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In this episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are joined at the table with LaTosha Brown and Fenika Miller from The Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium and Black Voters Matter to talk about Black political power.

LaTosha Brown is an award-winning visionary thought leader, institution builder, Cultural Activist and Artist, and Connector. She is a nationally recognized, “go-to” expert in Black Voting Rights and Voter Suppression, Black Women’s Empowerment, and Philanthropy.

Her voice is the nexus between the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, and Black Lives Matter.

“There is power in my voice! It is a divine gift that I use to connect different worlds. I bridge the philanthropy world to the grassroots community, traditional politics to grassroots politics, and practitioners to the scholarship of movement building.”

LaTosha is the Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Black Voters Matter Fund and Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute. These initiatives are designed to boost Black voter registration and turnout, as well as increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities.

LaTosha is also the Visionary, Founder and Co-Anchor of a regional network called the Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium. This is $100 million, 10-year initiative to invest in organizations that serve Black women and girls. The goal of the consortium is to create a new approach to philanthropy by allowing every component of the program, inception to execution, to be created by Black girls and women in the South.

To learn more about LaTosha, please visit www.ms.latoshabrown.com

Fenika Miller is an accomplished professional and community leader with over three decades of experience in both private and governmental sectors

Introduced to service at a young age, Fenika is actively involved in the community. She is an inspirational leader who is able to inspire action and build coalitions of people from diverse backgrounds to implement positive social change. Fenika believes that opportunities belong to all of us, and that when equipped with the right skills, each of us possesses the ability to lead change. Her advocacy centers on economic stability, educational opportunity, and access to healthcare and housing. In 2012, she founded a nonprofit service organization committed to raising civic and policy awareness among women, girls, and community stakeholders, as well as, to encourage diverse voices in decision-making positions. Her vision is to live in a state and community where every woman and girl has the opportunity to lead, succeed, govern, and prosper in every area of their lives. Respected as a credible voice in the community, Fenika earns a seat at the table wherever she serves.

Fenika holds an MBA from Wesleyan College and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from THE Fort Valley State University. She is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Robins, Acting Chair of the Development Authority of Warner Robins, and is a business mentor for SCORE-Middle GA. Fenika is also the proud owner of Succeed Cowork – an inclusive co-working community and entrepreneur incubator for women of color.

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In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina tackle some of the legitimate questions and objections people have to voting. Check your voter registration status here: https://iwillvote.com/ and then pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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Dr. Tiffany M. Gill is a professor, historian, and a nationally recognized researcher and scholar of African American History. She is the author of the award-winning book Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women's Activism in the Beauty Industry and co-editor of To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism. A graduate of Georgetown and Rutgers Universities, Dr. Gill was named one of the top 25 Women in Higher Education by Diverse Issues in Higher Education in 2018. A nationally recognized expert in African American Women’s History, the Civil Rights Movement, Black fashion and beauty culture, and travel and migration studies, she has provided expert commentary for various news outlets including National Public Radio, C-SPAN, CNBC, Vox, the Washington Post and New York Times. Dr. Gill has also served as a consultant for international beauty retailer Sephora and as the Historical Archivist for the Netflix documentary, Becoming, based on Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir

Since dedicating her life to Christ while a graduate student, she has served as the Project Director of a Christian counseling center, the Director of an English as a Second Language Program, and part of a church-planting team. Dr. Gill has also served as a leader on missions and service projects designed to combat the impact of homelessness, drug addiction, and the HIV/AIDS crisis on youth in Colombia, Cuba, and Zambia. A Brooklyn girl, tea-snob, and amateur makeup artist, Dr. Tiffany currently lives in Philadelphia, where she serves as a Deacon and a member of the SALT Women’s Ministry Leadership Team at Epiphany Fellowship. She can be found on social media @SableVictorian.

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Dr. Tiffany Gill’s C-Span Lecture on Women and the Civil Rights Movement:

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Truth’s Table For President inaugural episode of the season 4 finale series, “Truth’s Table For President: The Election Series.” This episode was recorded in the Before Times, back in February 2020 to be exact. At that time, the democractic field for nomination had a bevy of candidates to choose from. In light of the coronavirus pandemic and all that is happening in the world we still decided to release this series, as the election is around the corner. In this episode, the women of Truth’s Table discuss their own sketch of what their ideal candidate would care about and advocate for. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us!

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Following Truth’s Table’s recent episode on singleness, Dr. Christina is joined by her husband, Dr. Mika Edmondson for a discussion on marriage during the time of COVID-19. They will share their hopes and concerns for their marriage in the midst of heightened stress and talk about the power of empathy in communication. Finally, they discuss the ways the church can support and serve spouses for the good of the entire body.

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In this episode, Christina interviews Michelle and Ekemini about all things dating. The rules, the method, patterns and themes they experience as single women. There is a lot of vulnerability in this episode so make sure you have your teacup ready when you come to the table.

