The best laws and diversity training have not gotten us anywhere near where we want to go. Therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem is working with old wisdom and very new science about our bodies and nervous systems, and all we condense into the word “race.” Krista sat down with him in Minneapolis, where they both live and work, before the pandemic lockdown began. In this heartbreaking moment, after the killing of George Floyd and the history it carries, Resmaa Menakem’s practices offer us the beginning to change at a cellular level.

Resmaa Menakem offers therapy and coaching in Minneapolis and teaches across the U.S. He’s worked with U.S. military contractors in Afghanistan as well as American communities and police forces. His latest book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, is part narrative, part workbook.

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Join Shuree Rivera and co-host Pastor Roy Dockery as they discuss the often used term "Color Blind."  With special guest Sean Anthony Fenner, they discuss the deflection and harm caused by avoiding discussing the elephant in the room.  Race is an American construct that is tied to the very culture of America and we have to address it, if we want to learn how to move forward.  

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Guest Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a womanist theologian, associate professor of Practical Theology at Mercer University and author of I Bring the Voices of My People: A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation.

On the episode she talks about womanism, theology and the racial reconciliation movement as it relates to the Evangelical Church. Dr. Walker-Barnes also talks about her personal experiences, her books and what led her to ministry.

The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Emma Goldman.

Resources:

• Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes
• I Bring the Voices of My People

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