Justice, Race & Friendship – Her Story Speaks

In this episode of the HerStory Speaks podcast, Osheta Moore, Marcie Walker and Cara Meredith join me for an honest conversation about peacemaking, racial reconciliation and friendships between Black and white women. Toward the end of the episode they share what is bringing them joy right now and what they are reading. You don’t want to miss this truth telling episode mixed with hard topics and some light hearted fun along the way.

Osheta Moore is a speaker, podcaster, and the author of Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World. Osheta has consistently been a voice for peacemaking, justice, and racial reconciliation and her work has been featured on numerous websites and blogs. Although she’s a proud Texan, Osheta lives in and deeply loves St. Paul, Minnesota, where, in addition to planting a multiethnic church with her husband, Osheta is the outreach and teaching pastor at Woodland Hills.Connect with her at Osheta.com.

Link to her book: Shalom Sistas

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Cara Meredith is a writer, speaker and conversationalist. She is the author of The Color of Life, a spiritual memoir about her journey as a white woman into issues of justice, race and privilege. She holds a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary and lives with her family in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Connect with her at carameredith.com

Link to purchase her book: The Color of Life

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Marcie Walker is a Christian, African-American blogger. She is the creator of the blog and Instagram feed, Black Coffee with White Friends and Mockingbird History Lessons. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, daughter, and their dog Evie. Follow her story at: blackcoffeewithwhitefriends.com/

Sign-up for Mockingbird History Lessons by becoming part of her Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/mockingbirdhistorylessonsforadults

Stay in community with her daily on Instagram:

@blackcoffeewithwhitefriends and @mockingbirdhistorylessons

Book Recommendations:

Osheta:

It’s Your Weirdness that Makes You Wonderful: by Kate Allan

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman

Cara:

*The Season of Styx Malone (Kekla Magoon)

*Let There d.light (Dorcas Cheng-Tozun) – currently free on Kindle Unlimited + releases next week

*So you want to talk about race (Ijeoma Oluo)