. This is an important and immediate victory for families that would otherwise have been separated. While it is not enough, our voices&nbsp;do&nbsp;matter. It would be&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2018-06-22T19:22:00+00:00\">June 22, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general tag-immigration tag-trump\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/19\/ices-baby-snatching-immediate-actions-long-term-strategy\/\" target=\"_self\" >ICE\u2019s Baby Snatching: Immediate Actions &amp; Long-Term Strategy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Some people have asked me what is a defining moment in your life that made you \u2018you.\u2019 And I always tell the following story. When I was 12 years old I was sitting in my living with my mom, dad, and older sister. We were watching the television show&nbsp;Roots. Whenever I tell this story, including&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2018-06-19T19:28:00+00:00\">June 19, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-597 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news tag-immigration tag-new-bottom-line tag-trump\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/19\/stand-up-and-be-heard-this-weekend-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_self\" >Stand Up and Be Heard This Weekend and Beyond<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Just when you thought things couldn&#8217;t get worse, the Supreme Court upholds Trump&#8217;s Muslim ban, and guts public sector unions; and now, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy has announced his retirement, giving Trump the opportunity to appoint a more extreme rightist to the Court. These are dark times indeed. Fascist ideas and racist practices are on&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2018-06-19T19:01:23+00:00\">June 19, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-general\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/10\/integrating-spirituality-and-activism-how-to-change-the-world\/\" target=\"_self\" >Integrating Spirituality and Activism \u2013 How to Change the World<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/10\/integrating-spirituality-and-activism-how-to-change-the-world\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Integrating Spirituality and Activism \u2013 How to Change the World\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0661-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 60vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Our world is riddled with tragedies: the epidemic of killings by police in the U.S. of African Americans, boats capsizing with hundreds of\u00a0people fleeing war-torn countries in search of security, safety and well-being, children dying from illnesses stemming from malnutrition at alarming rates, women and girls being raped as victims of wars, banning of people&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2017-03-10T19:41:00+00:00\">March 10, 2017<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-620 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-general\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2015\/06\/29\/love-wins-lessons-from-the-movement-for-marriage-equality\/\" target=\"_self\" >Love Wins! Lessons from the Movement for Marriage Equality<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/2015\/06\/29\/love-wins-lessons-from-the-movement-for-marriage-equality\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/marriage-equality.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Love Wins! Lessons from the Movement for Marriage Equality\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/marriage-equality.jpg 327w, https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/marriage-equality-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 60vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">An artistic rendering of The Statue of Liberty kissing a golden woman of justice. Wow. For a brief moment I am feeling such gratitude for our Supreme Court\u2014well, at least for five justices of the court! This is a time to celebrate. Gay and lesbian couples are finally recognized for their commitment to love their&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2015-06-29T19:59:00+00:00\">June 29, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":282,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritualprogressives.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}