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INDIA PIERCE's doctoral research explores the experiences of queer women of color activists who have found in their spiritual beliefs a profound sense of connection to the world around them that is inseparable from their political endeavors and new world-making efforts. Situating the spiritual as indispensable to the political, India's research asks, what possibilities are opened when QWOC move beyond the boundaries of religious doctrine to find a spiritual practice that allows them to deepen their freedom-seeking efforts? By arguing that freedom is a critical speculative space, India reveals how our narrow understandings of freedom foreclose upon other experiences of freedom for people of color. Ultimately, making the point that queer spiritual activism blurs the lines between the sacred and secular, revealing that the divine is anywhere the fight is.

Following the presentation, other attendees will have the opportunity to share, discuss, and receive feedback on their own works-in-progress.