Clothed in Glory: Fashion, Faith, and Social Justice
The choices we make about our clothes, and the choices we make to seek justice, are spiritual disciplines that are deeply intertwined. Clothed in Glory: Fashion, Faith, and Social Justice is a space to think critically about and engage in fashion and advocacy as a way to live out our faith.
Why did people wear Sunday Best and denim during the civil rights movement? What was the role of pockets during the women’s suffrage movement? Why does the image of a red dress hold such power for those advocating for missing and murdered Indigenous women? Why do faith leaders wear clergy collars and stoles during marches and protests? Why did Mexican and chicane women and nonbinary people wear zoot suits in the 1940’s? Join us each month to learn about the ways fashion strengthens social justice movements.
We invite you to clothe yourself in glory this year and advocate with us for a world where women and all people are given equal respect, opportunity, and protection; a sustainable world that pursues climate justice; and a world where the rights of all workers are protected.
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Access the #SundaysBest toolkit to raise awareness about the Black maternal health crisis by sharing your #SundaysBest photo. Tragically, 700 women die each year of pregnancy/delivery complications. For Black women it's especially bad, they have a maternal death rate that is 2.5x the rate for white women and 3x the rate for Hispanic women. Help us raise awareness of this important issue!
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