Podcast appearances and mentions of catherine meeks

Please enjoy this interview with Catherine Meeks for her book - "The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning"Learn more at turquoiseandlavender.com

Monday marks 4 years since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. We revisit Rose’s conversation with Harry Dunn. The former U.S. Capitol Police officer traveled to Atlanta in 2024 when he was being honored by the Fulton County Democratic Party with the Saving Democracy Award. During the conversation, Dunn talks about his experience responding to the insurrection, voting and the current state of democracy. Plus, we also hear from Dr. Catherine Meeks, a longtime educator, workshop leader and scholar focusing on dismantling racism. Meeks reflects on the insurrection, her ongoing efforts to teach others about racial healing and her book “The Night Is Long But Light Comes in the Morning: Mediations for Racial Healing.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we're exploring the paradoxes in nonviolence and self defense through an intergenerational conversation between elder and younger organizers based in New Jersey, Florida, East Tennessee, and North Carolina. In this conversation, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veterans and younger organizers dig into the always present tension between nonviolence and self-defense, sharing lessons from the past, and offering possibilities for the future.  This episode is hosted by Dr. Catherine Meeks (she/her) based in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Meeks is a member of the National Council of Elders, Executive Director of Turquoise and Lavender Institute for Healing and Transformation, and the author of A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper's Daughter. Joining Dr. Meeks in this conversation are: Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons (she/her) based in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Simmons is a long time civil rights movement organizer and professor emeritus at the University of Florida. Junius Williams (he/him) based in Newark, New Jersey, who is the official historian of Newark, host of the podcast "Everything's Political," and author of the book: Unfinished Agenda: Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power. Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson (she/her) based in East Tennessee, who is an activist organizer and movement strategist born and raised in the Black liberation and southern freedom movement. Ash-Lee is the first Black woman to serve as executive director of the Highlander Research and Education Center and a leader in the Movement for Black Lives. DeMonte Alford (he/him) based in southeast North Carolina and is an organizer working with Democracy NC. 

Co-hosts Candace Smith and Jon Stovell speak with Catherine Meeks about her research and writing, including her new book, A Quilted Life: Reflections of a Sharecropper's Daughter (Eerdmans, 2024). Catherine Meeks recently retired as executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. She is also the retired Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies at Wesleyan College. A sought-after teacher and workshop leader, Dr. Meeks works with people who have been marginalized because of economic status, race, gender, or physical ability as they pursue liberation, justice, and a more abundant life.

Sermon delivered by Dr. Catherine Meeks on Feb. 18, 2024.

Dr. Catherine Meeks is a storyteller with a purpose. Born in 1946 in segregated Arkansas, Meeks has spent a lifetime working on issues of racial healing and the promotion of life. The daughter of a sharecropper and a teacher, she grew up hearing her father talk about a 12-year-old brother who died from a burst appendix before she was born—refused service at a white hospital. “I grew up in that kind of atmosphere of The world is really hostile toward us because we're black and poor.” For over 30 years, Meeks has advocated wellness and social justice, giving voice to those living on the margins of society and promoting a healthy racial dialogue worldwide. Meeks has a master's degree in social work from Clark Atlanta University and a Ph.D. from Emory University focusing on Jungian Psychology and African American Women's Literature.

“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of racism? Upon careful investigation, it seems quite clear that the answer is ‘everyone'.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, Exec. Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing

In this profound homily, Dr. Catherine Meeks unravels biblical narratives, shedding light on the tales of Jacob and Esau and their relevance today. She underscores the transformative power of forgiveness and the importance of examining our 'inner community'. Emphasizing pressing societal issues like race and poverty, she implores listeners to be present and conscious of their inner drives. Drawing from her recent book on racial healing and referencing Howard Thurman and Naomi Shihab Nye, Dr. Meeks offers a poignant reflection on life's challenges and the perennial need for kindness. A homily guiding us toward profound understanding and introspection.

“A fundamental question that each of us must answer is: Who are the victims of racism? Upon careful investigation, it seems quite clear that the answer is ‘everyone'.” Dr. Catherine Meeks, Exec. Director, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing

WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas returns to “Closer Look” to provide a recap on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Plus, as schools in Georgia and several states across the country are banning books, a local organization is working to make sure everyone has access to banned books. Dr. Catherine Meeks, the executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, returns the program to discuss a new initiative aimed at encouraging people to buy banned books.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Season 3: Race and Education Episode 3: Teaching Racial History Among the many arguments around race and education is the teaching of racial history - what is taught and not taught, how the subject of racial history is imparted to students, and the implications of making changes to traditional approaches. Host the Rev. Kathy Walker is joined in this episode by Dr. Terry Harris, Dr. Catherine Meeks and Chris Coby, lifelong educators who have experienced this argument in the classroom and on the administrative side of education. What they have to say about the state of education and what students really have to say on this subject may surprise you.

