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A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks

A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks will support the work of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing in its mission of creating brave space where the truth can be told. The sessions will explore various topics that address the intersections between slavery, lynching, the prison industrial complex, the death penalty and 21st-century police killings and the ways in which these issues prohibit racial healing in America. There will be a wide variety of guests who will assist the host and Absalom Jones CenterDirector in engaging the crucial topic of racial healing from their wide range of experiences as resistors to racism and in seeking racial healing.

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Women of First: A Brave Conversation with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows

October 19, 2021 • Dr. Catherine Meeks • Season 1 • Episode 31

In this season of A Brave Space Podcast with Dr. Meeks, we’re celebrating Women of First featuring trailblazers who are leading a new wave of change. Tune into the brave conversations centered on each womans’ personal story, purpose, and plan.

We encourage you to consider how the shared wisdom is relevant in your life and how it can be implemented in your respective community to create a brave space for everyone.

Our first "Women of First" is the esteemed Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows. A native of New York City, she is the first black woman to be elected a diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church and serves the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis.

Press play to listen and learn about Bishop Jennifer’s journey and defining moments that led her to break the mold and forge forward.