R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Faith Choice Ohio

Faith Organizer Rev. Terry Williams and guest Dr. Jamie Marich talk about Dr. Marich’s forthcoming book and how her own understanding of reproductive freedom shaped a journey out of religious fundamentalism and into a life of transformed healing.“You Lied To Me About God: A Memoir” details Dr. Marich’s personal history with restrictive religious systems, anti-choice social teachings, and finding internal strength to break free of hurtful systems in favor of a living faith that honors human dignity and bodily autonomy.
 
Links to Discussed Content: 
Learn more about Jamie Marich - https://jamiemarich.com/
You Lied to Me About God - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760810/you-lied-to-me-about-god-by-jamie-marich-phd
Ohio Passes Issue 1: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/07/ohio-voters-pass-issue-1-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-abortion-and-reproductive-rights/
Check out the Faith4Repro store with “Abortion Is A Blessing” merch - https://www.bonfire.com/store/faith4repro/
Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams explore what motivates people to stay engaged in the struggle for reproductive health, rights, and justice — especially when the constant rage we have all consistently felt starts to wear us all out.Talking sustainability, activism fatigue, and sacred self-care, Kelley and Terry give voice to how the work of repro organizing shifts when movement energies ebb and flow, giving perspective to our current moment and providing strategies for folks in all settings to keep moving forward in the work of collective liberation no matter the tide or season.
Links to discussed content:
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows: www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473  
Ohio Passes Issue 1: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/07/ohio-voters-pass-issue-1-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-abortion-and-reproductive-rights/
Abortion Apathy: Sustaining the Movement After Issue 1: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/abortion-apathy-sustaining-the-movement-after-issue-1/
Radical Rebellion: Why Self-Care Will Always Nuture Reproductive Freedom: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/radical-rebellion-why-self-care-will-always-nurture-reproductive-freedom?rq=care%20
Why Self-Care Matters – Even as the World Burns: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/why-self-care-matters-even-as-the-world-burns
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Folk: www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
Music by Korbin Jones
Photo: "raged, street art, wall, graffiti" by burdakov.dmitry, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams are on location at the 2024 SACReD Gathering in New Orleans. A multireligious organization of faith-rooted reproductive freedom advocates, SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) builds connections across geographies and theologies to support abortion justice and reproductive justice.Listen is as Kelley and Terry talk about the Gathering and reflect on the need to build robust, interconnected relationships to advance collective liberation in the face of ongoing societal stigma and oppression.
Links to discussed content:
SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity): www.sacreddignity.org/
Why We Need Restorative & Transformative Justice: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/why-we-need-restorative-and-transformative-justice?rq=transformative%20justice
"What Is/Isn't Transformative Justice" by adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/2015/07/09/what-isisnt-transformative-justice/
Womanism Definition from In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: https://blackfeministcollective.com/2020/11/14/alice-walker-womanist-movement/
Dallas Congregation Supports People Seeking Abortions: www.uuworld.org/articles/dallas-cong-abortion
Faith Roots Reproductive Action (formerly known as New Mexico RCRC): www.faithrootsrepro.org/
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs: www.akpress.org/undrowned.html
Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown: www.akpress.org/emergent-strategy-e-book.html
Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizer Kelley Fox sits down with Kate Moralde, our Volunteer & Intake Coordinator with The Jubilee Fund, to explore Kate's story and get real about the ongoing struggle to keep Ohio moving forward after the passage of Issue 1. Kelley and Kate discuss the barriers to entry for social justice work, how often the burden of justice is placed on people of color, and how they keep going while balancing self-care amidst the constantly overwhelming political landscape.
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Links to discussed content:
OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership: www.opawl.org/ 
The Jubilee Fund: www.faithchoiceohio.org/jubileefund 
Volunteer with The Jubilee Fund: https://airtable.com/appPMprdtIZbOJ7go/shrWlvAuhpgAu5TUy 
SMA In Good Faith Training: https://www.faithchoiceohio.org/self-managed-abortion-in-good-faith-training 
Religion and Repro Training: https://www.faithchoiceohio.org/religion-and-repro-training
Ohio Passes Issue 1: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/07/ohio-voters-pass-issue-1-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-abortion-and-reproductive-rights/
Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams look back at nearly 4 years of hosting the R-Soul podcast! Listen in as they reflect on the joys of producing this faithfully pro-choice podcast, celebrate how it all began, marvel at all the guests they've interviewed, and share the lessons they've learned along the way.
Links to discussed content: 
Kelley's College Podcast (de/masc/ed): https://open.spotify.com/show/7yoVZMfA2HT4E38kS79Z7w?si=e209f9f3bee643e2
RTJ Training: www.faithchoiceohio.org/restorative-and-transformative-justice-training
Liver and Onions: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/liver-and-onions-and-abortions/
That Man Said WHAT?!: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/that-man-said-what/
One Man Was NEVER A Good Plan: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/one-man-is-never-a-good-plan/
Making Real Peace: The Struggle for Real Peace from Ohio to Palestine: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/making-real-peace-the-struggle-for-reproductive-freedom-from-ohio-to-palestine
All our podcast guests:
Kellie Copeland, Pro-Choice Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/one-man-is-never-a-good-plan/
Mason Hickman, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/sign-up-here-for-the-revolution/
Elaina Ramsey, Faith Choice Ohio
On Coups and Accountability: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/on-coups-and-accountability-why-we-stand-firm-against-white-christian-supremacy/
Take Your Time Off! : https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/take-your-time-off-self-care-and-breaking-from-toxic-american-work-culture/
2023 & Epiphany: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/2023-and-epiphany-reflecting-on-the-journey-through-the-fall-of-roe-beyond/
Sustained by Sabbatical: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/sustained-by-sabbatical-how-time-away-from-work-enriches-the-world/
Coming Down from the Mountaintop: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/coming-down-from-the-mountaintop-moving-sustainably-into-2024/

