Podcasts about Sankofa

We are sooo back!!! In this “A→Z” first episode, Adeche (Adwoa & Solomon) take you on an immersive journey through four foundational entries in the Encyclopaedia of African Religion: Abasi, Abosom, Abuk and Adinkra Symbols. Whether you're a scholar of African religion­ mythology, a mythology lover seeking inspiring content, or an art enthusiast curious about the visual language of Akan culture. There's so much to learn.

(Airdate 5/19/25) Fresh off of an international convening in Grenada to honor the centennial birthday of Malcolm X, BLM Grassroots Field Director Akili joins me to pay tribute to Malcolm X on what would have been his one-hundred-year birthday.https://www.instagram.com/akili4thepeople/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/ https://www.instagram.com/kbla1580/

Rosa Hunt talks to Phillip Henry, a Rastafarian Beekeeper in Cardiff, about religion and biodiversity. Nestled on a rooftop overlooking Cardiff Bay, Sankofa scientist, Phillip Henry, is helping to create biodiversity corridors for pollinators - bees. Rosa Hunt met with Philip to talk about his background, Rastafarian beliefs, beekeeping, and restorative justice. In this wide ranging discussion, they look at the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, the history of mining in Wales, and slavery. Phillip Henry also chooses some songs that represent his journey and beliefs.

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Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: The Heart and Brain, conshus, Unselftitled, The Pharcyde, Ansley Stewart, Pat Van Dyke, Sankofa, Burnt Bakarak, Valerie June, Busta, DJ A-L, Kit Sebastian, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80, POS of De La Soul, Footshooter, M Slago, MidaZ The Beast, DJ Spiderman, IDLES, Danny Brown, Marinero, Jake Palumbo, Okito Sisi, Okito, Emma Lee M.C., Roccwell, Masta Ace, Rita Donte, Pandamonium, MC Oliver Twist, Sublingual, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Habakkuk reminds us that, when times are hard, we can look back to our ancestors and our own past to see that God always shows up. God has a track record with us. God can be found in the old covenant ways that our ancestors knew. We can go back and find courage to go forward in faith.

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: Cameron Bethany, IMAKEMADBEATS, conshus, Onry Ozzborn, Cloudy October, Lonnie Holley, Ken-C, Kidd Called Quest, Ansley Stewart, Pat Van Dyke, Previous Industries, Georgie Sweet, non-a, Ebi Soda, Crescendo, BAYNK, MaLLy, Last Word, WheelUP, Sio, Jayce Cantor, Sankofa, Burnt Bakarak, Royalty, Maia Friedman, Jake Palumbo, Raekwon, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Leslie Salmon Jones is the CEO and co-founder of Afro Flow Yoga®, an embodied practice integrating African Diasporic dance, yoga, and live healing music to support trauma recovery and holistic well-being. Inspired by her transformative experiences across Africa and the Caribbean, she co-founded Afro Flow Yoga® in 2008 with her husband, Jeff W. Jones, a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, musical director, and composer. More info: www.afroflowyoga.com In this conversation, Leslie Salmon Jones and Jane Garnett explore the awakening of feminine energy in the context of toxic masculinity, personal healing, and the importance of community. They discuss the need for a language revolution, the role of rituals in relationships, and the transformative power of Afro Flow Yoga. The conversation emphasizes the significance of embodied connection, alternative currencies, and the healing rhythms of drumming. In this conversation, Leslie Salmon Jones and Jane Garnett explore themes of birth, initiation, cultural wisdom, and the importance of embodied practices. They discuss the significance of the Black Jaguar in indigenous cultures, the rise of awareness in spiritual practices, and the role of women in healing and empowerment. The conversation emphasizes the importance of collective consciousness, the power of circles, and the celebration of life and gratitude. Leslie shares her vision for the future of her work, focusing on healing and connection through community and spirituality. takeaways We're in a time of the toxic masculine being revealed. The divine feminine is emerging with rage as a form of healing. Patriarchy is pervasive and affects our relationships and society. Awareness of our socialization is the first step to healing. The real estate of our minds is crucial for transformation. We need to reimagine success beyond traditional metrics. Community and embodied practices foster deeper connections. Rituals can strengthen relationships and personal growth. The journey of Afro Flow Yoga connects dance and spirituality. Drumming resonates with our heartbeat and offers healing. The experience of birth is a profound initiation. Cultural wisdom, like that of the Black Jaguar, empowers women. Awareness of embodied practices is on the rise. Sankofa symbolizes the importance of learning from the past. We are transitioning from a material to a spiritual focus. Women play a crucial role in spiritual awakening. The circle is a powerful structure for connection and trust. Collective consciousness fosters healing and celebration. Gratitude is essential for personal and communal well-being. The future of healing lies in connection and community. t"I'm getting these waves of feminist rage" "The divine feminine to awaken and to emerge" "The real estate of our minds" "We need a language revolution" "I need to heal myself" "Afro Flow Yoga has been our therapy" "I'm going to free fall" "The first drum is the heart" "Only imagining that's experience." "This is the rise of what we're seeing now." "Celebration is every day, all day long." "I feel so prepared for it." Chapters 00:00 Awakening Feminine Energy 03:12 Toxic Masculinity and Personal Healing 06:04 Reimagining Success and Alternative Currencies 09:04 Embodied Connection and Community 11:45 The Journey of Afro Flow Yoga 15:01 The Role of Rituals in Relationships 17:53 Navigating Personal Growth and Relationships 21:12 The Healing Power of Drumming and Rhythm 32:43 The Journey of Birth and Initiation 34:03 Cultural Wisdom and the Black Jaguar 35:11 Awareness and Embodied Practices 35:46 Sankofa: Wisdom from the Past 37:14 The Shift from Material to Spiritual 37:51 The Role of Women in Spirituality 40:56 The Power of the Circle 45:04 Collective Consciousness and Celebration 51:57 The Future of Healing and Connection Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blair Durham of Black BRAND discusses Legacy Day and the organization's mission to narrow the racial wealth gap. The organization is using a 150-year plan driven by data and partnerships with institutions like Virginia Tech to address key pillars that influence wealth. These pillars include health, education, media, technology, policy, justice, and affordable housing. Durham emphasizes the importance of community-driven efforts, historical awareness, and the need to actively shape a positive future for the Black community through intentional action and legacy building. Black BRAND's work centers around Business Research, Analytics, Networking, and Development to promote Black economic empowerment.Here are ten important points and quotes from Blair Durham's talk:Black Brand's name is an acronym that stands for business research and analytics networking and development.Black Brand has been developing a 150-year plan in partnership with Virginia Tech to build a data dashboard1. This plan aims to narrow the racial wealth gap by connecting all the pillars that inform wealth1.•A significant part of the 150-year plan focuses on people and values, including social determinants of health and food access.Less than 1% of venture capital goes to the Black community, which is related to the lack of new technologies coming from the Black community due to limited access to STEM resources1.•Policy and justice are important pillars, with issues like traffic stops and the impact of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs being considered1. Durham asks whether the last 65 years of DEI programs actually translated to more wealth in the Black community, and notes that most data says no1.•According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 30% of gross income.Durham notes that the affordable housing crisis disproportionately affects the Black community."If it's not a grassroots effort, it's likely not going to happen"1. Durham emphasizes the importance of community involvement to achieve progress.The Sankofa logo is central to Black Brand's identity, symbolizing the importance of looking back to the past to inform the future1. "It is not taboo to go back and fetch what you've forgotten," Durham says, noting that this includes ancient, recent, and personal history.Durham journals to remember the past, and encourages everyone to speak legacy into young people, because it is their responsibility to teach them who they are.... Durham states that "the most important priority for the black community is the black community, not a particular political party".Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Want to contact Blair orBrian or Black BRAND? Info@BlackBRAND.biz . The BWST podcast is produced by using selected audio from theradio show and other Black BRAND events. BWST is the media outlet for BlackBRAND. Black BRAND is a 501(c)(3) organization that stands for BusinessResearch Analytics Networking and Development. We are Hampton Roads RegionalBlack Chamber of Commerce. We promote group economics through professionaldevelopment and community empowerment, and we unify the black dollar byproviding financial literacy, entrepreneurship training, and networkingresources!   http://blackbrand.biz  m.me/blackwallstreettoday  +  info@blackbrand.biz  +  (757) 541-2680 Instagram: www.instagram.com/blackbrandbiz/ + Facebook: www.facebook.com/blackbrandbiz/   Find Black Owned Businesses in the 757: www.HRGreenbook.com Invest in Black Excellence! Watch all episodes of www.GenerationalFlip.com now! $20k - $90K of business funding - https://mbcapitalsolutions.com/positive-vibes-consulting/Money for your business: https://davidallencapital.com/equipment-financing?u=&u=PositiveVibesInvest in stocks via STASH: https://get.stashinvest.com/sekosq72j 

ATTENDEESJON?DOE, Sankofa, Memphis ReignsAGENDANew Business Discuss the formation of the group and how the album came together.  Discuss the album Action Figures of Speech in detail. intro and outro by andrew

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: E-Turn, Prowess The Testament, conshus, Just Be, JBiz, JuniAli7, Phels, Hot 8 Brass Band, Michi, De La Soul, Shade Cobain, Sankofa, Burnt Bakarak, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Kuna Maze, Mugs and Pockets, Joao Selva, Moka Only, Reckonize Real, Emma-Jean Thackray, BLAND, Inkswel and Lee Scratch Perry, Elf Tranzporter, Alsarah and the Nubatones, Arrested Development, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Send us a textWatch the Full Episode on YouTubeIn this episode, I sit down with the incredible team behind Sankofa Properties to uncover their unique journey from college friends to real estate trailblazers. Khalia, Erica, and James share how their African-centered studies inspired a mission-driven real estate business.Learn about their strategic approach to building multiple revenue streams, the importance of understanding your clientele, and how their vertical integration model transforms real estate services.

