Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin (she/her) is here to share aspects of her new book, “On Fat and Faith: Ending Weight Stigma in Yourself, Your Sanctuary and Society.” Like the book, this conversation spans generations and explores intersectionality through her lived experience. She also shares a tapping technique and accompanying affirmations.

Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin is the Visionary Social Change Artist 2023 Award Winning Author. She earned Doctorate and Master’s degrees at The Ohio State University in multimedia, cinema and visual sociology. Her undergraduate degrees are in communication, theatre, and French from the historically Black Morgan State University. Dr. Daufin has decades of experience as an award-winning scholar, university tenured full professor; ordained, multireligious minister; artist; “edutainer”; and community activist.

She has melted in sweat lodges and bayous, caroused with 5-foot Sandhill Cranes in Colorado, been wedged in Anasazi ruins and ancient Mayan caves. She has served in leadership roles with the National Association for Fat Acceptance; Association for Size Diversity And Health; Popular Culture Association Fat Studies, Black Studies, and Poetry areas; feminist, People of Color, health, ecology and journalism education organizations. Her work has been in ESSENCE magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Montgomery Advertiser, the Associated Press, as well as on CNN, New York, Los Angeles, and Alabama Public Radio/TV and other media.

Please check out the book website, head to Amazon to purchase the book, facebook, and subscribe to her edutainment and poetry YouTube channels.

This episode’s poem is from Cole Arthur Riley’s @BlackLiturgies Instagram page.

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