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What is your role in the revolution? w/ Lettie Elizabeth, Myisha T. Hill, and Lyvonne Briggs

Release Date: 10/21/2021

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It’s our first round table discussion and damn was it so good! I had my amazing friends Lyvonne, Myisha, and Lettie on to check in one year after the great whyte awakening of 2020. This episode is all about giving yourself permission to heal and to follow your calling. Listen y’all, we can only liberate others to the degree that we liberate ourselves, so start doing the work on yourself first!!

ABOUT LETTIE, MYISHA, AND LYVONNE

Lettie Elizabeth is a historian, educator, and facilitator in Wilmington, NC. She is also the host and owner of her podcast "History Shows Us" where she educates about history and bridges the past to the present, she discusses racial and social issues, and she doesn’t hold back the truth. Her gift and ability to "connect the dots" is something that is critical to learning from the past. The love she has for history is evident! In 2015 Lettie received her M.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) where she focused on American history and specialized in Black history and race studies. She also completed her M.A. in Conflict Management & Resolution in May 2020 which equipped her with skills to incorporate effective communication with hard topics and how to navigate these situations, mediation and facilitation knowledge, and this MA contributed greatly to her work as both a historian and antiracism educator.

Lettie's story and journey is filled with strength and resilience, continuing to speak up against racial injustice, and learning what it means to choose and cultivate joy while growing and healing.

Myisha T is an awesome and sometimes exhausted mom to 3 different-ability children. She is an anti-racism guide, mental health activist, speaker, and entrepreneur.

A passionate advocate for mental wellness, Myisha T believes that when people get real, they can begin to heal. She founded the “Check Your Privilege” (CYP) movement, that support white and white folx all over the world in exploring their relationships with the interlocking systems of oppression

Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs (aka “Pastor Baé”), an Emmy Award winner, is a body and sex-positive womanist preacher, writer, transformational speaker, and spiritual life and liberation coach. She is the founder of beautiful scars, a healing-centered storytelling agency focused on fostering pleasure and resiliency; and the curator of The Proverbial Experience, a series of virtual spiritual gatherings to nourish your soul! Briggs has been featured in ESSENCE, Cosmopolitan, and The Washington Post magazines and Sojourners named her one of “11 Women Shaping the Church.” Briggs, a NYC native, is currently based in New Orleans, LA. Follow her: @LyvonneBriggs

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

What is your role in the revolution?
What are you masterminding in your collective community to change things around you?
The lack of capacity the collective faces when it comes to nuance.
We’re socialized to only see, feel, and experience pain all of the time.
Liberation is about healing the mind, body, and spirit.
How social media has tripped us up to become performative and how we can get back to our center.
Staying grounded in beauty amidst terror.

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