Talking Activism, Faith and Entrepreneurship with Christine Gibson, founder - Queens Knits and Queens Doula

Join us for a heartfelt chat with Christine Gibson about creativity, motherhood, activism, and progressive Christian faith. Christine was born and raised in Queens where she still resides with her husband and two children. She is training to be a certified birth doula with Carriage House Birth. She became passionate about birthwork after delivering her two children at home with a midwife. She has a BA and MA in International Relations and professional experience in the non-profit.

She operates a small handmade business, Queens Knits and runs a monthly group called the Queens Knitting Circle to fulfill her passion of crafting and community building. Christine has been a member of Middle Collegiate Church for the past ten years and loves to share the church’s progressive message to whoever will listen.

We delved into - 

- Her relationship with God and the power of her church community (Middle Collegiate Church) which lifts up radical love, justice and cultivating change in the world.  

- Centering authenticity and community  in creative entrepreneurship. 

- Using social media as a tool to foster dialogues around social justice, and how the death of Mike Brown propelled her into a new season of activism. 

- How a miscarriage eventually led her to study becoming a doula; Christine wants to give other women the birthing experience she didn't have. 

- Seeing her progressive Christian faith as inextricably linked to movement building. 

Helpful Links mentioned during this episode: 

Middle Collegiate Church
https://www.middlechurch.org/

Shi Shi Rose
https://www.shishirose.com/

Valarie Kaur: Breathe and Push speech (mentioned at the end of this episode) https://valariekaur.com/2017/01/watch-night-speech-breathe-push/

Carriage House Birth (doula training organization)
https://www.carriagehousebirth.com/