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: eighth letter, Acey Wasuto, conshus, DJ Deviant, Swamburger, Mr. Al Pete, Notsucal, Bathe, Phill Most Chill, A.C. The Program Director, Pat Van Dyke, Indira, Bambu, The Allergies, Kuna Maze, Devin Morrison, Daz Dillinger, Brian Nasty, Wiki, The Bongo Hop, Moonlight Benjamin, Emskee, Jake Palumbo, DWhateva, Adrian Younge, Journeymen, Sankofa, Chef Mike, Alix Brown, Louis Fontaine, Babyface, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Aimée Wallin, co-director at the non-profit Ghana Food Movement. Born of Swedish and Malian heritage, since completing her studies in Ghana, she calls Ghana home and finds herself a political foodie advocating for local eating, sustainable production methods and preservation of black food cultures. Ghana Food Movement is a network for food actors in Ghana with the vision of a resilient local food system that provides jobs and nutritious food for all Ghanaians. At the end of December, they celebrated the opening of their food education hub in Accra, check out the festivities here (https://www.instagram.com/ghanafoodmovement/reel/DEFxbIGiS0T/). The kitchen is open! Where to find Aimée? Ghana Food Movement (https://www.ghanafoodmovement.com/ourevents) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimée-wallin-a74167153/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/aimee.wav/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/awallin1) What's Aimée reading? Butter Honey Pig Bread (https://a.co/d/hgTcgix) by Francesca Ekwuyasi (https://youtu.be/czTFnvrH2FI?si=hJMOjxnatdq9pHHq) Jollof and Other Revolutions (https://a.co/d/dHZOguL) by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi (https://ogunyemi.net) Other topics of interest: About Mali (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali) Sweden through the Ages (linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden) Agricology (https://www.organicresearchcentre.com/our-research/research-project-library/agricology/) On Food Insecurity (https://www.fao.org/4/al936e/al936e00.pdf) Malian Cuisine (https://mintteatrails.com/malian-food/) Try Fonio Flakes (https://www.instagram.com/nourimeal/) The Blue Skies (https://blueskies.com/our-story/) Story Perspectives on Sankofa (https://sankofa.org/about) Food Sovereignty Ghana (https://www.facebook.com/FoodSovereigntyGhana/#) Special Guest: Aimée Wallin.

This week on "Stitch Please", Lisa takes a playful stroll down memory lane with a touch of Sankofa wisdom—looking back to leap forward! She dishes out gratitude for her amazing community and collabs, cheers for the big wins of 2024, remembers those we've lost, and sprinkles in some heartfelt intentions for the year ahead. It's all about creativity, growth, and keeping the stitch strong!=====Lisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation.Instagram: Lisa WoolforkTwitter: Lisa WoolforkReady to tap in to the visuals of Stitch Please? Then join our Patreon! For only $5 a month you can get all of the video versions of the pod. PLUS more goodies at higher patron levels. We couldn't do any of this without your support. Thank you!======Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletterCheck out our merch hereLeave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode.Join the Black Women Stitch PatreonCheck out our Amazon StoreStay Connected:YouTube: Black Women StitchInstagram: Black Women StitchFacebook: Stitch Please Podcast

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: The Do Gooders, SoyIsReal, conshus, E-TURN, DJ SPS, Qwel, Swamburger, Robert Glasper, Andra Day, DJ Paul Sitter, Andy Cooper, Tom Misch, Loyle Carner, Reggie Watts, Radio Galaxy, Ego Ella May, TOKiMONSTA, Kaelin Ellis, Jazzy Soto, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sankofa, Bryony Jarman-Pinto, TzariZM, Oddisee, Thee Sacred Souls, Fly Anakin, Quelle Chris, Femi Kuti, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Tangazo cohost Tim Person,  hosted two special guest for Thursday's show.  In the first half of the 12 pm hour, in preparation for the holiday's, Pat Nogar treated us to with our annual pre-holiday visit with helpful tips about preparing for the festival season with convergence of Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza.  Pat shared how to make our homes more festival and inviting and how to enjoy and incorporate diverse cultures.  We also took a walk down memory lane by revisiting the past with family gatherings, how we engaged and celebrated and even discussed our favorite holiday movies.  In the second half of the hour, we were joined by the multi-talented Paulette Sankofa who is an mixed media artist, an Ordained Elder in the AME church and an author.  Paulette recently published a book entitled: St. Louis Black Women's Quilting and Cuisine: Stories of Love and Hope.  Her book documents the stories of St. Louis Black women who are passionate about quilting and culinary arts. This is an essential part of the local quilting and culinary arts history of the state of Missouri. 

  In the Ghanaian culture, a mythical bird called Sankofa honors the African Diaspora, symbolizing the need to look to the past and carry forward the truth and wisdom found there to benefit future generations. The image is so powerful that filmmakers, educators and entrepreneurs Shirikiana and Haile Gerima named both their groundbreaking 1993 movie and their incomparable bookstore, Sankofa. It was an honor to interview Shirikiana on Power Station, the final episode of a 4-part series produced in partnership with Rochdale Capital. Sankofa Video Books and Café is a vital cultural touchstone where children can see themselves depicted in books about joyful Black families, a rarity in literature, students from Howard University explore the works of Pan-African writers and the community gathers to hear live Jazz and meet independent filmmakers. The strength of and connection to the community is critically important to Sankofa as it navigates pushback from gentrifying neighbors, the need for more physical space and the high cost of operating in Washington, DC. Sankofa's next chapter is a transition to cooperative ownership, a journey informed by looking back to shape the future. Shirikiana Gerima tells her remarkable story here.  

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Suprena Hickman is a Nurse Entrepreneur with over 26 years of nursing experience and a decade of coaching and mentoring. She founded a vocational school, mentors teen girls, and supports women entrepreneurs. As a keynote speaker, author, and event producer, Suprena creatively build platforms for healing and thriving. Her impactful events range from large-scale productions to intimate gatherings, all dedicated to healing and uniting the community via holistic wellness and combating nursing burnout. Her journey also included escaping nursing burnout through a successful home baking business. She is committed to transforming healthcare, fostering resilience, and creating meaningful employment opportunities. Suprena's work embodies the principle of Sankofa, honoring the past to enrich the present. PUSH that LIKE button, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!!!!!!!!! For more information on how to use storytelling in business or branding visit my website (msvthestoryteller. co) or my email valisonelliot@gmail. You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube & LinkedIn at Ms. V The Storyteller Thanks for listening! Use the link below for my freebie "Crafting Your Unique Fingerprint Story: 5 Essential Tips to Develop Your Story" https://valisonelliot.systeme.io/tips Use this link to gain access to my Masterclass: "Engage & Excel: Strategic Storytelling for Entrepreneurs" https://valisonelliot.systeme.io/sales Check out my new YouTube Channel Storytelling in Business ⁠ #msvthestoryteller #msvthestorytellerpodcast #storytellinginbusiness Suprena Info:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SankofaTrainingInstitute?mibextid=LQQJ4d    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suprena.hickman?mibextid=LQQJ4d   IG: EscapeCoach  IG: SankofaTraining 

Welcome back to the 204th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 204th episode we bring you a Duet Review of Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold, presented by Art of Time Ensemble, based on Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, with a new libretto by Titilope Sonuga, directed by Tawiah M'Carthy. Join Mackenzie Horner and Jillian Robinson, as they unpack the brilliance of layered theatricality, the necessity to retell one's history, and (like the sankofa) the importance of learning from the past to inform the future. Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold ran at the Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON) from October 24 to 27, 2024. See the company's website for more information about the show: https://harbourfrontcentre.com/event/sankofa-the-soldiers-tale-retold/ This review contains many SPOILERS for Sankofa: The Soldier's Tale Retold. It will begin with a general non-spoiler review until the 9:43 mark, followed by a more in-depth/anything goes/spoiler-rich discussion. Even though the current Toronto run has already come to an end, we hope that it may be revived elsewhere. Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Jillian Robinson – Instagram: @jillian.robinson96 Follow Cup of Hemlock Theatre on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @cohtheatre If you'd like us to review your upcoming show in Toronto, please send press invites/inquiries to coh.theatre.MM@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cup-of-hemlock-theatre/support

In this inspiring episode, I talk with South African rebel singer Thandiswa Mazwai, discussing her upbringing in Soweto, South Africa, during the Apartheid era. Her memories of the violence that took place are vivid. She recalls experiencing a great sense of freedom upon Nelson Mandela's release from prison and describes meeting South African legends Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela, who would become her close friends and mentors. Mazwai's musical influences include Fela Kuti, Grace Jones, and UK punk band Skunk Anansie. Her parents, who were activists, had made her read books like Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth. Her latest album is Sankofa, co-produced by Meshell Ndegeocello and fellow South African musician Nduduzo Makhathini; we talk about the experience of working with them. Our conversation wraps with the recollection of her 2005 performance at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem.https://thandiswa.comhttps://www.patreon.com/c/ALONGWAYFROMTHEBLOCKPODCAST

Aretha Duarte, montanhista, empreendedora socioambiental e a primeira mulher negra latino-americana a escalar o Everest volta ao Ubuntu para contar sobre a nova expedição que está por vir: ela vai guiar um grupo ao pico mais alto do continente africano, o Kilimanjaro. A Expedição Sankofa vai acontecer em novembro e Aretha nos contou tudo, em detalhes. Os desafios, a expectativa e como as mudanças climáticas estão impactando o montanhismo.

