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Faith’s Imagination with Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey
Antiracism as Daily Practice: Refusing Shame, Changing White Communities
April 19 @ 9:00am – 9:50am
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Art GalleryWhite Americans have real power in our relationships with other white folks to grow racial justice. It’s vital we engage with our families, through our social networks, in our neighborhoods, and at our jobs to make antiracism a daily living commitment. Meanwhile these are some of the hardest places to do so.
We’re going to talk about why white people struggle with the “what to do?” about racism. We’ll explore the significance of grief and anger—as well as the harmful role of shame. We’ll reckon with the transformation our communities need to become the partners in justice Black communities and other communities of color need and deserve. Such transformation isn’t only vital to the well-being of U.S. democracy, its vital to the freedom and wholeness of white people too.
Everyone is affected by how white people show up in the work of racial justice. So, this is a conversation for all of us.
Speaker Bio
Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey is a writer and educator long engaged in racial justice and white antiracism. Her books include the New York Times bestseller Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in Racially Unjust America and Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation. Dr. Harvey has written for the New York Times and CNN, appeared on CNN’s Town Hall on Racism with Sesame Street and Good Morning America, and has been heard on countless radio programs including NPR’s All Things Considered.” In 2023, she joined Garrett Seminary to serve as VP for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean after serving at Drake University as a professor of religion and Director of the Crew Scholars program for nearly 20 years. Dr. Harvey is earned her PhD in Christian Ethics from Union Theological Seminary and is ordained in the American Baptist Churches (USA). Her most book, Antiracism as Daily Practice: Refuse Shame, Change White Communities and Help Create a Just World was published with St. Martins Press in 2024. Learn more here.
