When Empires Fall, We Catch Us: An Ode to Community Care

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams offer some timely perspective on the outsized role that community care has always played in the lives of the many people who find themselves constantly underserved by government systems in the United States.

Particularly lifting up the resilience of communities of spiritual practice, Kelley and Terry recount repro-centered examples of thriving that are fueled by mutual aid in the face of systemic government indifference, casting a hopeful vision of what our future can be even as we navigate rising authoritarianism.

Links to discussed content: 

• What is the FACE Act? https://prochoice.org/wp-content/uploads/face_act.pdf
• New Limitations on the FACE Act in 2025: www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-face-act-abortion-related-actions-justice-department/
• SMA in Good Faith: www.faithchoiceohio.org/self-managed-abortion-in-good-faith-training
• Take back your POWER! www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/take-back-your-power
• We Take Care of Each Other: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/we-take-care-of-each-other
• Hope Through Solidarity: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/hope-through-solidarity
• Why Self-Care Matters Even as the World Burns: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/why-self-care-matters-even-as-the-world-burns 

Music by Korbin Jones