Ekemini’s article referenced in this episode: Singleness My Only Companion: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/january-web-only/singleness-my-only-companion.html

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In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil to discuss her new book, “Becoming Brave” and her own evolution from pushing for racial reconciliation to racial justice. Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is a dynamic speaker, teacher, author and reconciliation leader! She is a trailblazer, who is thoroughly loving and rigorously prophetic. Her mission is to inspire and empower emerging Christian leaders to be practitioners of reconciliation in their various spheres of influence. As an Associate Professor of Reconciliation Studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Dr. Salter McNeil directs the Reconciliation Studies program that prepares students to engage the culture around them as Christian reconcilers.

She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, a Doctorate of Ministry from Palmer Theological Seminary and was awarded Doctorates of Humane Letters from both North Park University and Eastern University. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church and is on the pastoral staff of Quest Church in Seattle, WA.

Dr. McNeil is recognized internationally as one of the foremost thought-leaders of reconciliation and was featured as one of the 50 most influential women to watch by Christianity Today in 2012. She is the coauthor of The Heart of Racial Justice and the author of A Credible Witness, Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0 and Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil is married to Dr. J. Derek McNeil and they are the proud parents of two young adult children.

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In this episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini and Christina are sitting at the table with Chrystal Evans Hurst to talk about her new book, The 28-Day Prayer Journey: A Daily Guide to Conversations with God. For anyone who longs for a consistent prayer life yet struggles with distractions, doubts, or knowing where to start, bestselling writer and beloved speaker Chrystal Evans Hurst offers a simple and heartfelt method to meaningful conversations with God, just one day at a time.

The kind of intentional, fervent prayer life we'd like to experience often seems intimidating or just out of reach. Chrystal knows how that feels and shares her own relatable journey through the challenges and joys of deepening her prayer life. Showing up to pray just one day at a time, Chrystal found a simple yet powerful practice that made consistent prayer amazingly doable. A warm and encouraging writer, Chrystal shares the same supportive help she found for talking with God specifically and intentionally throughout the day.

With stories and Scripture, this prayer journey offers three prompts each day to guide you through an easy yet intimate prayer experience. From giving thanks, hearing God, and making requests, to simply knowing what to say--Chrystal gives practical explanations and easy steps for each aspect of prayer. Most of all, this book will strengthen your faith and transform your life with the profound experience of communicating with a loving God.

Whether you are new or well-versed in communication with God, this hopeful and supportive guide will help you experience God's presence in ways you never have before through the practice of meaningful prayer.

Chrystal Evans Hurst is an encourager who teaches people to love God, to love others, and to love themselves. Chrystal is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of two. She is also a speaker and the best-selling author of She’s Still There and Kingdom Woman and the newly released, The 28-Day Prayer Journey.

Chrystal is an energetic, life-loving “girl-next-door” who loves encouraging others to fulfill their potential in Christ. With humor and vulnerability, Chrystal tells it like it is but does so with grace, integrity, and love. You can find Chrystal regularly sharing encouragement via her podcasts and blogs, where she poignantly reflects on faith and speaks with frank honesty about the everyday experiences of women. Chrystal firmly believes God’s promise in Jeremiah 29:11, “I know the plans that I have for you…” and she desires to help other women believe and apply that truth to their lives.

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In this episode, Ekemini and Christina are at the table with Lecrae to talk about his new book, I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion But Found My Faith. Lecrae is a Two-time GRAMMY winning hip-hop artist and bestselling author. Lecrae has inspired millions with his redemptive and gut-honest art. But when his personal life spun into chaos, he was forced to face the buried impact of the unhealed wounds--sexual abuse, physical trauma, addiction, and depression--that threatened to tear it all apart. Along the way, he realized the wounds we all carry have the potential to be unlikely guides to healing and freedom for ourselves, and others.

With vulnerable honesty and transformational yet simple steps you can apply today, Lecrae shares the personal practices he uses in his daily life for mental, emotional, and spiritual health. With powerful prose, he gives an unflinching look at the personal and public spaces that sadly hurt us so often--culture, politics, family, church, personal failure--and reminds us that learning to let go and forgive is the birthplace for the life of creativity and freedom God has for us.

I Am Restored is an inspiring charge to embrace the lasting healing and restoration available now, and that we all desperately long for, because no matter what you've experienced, God is near, He hears, and He's not done with you yet.

Ekemini and Christina asked him all the questions and Lecrae did not hold back. He laid it all on the table. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table because the tea is hot!

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It is time for another Truth’s Table classroom. This episode highlights a presentation that Christina gave on Polarization at the Just Gospel 2019 Conference in Atlanta. Christina makes a theological and psychological case for the dismantling of harmful and stagnating polarization in the Church in America.

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