Once considered polar opposites, country music and rap have had a bit of a moment together as of late with artists like Jelly Roll & Post Malone and releases like Beyonce's Cowboy Carter hitting the charts. The thing is, Brooklyn, NY born bluegrass/hip-hop group Gangstagrass have been doing it since 2007. Returning guest, sociologist Alana Anton, brings us their latest release: 'The Blackest Thing On The Menu', and makes the case that these genres have more in common than record label marketers would have us believe. Songs discussed in this episode: Long Hard Times To Come (Justified Main Theme), Freedom - Gangstagrass; Feathered Indians - Tyler Childers; The Only Way Out Is Through - Gangstagrass; Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy; Good At Being Bad - Gangstagrass; Hunger Strike - Temple Of The Dog; Up High Do Or Die, Gone Gone - Gangstagrass; Texas Hold 'Em - Beyonce; You Can Have The Crown (Sturgill Simpson Cover) - Post Malone; Mother, Obligatory Braggadocio, Avenue B, Palette, It's Alive, Sankofa, Mother (Instrumental Jam Mix) - Gangstagrass

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: Jade Lawhon, Sincere Vega, conshus, E-Turn, Pale Jay, GAGLE, Bobby Oroza, vsteeze, Funky DL, Prowess The Testament, Nilufer Yanya, Nubya Garcia, Juan Pierre, HiddenHand, Sankofa, Zach Lost, ANIMA!, J57, Blu, Skyzoo, DJ Romes, Akie Bermiss, Rasheed Chappell, DJ Dolo76, Awon, Phoniks, Bathe, K-Rec, Moka Only, Dinco D, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: Jade Lawhon, Sincere Vega, conshus, E-Turn, Pale Jay, GAGLE, Bobby Oroza, vsteeze, Funky DL, Prowess The Testament, Nilufer Yanya, Nubya Garcia, Juan Pierre, HiddenHand, Sankofa, Zach Lost, ANIMA!, J57, Blu, Skyzoo, DJ Romes, Akie Bermiss, Rasheed Chappell, DJ Dolo76, Awon, Phoniks, Bathe, K-Rec, Moka Only, Dinco D, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep412! Put it on record - make sure you always take care of you and your star player…which is YOU. THAAAAANK YAAA and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap ////////// Recorded live September 8, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks ////////// Pre-Game Beats - Roper Williams "Southern Vangard Theme" - Bobby Homack & The Southern Vangard All-Stars Talk Break Inst. - "World At Night, World Looks Like" - Black Milk "Step Into The Zone" - Lunden Bernard "Penn Station (J57 Remix)" - J57 ft. Blu, Skyzoo, DJ Romes, Akie Bermiss (cuts DJ Romes) "MW" - Vice Souletric ft. Slum Village & HiJinks "Give Me All the Promises" - Sankofa "Criminal Rap (Remix)" - Travisty The Lazy Emcee ft. Money Mogly "Listen Up!" - Unison x Flip ft. Guilty Simpson & Phat Kat Talk Break Inst. - "No Bloom Just Boom" - Black Milk "Black Egypt" - Casual "Death Wish 4' - House of Heron ft. Money Mogly "Ship 'Em Out (MiLKCRATE Remix)" - Emskee & Jake Palumbo "The WordSmith Experience" - Dell-P (prod. Trac-Qaeda) "Lost & Found" - Yahzeed Divine & Silent Someone "Mud Puddle" - Es x Shark ft. Substance810, Empuls, Fraction, DJ K-Flip (prod. Cee Gee) "Maple Leather" - Supreme Cerebral & Eloh Kush Talk Break Inst. - "Never Tell U" - Black Milk "OG Randy" - Jamal Gasol & Sayzee "Miami Freestyle" - The Parisian ft. Tone Spliff "U Can Get It" - Lords Of The Underground (prod. Snowgoons) "Info Kill 3" - MidaZ The BEAST x TzariZM "Limitless" - Ransom, Conway The Machine & V Don "Broly" - Recognize Ali ft. Jay Nice (prod. Hobgoblin) "Mill Prep" - Elcamino (prod. ILL Tone Beats) "Stirring" - DJ Muggs x Crimeapple x RLX Talk Break Inst. - "Another Day In June" - Black Milk "Pho No Bich" - Eddie Meeks & DJ Pocket (prod. DJ Jon Doe)

Full show: https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com Artist Played: Beanies and Snapbacks, Soy Is Real, Knaladeus, conshus, Jake One, DOOM, MidaZ The BEAST, Angela Munoz, Essa, Pitch 92, Kendra Morris, A Boy Called Patches, Jonah Yano, REKS, Dj Views, Yolanda Sargeant, Nubya Garcia, TzariZM, Oddisee, Soweto Gospel Choir, Groove Terminator, Sankofa, Nord1kone, Claude Fontaine, SkinnyBuddha, TonyOldSchool, Silversmiths, JON?DOE, Iron Mike Sharp, Ginger Root, Lyrics Born, OutKast, GOODie MOb, IMAKEMADBEATS

Join Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany as they kick off a new 3-episode topic for Perspectives Pastors Podcast – The World Calls. We Travel. – exploring the way that travel takes us to new places and changes us. They start with the story of Abram and Sarai embarking on a journey of faith after being called to travel 600 miles to settle somewhere new (Genesis 12:1-6). It’s a trip that humbles, and grows, and changes you into a new person. Much like the Sankofa Pilgrimage, a travel and learning experience led by First Church San Diego to help uncover the dynamics of racism throughout US history, and today. Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany share the origin and mission of the Sankofa Pilgrimage and provide a look back on the 2023 journey, discussing the sites visited and how the route was chosen. If you’d like to go deeper with this topic, we invite you to ponder the following questions: Where is God calling you to go but you don’t really want to go? Where have you been that has changed you? How are you learning about racism? And be sure to catch the next two episodes to learn about the journey the pilgrims took for the 2024 Sankofa trip.

Join Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany as they kick off a new 3-episode topic for Perspectives Pastors Podcast – The World Calls. We Travel. – exploring the way that travel takes us to new places and changes us. They start with the story of Abram and Sarai embarking on a journey of faith after being called to travel 600 miles to settle somewhere new (Genesis 12:1-6). It’s a trip that humbles, and grows, and changes you into a new person. Much like the Sankofa Pilgrimage, a travel and learning experience led by First Church San Diego to help uncover the dynamics of racism throughout US history, and today. Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany share the origin and mission of the Sankofa Pilgrimage and provide a look back on the 2023 journey, discussing the sites visited and how the route was chosen. If you’d like to go deeper with this topic, we invite you to ponder the following questions: Where is God calling you to go but you don’t really want to go? Where have you been that has changed you? How are you learning about racism? And be sure to catch the next two episodes to learn about the journey the pilgrims took for the 2024 Sankofa trip.

Join Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany as they kick off a new 3-episode topic for Perspectives Pastors Podcast – The World Calls. We Travel. – exploring the way that travel takes us to new places and changes us. They start with the story of Abram and Sarai embarking on a journey of faith after being called to travel 600 miles to settle somewhere new (Genesis 12:1-6). It’s a trip that humbles, and grows, and changes you into a new person. Much like the Sankofa Pilgrimage, a travel and learning experience led by First Church San Diego to help uncover the dynamics of racism throughout US history, and today. Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany share the origin and mission of the Sankofa Pilgrimage and provide a look back on the 2023 journey, discussing the sites visited and how the route was chosen. If you’d like to go deeper with this topic, we invite you to ponder the following questions: Where is God calling you to go but you don’t really want to go? Where have you been that has changed you? How are you learning about racism? And be sure to catch the next two episodes to learn about the journey the pilgrims took for the 2024 Sankofa trip.

Join Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany as they kick off a new 3-episode topic for Perspectives Pastors Podcast – The World Calls. We Travel. – exploring the way that travel takes us to new places and changes us. They start with the story of Abram and Sarai embarking on a journey of faith after being called to travel 600 miles to settle somewhere new (Genesis 12:1-6). It’s a trip that humbles, and grows, and changes you into a new person. Much like the Sankofa Pilgrimage, a travel and learning experience led by First Church San Diego to help uncover the dynamics of racism throughout US history, and today. Rev. Trudy and Rev. Brittany share the origin and mission of the Sankofa Pilgrimage and provide a look back on the 2023 journey, discussing the sites visited and how the route was chosen. If you’d like to go deeper with this topic, we invite you to ponder the following questions: Where is God calling you to go but you don’t really want to go? Where have you been that has changed you? How are you learning about racism? And be sure to catch the next two episodes to learn about the journey the pilgrims took for the 2024 Sankofa trip.

