Berrigan’s Folly: An Online Event to Consecrate this Place of Respite for Resistance
With D. J. Hudson, Frida Berrigan and Margaret Ernst
May 8, 2025
Dan’s Prayers Live on in Berrigan’s Folly: A Place of Respite for Resistance.
A year ago, we reached out asking for support to rehab Daniel Berrigan’s favorite place for respite- Folly cottage near Nelson Lodge at Kirkridge. We are so grateful to all those who supported this project to make it happen.
Join us for a celebration on zoom where we will share stories from this important legacy at Kirkridge. We will also share visions and dreams for the future of this little cottage. That evening we will release Berrigan’s Folly Program to provide free space to ensure frontline activists can find rest for the days ahead.
Join us in celebrating and support this work!
Leaders
D. J. Hudson
D. J. Hudson (he, they, Ser) is a Black trans Southerner, cowboy, and minister to the movement. Hailing from Atlanta with roots in Rome, Georgia, D. J. spent 15 years in Nashville, Tennessee attending Fisk University, Vanderbilt Divinity School, and organizing locally, statewide and regionally for racial & economic justice and queer & trans liberation, while quietly pastoring and listening for spirit all along the way. A proud member-lead of Southerners On New Ground (SONG) since 2014, D. J. now serves on SONG’s board. He finally got tired of running from his calling and is currently taking a sabbatical to…
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D. J. Hudson (he, they, Ser) is a Black trans Southerner, cowboy, and minister to the movement. Hailing from Atlanta with roots in Rome, Georgia, D. J. spent 15 years in Nashville, Tennessee attending Fisk University, Vanderbilt Divinity School, and organizing locally, statewide and regionally for racial & economic justice and queer & trans liberation, while quietly pastoring and listening for spirit all along the way. A proud member-lead of Southerners On New Ground (SONG) since 2014, D. J. now serves on SONG’s board. He finally got tired of running from his calling and is currently taking a sabbatical to…
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Frida Berrigan
Frida Berrigan lives in New London, CT with her husband and three kids. She is an urban farmer and community activist, organizing around affordable home ownership with the Southeastern Connecticut Community Land Trust, and against the ever stretching shadow of militarism with the Connecticut Committee on Nuclear Prohibition. She writes periodically for WagingNonviolence, TomDispatch.Com and In These Times, and is the author of the 2015 book “It Runs In The Family: On Being Raised By Radicals And Growing Into Rebellious Motherhood” (OR Books). Most recently she authored Our Fast Matters, a booklet of 40 Lenten reflections for Pax Christi USA.…
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Frida Berrigan lives in New London, CT with her husband and three kids. She is an urban farmer and community activist, organizing around affordable home ownership with the Southeastern Connecticut Community Land Trust, and against the ever stretching shadow of militarism with the Connecticut Committee on Nuclear Prohibition. She writes periodically for WagingNonviolence, TomDispatch.Com and In These Times, and is the author of the 2015 book “It Runs In The Family: On Being Raised By Radicals And Growing Into Rebellious Motherhood” (OR Books). Most recently she authored Our Fast Matters, a booklet of 40 Lenten reflections for Pax Christi USA.…
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Margaret Ernst
Margaret Ernst is spiritually rooted community organizer and minister ordained in the United Church of Christ, who has served churches in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Her passion is popular education and helping people to find their roles in movements of transformative systemic change, because there’s room for everyone in creating a society worthy of the beauty of the human spirit and the many creatures we share this planet with. She is the proud, queer daughter of a trans woman, a graduate of Vanderbilt Divinity School, and loves to sing, laugh, and swim in lakes and creeks. For several years Margaret proudly served on the team at Faith…
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Margaret Ernst is spiritually rooted community organizer and minister ordained in the United Church of Christ, who has served churches in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Her passion is popular education and helping people to find their roles in movements of transformative systemic change, because there’s room for everyone in creating a society worthy of the beauty of the human spirit and the many creatures we share this planet with. She is the proud, queer daughter of a trans woman, a graduate of Vanderbilt Divinity School, and loves to sing, laugh, and swim in lakes and creeks. For several years Margaret proudly served on the team at Faith…
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