Truth's Table

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In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Dr. Michael Robinson to talk about Black men’s mental health. Truth’s Table has always been a strong advocate for mental health support and care, so it’s only right that we also talk about the importance of this for our Black brothas. 

 Michael Robinson’s research interests address the health and well-being of African Americans and other underserved populations, particularly in relation to substance abuse and mental disorders. Robinson’s work has appeared in publications such as the Journal of Social Work Education and “The Handbook of African American Health: Social and Behavioral Interventions.” He is currently serving a three year appointment as a manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Social Work Education. He has also assisted the Council on Social Work Education through appointments to the Council for Racial Ethnic and Cultural Diversity and the Commission for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. 

He currently directs the school’s Maymester program in Northern Ireland and is the social work unit coordinator for the Marriage and Family Therapy Certificate Program.Robinson’s teaching philosophy centers on experiential and team-based learning. His students’ community engagement projects foster self-respect and dignity among marginalized populations while helping students apply textbook lessons to real-life situations. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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Sponsor(s): Broadleaf Books: Social Justice For the Sensitive Soul

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Episode Description: In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at sitting at the table to talk to Faitth Brooks about her debut book, “Remember Me Now.” Faitth Brooks is a writer, speaker, social worker, activist, and co-host of the Melanated Faith podcast. She engages in activism by working with nonprofits to find sustainable solutions to systemic issues, as well as by being a strategist and consultant for brands and influencers. Faitth has served as the director of programs and innovation for Be the Bridge and director of women's empowerment for Legacy Collective. In addition to leveraging her speaking and social media platforms to enliven collective liberation centered on the sisterhood of Black women, Faitth is crafting a communal space where Black sisters can explore rest, tenderness, and softness. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! 

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Sponsor(s): HelloFresh, I Won’t Shut Up! & The Witness Conference

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Episode Description:  In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table talking about the toxicity within a particular segment of the Black male podcast universe. What is the motivation for the misogynoir that these podcasters perpetuate? How can their Black male podcasting counterparts begin to divest from negativity in order to produce content that uplifts our community collective and fosters Black love? Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! 

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The Witness Conference Deal for Truth’s Table Listeners: Save 25% off your registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/  The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

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Support Truth’s Table: 

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Sponsor(s): HelloFresh, I Won’t Shut Up! & The Witness Conference

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Episode Description: Back in the days when I was young, I’m not a kid anymore, but some days and sit and wish I was a kid again.” - Ahmad What y’all know about that classic 90s jam? In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table and they are taking y’all back into time to y’all what it was like to be a Black girl in a nineties kind of world. Get ready to go down memory lane with Ekemini and Christina, as they reminisce over their childhood and all things 90s. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!  

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The Witness Conference Deal for Truth’s Table Listeners: Save 25% off your registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/ The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

Register today! 

Support Truth’s Table: 

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Sponsor(s): The Witness Conference

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Episode Description: In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table talking about the need to discern the times. How do you apply wisdom and discernment to the world around us. How do we know when to engage and disengage the world and how do we do with wisdom. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! 

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The Witness Conference Deal for Truth’s Table Listeners: Save 25% off your registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/  The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

Register today! 

Support Truth’s Table: 

Buy our book! Truth’s Table Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://truthstable.com/book

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PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable 

Sponsor(s): The Witness Conference & Hello Fresh 

Episode Description: In this episode Ekemini and Christina are excited to sit down at the table with NAACP Image Award Winning Author, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts.  As a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity, and faith/spirituality at the deepest levels. She is the founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through the use of storytelling and the arts.

Tracey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Kentucky, a Master of Business Administration degree from Montclair State University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Fairleigh-Dickinson University. She is a former Assistant Professor of English and Black Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia.

As a writer, Tracey has published 22 books including several collaborations with numerous high-profile authors. Calling herself a “literary midwife,” Tracey is a highly sought-after ghostwriter/collaborator whose work includes the New York Times bestselling book, Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown, Better Not Bitter by Yusef Salaam,

The Other Side of Yet by Michelle Hord, and many others. In 2021, Tracey became one of 20 writers who contributed to the groundbreaking book, You are Your Best Thing:

Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by acclaimed researcher, Brene Brown, and founder of the MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke.

In 2022, Tracey’s critically-acclaimed book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration (Gallery/Simon and Schuster) was published. Black Joy won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional and has received rave reviews from celebrities like Kerry Washington, literary authors like Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw, and media outlets like Good Morning America, Essence Magazine, and USA Today. Tracey’s most recent book, Then They Came for Mine: Healing from the Trauma of Racial Violence (WJK), examines the source and impact of racial violence against Black people in all its forms and offers a blueprint for the way the Christian Church can help facilitate healing. Then They Came for Mine has won the 2023 Wilbur Award, the highest honor given by the Religion Communicators Council, for excellence in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes, in public secular media.

Tracey has spoken on a number of platforms around the country on topics related to race/social justice, education, faith/spirituality, wellness, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.. Additionally, Tracey's freelance work has been published in print and online publications such as Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, The Guardian, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Ebony Magazine, TheRoot.com, and more. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! 

Follow Tracey on social media: @tmlgwriter and visit her website: https://www.traceymlewis.com

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The Witness Conference Deal for Truth’s Table Listeners: Save 25% off your registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/  The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

Register today! 

