RLC Network Onleilove Alston

Onleilove Alston

A womanist, Onleilove writes and lectures on the implicit bias of colorism and its impact on African- American women. The former executive director of PICO-Faith in New York, Onleilove is a workshop facilitator, speaker, and writer. She is a contributing writer for Sojourners magazine, The Black Commentator, Huff Post Religion, and NPR’s Onbeing blog. Having experienced poverty and homelessness, she has developed a compassion for people fueled by her passion for justice, and knows that the gospel is truly “good news to the poor.” Onleilove serves on Mayor Bill de Blasio's Clergy Advisory Council, the board of directors for Sojourners, Align, and on the advisory board for the Micah Institute at NY Theological Seminary. In April 2018, her first book “Prophetic Whirlwind: Uncovering the Black Biblical Destiny” will be published, and Onleilove will be teaching at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Liberia.

Who’s Talking about Black Lives in Israel?

Onleilove Alston

September 2, 2016

Global, Interfaith, Race

I cannot stand for Arab-Palestinian lives or White Jewish lives without standing and centralizing the struggle of Blacks in Israel.

Jesus Was the Greatest Radical the World Ever Saw

Onleilove Alston

August 18, 2016

General, Race

“Radical’ is a label that is always applied to people who are endeavoring to get freedom. Jesus Christ was the greatest radical the world ever saw.

Actively Waiting This Advent: #StandWithBWG

Onleilove Alston

December 15, 2015

Church Life, Politics, Race

I will actively wait by organizing for justice in my community, because when we come together the course of history will be interrupted, life birthed, and justice given.

Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART I)

How Making Friends with Indigenous People Changed My Life

Black Women Cracking ‘Stained-Glass Ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 Last Words