Rev. Leslie Mills: Leaving Our Comfort Zone (Immigration and Civil Disobedience) BONUS EPISODE

In this clip from Episode 5, Rev. Leslie Mills shares her story of traveling to Phoenix in 2010, getting arrested, and spending the night in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 4th Avenue Jail. She explores the narrative arc of the events that led up to her decision to drive across the country to participate in the National Day of Non-Compliance, while drawing out the interconnected web of people that had to come together for something like this to happen.

Sparks of Justice is a podcast hosted by Leslie Mills with the Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA). The first season consists of six episodes interviewing UU activists from Minnesota, exploring each person's path to getting involved in social justice, resources for overcoming heartbreak, and the rewards of being involved in movements for change.

The seeds of social justice engagement

What an incredible story of how small life events can lead to major action. The way entire communities came together to stand up to injustice, this story is told from the unusual perspective of a minister in jail. Next I’d love to hear what was so disorienting about those 24+ hours of incarceration.