109. Kate & Alex - Common Grace, Collective Action, and Māori Wards as a Matter of Justice

Kate and Alex are the co-founders and co-directors of Common Grace Aotearoa. Common Grace is an organisation doing advocacy work and organising the church around key justice issues. While the Church is involved in much justice work at the coal face, there is also a need to work towards changing systems that oppress and marginalise, systems that cause some of the problems we then see. Common Grace Aotearoa is working at that systems level, striving for change.Kate and Alex and I talk about how they became passionate about this kind of advocacy and campaigning, what the focus of Common Grace Aotearoa is, and how they connect with the wider church to train and equip people for action. We also spend a bit of time talking about the upcoming referendums around Māori wards in local government, and why they see this as a matter of justice. Check out Common Grace Aotearoa at commongrace.nz or find them on Instagram or Facebook ___Connect with me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠downtoearthconversations.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ or at:Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/downtoearth.conversations⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@downtoearth.conversations⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by Strahan:Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Strahan⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/StrahanMusic⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/commonerscommunion⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@strahanmusic⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠@commoners_communion