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A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks

A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks will support the work of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing in its mission of creating brave space where the truth can be told. The sessions will explore various topics that address the intersections between slavery, lynching, the prison industrial complex, the death penalty and 21st-century police killings and the ways in which these issues prohibit racial healing in America. There will be a wide variety of guests who will assist the host and Absalom Jones CenterDirector in engaging the crucial topic of racial healing from their wide range of experiences as resistors to racism and in seeking racial healing.

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A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks

Propelling a Mission, Preserving a Legacy: A Conversation with the Niece of Pauli Murray

September 17, 2022 • Dr. Catherine Meeks • Season 1 • Episode 41

In this brave conversation Dr. Meeks and Host, Chelsi Glascoe, highlight the pioneering Feminist and civil rights legend, Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray through the lens of a special guest and educator, Rosita Stevens-Holsey, her niece.

Tune in as we get a peak behind the scenes of who Rosita affectionally calls "Aunt Pauli" and who the world recognizes as a major catalyst for change in the civil rights movement. Pauli Murray was an Activist, Attorney, Author, Educator, and Episcopal Priest who's ideologies about racism and sexism shook the status quo and set the roadmap for dismantling isms' from the courtroom to the church.

Through our conversation on preserving legacies and taking the torch, you will discover the ways in which Pauli Murray's bravery and prophetic voice influences laws, culture, and community today.

For more information about Rosita's work on Preserving Pauli Murray LLC. visit, https://www.preservingpaulimurray.com/
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Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist Hardcover February 8, 2022