Catherine Meeks book interview – “The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations for Racial Healing”

This week's radio show features Dr. Kim D. Hester Williams of SSU talking about the Women's Rights Struggle for the Long Haul. Elaine comments on the End All Wars Rally that took place last Saturday and the successful zoom talk of Dr. Catherine Meeks last Monday whose recording is on the Now Sonoma YouTube channel. The show's web archive page has the bio of the guest, segment descriptions, links referenced, announcements, this week in Herstory, and the playlist. https://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA23/WSA230327.html

This week's radio show features guest author Dr. Catherine Meeks, talking about Ida B. Wells and Meditations for Racial Healing. She sees courage as a muscle that gets stronger with use, and we all need courage to stretch our comfort zone and meet those with different color skin. In can start with baby steps that lead to deeper relationships. Visit the show's web archive page which is linked to this post and learn more through the links referenced on the page, hear the show at your convenience, read the biography of the guest, this week in Herstory, announcements, and the playlist. Follow the Women's Spaces fb page by Liking it at https://www.facebook.com/WomensSpacesShow. Visit the show's web archive page at http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA23/WSA230227.htm

Friday marks two years since the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. For “Closer Look's” first Feedback Friday of 2023, Rose talks with Dr. Catherine Meeks, the executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. Meek reflects on the insurrection and her latest book 'The Night Is Long But Light Comes in the Morning: Mediations for Racial Healing.'See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode Dr. Catherine Meeks and host, Chelsi Glascoe welcome the phenomenal woman, Dorris Walker-Taylor, to the space. You will first be enlightened as you hear her personal story from trauma to addiction to trafficking; and then be inspired by her professional bloom to senior ambassador and community relations at Thistle Farms. Tune in to learn first hand how the work at Thistle Farms addresses the consequences of systemic racism and the steps you can take to emulate the healing work that is daily provided to the women of Thistle Farms. 

Catherine Meeks chats with young organizer Nautica Jenkins about her incessent desire for freedom and the inner work necessary to get there. Catherine is Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. She is the retired Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies from Wesleyan College and Founding Executive Director of the Lane Center for Community Engagement and Service

“Do you want to be well?” It was a question asked to a sick man in the gospel, and it's asked to us today in a larger context. Do we want to be healed? Do we want to see things in a new light? Dr. Catherine Meeks tells us that each time we make the decision to be healed, we in turn help the collective to become stronger.

"...Dr. Catherine Meeks is the most courageous person I know...". That's from your producer, Easton Davis. In this episode, Bishop Wright has a conversation with Dr. Meeks. She shares her own story of personal memoir, purpose, the work of racial healing, and her recent award: The President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Volunteer Service Award medal. Specifically to the work of racial healing, they talk of how The Gospel points us in the direction of this important work and beloved community.Dr. Meeks will be preaching and teaching at the National Cathedral, this Sunday and Monday, May 22-23. Watch her preach this Sunday at The National Cathedral: https://cathedral.org/Read about her award: https://episcopalatlanta.org/news/presaward/Learn more about the Center for Racial Healing: https://www.centerforracialhealing.org/

Thanks for joining us for chapel as we hear from Dr. Catherine Meeks.

In this episode Dr. Catherine Meeks and Chelsi sit down with the serene storm, The Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers. This conversation explores what it means to be African American, a woman, and free in America today. As we aim to live into God's dream, we must learn from one another. Tune in to discover what the world can learn from African-American women—their plight, their fight, and their liberation.Canon Spellers serves on the Presiding Bishop's Staff as the Canon for Evangelism, Racial Reconciliation, and Creation Care and is the author of a must-read book, "The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community."Get your copy of "The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline, and New Hope for Beloved Community" at Church Publishing. 

"How to Heal Our Divides" interview with Catherine Meeks, Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing

What is a model minority? It is a term the media is using often in conversations of the AAPI community. One thing we must always be mindful of is the way oppression works. Because if you keep the folks you are oppressing fighting one another, perhaps they will miss that the real enemy is the oppressor!In this episode, Chelsi and Dr. Catherine Meeks discuss these questions and truths around minorities and the passive acceptance that is a part of their social cultures.

