How does a community respond when rhetoric and politicized false narratives threaten to divide people from their neighbors? Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart from Springfield Neighbors United joins Faith Choice Ohio's Rev. Terry Williams for a conversation about resilience, compassion, and the evolving power found in actively loving your neighbors. Never shying away from the gritty, messy truth of the Springfield experience, Dr. Stewart gives a hopeful vision for what can happen in every community with a dedication to making neighbors feel supported, welcomed, and affirmed. Listen in to hear how the community of Springfield is living love-your-neighbor values to create the kind of safe, sustainable community we all can believe in.

Links to discussed content:

• Get in touch with Springfield Neighbors United: springfieldneighborsunited@gmail.com
• Read Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart's bio: www.faithchoiceohio.org/staff-board
• Springfield Neighbors United: Stand With Us for Immigration Justice: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/springfield-neighbors-united-stand-with-us-for-immigration-justice
• The Haitians of Springfield Are Under Attack Yet Again: www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/haitian-immigrants-springfield-ohio-tps-temporary-protected-status-bomb-threats-lawsuit-trump-ice/
• Haitian migrants join protected status pileup on SCOTUS shadow docket: www.courthousenews.com/haitian-migrants-join-protected-status-pileup-on-scotus-shadow-docket/

Music by Korbin Jones

The struggle for reproductive freedom is often full of sorrows, setbacks, and stumbling blocks. What is the role of lament – being open and honest about our sadness – in the work of seeking liberation and justice for all? Rev. Terry Williams is joined by our Executive Director Elaina Ramsey for an episode filled with hard questions & raw honesty about how doing work that can sometimes break your heart is made holier by honoring your own grief.

Lifting up tenderness as a gift to be celebrated, Elaina and Terry explore what it means to deal with grief while striving to do the work of reproductive health, rights, and justice in sustainable ways. Find comfort in this episode that honors the power of “keeping it real” and that leans into our collective human vulnerability as people who grieve and mourn.

Links to discussed content:

• The Jubilee Fund for Abortion Justice: www.faithchoiceohio.org/jubileefund
• Spiritual Care & All-Options Counseling: www.faithchoiceohio.org/counseling
• Episode 119: Hoping Dangerously (R-Soul Podcast): https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/hoping-dangerously-faith-choice-ohios-2025-state-of-the-union-reflection/
• Springfield Neighbors United: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/springfield-neighbors-united-stand-with-us-for-immigration-justice
• Morro Rock: First Landing of Filipinos in the U.S.: https://filipinospotlights.com/filipino-landing-in-morro-bay-1587/

Music by Korbin Jones

Resisting injustice can be wearying work! In this latest episode, Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams explore the “why” of resistance — the purpose of struggling against forces that are seeking to harm our communities & the necessity of refocusing on the positive future that reproductive freedom advocacy seeks to build. Join Kelley and Terry for a repro and religion reframing of the movement moment we’re all living through & take some time to reflect on the importance of faithfully refusing to comply with unjust actors, mandates, and systems.

Links to discussed content:

• Heritage Foundation's 250-year vision for state marriage restriction: www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/saving-america-saving-the-family-foundation-the-next-250-years
• Bad Bunny shows a better definition of America: www.thenation.com/article/society/bad-bunny-halftime-show-latin-america-grandin/
• Creative Resistance Through Song in Minneapolis from Interfaith Alliance: www.interfaithalliance.org/post/ice-out-resistance-songbook
• Epstein Survivors speak out: https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/05/survivor-reactions-epstein-files-redactions/

Music by Korbin Jones