E3: Applying Jesus to New Vision - Interview with Rev. Anne Dunlap, SURJ - Part 1
This conversation was so rich and deep, we had to break it up into two parts. In our conversation with Rev. Anne Dunlap of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SUJR), we talk about her journey and faith, get a little nerdy with our sacred texts and about what justice looks like to reform law enforcement in America.
Season 2 is intentionally different than Season 1. In this season, we are talking with folks hard at work re-imagining what it means to respond and reform the issues within our society. These conversations are going to help us, in the Church, re-imagine what it means to be a part of the solution - the Kin-Dom Come.
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About Rev. Anne
Nurtured into faith-rooted organizing in the Central America solidarity movement in the 1980s, Anne is particularly grateful to the Central American, Black, immigrant, worker, and indigenous leaders who have challenged and taught her to think and act more deeply about what it means to be human, and what it means to be free.
Anne is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and also the founder of FierceRev Remedies, offering herbal consults, workshops, mentorship as well as consulting, teaching, and preaching, all towards the goal of racial justice and collective liberation that's rooted in healing practice with the land. She's currently co-editing a book on congregational organizing, and led the creation of the SURJ-Faith Community Safety for All: #DefundPolice Congregational Action Toolkit. She is proud to be from Arkansas, and has lived in a lot of different places which have taught her about the importance of the relationship of place and culture. Now happy to call Buffalo, NY home, Anne loves life with her beloved and their kitty; herbcrafting; long nature rambles; snuggling baby goats; loving on her people; music, books, and poetry; and building community.
Find Rev. Anne: on her website https://fiercerevremedies.com/about/, on Twitter @fiercerev, on SURJ’s website: https://surj.org/people/anne-dunlap/, and listen to her regularly on the SURJ’s podcast The Word is Resistance on all podcast platforms.
Applying Jesus is hosted and produced by Amy Vogel, Director of Spiritual Growth for Upper Room Heights and our Technical Director is Xach Blunt. We record at the Chapelwood UMC Digital Studio in Houston, TX. We hope something you heard today deepened your faith, opened your eyes and led you to not only knowing God in a more expansive way, but shifts how you connect, especially with those who are easy to overlook. To find out more about Amy and our church community, go to www.urheights.com or find us on Facebook, Instagram & Youtube. Remember we love you – and there is nothing you can do about it!