Racial identity is a major topic. It might come up in conversation, on a job application, or in speaking with young people. How and why does it seem to always surface?This is a falsity around race. We are all human beings. We are members of a human family. In this episode, Chelsi and Dr. Catherine Meeks wrestle with these tough questions and it includes Dr. Meeks' story of how she identifies with her racial identity and the journey it took her to get there.

Airing originally on February 11, 2021 on WYXR 91.7 FM in Memphis, TN, this episode of Faithfully Memphis features Bishop Phoebe Roaf in conversation with Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, whose mission is to provide tools and experiences that allow faith communities – and the larger community of individuals – to engage in dismantling racism through education, prayer, dialogue, pilgrimage, and spiritual formation. Prior to the center's opening, Dr. Meeks she chaired its precursor, Beloved Community: Commission for Dismantling Racism for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. A sought-after teacher and workshop leader, Catherine brings four decades of experience to the work of transforming the dismantling racism work in Atlanta. The core of her work has been with people who have been marginalized because of economic status, race, gender or physical ability as they pursue liberation, justice and access to resources that can help lead them to health, wellness and a more abundant life. This work grows out of her understanding of her call to the vocation of teacher as well as her realization that all of humanity is one family which God desires to unite. Learn more at CenterForRacialHealing.org/ Have a question for the Stump the Bishop segment? Please email Minister of Communication Emily Austin: eaustin@episwtn.org

In this episode, Dr. Catherine Meeks interviews Bishop Barbara C. Harris. This is one of the last recorded conversations with Bishop Harris before her journey into eternity in March of 2020. Dr. Meeks spoke with Bishop Harris in November of 2019 in Atlanta at the launch of the Bishop Barbara C. Harris Justice Project honoring her legacy of dismantling racism and social injustices. Bishop Barbara Clementine Harris was born on June 12, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Harris grew up in Germantown, a neighborhood of Philadelphia. Her mother, Beatrice Price Harris, played the organ for St. Barnabas Church and her father, Walter Harris, was a steelworker. While attending Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she excelled in music, Harris wrote a weekly column called High School Notes by Bobbi for the Philadelphia edition of the Pittsburgh Courier, an African American newspaper. After graduating from high school in 1948, she attended the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism. She earned a certificate from Charles Morris Price in 1950. In later years, Harris would study at Villanova University and the Episcopal Divinity School.As a member of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU) since the late 1950s, Harris served on a number of diocesan committees. In the 1960s, she helped to form the Union of Black Clergy and Laity which was subsequently called the Union of Black Episcopalians (UBE). She was a member of the St. Dismas Fellowship and served on the board of the Pennsylvania Prison Society. During the summer of 1964, Harris volunteered with Delta Ministries in Greenville, Mississippi, educating and registering voters. In 1974, she advocated for the ordination of the “Philadelphia Eleven,” a group of women who had been ordained priests, but were labeled "irregular" by the Anglican Communion. By 1976, the church began to admit women priests and, in October 1980, Harris was ordained as a priest. After her ordination, she served as priest at St. Augustine of Hippo Church and as chaplain of Philadelphia County Prison.In 1984, Harris was appointed executive director of the Episcopal Church Publishing Company, molding the social direction of the Episcopal Church. Known for her strong advocacy for social justice, Harris was elected in 1988 as the consecrated Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, becoming the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion. She served as bishop until 2002 when she retired at the age of seventy-two.

The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing in Atlanta has an idea to reimagine community policing. Dr. Catherine Meeks, the Center's Executive Director works to change hearts and minds one at a time. She invites a community to join the conversation. She argues that in the wake of the war on drugs, mass incarceration and the murders of Ahmad Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, change must happen now.

Welcome to a Brave Space with Dr. Meeks. In the pilot episode, listeners are introduced to Chelsi Glascoe, the host of A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks, and Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. Chelsi and Dr. Meeks have a conversation about the founding of the Center, the significance of its place in the Episcopal Church. After introductions, Chelsi and Dr. Meeks discuss the importance of remembering the 400th anniversary of slavery in the United States. 

Panel conversation on the topics of justice and race with The Rt. Rev. Robert C. Wright, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta; Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing; and Joel Thompson, Atlanta-based composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Moderated by The Rev. Dr. Simon Mainwaring, rector of All Saints'.

All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta is a vibrant, progressive community that welcomes all – wherever they may be on their spiritual journey. We are called to know, to love, and to serve God and our neighbors. In all that we do, we honor All Saints’ abiding commitment for justice and peace for all people in Atlanta and across the world. Visit us online at https://allsaintsatlanta.org