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Zoey Laird is an Atlanta native from an Episcopalian family. She’s spent years asking questions about Christian religion, and is most intrigued by worship spaces and images of the virgin mother. She’s worked for radio broadcasting, including NPR station KDLG 670. She’s motivated by collaborative making, most recently a zine called ANI: Atlanta narrative imagination. Check it out: @ani.time.atl

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To Save the Soul of Weelaunee

by Zoey Laird May 4, 2023May 3, 2023

Cop City or Beloved Community? Meet the interfaith organizers and Forest Defenders mobilizing their congregations in the tradition of Atlanta's Black churches to imagine a world of community care over one of violence and policing.

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