In Episode 1 of the Sacred Dialogues on Racial Justice podcast project, Angela Oh shares her insights on living out a life focused on love, racial justice, and spiritual transformation. Along with serving as a member of our Racial Justice Praxis Project, Angela specializes in dispute resolution practices and is one of two principals (along with Ying MingTu) who oversee the Gift of Compassion program. Also called GoCompassion, the Gift of Compassion seeks to create spaces for individuals and communities to heal. This started through activities such as hosting mediation and healing circles. More recently, the group also supports refugee support, helping hundreds of under-served, underrepresented, and under-resourced migrants from Central America and the Caribbean find shelter, healing, and hope along the Southern California border. In this episode, Angela digs deep into her past to provide examples of stories (both personal and of others) that demonstrate how serious racialized violence has become across the world community. These sobering accounts are balanced by Angela’sown analysis of the Sacred, finding the Dao or turning point, and what it looks like to apply beliefs to spiritual practices.


Sacred Dialogues on Racial Justice is a podcast project by the Fetzer Institute. The series sparks conversations surrounding racial justice and sacred love and seeks to discover the common threads of faith, spirituality, and the pursuit of shared flourishing. It does this by bringing together spiritual leaders to share their wisdom, experiences, and stories at the intersection of love, racial justice, and spiritual transformation. Upcoming episodes include interviews with two more members of our Racial Justice Praxis Project team: Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad, Ph.D., and Rev. Khary Bridgewater. Together, we build a spiritual foundation for a loving world. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform or watch the conversation on our YouTube channel, @FetzerOrg.