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Her name is Thandiswa, but if you're from her native country of South Africa, you might know her better as King Tha. She's a singer and songwriter with a new album called Sankofa, a Ghanaian word that means "to go back and fetch what has been left behind." In this brand new conversation, she joins Ebro Darden to talk about Sankofa, and what it means to her in the context of post-apartheid South Africa.Listen to Thandiswa's Message playlist only on Apple Music

This week we are once again joined by Texas Impact Policy Advocate, Heather Malkawi, who was recently invited to attend the 6th Pan African Conference, otherwise known as Sankofa 2024. This conference is hosted about every five years by the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians. Heather shares highlights from her trip and about how these theologians are processing, leading and acting.   Texans of faith are also leading, and it is so inspiring to see. If you want to find out how you can get involved, check out texasimpact.org, and for sure check out the Texas Faith Votes page for tools and resources. Learn more about Sankofa and the CCAWT here circle.org.za and in Heather's blog texasimpact.org/journey-to-ghana  

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Warren Skipper, Cherise Wilson and Valeri Chow Tao share their experiences from a recent Sankofa Journey.

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Dave recaps an amazing April and receiving another award, "Dad Bods", and also reflects on his journey. Guest Emily Guerra, a Productivity Life Coach, joins Dave to discuss how the pandemic was a catalyst for her successful journey, the connection between boosting productivity and improving mental health, and her system "The Productivity Flow" and more.

Dave recaps an amazing April and receiving another award, "Dad Bods", and also reflects on his journey. Guest Emily Guerra, a Productivity Life Coach, joins Dave to discuss how the pandemic was a catalyst for her successful journey, the connection between boosting productivity and improving mental health, and her system "The Productivity Flow" and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/davesheadpod/message

Show Notes:00:15 - Teacher Appreciation Day 2024 00:25 - eight encore excerpts from seven guests1:15 - Julia Roland  - college student, art student, artist (segment 1 of 2)3:00 - Lana Camiel - pharmacist, herbalist, professor, podcaster4:30 - Mike Shannon - retired U.S. Army officer, current university president6:25 - Joy Robinson - former teacher, staff member with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators7:25 - Megan Golden - world language teacher and author9:00 - John Beede - mountain climber, author, public speaker11:00 - Kristin Hatcher - writer, runner12:25 - Julia Roland - segment 2 of 214:35 - "Thank you!" to great teachers Links:Julia Roland episode - An Artist's Audio Self-Portrait (38 minutes)Lana Camiel episode - Rx for Health, Living, and Learning (45 minutes)Mike Shannon episode - Grit, Excellence, Leadership . . . Purpose (41 minutes)Joy Robinson episode - We need more Joy in teaching! (37 minutes)Megan Golden episode - Learning is THE World Language (38 minutes)John Beede episode - Keep on Climbing! (36 minutes)Kristin Hatcher episode - Tell Your Story (34 minutes) Episode 7 - Host on Mic Episode - Teachers Matter (23 minutes)Episode 16 - In A Moment - Changing the World (4 minutes)Episode 24 - In A Moment - Thank You! (6 minutes)Episode 34 - Many Voices, One Message - Teachers Matter (15 minutes)Episode 38 - Great Teachers - Everyone Knows One! (13 minutes) Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate BeatsPodcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.Professional Association of Georgia EducatorsDavid's LinkedIn page 

BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep399! It's just ONE more episode 'til Episode 400 folks! Hit play now for all the goods and get ready for this SUNDAY = CINCO DE MAYO = CINCO DOECINO = YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap ---------- Recorded live April 29, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks ---------- Pre-Game Beats - Klim Beats Talk Break Inst - "Megalithic" - Illinformed "52 Steaks" - Masamoon ft. Ill Bill "PSP" - Termanology ft. Reks "Pyromaniacs" - Novatore ft. Celph Titled (prod. C-Lance) "Cadavers" - Weapon E.S.P, Ghost Of The Machine & Reckonize Real ft. Lord Goat "Sacred Covenant" - Substance810 & Observe Talk Break Inst - "Rock Bottom" - Illinformed "Bad Boy Bill" - Blueprint "Inevitable" - Pep Love "Thank U" - Declaime & Pawz One "Push Pressure Points" - NAHreally & The Expert ft. Dillon "How Dope Is That?" - Sankofa ft. Memphis Reigns "Tin Can Assassin" - Mickey Diamond "Oodles of Flows and Ohs" - Priest Da Nomad Talk Break Inst - "Gaudi" - Illinformed "Turn That Down" - Tru Trilla ft. Guilty Simpson & Skyzoo (prod. Frost Gamble) "In" - 60 East and Khrysis ft. DJ Rhettmatic "Gettin Tired" - Substance810 & Observe ft. The Alchemist "Giants Of The Fall" - Guilty Simpson & Kong The Artisan "Run Wit Us" - Fli Fetti and BLVD (prod. DJMIKEC) "Uncut Hope" - DJ Muggs & Mooch "Muffler Lung" - Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) "Selling Hope" - Pro Dillinger ft. Big Trip "Institutional Eyes" - NugLife ft. XP The Marxman & Rocky G "Terra" / "Glacia" - Illinformed

Hey ya'll hey! Thanks for tuning into Episode 107 of Tellemtiptoldyou—"Sankofa: The Art of Reclamation” What do The Book of Clarence, Cowboy Carter, and the Black Arts Movement have in common? In this episode, I talk about the role of art (and Black literacy) in multi-layered communication. (the TikTok creator I referenced about the sonar pings is @ragandboneshopoftheheart) I'd love to hear what you think about these ideas. And, if you're really wanting to unpack the ideas around Black history, spirituality, or culture, please consider being a guest on the podcast. Send me an email at drtip@tellemtiptoldyou.com. I'm a life coach helping folks reach holistic success over here while being your FAVORITE HBCU Prof! After you tune in, let me know what you think of this episode by leaving me a 5-star review. Take care of each other so we can build together. #tellemtiptoldyou For more on Tellemtiptoldyou (the podcast on Black History, Black Spirituality, and Black Culture, be sure to follow Dr. Tip on Instagram (@tiffanydphd) and Facebook (@tellemtiptoldyou). Be sure to subscribe to our website, www.tellemtiptoldyou.com, so that you never miss an update! And, if you want to send us a message, our email address is drtip@tellemtiptoldyou.com Hosted by: Dr. Tip Guests on this episode: none TAGS: #thoughtleader #BlackHistory #BlackEducation #BlackCulture #BlackArtsMovement #BlackArt #BlackLiteracy #LifeCoachforBlackWomen #tellemtiptoldyou #podcast

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BANG! @southernvangard radio Ep397! We're back from Spring Break with a vengeance, Vangardians. Doe and Meeks kick things off with a 10 song set, and also brought two, count ‘em TWO, WORLD EXCLUSIVES courtesy of MATICULOUS, HUS KINGPIN, BHRAMABULL, REEK OSAMA & BIG TWINS. We also announced the date for Episode 400, so mark ya little calendars - MAY 5, 2024 - yep, you read it right…EPISODE 400 on CINCO DE MAYO now known as CINCO DOECINO! It doesn't get any more poetic and it doesn't get any more YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #hiphop #undergroundhiphop #boombap -------------------- Recorded live April 10, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks -------------------- Pre-Game Beats - Thee Sacred Souls / Magic In Threes Talk Break Inst. - "Muff Shuffle" - The Doppelgangaz "Foot Clan Party" - Mickey Diamond "Uptown Fly Sh*t" - Termanology ft. Lord Sko & Nim K. "Say You Love Me" - Cookin Soul & The Musalini ft. Hus Kingpin & Reuben Vincent "Legend Has It" - Tha God Fahim "In Living Color" - Blu & Shafiq Husayn ft. Skye Louise "Chess Not Checkers" - Q-Unique, DJ Presto One & Jake Palumbo "The Grimy Life" - Supreme Cerebral & Swab ft. Big Twin "Halal Food" - FastLife, Madhattan & Wino Willy "Justified" - Waterr & The Standouts "Higher Self" - Roc Marciano ft. T.F & Flee Lord (prod. The Alchemist) Talk Break Inst. - "Harem Uptown" - The Doppelgangaz "The Servicemen" - Real Bad Man & Lukah "Cartoon Car Tunes" - Mickey Diamond "Roll Call" - GUTTR (Havoc, RJ Payne, Ras Kass) ft. Method Man, Fame & Sway "Mav x Mooch x Times" - DJ Muggs & Mooch ft. M.A.V. & Times Change "Terrance Trent d'Arby" - Sankofa "Tyson" - Ekundayo "Around The Planet" - Apathy Talk Break Inst. - "Stupid Idiot" - The Doppelgangaz "The Expanse" - maticulous ft. Hus Kingpin ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Barrio Logan" - Bhrmabull ft. Reek Osama x Big Twins ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Malandro" - Reek Osama X Hus Kingpin "Curbside Service" - Jalen Frazier And Foul Mouth "Sammy On Balco" - Waterr & The Standouts ft. Chubs "Twin Turbos" - Money Mogly ft. Starz Coleman "Measuring Stick" - Marv Won ft. Fatt Father & Elzhi Talk Break Inst. - "Up Good" - The Doppelgangaz

Chefs AJ and Kristina Sankofa are not only a young married couple, but also business partners who own ESO Artisanal Pasta, a family and black-owned business founded during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we discuss overcoming the fear of the unknown, the importance of discipline and commitment for entrepreneurs, how to balance work and personal relationships, and so much more. Since 2020, The Sankofa's have been ‘Bringing The Authentic Flavors of Italy to Your Home' and they intend to keep it that way. Together they have features on the Food Network, NY Times, ABC News, Delish, PBS, and more. We were honored to sit down with The Sankofa's and unpack the remarkable process that is delivering them to their moment, and we know that their journey is just getting started! For more info on CTM and DT3 Enterprises, visitwww.davidtyree85.com 

Tonetta continues the discussion around the qualities of a liberating church and guides us through the idea of sankofa - an Adinkra symbol in traditional Akan art which represents that “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what is at risk of being left behind.”   Discern together with Tonetta and members of the black affinity group, Lisa, Anselm, and Antonio, as they discuss intersections between sankofa and religion.

