by drjeanneporterking | Oct 30, 2020 | Anti-racism, Black Women, Race
“Black women and Black men are fatigued.” So writes Mary-Frances Winters, CEO and President of the Winters Group and author of the recently published book, Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit. She has put into words what so many of us have...
by drjeanneporterking | Sep 1, 2020 | Race, Transformation, Women's Leadership
To say I’m elated over my friend Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil’s new book, Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now, would be an understatement. This is truly a kairos moment for Dr. Brenda, as so many people...
by drjeanneporterking | Jun 27, 2020 | Anti-racism, Race
Editor’s note: This review of the movie Just Mercy was written by Kiandria Cowart, a rising college junior, majoring in Communication and minoring African American Studies. **** Our goal is to be able to become antiracists, but we first have to become aware of...
by drjeanneporterking | Jun 15, 2020 | Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Race, Transformation
This has been a tough season for Black people for sure, and it is a moment of reckoning for the nation, even our world. Sustained mass protests calling for reform or radical reshaping of racist structures have caught the nation’s attention. The clarion call...
by drjeanneporterking | Jun 12, 2020 | Race, Transformation, Women's Leadership
Note: On my blog site last week, I had committed to my readers to post a series of summaries of books on anti-racism and social justice. I noted that people who have previously been silent are now asking how to learn more about racism. Others...
by drjeanneporterking | May 28, 2020 | Race, Religion & Spirituality, Women's Leadership
Yesterday morning I was preparing to lead my Women’s Ministry 7 AM weekly prayer call. I was planning to use a devotional method called Lectio Divina to have the women reflect on Ephesians 3:20-21 before we prayed. I had been contemplating and meditating on...
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