“The writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are it’s necessity.” – Toni Morrison
Blog: Check out my blog posts on faith and social justice on the Blog page!
Podcast Episodes:
- The Divine Audacity Podcast: Who Is God to the Black Woman? Womanism 101
- The Decolonized Christian Podcast: Roe v. Wade & Sex Positivity
- She Will Not Fall Podcast
- Mutuality Matters Podcast: (New Voices) So, Are Women Equal Yet!?
Articles:
- Sojourners: “‘Red Lip Theology’ Let’s Black Christian Women Be Ourselves”
- CBE International Mutuality Magazine: “A Reflection of the State of Women’s Equality in the Black Baptist Church Context”
- Black Church Weekly Newsletter: “A Lament and Celebration: Black Women Are Still Making History in the Black Church”
- Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion’s Canopy Forum: “Onward Christian Soldiers: Addressing American Christianity and Trump”
- CBE International Mutuality Blog: “The Freedom-Faith of Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall Wynn”
- Facing South: “In the Georgia runoffs, ‘poll chaplains’ continue King’s legacy”
- Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion’s Canopy Forum: “When Campaign Attacks Become Theological”
- Facing South: “These Georgians can’t vote on Tuesday. But they’re mobilizing by the thousands.”
- Sojourners: “How One Worship Leader Made Racial Justice Protests About Christian Persecution”
- CBE International Mutuality Magazine: “What I Wish You Knew About Black Women in Ministry: An Open Letter”
- The Emory Wheel: “Addressing Racism Against the Trayvon Generation on Campus”
- Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion’s Canopy Forum: “Answering the Call: How the Church Can Respond to the Call to Defund the Police”
- Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion’s Canopy Forum: “Addressing Questions of Justice with the Ahmaud Arbery Case”
- Sojourners: “The Long Road to Decriminalizing Blackness: ‘When They See Us’ and The Central Park Five”
- Sojourners: “Who Remains for the Families of the Slain?”
Blog Post with Enthused: The Blog for Candler School of Theology: “Walk with Me: Confronting Faith and the Legacy of Slavery”
Master of Divinity Thesis: When Words Aren’t Enough: Exploring Liturgical Dance as a Pastoral Care Practice for Black Christian Women
Relevant Undergraduate Paper Topics:
- “Saint Martin De Porres and Liberation Theology”
- “African-American and African Women’s Experiences in Christianity”
- “Racial Reconciliation at Georgetown University”
- “It’s Okay Mommy: Police Brutality, Black Motherhood, and the Media”
- “The Calling of the Prophetic and Nonviolence: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II”
- “Invisibility and Hypervisibility in relation to Citizen: An American Lyric“
Undergraduate Senior Honors Thesis: “Caring for the Least of These”: Social Justice Activism in the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century
Additional Blog Posts with the Doyle Undergraduate Fellows Program:
Doyle Undergraduate Fellows Final Research Project: “Faith-Based Social Justice: Affordable Housing and Interfaith Work”
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