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Kai Ngu

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Organizing

October 29, 2020

Why Pastors Should Support Labor Organizing

Kai Ngu writes for Faith and Leadership on the responsibility that Christian leaders have to support efforts to organize workers.

Opinion

September 24, 2020

Is Queerness a White Invention? Article and Webinar from Religious Socialism Contributor Sarah Ngu

Religious Socialism contributor Sarah Ngu (see a profile of Sarah here) is hosting a webinar September 28th on the topic, “Is Queerness a White Invention?” More information on the webinar is available here. And here is an excerpt from Sarah’s article of the same name in Asian American Policy Review: “Many queer Asian Americans feel that to be queer is to

People

April 9, 2020

The Spiritual Journey of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In this week’s Religious Socialism blog post, we excerpt and link to the wonderful article by DSA and Religious Socialism Working Group activist Sarah Ngu on “The Spiritual Journey of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” published in full by Religion & Politics: The (Standing Rock protests) experience left her with a sense that she was being prepared for something—but she

Organizing

February 4, 2020

Why Young Religious Americans Are Embracing Socialism

Religious Socialism podcast host and writer Kai Ngu wrote an article entitled, “Why These Young American Christians Embraced Socialism” for Religion & Politics. We excerpt from the article here, with a link below to the entire article on the Religion & Politics site.

Opinion

March 9, 2019

A Personal Reflection on the UMC’s Decision

I’ve been in therapy long enough to know that one of the main goals is basically to stop trying to punish yourself for not being _____ enough and to accept, even love, yourself. And this is what the church preaches every weekend, which is why people love it, especially in our “meritocratic,” competitive, capitalist system

Reviews

February 14, 2019

Passion and Performance: The Gospel of Eureka

A joyful new documentary explores two kinds of performance that take place amongst the Christian, mostly white, population of Eureka Springs, Arkansas—the town's thriving drag scene and its annual Passion Play.