Alana Garrett-Ferguson, New Voices for Reproductive Justice https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/tell-it-like-it-is-casey-goodson-arthur-keith-and-the-power-of-story-to-fight-state-sanctioned-violence/
Gaby Garcia-Vera, Catholics for Choice: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/abortion-in-good-faith-the-pro-choice-catholic-revolution/
Kristin Hady, Capital Care Clinic Escorts: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/wap-what-amazing-protectors-clinic-escorting-and-the-fight-for-abortion-patient-safety/
Stephanie Craddock Sherwood, Women Have Options Ohio https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/fund-abortions-not-cops-the-fight-for-abolition-and-greater-abortion-access/
Blyth Barnow, Faith in Public Life: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/the-water-were-swimming-in-harm-reduction-abolition-reproductive-justice/
Dr. Sue Ellen Braunlin, Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/i-consent-the-importance-of-bodily-autonomy-at-every-age/
Dr. Yvonne Zimmerman, The Methodist Theological School of Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/safe-legal-and-free-the-importance-of-agency-for-survivors-of-human-trafficking-and-for-reproductive-freedom/
Catrina Otonoga, Preterm: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/faith-in-preterm-the-prayerfully-pro-choice-values-at-the-heart-of-ohio-s-largest-independent-abortion-clinic/
Rachel and Kathy, Patients to Advocates: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/celebrating-roe-part-1-abortion-patients-share-their-stories/
Kierre and Chrissy, Patients to Advocates: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/celebrating-roe-part-2-abortion-patients-share-their-stories/
Rev. Dr. Kyle Brooks, The Methodist Theological School of Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/deep-rooted-causes-how-racism-reactivity-keep-us-stuck-in-superficial-cycles/
Jeryl Hayes, If/When/How Lawyering for Reproductive Justice: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/building-the-movement-stepping-into-our-values-in-faith-and-the

Faith Organizer Rev. Terry Williams welcomes special guest Siobhan Boyd-Nelson — Interim Executive Director with Equality Ohio — to talk about progress, persistence, and perspective in Ohio’s intersectional fight for collective liberation. Focusing on the connections between LGBTQ+ advocacy and reproductive freedom, Siobhan and Terry offer a hope-filled vision for the future of Ohio, including practical steps you can take to stay grounded and energized in the work of change making in the days ahead.
Links to discussed content:

Equality Ohio: https://equalityohio.org/


"Our Whole Lives" Comprehensive Sexuality Education:  www.uua.org/re/owl


Movement Ecology & the Power of Intersectional Activism:  www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/10/13/access-abortion-activism


Ban on Gender Affirming Care & Ohio Trans Athletes (HB68): www.kycohio.org/hb68.html


HB68 Legal Challenge Moves Forward: www.aclu.org/press-releases/ohio-families-file-lawsuit-challenging-ban-on-gender-affirming-healthcare-for-transgender-youth

Music by Korbin Jones