Project Deconstruction

09/10/2025

We officially have our own book box! For the folks who enjoy getting into Project (De)construction, you’ll enjoy this. We’re exploring similar topics that we do on the series, using fiction novels as a vehicle for exploration and connection.

We look forward to sharing this with you 🧡

09/03/2025

What type of deconstruction and/or spiritual spaces would you like to be a part of? 👀 What kind of folks would you like to be in community with?

I'm thinking through planning for 2026 and I want to create spaces, content, and facilitate discussions that people genuinely want to be a part of that we don't see happening now.

I absolutely will be planning more
intergenerational, community conversations where we can talk openly about church culture, purity culture, being q***r within the church, harm experienced within the church, and more but would love to hear from

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08/27/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Reimagining Faith Within and Beyond the Church. Our panelists came from different generations, denominations, and backgrounds. They shared openly about q***rness in the church, purity culture, accountability (and the lack thereof) in leadership, and their experiences with leaving or staying in church.

Thank you to every single person who came, listened, and engaged.

We’re looking forward to our next event!

***r

08/19/2025

Project (De)construction's first in-person event is this Saturday, and it felt appropriate to share this post again. The spiritual spaces we engage in should be safe, but they aren't always. This week, we'll get into people's lived experiences within religious institutions, church culture, purity culture, and more.

We have only a few tickets available; there's still time to reserve your spot. Hope to see you there!

07/14/2025

📣 We’re honored to introduce the moderator and panelists for Reimagining Faith Within & Beyond the Church, happening August 23rd in Chicago.

This conversation brings together powerful voices with a shared commitment to truth, healing, and liberation—whether they remain connected to a faith tradition, have reimagined their spiritual path, or have made the decision to step away from the church entirely. Each speaker brings lived experience, deep care, and a unique lens to the ongoing work of navigating religious harm, reclaiming identity, and building something new.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to heal, to hold complexity, and to honor our stories—whether rooted in faith, transformed by it, or free from it.

✨ Join us for an evening of connection, reflection, and honesty.

🎟 Register now via the link in the comments.

***rFaith

07/02/2025

Project (De)Construction is more than a conversation on faith, spirituality, and healing—it’s a commitment to community.

We're excited to share that our founder has been accepted to the Center on Halsted’s Auxiliary Board. This new chapter allows us to deepen our work with and for BIPOC and q***r communities across Chicago and beyond. Project (De)Construction is rooted in care, liberation, and reflection—and this is just one more way we continue to pour into our people. Always.

***rLeadership

06/06/2025

Join us this August for Reimagining Faith Withing + Beyond the Church —a free, in-person event from Project (De)Construction.

We’ll be joined by a panel of BIPOC + Q***r women—mental health and human service professionals with their own complex relationships to religion. Some have left the church and organized religion, others are deconstructing, and some are forging new spiritual paths. Whether you’re spiritual, secular, devout, deconstructing, or somewhere in between—you are invited.

The event is free to attend. Donations are appreciated and help us keep this work going. Project (De)Construction is fully self-funded by Pour Into It Media. Because we center the voices often left out of traditional religious spaces, we’re often turned away from mainstream funding. Your support helps keep these spaces open and accessible.

Grab your tickets here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1373762313059?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/31/2025

The email for sponsorship inquiries and questions has been updated!

It’s finally happening… our first in-person event is coming up this summer!

Reimagining Faith Within & Beyond the Church is a live panel + community convo about what it means to question, reclaim, or let go of religious institutions—especially for women, BIPOC folks, q***r folks, and anyone who’s been told they don’t belong in spiritual spaces. We’ve got something to say about church—and we know you do too 👀

We’re hosting it right on the South Side at The Center on Cottage Grove, and we can’t wait to have this conversation in person.

This is personal. This is healing. This is necessary.

✨ Season Two of Project (De)Construction is coming—just in time for the event—with more conversations about our spiritual journeys, church hurt, and the complexity of deconstruction. We’ll also be pulling in themes from Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

We’re building a free resource guide for attendees with tools that center BIPOC + q***r folks around health, mental wellness, and spiritual care.

If you’re a sponsor, org, or business who wants to support, email us or send a DM: [email protected]

In the meantime, help us spread the word by sharing the flyer, following us on social media, and subscribing to our YouTube channel.

05/30/2025

June Care Connect's theme is: Firmly Rooted Pursuing Justice. Participants will hear directly from local organizers about ongoing ground-level work and concrete ways to support community-based initiatives that counter isolation and fear. Panelists Jacqueline Boyd, Paulo Colby, and Dr. Allen Thomas will be sharing their insights with us moderated by Nikhaule Martin! Register for a high-quality, high-impact conversation & Chicago Summer Event. We can't wait to see you! Register here: https://bit.ly/LFCARE

05/21/2025

It’s finally happening… our first in-person event is coming up this summer!

Reimagining Faith Within & Beyond the Church is a live panel + community convo about what it means to question, reclaim, or let go of religious institutions—especially for women, BIPOC folks, q***r folks, and anyone who’s been told they don’t belong in spiritual spaces. We’ve got something to say about church—and we know you do too 👀

We’re hosting it right on the South Side at The Center on Cottage Grove, and we can’t wait to have this conversation in person.

This is personal. This is healing. This is necessary.

✨ Season Two of Project (De)Construction is coming—just in time for the event—with more conversations about our spiritual journeys, church hurt, and the complexity of deconstruction. We’ll also be pulling in themes from Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

We’re building a free resource guide for attendees with tools that center BIPOC + q***r folks around health, mental wellness, and spiritual care.

If you’re a sponsor, org, or business who wants to support, email us or send a DM: [email protected]

In the meantime, help us spread the word by sharing the flyer, following us on social media, and subscribing to our YouTube channel.