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep392! It's that time of the week when your podcast playlist gets a massive upgrade, courtesy of DJ JON DOE, EDDIE MEEKS and all of the incredible artists we feature each week. If you're only checking out the podcast - remember we stream live on Sundays (and sometimes Mondays) while recording the episode for the week - it's a lot of fun, try to tune in sometime around 930p ET on Sundays at TWITCH.TV/SOUTHERNVANGARD. Also - make sure you head over to WE FUNK RADIO this week, as our own DJ JON DOE dropped off two 30 minute mixes for the homies DJ STATIC and PROFESSOR GROOVE, who have been holding down a show since 1999! Yep - almost 25 years - ok, we'll admit it - we'll never catch up with them. It's literally one of the best funk, soul, hip-hop shows on the planet, your life will improve drastically once you're plugged in. You can find the link in our social bios, or just head over to WEFUNKRADIO.COM - and with that, YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard #YouWaaaaalcome // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK ---------- Recorded live February 18, 2024 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks ---------- Pre-Game Beats - OMA Talk Break Inst. - "Untitled" - D.R.U.G.S. Beats "Obi Toppin (Darling)" - Heems & Lapgan ft. Kool Keith "Turn It Up" - Leaf Dog "Neighborhood Grim Reaper" - Recognize Ali ft. D-Styles (prod. Alcapella) "More Butts Than Ashtrays" - Big Bouty ft. EDO G "Roc Nation Brunch" - Marv Won ft. Freeway Talk Break Inst. - "Untitled" - D.R.U.G.S. Beats "In The Smoke" - Hiatus (Che Bong & Ibe Hustles) ft. Fat Lady Sings "Quiet Jungle" - Poe Mack ft. Cesar Comanche (prod. Poe Mack, cuts Tone Spliff) "The Funky Bassline" - Sankofa ft. Showrocka "Denial" - Willie Evans Jr. "If God Replied" - BXXNG "Memory Image" - Awon & Parental ft. Anti-Lilly "Vagabonds" - Nowaah The Flood And Giallo Point Talk Break Inst. - "Untitled" - D.R.U.G.S. Beats "From The Jump" - Poe Mack (prod. D.R.U.G.S. Beats, cuts Tone Spliff) "Rosetta Stone" - Ferris Blusa & Machacha "Exodus Season 2" - Josiah the Gift & Ed Glorious ft. Ja'king The Divine "REALGANGSTASHIT" - Kool Taj The Gr8 (prod. Phil Da Beat) "Dead 2 Me" - The Standouts & Con$piracy "Piledriver" - Rob Viktum & NateTheMosaic "Vertino" - Conway the Machine ft. Joey Bada$$ (prod. Camoflauge Monk) Talk Break Inst. - "Untitled" - D.R.U.G.S. Beats Twitch Only Vinyl Set - DJ Jon Doe

