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Dear friend,

Across the country, people are refusing isolation and choosing solidarity. Faith leaders are organizing to protect migrant families. Young organizers are sharpening their skills for the struggles ahead. Communities are taking action for Palestine, defending the First Amendment, and singing their way toward collective liberation. As we move deeper into Advent, we honor this season as a time of anticipation, when we see the signs of something new breaking through. A new world struggles to be born amidst our struggle against the monsters of our world: poverty, war, supremacy, and environmental destruction. Join us in building this new world together.

In this letter:
* Free Families Lunch: Join the launch of a new movement to end child and family detention.
* Upcoming Events: Young Organizers Info Session (TOMORROW), Starbucks Picket, Chevron Boycott, and First Amendment Flashmob
* Resources: NEW! Holiday Songs for Collective Action
* In The News: An Advent Devotional and a We Pray Freedom interview

With radical hope,

The Kairos Team
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** Free Families Launch
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Our families inside detention need us to take action wherever we are, right now. Free Families is a new effort that Kairos is co-anchoring with the National Coalition to End Family and Child Detention. It is both (1) a recognition of all the work going on in faith communities and among people of conscience to protect our families and neighbors from cruel and unjust family separation, detention, and deportation and (2) building a broader community of practice where we are sharing experiences and lessons for the long haul.

Our launch event this Thursday, Dec 11, 8pm ET / 5pm PT (online) will:
* feature faith and community leaders who are taking action in many places around the country;
* release a toolkit of resources drawn from these experiences to help build a broader, networked community;
* preview actions coming together for Dec 18, International Day of the Migrant, and the rest of this holy season, which honors a poor, migrant family seeking refuge from an unjust and cruel ruler.

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** Final Young Organizers Info Session!
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Want to learn more about the Young Organizers Survival Corps? Join an info session!

In these dark and dangerous times, we draw hope from the courageous actions of so many, especially young people. From working to keep families together to practicing life-saving mutual aid to protesting war, violence, climate chaos and attacks on workers and communities, there is a multi-generational non-violent movement for change rising up across the nation.

FINAL INFO SESSION TOMORROW

December 11th @ 3pm ET
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New York, Join us at a Starbucks Picket

On Saturday, December 13, we're joining the Starbucks Workers United picket line in Clinton Hill to show that we stand shoulder to shoulder with workers fighting for a fair contract.

Starbucks baristas are on strike, and they need to know that our community and allies have their backs. Together, we'll send a clear message to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol: negotiate in good faith and respect workers' right to unionize.

Bring your signs, your friends, and your loudest pro-worker energy. Let's show Starbucks — and every union-busting corporation watching — that we support the essential right to organize and win a fair contract.

Boycott Chevron with Christians for a Free Palestine

During “Peace Week” of Advent, CFP is calling on Christians to participate in the global Boycott Chevron campaign. The Advent season offers a unique opportunity for Christians to take action to confront Christian Zionism and deepen solidarity with our siblings in Palestine.
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First Amendment Flash Mob in Boston

We will be taking our First Amendment song and our message into a shopping mall during the height of the holiday shopping season. The consequences are grave if we allow the rights enshrined in the first amendment to be slowly dismantled. The flash mob is are a way to bring our message into a public space (not just a rally of the already-activated) and to have fun doing it!
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** Holiday Songs for Collective Action
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This holiday song sheet is crafted to ready our communities for collective action. Each track is a holiday remix by the Songs in the Key of Resistance (SKOR) artist collective, offering music that helps keep us connected in the streets and in our organizing spaces. We share these songs with the hope that the lyrics remind us that the rituals and practices of this season are rooted in long traditions of communities caring for one another and struggling for liberation. We invite you to use these songs to learn, teach, and carry movement music into your communities—fueling resilience, collective voice, and action.
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Word & Way: Unsettling Advent

This week, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis’s new advent devotional was featured in the series “Unsettling Advent”. The devotional celebrates the clear anti-poverty directives laid out in the Bible.
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Substack: Book Interview: "We Pray Freedom"

Dr. Charon Hribar and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis spoke with professor and theologian Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim to discuss We Pray Freedom, the inspiration behind the book, along with many of its core themes.
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