White Girl Awakening

Why do White women giggle when nothing is funny? Why do White women laugh when they are being serious? In this episodes the tables are turned and we break down what Black women want to know about the "White woman giggle."

Why is calling a Black woman "strong" not necessarily a complement? And, what are "White woman tears?" Join Jennifer Barnes and Lauren Sellers as we learn from Paula Dannielle and Cherish Faith what Black women want White women to know about how the "strong Black woman" trope and "White woman tears" have historically been harmful to our Black sisters and what White women can do to heal the divide.

If you know a Black family, you know one Black family. However, while there are a million different Black families with a million different structures in the United States, there is mainly one untrue story that is told and it told without its historic context. That's why we sat down with Paula Danielle and Cherish Faith to learn what Black women want White women to know about Black families.

In this episode, we sat down with Paula Dannielle and Cherish Faith to learn what Black women want White women to know about code-switching and communication. Listen to learn about the White Woman Giggle, why code-switching is a survival technique, and how we can move towards better conversations where we can all show up authentically in how we speak.

What do Black women want White women to know about hair and fashion? We sat down with Paula Dannielle and Cherish Faith to find out. Listen to learn why HOW we are curious matters and why black hair and fashion is sacred.

Loving starts with listening and understanding. That's why we partnered with LIS'N movement to gain understanding about things Black women want White women to know about how they experience the world and exist within it. In this episode, Lauren Sellers, Jennifer Barnes, and Paula Dannielle break down their hopes for these conversations and how honesty and curiosity can bring us together.

Join Lauren Sellers and Vonnetta West as they talk about leaning into mystery matters if we want to love Jesus and our neighbors well and what is at stake when we lean into certainty instead.

Founder, Jen Barnes sat down with Paula Dannielle and Lisette Fraser about mystery and certainty and how they are related to the awakening journey.

We all have boxes we put ourselves and others in—boxes that define our identity, beliefs, values, and sometimes worth. But, are boxes bad? Are there better boxes we can use? And, how does embracing mystery help us move towards community and choosing better boxes for ourselves and others. Join us for this conversation as Lauren Sellers sits down to learn from Cherish Williams and Abbi Fraser about how we can think outside of the boxes that limit us and keep us apart.

Join our founder Jennifer Barnes as she sits down with activist and author Terence Lester to talk about how our posture can shift towards marginalized communities and why our language matters when encountering people experiencing homelessness.

We often turn away from those most marginalized by society. Or we assume we need to save them and take Jesus there. What if there is a better way? What if there is something we can learn from those our society ignores? Join Jen Barnes, Dr. Vonnetta West, and Lauren Sellers for a conversation about how we can shift our posture towards those marginalized by society and what we can learn by doing that.

Fifty-eight years after the March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the I Have A Dream speech are we closer to his dream being realized? Why is dreaming important for the Awakening Journey? Jennifer Barnes, Dr. Vonnetta West, and Lauren Sellers sit down to discuss our dreams for humanity and what those dreams call us to.

Why is rest important for the Awakening Journey and what keep us from rest? Join Jennifer Barnes, Dr. Vonnetta L. West, and Lauren Sellers unpack ways to live from a place of rest while continuing the work of Awakening.

Join the White Girl Awakening Team as we discuss the first two phases of the Awakening Journey: Acknowledging Tension and Courageously Surrendering and what those phases have looked like in our lives.

Join us for this conversation with Mrs. Carolyn West. We talked about healthcare, education, and her experiences as an African American woman. We learned so much from her and were reminded how different our realities are in the United States and the importance of being curious as we seek to better love our neighbors.

Join us for this conversation with Jennifer Barnes, Toni Collier, Kayla Funk, Dr. Vonnetta West, and Dr. Chinwé Williams about how we can go from being broken to hopeful and what it looks like to heal wounded history.

Jennifer Barnes talked to Pastor Taffi Dollar and Kellie Copeland about what it looks like to choose community over chaos in a tense political climate and what our silence can communicate towards our neighbors when they are hurting.

Have you felt the increasing tension with your family and friends in this polarized political climate? Are you wondering how to lean in when politics threatens to tear us apart? Then this conversation with Jennifer Barnes, Sarah Bauer Anderson, and Dr. Vonnetta West is for you. They discuss how to have empathy, even towards people on the other side.

Our founder, Jennifer Barnes sits down with Sam Collier and Reggie Joiner to discuss how we can love our neighbor for real, in a divided world.