An Evening with Sarah McCammon

Join us for an evening with noted journalist and book author Sarah McCammon on September 13, 2024, here at St. Francis-In-The-Fields Episcopal Church. Currently engaged in reporting on the many twists and turns of the current Presidential election,  McCammon is going to be discussing her new book,  The Exvangelicals: Living, Loving and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.  

Admission is free. Come with your questions.  Books will be available to purchase. 

For more information please contact the church office at 610-647-0130. 

From the NPR website: Sarah McCammon is a National Political Correspondent for NPR and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. Her work focuses on political, social and cultural divides in America, including abortion policy and the intersections of politics and religion. She's also a frequent guest host for NPR news programs. 

She has covered several presidential elections, including the 2016 campaign, when she reported on the rise of the Trump movement, divisions within the Republican Party over its future, and the role of religion in those debates. McCammon's reporting has documented the growing political power of the religious right culminating with the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, efforts by abortion rights advocates to push back, and the rising tide of white Christian nationalism. 

She's frequently called upon to cover breaking news events and national politics. Her work has won numerous awards, among them a 2023 Edward R. Murrow Award for her coverage of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, a 2023 Wilbur Award for religion reporting, a Gracie Award in 2020 for her reporting on reproductive rights, and a National Press Club Journalism Award for team coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in 2018.