From time to time, the women of Truth’s Table will invite our listeners to learn about our respective ministries, gifts, and work. In this episode,  Ekemini posits that Black Lives Matter activists have rejected respectability politics based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the politics of respectability construct. Furthermore, she interacts with Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham's politics of respectability construct as detailed in her book Righteous Discontent. In doing so, she re-appropriates the term by understanding its original meaning and the context that gave rise to this strategy of resistance. Building on Dr. Higginbotham’s construct, she reimagines respectability politics by providing a new construct entitled respectability politics reimagined, which de-centers moralism in the formal sense and centers the Imago Dei in Black people. Get your notebooks out and pick a sturdy desk as Ekemini teaches us about Respectability Politics Reimagined.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

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Lisa is the founder and President of the Jude 3 Project, a Christian apologetics organization dedicated to helping the black community know what they believe and why. Pull up a chair and have a seat with us!

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

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The women of Truth’s Table are answering their listeners’ questions. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

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In this episode, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina discuss their experiences with living in intergenerational homes. They talk about the good, the bad, and the awkward. Have a seat at the table, as the women of Truth’s Table take you down memory lane.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

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In this episode, the women of Truth’s Table talk about where they were and how they felt after watching Marvel’s Black Panther Movie Trailer. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina!

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Ekemini, Christina and Michelle discuss the haunting realities of being Black in America in the past and present. This episode is inspired by the necessary lament of the lyrics from "Strange Fruit", originally a poem by Abel Meeropol, performed by Billie Holiday. The ladies weep over and give stern warnings against anti-Blackness, especially as we head into July 4th celebrations. With a recommendation to remember and re-learn the fruits of God's Holy Spirit, the midwives at Truth's Table invite their listeners to take a hard look at the seeds we are planting, and the evidence we bear.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Nicola A. Menzie is religion reporter in NYC. She is the founder and publisher of Faithfully Magazine, a quarterly magazine and online news magazine that centers on Christian communities of color. Pull up a chair and have a seat with us!

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

In honor of Father’s Day, the women of Truth’s Table delve into their fathers’ narratives and how that impacted their approach to Black Fatherhood. Their narratives are sobering but redemptive. Pull up a chair, grab some tissue, and have a seat with Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Father’s Day is quickly approaching, so listen in as Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina talk about their experience of Black Fatherhood and what it means to them. Pull up a chair and have a seat with the women of Truth’s Table.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On June 7,1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that June would be the month of black music. Take a seat at the table with Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina as they talk about their love for Black music and its significance for the Diaspora.

Hosts:

Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising)

Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson)

Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology)

Producer:

Joshua Heath (twitter.com/J_DotMusic4)

Executive Producer:

Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork)

Special Thanks To:

RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork)

Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery)

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands