Faith in Action | Student Christian Movement

Anxious about the Climate Emergency?

4 Aug 2020

I’ve lived with anxiety since I was about 10 years old. So you might wonder why I’ve chosen to spend the past six years as the Director of Hope for the Future, working on one of the most threatening issues the human species has ever faced. Well, like a lot...

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Activism in Exile

30 Jul 2020

Over the last few months, we have been living in “lockdown”. It has been necessary for us to stay inside as much as possible, for our own health and the health of others. For many, this experience has provided opportunities for reflection, as well as time to simply escape from the world. This...

When Will Black Lives Matter?

8 Jun 2020

As a Black British woman, it has taken some time to gather my thoughts around the latest in a long list of (publicly known) murders of black people at the hands of American law enforcers; that being the murder of George Floyd, 46. This has come so soon after the murders of Breonna Taylor, 26,...

It's Time To Listen

8 Jun 2020

This is a time for people who are not black to listen to those who are. Deanna asked some of her friends and family in the black community what they had to say about recent events:

“Speak out and act when you see injustice. Don’t judge people based on their appearance. Treat...

Anti-Racism Resources

8 Jun 2020

"It's really important if you care about these issues and care about ending racism in our society then you familiarise yourself with the ways in which race has shaped our society." - Reni Eddo-Lodge

We all need to be committed to learning, praying, self-...

The New Normal?

22 Apr 2020

In my last blog, I talked about priorities. That was posted at the start of the Coronavirus outbreak in the UK, and I mentioned that people were waking up to the pitfalls of capitalism and how unequal our society has become. Since then the effects of the virus have become more apparent, and it...

When Doing Nothing is the Right Thing To Do

7 Apr 2020

SCMers are a very involved bunch. When they see injustice, they act. When people are in pain, they alleviate. When crisis looms, they face it.

But a virus is not like the other forms of social injustice we have faced at SCM. We cannot protest a virus - we cannot march or hold vigils....

Renewed and Rebellious: What I Learned from JPIT’s 2020 Conference

26 Mar 2020

On Saturday 7th March, I went to JPIT’s national conference in Derby. The conference’s title, “Renewal and Rebellion: Faith, Economy and Climate” could not have been more relevant to the issues we are currently facing as a community, country and world. So, I expected good things. It’s fair to...

Small is Beautiful: Reconsidering Economics

26 Mar 2020

Economics is a political conversation-stopper. Whenever someone suggests something radical like eradicating homelessness, improving our education system, or properly funding our NHS, we are reminded that there is no magic money tree and that’s the end of that. If something isn’t economically...

He Knows My Name

17 Mar 2020

I often look back at the first time I walked into the SCM meeting at Lancaster University, and I remember thinking, “Gosh, students actually do that?!”.

Let me explain.

I come from a country that does not encourage its youth to be involved in anything overly political, to protest,...

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