Guest Bios Show Transcript https://youtu.be/eX7GZjdC4DEWhy can't people get over talking about race? Ever heard that line? Or, how about: We live in a post-racial world. We've even had a black president! If racism doesn't exist, then we don't have to deal with it. Yet racism, sadly, is alive and well—not just in our culture, but within the church. On this edition of The Roys Report (TRR), Dr. Lainna Callentine—an educator, pediatrician, and former evangelical faith leader—delivers a powerful talk from our recent Restore Conference. Lainna has walked an incredibly difficult and painful journey as a Black woman in the evangelical church. This is a journey that white evangelicals often don't acknowledge. And it's an experience that Julie Roys, TRR founder and a friend of Lainna's, admits that she once didn't believe or affirm. But, just as Julie's eyes have been opened to abuse and corruption in the church, the past few years have given her a new awareness of racism in the church, as you'll hear in Julie's introduction of Lainna's talk. Lainna's talk, which is rich with history and personal anecdotes, has the power to open the eyes of many others. Please listen with a heart and mind open to what Lainna and the Holy Spirit have to say. Guests Lainna Callentine, M.D., M.Ed. Lainna Callentine, M.D., M.Ed., is a pediatrician, former homeschool mother, master's trained educator, and creator of curriculum program, Sciexperience. Dr. Callentine received her B.A. from Northwestern University and completed her M.D. at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. She has taught all levels from early childhood to postgraduate students. Learn more at sciexperience.com. Show Transcript SPEAKERSJulie Roys, LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. Julie Roys  00:04Why can’t people just get over talking about race? Ever heard that line? Or how about, we live in a post racial world, we even had a black president. Of course, if racism doesn’t exist, then we don’t have to deal with it. But as you’re about to hear racism, sadly is alive and well, not just in our culture, but within the church. Welcome to The Roys Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. I’m Julie Roys. And on this podcast, you’re about to hear a powerful talk from our RESTORE conference by Dr. Lainna CALLENTINE Lainna is a pediatrician and an educator and a former faith leader in the evangelical church. But she’s also a friend of mine who’s walked an incredibly difficult and painful journey as a black woman in the white Evangelical Church. This is a journey that white evangelicals often don’t acknowledge. And as you’ll hear, it’s an experience I once didn’t believe or affirm. But just like I’ve had my eyes opened to abuse and corruption in the church, the past few years have opened my eyes to racism in the church as well. And coming to terms with this reality has been hard because I’ve had to deal with my own ignorance and indifference. And I’ve had to acknowledge my complicity with a sinful system that treats persons of color as less than full bearers of the image of God. But what Lainna did, coming into a predominantly white space and delivering this message was even harder. And I think that’s something I haven’t realized until recently as well. So many of our Black, Hispanic, Asian, and indigenous brothers and sisters have been profoundly wounded and traumatized by white Christians. And they have every reason to expect that when they speak to us, they’ll be minimized, dismissed, and traumatized again. I’m grateful that didn’t happen at RESTORE and I hope like the audience at RESTORE, you’ll open your heart and your mind to receive this important message from Dr. Lainna Callentine on surviving white evangelical racism.   Julie Roys  01:57 But before we hear from Lena, I’d like to thank the sponsors of this podcast, Judson University and Marquardt of Barrington if you’re looking for a top ranked Christian University, providing a caring community and an excellent college experience, Judson University is for you. Judson is located on 90 acres just 40 miles west of Chicago in Elgin, Illinois. The school offers more than 60 majors, great leadership opportunities, and strong financial aid. Plus, you can take classes online as well as in person. Judson University is shaping lives that shaped the world. For more information, just go to JUDSONU.EDU. Also, if you’re looking for a quality new or used car, I highly recommend my friends at Marquardt of Barrington. Marquardt is a Buick GMC dealership where you can expect honesty, integrity, and transparency. That’s because the owners there Dan and Kurt Marquardt are men of integrity. To check them out, just go to BUYACAR123.COM   Julie Roys  03:01 Well, again, you’re about to hear a talk by Dr. Lainna Callentine on surviving and thriving beyond white evangelical racism. I’ve also included in this podcast a portion of my introduction of Lainna at RESTORE, which includes an important apology. For time sake, I’ve had to remove my description of how my eyes were opened to racism in the church, while investigating what happened at Bethlehem Baptist Church, the Church John Piper pastored for three decades. But I encourage you if you want to understand more about the covert nature of racism in the evangelical church, go back and listen to our two-part podcast on what happened at Bethlehem Baptist Church when you’re finished with Lainna’s talk. But now here’s Lainna’s powerful talk at RESTORE 2023 with a short introduction and apology by me.   Julie Roys  03:49 So, three weeks ago, our next guest and I got together at her request, and we talked for about four hours. And she said, Julie, I just don’t know if I can do this talk. And she said this is what normally happens when I come into a predominantly white audience, and I talk about the trauma I’ve experienced as an African American woman in the church. So, I go out there and I bleed,  I bare my soul, and then they look at me with eyes of disbelief., and they just go on their way. And I mostly listened because I really didn’t have a lot to say, and I just needed to hear. And then she reminded me about how we had gotten together because our next guest is a friend of mine. In fact, she was my daughter’s 11th grade biology teacher. And she reminded me of a time we got together in a coffee house, and she shared her, really bared her soul to me, about all the racism that she had experienced. And she said, Julie, I didn’t feel like you believed me either. And the truth is six, seven, however, many years ago, this was I didn’t really believe it. I mean, I believe there was probably some racism in the church. It really wasn’t until I did the investigation on Bethlehem Baptist Church, John Piper’s church, and I got to know these people who had persons of color that had gotten together, had a dinner for the first time where it was just them. And they shared some of their experiences. And out of that, they decided that they wanted to put together a committee and address why is it that we have so few persons of color on our elder board? And then what happened with this committee is that then they spent, I forget how many months, a lot of months working on this, and then they gave their findings. And you know, it’s kind of death in committee. They gave their findings, that was it, nothing happened. Every single member of that committee ended up leaving the church.   Julie Roys  06:22 And so, it kind of opened my eyes to how this is done. And it’s kind of a covert thing. And I had to say to Lainna, you know what? I’m sorry. I’m sorry that I didn’t see that. And I’m sure that hurt you. And that was wrong of me. And I also told her that you guys are different. And when you’ve had enough bad experiences with white people, it’s hard to say this group is different. But I said, one, this group knows about believing victims, about believing survivors, and believing their stories. And we also know that when you get up and you bleed, when you tell your story, we get the cost. It’s like re traumatizing. And if you’re going to do that, and nothing’s going to happen. It’s like it happened again. Right? And so, I know you guys, I believe in you guys, or I wouldn’t have asked my friend to come, who I care about deeply. And It’s my prayer that this will be a healing experience for all of us. But especially for persons of color who have been hurt profoundly in the church. Just to tell you a little bit about Lainna’s credentials. She’s a pediatrician, who completed her MD at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. She’s also a former homeschool mother, Master’s trained educator, a creative curriculum program called SCI Experience. And then she served on a whole bunch of different Christian organizations that we would recognize, although she said to make sure that I say she was the former, or formerly served on the Physician Resource Council at Focus on the Family. But I love Lainna dearly. And I’ll just warn you, she doesn’t mince words. I have no idea what she’s gonna say. Let’s welcome Lainna.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 08:38 Thanks, Julie, for your words, and your apology is very heartfelt. Thank you. One of the things you need to know that I’m just traumatized being in this space speaking to you. Okay? And I know that as we prayed for all of you this morning, how coming into a church space listening to some of the songs that we’re singing, how traumatizing that is to you. And I hold that in my heart and understand that pain. As I’ve walked through evangelical spaces there are many things that have been said to me. These are just a few in the fine collection of lines that have been delivered to me with good intentions. I don’t see color. You are so articulate. You’re playing the race card that I’m doing reverse discrimination and racism. Why can’t people get over talking about race? I don’t even care if you’re black, white, or purple. I’m not sure. Only purple people I’ve seen are dead. But one of my best friends is black. We live in a post racial world. We’ve had a black president, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan. My family did not own slaves, and All Lives Matter. So, these are a few things. These are just a few of the sophomoric, unhelpful, and lacking insight retorts that I’ve received from my white brothers and sisters in Christ when discussing race with them. I’ve questioned myself over and over again, why am I here today? Up to this morning. I really didn’t think I could be here. A few months ago, as Julie said, when she asked me to speak at the RESTORE conference, I have struggled and questioned my need and your need to hear me speak. I have not spoken in front of a large audience since 2019. I swore off speaking in front of white Christian-like audiences, like someone giving up chocolate for Lent. I have been successful up until today to keep that pledge.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 11:08 This is a bit of a public coming out for me. Authentically, being myself, you’re the first people to see this. In the words of Maya Angelou. I no longer are beholding to the white gaze. I must have sat down 1000 times to write some kind of speech for you. I’ve struggled to share intimate parts of me, potentially to an audience and community like those in the past that caused me so much pain. It was then I was a respectable model Negro who provided a limited colorism to their homogeneity, I allowed myself to be squashed and to be strategically unassuming, as I would not convey the angry black woman or intimidate the fragility of the individuals around race. Now, I do not have the motivation or desire to wrap up this in joining into a neat tidy package sprinkled with various Bible verses and then joining hands to sing a rendition of Kumbaya making all feel comfortable with my threatening presence as an educated black woman. I’m going to be completely honest with you; discussing racial trauma in white evangelical spaces to me, as Julie was talking about, is like slitting my wrists for white folks to see me bleed as a bizarre form of curiosity and entertainment, while giving them the power to determine if my blood is red, debate the merits of the tool of my infliction and determine the depth of my wound and the level of pain I may be experiencing. All of this is based on their intellectualized bystander observations and their limited personal experiences. I’m tired of being treated when I talk about race, racism, unfair, unjust practices, and white Christian spaces as not being a credible witness. Being divisive and unloving in some way, my race disqualifies me, because I have a conflicted interest in my blackness, and that only white folks have the power to be the judge in jury in such matters.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 13:37 Julie assured me that this audience would be different. I told Julie, there is a great difference between white folk who have been hurt by the church and by the figures in Christian organizations, than the pain of being black in overwhelming Christian space. There are many nuances. Yes, Julie, they feel pain, isolation, and loss. But here’s the key difference. You see, Julie, you all were part of the family. You and they belonged until you didn’t. Me, however, while I was never part of the family, I was allowed to be in those spaces, tolerated as long as I did not upset the fragile balance or to critique or speak of the lack of people of color, in leadership or in lowly position in that space. I was to be unseen and unheard, and I was allowed to enjoy the delicious morsels that fell from the table where no seat was available for me. I felt a little bit like Charlie Brown ready to kick a football, getting into position to swing my leg, and Lucy quickly going from holding the ball and snatching it away again, and my landing square into my backside. I am so tired of not being believed, watching white folks finding no compelling reason to address the issue, feeling like they will lose something or be subjugated to the evils in demonic treatments that blacks have experienced. As if those like myself want to pay back every horror on white bodies that have been inflicted on us. I’ve watched white folks actively and complicitly be antithetical to the Gospel, denying the Imago Dei in all people. I’m tired of racism being viewed by white folk as a political issue outside the realm of the gospel and being chastised that we are one human race in a story.