Putting on a Coat of Colours
This is the podcast Putting on a Coat of Colours. This podcast is a Community Storytelling project of Coat of Colours, a council of Cathedral of Hope, United Church of Christ, in Dallas, TX. Our hope is that this podcast will make room for persons of color and their white allies, who are both gay and straight…•To tell of their joys and frustrations•To tell of their sense of belonging and their sense of exclusion•To celebrate our uniqueness to the larger community and celebrate our commonalities•To invite members of the larger community to join in this purpose
Putting on a Coat of Colours
Episode 11 - Home
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Thomas Riggs
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Season 1
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Episode 11
In our fourth segment of the podcast conversation with Julie and Kasandra, they share the importance of civic engagement and voting when it comes to women’s reproductive justice, the curtailment of voting rights, and issues around race and gay rights. In the midst of the uncertainty and strife, Kasandra speaks of a longing for home and invites Julie to come with her to a predominately black church.
Finally, Kasandra shares the difficulty she had in getting a book study started at Cathedral of Hope, meeting with passivity and indifference. When Julie asks about black persons in representation of leadership at Cathedral of Hope, Kasandra compares it to corporate representation, being good “on paper”.