Enjoyed the conversation!

Excellent work here by USC Phd student Christian Pattavina!

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New piece by @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social: "The Future of Sanctuary" www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...

Truly enjoyed working on this w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and thnx to the superb team at @dissentmag.bsky.social

📣Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Start date July, 2025. sssreligion.org/announcement...

Too kind!

My latest in JAAR. This time on the “usable sacred histories” of the Sanctuary Movement. Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively. academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...

Happening tmrw!

Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !

Grateful for this opportunity to finish my next book “A Refuge of Resistance: A History of the US Sanctuary Movement” 🙏

The history of sanctuary is a history of organizing that has guidance for us now. Grateful to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social for their incredible work.

@elprofebarba.bsky.social and I are in TIME today sharing our thoughts on the history of sanctuary cities, a social movement practice now forty years old. Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you! time.com/7264323/sanc...

Happy to share my new “Spotlight Analysis” for @prripoll.bsky.social. Migrant crime is the Trump administration’s key propaganda piece, so, an aggressive media campaign is in place to swell this already high-tide of xenophobia. www.prri.org/spotlight/wh...

Interested in learning about local immigration sanctuary policies in the U.S.? Check out "Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies." storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cdc7...

A bevy of Beecher books from my personal collection for class today as we wrapped up Stowe’s religious biography. I lowkey wonder what Henry (Amherst class of 1834) would have to say about all this 🤔

Happy to see this getting more coverage in Spanish media and had a great conversation with Patricia Caro at El País…we chatted about a wide range of topics but lots of big issues and major players sort of conversation.

More big news on all things sanctuary and freedom of religion…also churches see attendance drop for fear of deportations. apnews.com/article/immi...

Congrats to Cara & Lauren and thanks to @gerardomarti.bsky.social & Jonathan for the smooth collab!

New: PRRI Public Fellows @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social consider President Trump’s efforts to dismantle sanctuary cities in order to meet his ultimate goal of mass deportations arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...

I shared some insight w/APNews for its story today on immigration enforcement in churches. I noted how Latino evangelicals (unlike mainline churches) lack a unified teaching on immigration and that hinders how they might engage in sacred resistance. apnews.com/article/lati...

Thnx, Dr. Payne!

"These shifts, and how immigrant communities and their allies respond to them, are neither inevitable nor irreversible."

Sanctuary cities throw a wrench in Trump’s mass deportation plan. Here Sergio & I explain why they’re more important now than ever. Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic. arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...

X no longer marks the spot. I’ve taken flight to Bluer Skies 🦅