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Abolitionist Sanctuary
Join Founder and Executive Director of Abolitionist Sanctuary, Rev. Nikia S. Robert, Ph.D., in a podcast about Black women/mothers, religion, and mass punishment. Connect with us to be apart of a faith-based abolitionist movement!
Episodes
11 episodes
S3:E3 Susan Burton's Journey from Prison to Purpose
Susan Burton shares her powerful journey from cycling through prison to founding A New Way of Life, an organization providing housing and support for formerly incarcerated women with a 94% success rate. Her story illuminates how systemic racism...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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43:04

S3:E2 Beauty in Ashes: Black Mothers Surviving the Eaton Canyon Wildfires
When flames tore through Altadena on January 7th, they destroyed more than buildings—they revealed deep inequities in how America responds to disasters in Black communities. Against the backdrop of California's fifth deadliest wildfire, this ep...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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50:21
S3: E1 Sinners
What does one night of freedom look like when you're trapped in systems designed to extract your labor, silence your voice, and deny your humanity? In Ryan Coogler's masterful film "Sinners," this question unfolds through the story of Sammy, a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:44:08

S2:E5 EbonyJanice: All The Black Girls Are Activists
Join us as we welcome the extraordinary Ebony Janice, a luminary in the realms of authorship and activism, hailing from the rural landscapes of Ohio and North Carolina to the vibrant streets of Harlem. Listen as she recounts her journey and the...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:38:11

S2:E4 Silencing White Noise: Dr. Willie D. Francois, III on Abolition Spirituality and Anti-Racism
Can racism be silenced? Join us as Reverend Nikia Smith Robert, PhD and Reverend Doctor Willie D Francois tackle this pressing question by exploring the concept of "white noise" from Francois’s book, "Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Ove...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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42:09
