This episode will mess with you (at least it did me). Dominique Gilliard is an author, pastor, profession, justice seeker, and one of the most influential activists in the U.S around issues of racial injustice and systemic brokenness. In this episode, we talk about his unusual upbringing and how those holy interruptions became the fertile soil for his life’s work. We discuss the role Christianity has played in the justice system and mass incarceration and what law and order really mean. Dom gives us a mind-blowing history lesson about the school to prison pipelines, as well as the hidden pipelines of mental health, private prisons, and immigration. The stories and statistics will likely cause heart and mind to be stunned and activated around the work we need to do to reframe our theology to better reflect the Gospel. Get ready! 

About Dominique  DuBois Gilliard. He’s is the director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the  Love Mercy Do Justice  (LMDJ) initiative of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores. He also serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association and Evangelicals for Justice. In 2015, he was selected as one of the ECC’s “40 Under 40” leaders to watch, and Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” 

An ordained minister, Gilliard has served in pastoral ministry in Atlanta, Chicago, and Oakland. He earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies and History from Georgia State University and a master’s degree in History from East Tennessee State University, with an emphasis on race, gender, and class in the United States. Dominique earned a Master of Divinity degree from North Park Seminary, where he currently serves as an adjunct professor. 

Connect with Dominique at https://dominiquegilliard.com. 

Follow him on Twitter at @DDGilliard  and on Instagram @dominiquedgilliard.