She Will Not Fall

On this episode of She Will Not Fall, I talk to Faitth Brooks! We walk through Faitth's journey that led her to do anti-racism education. I know you are going to enjoy this conversation. Be sure to follow Faitth and the work she is doing!  

 Follow Faitth on social media at @FaitthB and support her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Faitthb and visit her website faitthbrooks.com 

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Faitth is a writer, speaker, activist, avid traveler, and co-host of the Melanated Faith podcast.  Faitth has a way of connecting with anyone she meets and captivating audiences when she speaks. Faitth is a social worker and advocate who engages in community organizing and activism. Faitth works as a creative strategist,  and consultant. Her passion makes her a relentless spokesperson for racial equity. Faitth is passionate about uplifting the voices of Black women. She continues to use her platform for anti-racism education and openly talks about her life as a single career woman. Faitth earned her Master's degree in Social Work and earned a certificate in Women's Entrepreneurship from Cornell University. You can learn more about Faitth at Faitthbrooks.com. You can follow her on social media at @FaitthB

On this episode, I talk to to Karla Mendoza about her story, her journey and the amazing and powerful ways in which she is showing up in the world. She is a joy and light and I know that you will enjoy this interview! 

 Follow her on IG and Twitter @dearkarla  and visit her website at dearkarla.com. Don't forget to follow She Will Not Fall on IG at @shewillnotfallcollective.   

Learn more about Karla: Karla was born in Lima, Peru where the Pacific Ocean was her best friend. She migrated to the United States with her mom and sister when she was 11 years old to reunite with her dad in the land of the Iroquois in the Midwest.  She spends most of her life in the midst of intersectionality as a Jesus loving Afro-Indigenous Peruvian woman, undocumented immigrant and a fat woman.  Antiracism discipleship is the heartbeat of her writing and speaking.  

She has spent the last few years healing and reclaiming her story as her own after spending the majority of her life in white evangelical spaces.  She dabbles in visual arts, writing, teaching, bookbinding, photography and recently she has taken up podcasting – El Cafecito with Karla – where she interviews her friends as they explore the themes of loving Jesus, choosing hope, and finding liberation together.  

Most of all, Karla loves to laugh, the color yellow, Bad Bunny, drinking single origin pour overs, and reading multiple books at once.

On this episode, I sit down and talk with Khristi Lauren Adams! We talk about her story and her passion for helping young Black girls be powerful bold leaders. Listen to why Khristi will not fall! Be sure to purchase Parable of the Brown Girl and pre-order her new book, Black Girls Unbossed coming soon!

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Learn More About Khristi:

Khristi Lauren Adams is a speaker, author, youth advocate and ordained Baptist minister.  Khristi is the author of Parable of the Brown Girl which is published by Fortress Press and released February 2020. The book highlights the cultural and spiritual truths that emerge from the lives of young black girls. Parable of the Brown Girl has received awards for Best Young Adult Book from The African American Literary Awards and the New York Black Librarians Caucus. She is currently working on her next book, Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way. (Spring, 2022) with Broadleaf Books and a middle grade version of the book with Beaming Books. She works as Dean of Spiritual Life & Equity at the Hill School. Khristi is also an instructor of Religious Studies at the Hill School. She is the Founder & Director of “The Becoming Conference”, an annual conference and leadership cohort designed to empower, educate & inspire girls between the ages of 13-18. Khristi is a graduate of Temple University with a degree in Advertising and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary where she obtained a Master of Divinity degree. Khristi is an alum of the 2017 class of Lead New Jersey, a select group of fellows participating in a year-long program designed to educate, transform, and empower the next generation of leaders from the public, social, and private sectors. She also currently sits on the advisory board for Word Made Flesh, a non-profit organization existing to serve among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor.

"I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think." – Ntozake Shange

She Will Not Fall will be officially released starting this September! SWNF is a space to highlight women who are daring to redefine and reimagine their faith, gift and call and how they present them to the world! The stories of these women are incredible and I can't wait for you to hear their stories and how they are impacting the world and people around them.