Episode 12-A New Year's Goal: Using Mindfulness to Keep Your Cool Talking About Racial Justice in 2019

Speaking with Dr. Amanda Kemp is an amazing experience and you will find out why in this dynamic show.  I love working with social justice giants who understand that the the change agents need to be mindful and lead from the heart-and she definitely knows that.  In this podcast, Dr. Kemp walks us through her journey with racial justice, taking us through the winding turns with burnout and discouragement to self-compassion and learning to talk about racial justice and keep your cool.  She also takes us through a 5-minute guided meditation for Holding the Space for Transformation, a practical tool to use when having difficult conversations.

Dr. Amanda Kemp is a racial justice and mindfulness mentor. A proud African American, Dr. Kemp grew up in foster care in the South Bronx, NY and always dreamed of following in Dr. Martin Luther King’s footsteps. Since her first anti-apartheid march in 1983 she has actively stood for racial justice and authentic community.

Drawing from her lived experience in an interracial marriage, her study of race at Stanford and Northwestern Universities,as well as over a decade of teaching at the college level, Dr. Kemp created Racial Justice from the H.E.A.R.T. This system builds skill and capacity of compassionate change makers in schools and faith communities..

A Master teacher and performing artist, Dr. Kemp has helped over 25,000 people have open-hearted conversations, consciously use their power to practice compassion and cultivate racial justice and authentic community.  

Her TedX Talk: How to Lean in to Difficult Conversations about Race has been used by conflict and resolution, sociology, and psychology classes at both the high school and college levels.

In this podcast you will learn:

• The biggest mistake people make when trying to create racial diversity
• Why we the instruments for social change, need to do the work of healing
• The intersectionality of mindfulness and racial justice
• A practical tool to build our confidence and competence when advocating for racial diversity and justice

Dr. Kemp's Contact Information:

To contact her: www.dramandkemp.com

https://zoom.us/recording/play/zXgUKNIPiyoz0YJ7DKBOvPf1VTTHTl-f13rJj_0CAzJjojrNWeB8-XSND_gbJ8qc

Black Girl Magic Album:  

https://amandakemp.bandcamp.com/album/black-girl-magic-poems-meditations-and-spells

 

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How to Have a Voice and Lean Into Conversations About Race | Amanda Kemp | TEDxWilmington

 

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Thanks for joining!!

Nikki