A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

June 01, 2022 Dr. Catherine Meeks Episode 38
A Brave Space with Dr. Meeks
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Show Notes

In this episode of a Brave Space Podcast, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and podcast host, Chelsi Glascoe concludes Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month by reviewing the powerful program, Celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander month program (Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed1BWYsYwIk&t=3013s). 

This recap inspired conversation and deep reflection on the power of racial groups uniting together. Dr. Martin Luther King said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” 

What causes racial groups to fight alone? Does working together dilute individual cultural distinctiveness? What is the change of heart, mind, and effort required to live braver and become healed? Tune in to discover such wisdom now!