{"id":9887,"date":"2020-07-02T16:13:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=9887"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:38:46","slug":"sister-alison-mccrary-challenge-the-status-quo-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2020\/07\/02\/sister-alison-mccrary-challenge-the-status-quo-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Alison McCrary: Challenge the Status Quo with Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/messyjesusbusiness.com\/\/home\/custom\/public_html\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alison-McCrary-Picture-Alison-McCrary.jpg?fit=709%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9915\" width=\"292\" height=\"421\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If we&#8217;re really doing the Gospel work, our work is not to be loved by everyone. If we&#8217;re really challenging the status quo in the way that Jesus did we&#8217;re not going to make everyone happy. It is uncomfortable. It also means taking risks, it also means putting your body on the line.&#8221; -Sister Alison McCrary SFCC<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season 1. Episode 6 of Messy Jesus Business, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LISTEN HERE:<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fmessyjesusbusiness%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fmessyjesusbusiness%2FMJB_episode_6_Sr_Alison_M-Challenging_the_status_quo_with_love.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomwordpresssites.com%2Fmjb%2F2020%2F07%2F02%2Fsister-alison-mccrary-challenge-the-status-quo-with-love%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/messyjesusbusiness\/content.blubrry.com\/messyjesusbusiness\/MJB_episode_6_Sr_Alison_M-Challenging_the_status_quo_with_love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" 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Alison McCrary, SFCC is a social justice movement lawyer, restorative justice practitioner, and a tribal citizen of the Ani-Yun-Wiya United Cherokee Nation. She ministers as a national criminal justice reform strategist supporting about 50 formerly-incarcerated-people-led non-profits, a spiritual advisor on Louisiana\u2019s death row, and founding Director of the Louisiana Re-Entry Mediation Program. She formerly served as the Statewide Campaign Manager for the Unanimous Jury Coalition abolishing a 138-year-old Jim Crow law in Louisiana, the Executive Director of the National Police Accountability Project, President of the Louisiana Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and Founding Director of the New Orleans Community-Police Mediation. She works on issues related to criminal justice reform, environmental justice, immigrant rights, international human rights, cultural preservation, voting rights, disaster recovery, housing rights, and provides support to various social justice movements and organizations locally, nationally, and internationally. Prior to law school, she worked at the Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana providing litigation support on death penalty cases and at the United Nations monitoring the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions relating to women, peace, and security. In 2009, she was an Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She received her J.D. from Loyola University\u2019s College of Law in New Orleans and her B.A. in English at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She also completed coursework and programs at Johannes Gutenburg Universit\u00e4t in Mainz, Germany, University of Surrey in London, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Loyola University Chicago, and Catholic Theological Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;More information about Sister Alison and her ministries are found at&nbsp;SisterAlison.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MESSY JESUS BUSINESS is produced, hosted and edited by Sister Julia Walsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com\">messyjesusbusiness@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BE SOCIAL:&nbsp; Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Patreon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SUPPORT US: We love the generous souls who friend us on Patreon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"If we're really doing the Gospel work, our work is not to be loved by everyone. If we're really challenging the status quo in the way that Jesus did we're not going to make everyone happy. It is uncomfortable. 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