The Breathing Room Podcast
Hi everybody and welcome to The Breathing Room. This is a space where people of color and faith can come together to have our lived experiences acknowledged, witness each other's journeys, and take a collective deep breath. Join Kevin Holland and others each week as we explore what being a person of color in a multi-cultural American Christian church has been and is like. These conversations will touch on the spiritual, relational, and socio-political realities that influence us and our faith communities. The goal of this podcast is that fewer of us will feel alone and unseen and that more of our stories will be understood, valued, and championed. This conversation might also help us move from awareness to action in promoting justice as Jesus and the prophets of old did. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. Isaiah 1:17 (NLT)
The Breathing Room Podcast
Don't Look Away: Say Something and Do Something
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Kevin Holland
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Season 1
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Episode 10
We’ve all been in those situations when we couldn't believe that someone actually did what we saw them do or say what we heard them say. There is a movement afoot in our country that revels in saying the quiet part out loud, deliberately making it harder for people of color to vote, boasting about their bigotry, and daring anyone to do anything about it. Who knew we'd have to fight for the franchise of voting 56 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Everything old is new again. Old habits die hard and racial injustice is a stubborn disease. In this episode, we address it head on and hear from experts who are telling us that democracy is on the line in this country. Believe it or not.