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 16:04 I hear God whispering, do you love me? A piece of me dies a bit, and my heart hardens repetitively, telling the story even if later a person starts to believe perhaps my story might be slightly credible. I have paid the price over and over. I feel God holding my hand,  will you trust me? I’ll be rejected and dismissed once again God. You are my child and so are they. But they hurt me so much. Look at all that I have lost. I have been hurt and othered all my life in predominantly white spaces. I have lost so much. I do not believe racism will ever go away. It is deeply rooted into the fabric and foundations and the DNA of this country.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 17:04 God can I really love these people? Proximity and the hugging it out doesn’t work. I fought this issue in the world and within my own home. I had no reprieve. I’ve got you, fall back into my arms. I will bear this. God, it’s so hard. But you have sent friends who have done the same who are not the same pigmentation of me. And many of them are here in this audience. They have borne with me the pain and loss that I’ve endured over the last several years. They have shown up with meals, encouragement, and prayer, sat beside me and held my hand on some of the darkest nights. They have listened to my disappointment and even my anger. They have been the hands and feet of Christ. Yes, Lord, I can love them. Because as I look around this room, I see so many of my friends. Although the pain is still there, hope has not been extinguished. I trust you, God, please stay by my side and walk with me and protect me.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 18:30 So, with that, I’m going to tell you a little bit about my story. But I can say something I couldn’t even say 72 hours ago. I love you guys. I have been hurt, but I still have hope. And I want to tell a little bit you know in this time. I’m like, How can I tell a hard story like this in 40 minutes? So, I’m gonna share a little bit about my story. I think parts of it that are  pertinent to this particular audience and my titular brothers and sisters. Unlike most African Americans, I’ve never been in an all-black space. I’ve never been part of a black church. I’ve always lived in white communities. And no, I was not adopted. Okay. So, growing up in white spaces, I also have had and continue to have education, because I just seem not to get enough. Right now, I’m getting a fourth degree from Wheaton College in evangelism and leadership. I decided to go there to see what white people were learning. And I got that done and knew in two weeks what was happening but dang I signed up for a three-year degree. That wasn’t well thought out. In my 30 years of formal education, I’ve only had two black instructors. A total of 12 weeks of those 30 years. I’ve learned to study white people learning to code switch and adapt in order to assimilate and be unassuming. My success depended on knowing how to operate in spaces. Their success I’ve learned culturally in medical school. And there have been times in my life where I was on the brink of wanting to join the Black Panther group and forever being away from white people, not black people, because Lord knows I haven’t been around them. So, I had an amazing mentor by the name of Dr. J. Hirsch, in medical school, he was a traditional Jewish man, amazing man. Had an incredible command of an audience. So, he was a child psychiatrist. And he always did the greeting at UIC, where I went to medical school for the incoming medical first year class. And he had a way that he could capture an audience. And I would be sitting in the audience with over 400 of my colleagues, and make you feel like you were the only one in that auditorium. And I was like, I don’t know what that is, but I want that. And one day he was offering, understanding the family as a patient. Anytime you treat a patient, you’re treating the whole family. And so, I decided I need to go to that class for this mysterious man. And I got into his class, it was just a four-week class. And one day I was walking down the hallway, and I was at that time, engaged to my white husband at the time. So, no one knew about that. We kept it kind of secret  I hung out with many of the black students, he came up to me and asked me if I would allow him to be my mentor. I looked at him like, really? I’m  like, I’m gonna have to think about this. I said, give me some time to think about this, and I walked off. I’m glad to report that I did take him up on his offer. And it was the most amazing time. Actually, my second child is named after Dr. J. Hirsch. He became my academic father; he used his privilege to stand beside me. I didn’t come from a whole line of doctors. I do have a brother that’s a doctor. And that’s something my parents instilled in us. But it wasn’t my background. And there were many times I struggled during medical school where I was close to being kicked out of medical school for academic failure. And he never did my work. I didn’t even know how to write a letter on my behalf. He would make me I would write it, he would edit it, he would make me write it over and over again until I got it right. And at one point, it was so bad that anytime I was called into the dean’s office for academic struggling, he would come with me. Didn’t say a word. I remember one time we were in the elevator, the doors closed, and I was exhausted, I was done. I was like,  I can’t fight anymore. And I remember when the doors close, that man took his fist and slammed it against the elevator door and let out a swear word that they better not eff with me. And at that point, his anger overwhelmed me. He freaked me out, oh, like, Man, this guy’s crazy. He wants it worse than I do. And he stood by my side. And that brought me to the brink of  going to the dark side.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 23:40 I spoke nationally in homeschool conferences all over the country. And I have a publisher that is, just Google my name, you’ll find out who it is. Who I worked with, who has my books. And I thought we believed the same thing. I was walking in any of these really big conservative organizations, even though I wasn’t up front or seen, I believed in the vision and mission. And as I watched the things that my children went through, and I watched my boys who were cute little biracial boys grow up to start looking like men, watching that they suddenly became dangerous. And I watched how I was treated in the world. And about five or six years ago, I said something’s wrong. So, I began to start speaking out about the racism and exclusion of people of color in leadership and the messaging of predominantly national organizations, ones that may have centered on white families using stock photos of black people to colorize their messaging to give the illusion that they were interested in diversity. I think the last thing that brought me back besides my great family from Tov that Julie spoke of, I’m part of that group of our Tov family, was I was bewildered just like you were. And I was like, these people’s orthodoxy do not match their orthopraxy. And I kept talking out, and I found myself at a conference called liberating. And check this. I did not put this on Facebook, liberating evangelism. decentering whiteness, okay. It’s like, what the heck is decentering whiteness? I don’t even know what that means. And so, I went into this conference., and at the time, I was already being kind of, excuse the pun, blacklisted in the evangelical circles. And I went into this conference, and I knew that no one that I associated would ever find themselves there. So, I walked into the hotel conference room, peeked my head in there, and a third of the people were white. I think I gasped out loud. And I stepped back, and I looked at the sign on the door. Yep. Liberating evangelism. decentering whiteness, why are there white people here?   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 26:20 And it was bizarre to me. And because no one in my evangelical circles would have been caught dead there. And so, I was fascinated as I watched the pulpit be shared by people of color of various nationalities. Now, this is the first time I was at a conference that I didn’t see a white male be a keynote speaker. And what I saw from the indigenous to Latinos, and Asians and other people that did it, it had a different flavor. So I was out of my mind, like observing this really weird world. And I asked one of the white individuals, why are you here? And they looked at me like I was asking a trick question. And they’re like, What do you mean? I said, “Did you not read my lips? Let me try this again. Why are you here? And they said, because the Bible says we should love our brother. And I like, seriously? Do you really believe that? Like, yeah, what else would that mean? And it was that adventure that I went into. And as I started sharing my circles, no one in this circle that I was at, had any idea really of Focus on the Family, or any of these organizations I associated in the homeschool world. And I’m like, Don’t you know who they are? I was like, kind of proud., because I was name dropping all those people. They’re like, I don’t know who these people are. And I was like, really? Because they told me they’re the center of Christianity. But you guys say you’re Christians, but you don’t know those people? They're like, nope, no clue. And so, after I would introduce myself, people would look at me at the conference like, and when those ASPCA commercials, you know, with the little dog in the cage shaking, they would look at me like really pathetically like, Oh, bless her heart, look at her. And I didn’t understand it at the time. And so, after one of the meetings, I was sitting on the couch just bewildered because I had not the language to describe what I was experiencing in the white evangelical space. And, lo Behold, this is how God works, a white woman stood and sat beside me. I was in my thoughts. She put her hand on my shoulder, and she goes, I know from which you come. And it’s just like, God, you know, and I was like, Oh, my gosh. And she’s like, Oh, I know all the people you’re talking about. I’m like you do because I was feeling kind of crazy. Like they didn’t really exist. And she goes, Yes, I’m a homeschool mom. I’m from Florida but I live in Philadelphia. And I traveled here because my husband gave me this gift. And I have two little boys, the woman was white, and I vow that I won’t raise them in the stuff that I was raised in. I was like, wow, this is a whole new world. And she goes, Well, where are you staying tonight? I’m like, I don’t know, this hotel is kind of expensive. I’ll find somewhere else to stay. She’s like, why don’t you stay with me? I said seriously, in your hotel room? I’m like It’s been a while since I’ve been in college and stuff. But so, I said, Okay, this is crazy, but I’ll stay in your room.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 29:40 So over two nights, this white woman mentored me. She’s like, and she didn’t chastise me. She’s like, okay, Lainna, you need a little help here. So, get a notepad out. Okay. And she’s like, let me give you names of some podcasts and some authors. She’s giving me black authors and other things, all the stuff that was taboo, and evangelical will start discovering James Cohn. And I started discovering the real Malcolm X and the real Martin Luther King. I started reading all these things. And I’m like, Oh my gosh, I didn’t even know about James Baldwin. Nothing in my education had prepared me for this stuff. And she bandaged my wounds that night and brought me from the brink of hate. So, I share that, in that she was willing to step into space with me and walk with me.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 30:39 And my third story of where my friends have come, the last three years, I have had a new friend group. They don’t know they just laugh when I tell them where I’ve been. And these organizations that I have served, and they’re like, that doesn’t sound like the Lainna we know. Like, I know, I’m kind of a different person now. And the way that they’ve come beside me, and the love that I’ve been shown has been unprecedented. So, I can’t thank my friends enough. One of the things that has been really grounding into me is I had the opportunity to go to Ghana this summer. It was life changing, I will never be the same. I am so grounded now. I went on something called a Sankofa. It’s called and Sankofa is from the language A Twi from Ghana, and it means loosely, go back, and get it. And so the whole idea, and this is me sitting on underneath a Sankofa is the bird is facing forward, its neck is backwards. And as it’s going forward, it has the ability to look back. So, the idea is to retrieve things of value from knowledge of the past, you have to go back to move forward. And living in a country where they’re trying to ban all black history as if it’s alternative American history. I have grown up in a world that has told me my people were nothing; that we were savages until we had the unfortunate issue of slavery. And well, that was kind of a bummer. But now we’ve had the opportunity to be civilized. There is no history that we’ve done anything significant in this country or anything. So, I’ve always felt lost. I felt I couldn’t understand who I was. And so, when I went to Africa, I felt an incredible grounding, and a sense of pride. I couldn’t find it here. But I found it there. I learned about my ancestry, that I’m the descendant of kings and queens, where the European Christianity is not nearly as old as the African Christianity. So, I’m learning all these things I never had an opportunity, and it has been life changing. So, I went to for the first time in my life to be in a place where people look like me. Okay? I get lost in the crowd. I’ve never had that happen to me before. And so, we were able to be entertained by African chiefs. And actually, one of the chiefs reminded me of my father. I’ve never been in a group where I could actually see me, and I saw this man, and he resembles my father. Both my parents died of COVID, a couple of years ago, two weeks apart. And I’m going to tell you a little bit about that in a moment. But to see this man, I just welled up in tears and crying because I could see myself for the first time.