Support Truth’s Table: 

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Sponsor(s): The Witness Conference

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Episode Description: In this episode, Ekemini and Christina sit down at the table with Rev. Dr. Mika Edmondson, Rev. Watson Jones III, and Rev. Tyler Burns to discuss Black men, Christianity, and the church. Where are the Black men? What are the systemic barriers that keep Black men out of the church? Is there something about the way we do church that is unappealing to Black men? What hope can Black men find in Jesus? These brothas break it all the way down for us. You don’t want to miss this episode and make sure to share it with the brothas in your life, too! Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us. 

Learn more about our guests: 

Rev. Dr. Mika Edmondson is a native of Nashville, TN and is the Pastor of Koinonia Church in Nashville, TN. He is married to Dr. Christina Edmondson and together they have two wonderful daughters. Mika is grateful and humbled to be a child of God. Follow Pastor Mika on social media @mika_edmondson 

Rev. Watson Jones III serves as the Executive Pastor at Salem Baptist Church of Chicago. He was the Senior Pastor of Compassion Baptist Church on Chicago’s Southside. Watson is married to his wife Kelli, and together they have three children, Yeshaya, Watson IV, and Ellison. Follow Pastor Watson on social media @watsonjones3 

Rev. Tyler Burns is a pastor, speaker, writer, and podcaster. He serves as

Lead Pastor of All Nations Worship Assembly in Pensacola, Florida. He is also President of The Witness, A Black Christian Collective and hosts the organization’s flagship Podcast, Pass the Mic. Most importantly, he is married to Mylena, and has two children, Trinity and Benaiah. Follow Pastor Tyler on social media @burnsclan_

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The Witness Conference Deal for Truth’s Table Listeners: Save 25% off your registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/ The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

Register today! 

Support Truth’s Table: 

Buy our book! Truth’s Table Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://truthstable.com/book

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable 

Sponsor(s): TT, Patreon &The Witness Conference

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Episode Description: In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Dr. Terence Lester.  Dr. Terence Lester is a storyteller, public scholar, speaker, community activist, and author who is the Founder and Executive Director of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising poverty and homelessness awareness and community mobilization.

At the age of sixteen, Terence was a high-school dropout and a member of a gang. A rebellious teen, he lived on the streets and even attempted to take his own life. At twenty, he was arrested.

In jail, he met a man who talked to him about life decisions. It was the first time he had ever heard the good news. By the start of the following year, he was submitting to a call to share his testimony to change the lives of others.

Three ideals drive Terence: (1) anyone can make a difference, (2) we don’t live forever, (3), and it’s worth dedicating one’s life to ensuring no one feels invisible. He’s known for nationwide campaigns that bring awareness to homelessness, poverty, and economic inequality. His awareness campaigns have been featured on MLK50, CNN, Good Morning America, Essence Magazine and TEDx.  These campaigns have been viewed by millions of people worldwide. Terence’s approach combines storytelling and digital media to help illustrate social justice issues with practical strategies to solve these ailments. He holds an A.A. in Media Production (2005), a B.A. in Pastoral Leadership (2008), a Master of Education in Counseling (2010), a Master of Arts in Theological Studies (2012), and a Ph.D. from Union Institute and University with a concentration in Public Policy and Social Change (2023).

He also has a children’s book coming out with IVP Kids that he co-authored with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Zion Lester, which deals with homelessness, belonging, inclusion, and encouraging children to serve others with empathy and compassion. Terence is happily married to his best friend, Cecilia Lester, and they have two amazing children, Zion Joy and Terence II.

Follow Terence on social media: @imterencelester 

Buy our book! Truth’s Table Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://truthstable.com/book

Truth’s Table Listeners can save 25% off their registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/  The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

Register today! 

Support Truth’s Table: 

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PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable

Sponsor(s): The Witness & TT patreon

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Episode Description: Our 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominated book, Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation is a whole ONE year old, y’all! Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table reflecting back on what it took write this book. They discuss the joy and the triumphs and the importance of Black literature. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! 

Buy our book! Truth’s Table Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation: https://truthstable.com/book

Truth’s Table Listeners can save 25% off their registration for the Joy and Justice 2023: Rise Up and Flourish when you register using promo code TRUTHSTABLE at http://riseupandflourish.com/  The Rise Up & Flourish conference will be held on June 23-24, 2023, at the historic Lilydale First Baptist Church’s Legacy Campus located at 424 Indianwood Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466.

Regular-priced tickets: $125

At the door: $200

Register today! 

Support Truth’s Table: 

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable

PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable 

Sponsor(s): TT Book 

Truth's Table is sponsored by BetterHelp

Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/truthstable to save 10% off your first month 

Episode Description: It’s our first Black Girl Magic interview of the season! In this episode, Ekemini and Christina sit down with Jacqueline Horbrook, CEO of Black Christian Influencers (BCI). She talks to us about what it means to be an influencer and the importance of being a good steward over our influence.  

Jacqueline Horbrook is a millenial trailblazer from Chicago, Illinois. With a Masters of Education and a Bachelor's degree in Business, she aims to make positive contributions to the world. Her most recent endeavor has led her to create an organization called Black Christian Influencers that focuses on promoting, supporting, and encouraging social media influencers from varying career backgrounds. 

Follow Jacqueline Horbrook and BCI @blackchristianinfluencers and @jackietheeducator on Instagram

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