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  • 2 months ago | scalawagmagazine.org | Sierra Lyons

    Despite being born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, I was unfamiliar with most of the colorfully rich Black music history the city holds until fairly recently, when I came across a blurb about its role in the Chitlin' Circuit on the town's website.

  • Feb 12, 2025 | prismreports.org | Sierra Lyons

    Hours after his Jan. 20 inauguration, President Donald Trump rescinded a 2011 policy that limited where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents can make arrests. Advocates say safe havens, like houses of worship and schools, have already become increasingly vulnerable, with raids reported across the country. Throughout history, houses of worship have provided safe harbor to marginalized populations in the U.S., including runaway enslaved people, houseless individuals, and refugees.

  • Feb 7, 2025 | popsugar.com | Sierra Lyons

    BeautyIdentityHairGetty | FG TradeGetty | FG TradeFrom the larger-than-life Afros of the 1970s to the finger waves and French rolls of the 1990s, Black natural hair movements have had many iterations. And over the last decade and a half, the modern movement has been largely shaped by online communities of Black women teaching others how to care for their curls and coils.

  • Jan 10, 2025 | sojo.net | Sierra Lyons

    As countless Christians have expressed their disappointment with the results of the presidential election, many have heard in response platitudes such as “God is still on the throne” or “God is not Republican or Democrat.” Zach Lambert has heard those messages before. But as lead pastor of Restore Austin, he and his Texas team took a different approach. Instead of trying to “turn eyes heavenward,” his team worked to remind their church that God was with them in their grief and struggle.

  • Nov 25, 2024 | sojo.net | Sierra Lyons

    For faith activists and leaders committed to continuing their work to oppose and resist Christian nationalism, President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is disappointing but not a sign of total defeat. Ahead of Inauguration Day, many activists are continuing their coalition-building efforts and sounding the alarm on specific policies they believe Trump may sign executive orders on, day one in office.

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sierra lyons
sierra lyons @sierra_298
9 Jun 25

If your church/pastors are rejoicing over the ICE raids instead of condemning the mistreatment of immigrants, you need to rethink where you’re being spiritually fed.

sierra lyons
sierra lyons @sierra_298
9 Jun 25

While some faith leaders are using their platforms to accuse each other of being witches, they could be using it to condemn the Trump admin’s abhorrent handling of immigrants. What good is it to claim Christ & have a platform yet remain silent as your neighbor is being abused?

sierra lyons
sierra lyons @sierra_298
1 Jun 25

RT @JAYVERSACE: everyday i pray stevie wonder is eating his vegetables and taking his sea moss and doing his regular doctors visits