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 34:08 So going to Ghana, I’d never seen all these billboards with black folk. Okay? I think I saw one billboard with one white person, but everything from their leaders to their celebration to everything else, I saw me. But the interesting thing in Ghana, there’s no such thing as a black person. And so that kind of understanding that their race is invisible, helped me to understand how white people see their race as being invisible. So, to be able to relish in the joys of being a part of a community where people looked at me, looked like me was incredible.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 34:50 I also had the opportunity to visit the Cape Coast and the Gold Coast. And I went into two castles that housed my ancestors when they were stolen raped and taken from their homes. And these castles are on the Cape Coast, Elmira and a Cape Coast Castle. And these were built in the 1400s. This one, particularly by the Portuguese was a trading post that later became a place for black cargo. So, to walk in these buildings and these castles to try to embody and feel the pain of my ancestors was overwhelming. And as I walked through one of the uncommon things that you wouldn’t imagine belief, do you guys know what that is? This is in the middle of one of the castles. It’s a church. There were churches where white people would come while the suffering and horror happened in the same space. And this was very formative to me. At one point, we were merged with a group of white tourists. And it was interesting to watch the white tourists posture. Believe it or not, our whole group from Wheaton College was black. I don’t know how that happened. But all of us were black that were on the trip. And we were merged with the white group. And as we walked solemnly through the sacred places, we watched our white brothers and sisters act like they were on a field trip. They would push to get in the front to get a better view. As they talked about the carnage that was happening in the space, I remember, we went up to the governors quarters. And they were telling us in the space that the governor’s quarters was, it would house up to nine people. That same space down below, would house over 300 of enslaved Africans in the space, without food, any kind of hygiene. Everything happened in that space. And what did my white brothers and sisters say, as they were in that space? They were looking out the windows and talking about what a beautiful view there was. So, at that point, I was like, I’m done. I can’t be around this. And I was sitting next to one of the cannons that protected the castle, kind of reflecting on it and someone kind of caught that picture of me at the time. This is one of the things on the castle. It reads an everlasting memory of the anguish of our ancestors. May those who died Rest in peace, May those who returned find their roots. May humanity never again perpetrate such injustice against humanity. We the living vow to uphold this. So, my whole talk is supposed to be about surviving and thriving. I know about surviving; I have been in survival mode for some time. I’ve had in the last four years I’ve had a total knee replacement as a former athlete along with many health challenges, I’ve ventured into spiritual wilderness teasing out the Jesus of the Bible, versus the twisted Jesus that had no concern for justice. Those who have been harmed in the church, who were unable to refuse to see the imago Dei and all people. I navigated racial unrest and the silence of my white Christian friends and my former circles, who always had something to say about black bleeding and dying bodies laying the street about their character and had nothing to say about the character of a yellow haired man with a bad comb over sitting in the Oval Office. I lost my 30-year marriage to a white man. I haven’t gone public. My divorce was finalized about six months ago. And had a lot to do with this issue. My family has been shattered. I’m watching the politicization of mass while millions die across the world from COVID. And those last being considered expendable. Watching my dad die over FaceTime, due to COVID and not being able to hold his hand or be present as he drew in his last breath,. No funeral and then there’d have to be my mom who died two weeks later. This is just a few of the things that I’ve had to survive over the last four years. I’ve survived a predominantly white churches where my pain and the pain of others who look like me were ignored so that my brighten brothers and sisters could remain comfortable without self-examination.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 39:49 I understand surviving. Surviving is remaining alive. Some days, that was all I could do. It’s continuing to exist after coming close to dying and being destroyed. surviving is holding up holding on and enduring when very little is left in your tank. I know all of you guys understand that. At times surviving is all that we can do. God carried and continues to carry me and you through this. God brought friends into my life who bandaged my wounds and lifted me up when I had no strength on my own.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 40:28 So, I want to get a little geeky, I want to show you something about healing. So, you know, I’m a doctor, and I kind of like that science thing and stuff. So, I’m going to talk about healing by secondary intention. So, this is like a medical picture. So, bear with me, maybe you can see the analogy here is, there are two ways of healing, there’s called first intention versus second intention. So, when a surgeon goes in to repair something, and they make that clean cut, after they repair it, they bring the edges nicely together and sew things up. That leaves a minimal scar. Okay? I feel like what we’re all going through is healing by second intention. And what that is, is when you have a gaping wound, and let’s say it’s been open for some time, or it gets pulled open several times. After about six to eight hours, for more as close to six, we as physicians can’t sew that wound up because of the concern of infection. So, you let that wound stay open. And with that open wound, you have to care for that wound. A lot of times we have antibiotics, and we’ll pack that antibiotic in that wound that the dressings have to get changed often. And as that wound is going through the healing, it actually heals from the bottom up, okay? From the inside, out. And I see us kind of like that secondary intention, as that wounding first we have to start that healing inside of us as we work it out. And then, of course, the scarring from second intention healing is much greater. There’s much scarring, but it’s been restored in a new way. And I feel that a lot of what we’re going through is similar to that secondary healing.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 42:21 So, we talked about surviving, what about thriving? I started looking through this whole idea, what does it mean to be thriving? Am I thriving? I do feel like I have a little more. The fact that I’m here is a big testimony that I’m starting to feel God’s healing presence, and it’s working. And thriving means growing and developing, having resilience. It means you’re comfortable with yourself, you’re able to take control of your physical, mental, and spiritual health. And there’s an increased optimism for the future. Ah, I think I’m starting to thrive. It’s not that the pain is not there. It’s not even that I believe that this world will ever get better. But I know as we walk and take our wounds, and we heal from them, the power that GOD can do with us through our thriving. So, we have a thriving we have flourishing. Like how is thriving and flourishing different? And Acts 2:42-47, If you read that when it talks about the hospitality, it’s a place of a joyous community, where there’s a festival friends. And there are five domains in flourishing; one, happiness and satisfaction that’s gonna look a little different for each of us. It is having the mental and physical health, having meaning and purpose in your life, and character and virtue. Now I know we’ve had a lot of character training in evangelical spaces. So, this will sound bizarre, but that character in virtue cannot be fully embodied unless you have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Okay? And most churches and evangelical spaces talk about God, Jesus, and the Holy Bible, because Lord, we won’t get close to the Holy Spirit because that gets a little radical and out of control. And that doesn’t go in our 20-minute sermon series that we’re trying to do. Okay? So, in order to have good character and virtue it has to be nurtured through the Holy Spirit. And lastly, close relationships, close good social relationships. And finally, how do we get there? Okay. In 2019, as I was swearing off white evangelical spaces like chocolate I feel like God laid four words on my heart about this and it seems to apply to all these hard circumstances and prior speakers have spoke of this. So, the four words, the first one is lament. This is not feeling sorry, this is not God created you white. It’s a beautiful thing. No one’s asking you to be anything else than what you’ve been graded. But understanding that hearing these issues, no one wants pity. It’s a legitimate lament, it’s not a sadness. It’s not an Oh! that’s so sad. A lament is a deep longing in pain and sorrow for something. Unless you can lament, you can’t move forward. So, it is a spotty window that someone has talked about that embodying it.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 45:45 The second word he sent me was liberate. Oh my gosh, this seems out of touch. Because of all that stuff I hear an evangelical word about liberating means once Jesus comes, then we’ll be good. No, this means as soon as you see the problem, you have to liberate that issue. You don’t wait till Jesus comes. I lament, there’s a problem, it needs to be corrected now. I love how we like use time; I was told this at a prominent school, Christian school, you know, Lainna, you’re just trying to rush us too much. We’re just going to need a little more time to change hearts. Like seriously? Wait, your Bible says, When you see something wrong, you correct it. How does racism take time? So, you have to liberate.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 46:37 Third thing is to reclaim because Lord knows, you have to, like clean that space out. And you have to reclaim it for Christ because of the distortion and the evilness that’s been pervaded there, that space has to be reclaimed, or that mess comes back. And lastly, you have to reimagine. This is not a little tweaking of systems, you know, like finding a couple more chocolate chips to put into  your little organization to try to give the issue that you have reformed yourself. This is a whole reimagining. It’s a whole reimagining of systems and purposes of what you’ve done. You can’t tweak something that’s already distorted, tainted and evil. So, wow, I’m doing good, it’s only 49 seconds. Yes. Okay, so I didn’t think I could do this.   LAINNA CALLENTINE M.Ed., M.D. 47:40 So, I just want to leave you I have a little bit of I don’t know if you guys know this book, I didn’t write it. Darn! I wasn’t thinking – I should have brought my own books and should have been holding them up like this. But this is not one  I wrote. But it’s by Kate Bowler and it’s The Lives We Actually Have. And I thought something and it’s 100 blessings for imperfect days. And there was a perfect blessing that I want to leave with you. It’s called for when you’ve been hurt by the church. God saw me walk away. I had to, for what was supposed to have been a refuge, a community of hope and purpose, mutual encouragement, distorted all I understand you to be. Oh God, lead me to the heart of love so I might find the healing I need and protect the reverence I have for you. For you do not consume, but rather feed, you do not destroy but build up. You do not abandon your little ones but insist that they belong in your arms. Enfolded here, I see you now. The God who loves us to the end. For though I walked away, you didn’t. You found me and will lead me. Let’s now find the others. Thank you.   Julie Roys  49:17 Will again that’s Dr.Lainna Callentine speaking at RESTORE 2023 and Lainna, thank you so much for sacrificing yourself on our behalf to bring this message. And as you explained, there is no quick fix to racism. We need to lament deeply. We need to totally reimagine our systems and our purposes. And that’s something we’re committed to doing at The Roys Report. And I don’t know exactly what that entails, but I am confident that the Holy Spirit does. And we are committed to listening to the Spirit and to following the spirit. So please pray for us as we continue to take Lainna’s message to heart. And as we continue to discern how to practically walk out our conviction that every human being is a bearer of God’s image and worthy of equal respect and love. And I hope you’ll do the same. There’s so much to process in what Lainna said. But dealing with racism is not optional. Any more than following Christ command to love each other is optional. So, let’s commit to doing that together. And again, thank you so much for listening and supporting our podcasts and our mission here at The Roys Report. As I’ve noted before, we don’t have any big donors or advertisers, we simply have you, the people who care about abuse and corruption in the church and want to expose it. So, if you’re able, would you please consider giving a gift to support our ministry? And this month when you donate $30 or more, we’ll send you a copy of The Great DeChurching. This is a great resource exploring what’s causing the current exodus out of the church, and what can be done to stop the bleed. To donate and to get the book just go to JULIEROYS.COM/DONATE. Also, just a quick reminder to subscribe to The Roys Report on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts or Spotify. That way you won’t miss any of these episodes. And while you’re at it, I’d really appreciate it if you’d help us spread the word about the podcast by leaving a review. 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