Juneteenth resources
Videos, articles, and other resources for celebrating and understanding the importance of Juneteenth, including events you can attend or watch online.
Top 10 religious liberty stories of 2020
Like every other area of human life, the coronavirus pandemic dominated religious liberty discussions this year. Here’s my list of the top 10 religious liberty developments this year, with the caveat that – being that this is 2020 – the year is not over yet.
Season 2, Ep. 06: What’s next? The Biden administration and religious liberty (Featuring Melissa Rogers)
In our season finale, we look to the future and the potential ways the Biden administration could impact religious liberty. Our guest for this episode is Melissa Rogers, former executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships during the Obama administration. Amanda, Holly and Melissa discuss the need for an administration to be organized at the outset and ready for issues that are going to impact religious liberty, both explicitly and implicitly.
What have we learned in 2020?
BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler asks, “What have we learned about our country, our religious communities and ourselves over the course of this tumultuous — and often heartbreaking — year?”
Race and Religious Liberty
BJC offers resources for conversations about — and a deeper understanding of — racial justice in the context of religious liberty, including videos, podcasts and more.
Our work to do
What is our work to do? It’s a personal question that I believe every white person in this country needs to be asking herself right now. For me, it starts with understanding the roots of racism and implicit bias.
BJC Book Club: Sign up today!
Go deeper on topics related to preserving faith freedom for all with the BJC Book Club. Together, we read through one book at a time, sharing thoughts and ideas for action.
FaithFULL
Join our loyal community of monthly givers investing in faith freedom for ALL! As one of our Faith•FULL partners, you are a crucial part of a team committed to making the world a better place through the power of your stories, education, and advocacy. Give Monthly...Ep. 16: When religious liberty covers racism
As the conversation about racial justice continues in our country, we dig in to talk about race and religious liberty. BJC Director of Education Charles Watson Jr. joins Amanda and Holly for a personal conversation about his experiences and how his work at BJC intersects with the work for racial justice. He tells his story and explains how a seminal speech at a BJC Luncheon on Juneteenth impacted the trajectory of his work at BJC. Amanda, Holly and Charles discuss how different ethnic communities view the phrase “separation of church and state” and why the work for religious freedom matters. Plus, in the third segment, they discuss how they are seeing religion respected in books and articles this week.
Reflections in Solidarity: Our Work to Do
What is our work to do? It’s a personal question that I believe every White person in this country needs to be asking herself right now. For me, it starts with understanding the roots of racism and implicit bias.
Faith freedom during a pandemic
Learn about the legal work of the Baptist Joint Committee, filing briefs to defend and extend religious liberty for all people.
Ep. 09: Eboo Patel and interfaith collaboration
How do religious groups work together for the greater good? On this episode of Respecting Religion, we bring you a conversation featuring Eboo Patel, the founder of Interfaith Youth Core (starting at 13:01). In this discussion from March 2020, Patel talks about how the history behind the term “Judeo-Christian” suggests opportunities for greater religious inclusion, shares personal reflections on what it is like to be a Muslim in America today, and explains why he is optimistic about religious pluralism. Plus, Amanda Tyler and Holly Hollman talk about how they saw religion respected in the world during the celebrations of Easter and Passover.
