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White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 14 - Andre DiazBrian & Annie met Andre Diaz via Instagram during our car rally for Vancouver, WA NAACP. Andre reached out for tips and created a similar event 10 times the size in Michigan. We're so grateful to go from strangers to friends and for his willingness to share his strategic movement from mono-cultural environments to diversity at all levels of leadership.
Check out Andre's podcast, "What It's Like to be White."
Book mentioned: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Andre's shirt: Apparel – EJI Shop
2022-05-021h 09White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 13 - MLK Letter from a Birmingham Jail Part 2Listen in as Brian and Annie chat about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s letter from a Birmingham Jail. Read his letter here: Birmingham Jail (csuchico.edu)2022-04-0144 minWhite Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 12 - Jo Saxton, Ezer CollectiveBrian & Annie have the privilege of hearing from Jo Saxton, creator of Ezer Collective. Annie attended the event last Fall and it has inspired her leadership in all areas. Women leaders, we encourage you to make it to Ezer Collective this Spring and check out Jo Saxton's website for coaching. She believes in your abilities, calling, talent and trajectory!
Click here to register for Ezer Collective: April 21-23 in Southern CA, Buy tickets / Join the guestlist for Ezer Collective Leadership Intensive: Southern California with Fellowship Monrovia Church at Victory Bible Church, Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:30 PM - Sat Apr 23, 2022 3:00 P...2022-03-1047 minWhite Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 11 - Mary Yang Moua, Portland Hmong AllianceMary Yang Moua is a Hmong American woman currently residing in Portland, Oregon. She has been married to her husband, John, for 16 years and has one daughter, Bliss, who is 9 years old. She currently serves as the Disciple Making Director for the Portland Hmong Alliance Church, works as a Human Resource Analyst for the State of Oregon, and is serving as the Co-Chair for the Asian & Pacific Islander Network (APINet) Employee Resource Group (ERG) for the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). Her passions include Bible Study, mentoring, volleyball, and binging series across all platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime...2022-03-021h 00White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 10 - Mariah Humphries, Be The BridgeIn this episode, our friend and Be the Bridge Educator, Mariah Humphries, a Mvskoke woman, shares with us on what it’s like to be an Indigenous American in a predominately white context. Mariah was one of the first people to help Brian and Annie take important steps on their white awakening journey. Check out these resources mentioned. https://tinyurl.com/Everyday-Chinook @bethebridge Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw2022-02-231h 12White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 9 - MLK Letter from a Birmingham JailLetter from Birmingham Jail (csuchico.edu)
Listen in as we read and discuss the first half of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
We love every line. It's convicting, informative and explanatory of his non-violent strategy. So good.
You can hear his whole recording here: Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King Jr. - YouTube2022-02-1647 minWhite Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 8 - Joel To, Missio Community PDXBrian & Annie chat with friend and fellow pastor, Joel To. Joel serves as a pastor at Missio Community in Portland, OR. He is first generation American born, in a Vietnamese refugee family. He shares his childhood and racial thoughts with us!2022-02-0956 minWhite Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 7 - 16 Tips Part ThreeAnnie & Brian finish out Latasha Morrison's 16 tips for white peacemakers. You can find her curriculum here: bethebridge.org
In this episode, Annie mentions a post you can find on Instagram on the account @pushblack posted on 9/12/2021.
Please like, subscribe and leave feedback! We especially appreciate questions or corrections from people of color or Latasha Morrison's Bridge Building Team. 2022-02-0353 minWhite Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 6 - Damion Young, Seeds of GreatnessJoin us as we chat with Reverend Damion Young, pastor of Seeds of Greatness, who is celebrating one year of his church plant!
We welcome feedback! If you're a white listener, how is it going? Discomfort on the journey is normal! Please let us know how you are and if you have any questions. We'd love to address them on a future podcast! If you're a Black or Brown listener, we'd be honored to have your perspective, advice or correction. We're seeking to learn from leaders of color, and we know we will get it wrong sometimes a...2022-01-1359 min
White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 5 - 16 Tips Part TwoBrian & Annie chat about Latasha Morrison's Tips for White Peacemakers. Tips 7-11. Buy Be The Bridge curriculum by clicking here: bethebridge.com 2022-01-0546 minWhite Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 4 - Jasmine Rucker Tolbert, NAACP PresidentJasmine Rucker Tolbert has served with our local NAACP Vancouver since January 2018. She currently serves as president. She is committed to moving the Racial Equity needle forward in Clark County (location of this podcast recording) and dismantling systemic racism. She grew up in Vancouver, WA and graduated from WSUV in 2017. She enjoys her work as an HR Professional and shares life with her husband, dog, family & friends.
In this episode Jasmine talks with us about her faith, work and observations about policing in our area. 2021-12-291h 10
White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 3 Be the Bridge 16 Tips Part OneLatasha Morrison and her Be the Bridge Team developed 16 tips for white peacemakers. Listen in as Annie & Brian reflect on Tips 1-6. Please purchase a copy of her curriculum at bethebridge.com
Be The Bridge: 16 Bridge-Building Tips for White People
In this episode, Annie has real-time awareness of some potential whitesplaining to her daughter who is a person of color. Mariah Sinclair Humphries, an Indigenous friend, generously offers her guidance. 2021-12-151h 01
White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.White Awakening - Episode 2 Gift WangoBrian & Annie interview Gift Wango, a social worker in Seattle, WA who reflects on white supremacy in the church and in her first country of Kenya, Africa.
Gift-Noelle Wango first came from Kenya to the United States when she was 13 years old. She is a mama to the best little superhero! Her experience of blackness comes from being a descendant of colonized Africans which mirrors that of the descendants of enslaved people of African Descent. Since she did not descend from enslaved people of African descent, she acknowledges the privilege she experiences from standing on the blood a...2021-12-081h 11
White Awakening: Annie & Brian's Journey Into Anti-racism.Annie & Brian's Journey into Anti-racismAnnie & Brian are two white former pastors who are wrestling with what racial reconciliation looks like in their own hearts and in Jesus believing churches. Our hope is that we would welcome white people to the conversation of how to step into discovery, confession, lamentation, education, conversation and action of how they might live into God's kingdom justice for all people.2021-11-1043 min
Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison232 - Take it to the Bridge: A Conversation on the Be the Bridge Facebook Ministry GroupThe Be the Bridge Facebook Ministry group was formed in 2020 and is a place for those in leadership in the church to lean into the conversation of racial righteousness. It provides a courageous space for learning, growing, and helping the Church lead in a proactive way. In this episode, founder of Be the Bridge, Latasha Morrison, is joined with the leader of the ministry group, Mariah Humphries, as well as two of the members of it, Brian Kilde and Annie Banceu, to share their experience in the group. This podcast episode reveals their journey of what pushed them into...2021-09-071h 25