Ubani Ukuku | Black Women and the Place of Justice within the Church - EPISODE 057
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Black Women and the Place of Justice within the Church
EPISODE 057: Monday, October 12th, 2020
In this episode, I sit down with Ubani Ukuku and talk about Black women in America, the importance of voting, the upcoming election, and all the amazing things she's doing through her justice coaching program (of which, I'm proud to say, I will be going through myself in January 2021). Black women have a unique vantage point when it comes to how the systems work and how we can reimagine a better future. Listen and learn from the best of the best — Ubani Ukuku.
TIME STAMPS
1:58 - Ubani's background story.
2:54 - How has faith played a role in your journey?
4:07 - Where does your passion for justice come from and how did that lead you to become an attorney?
8:53 - What is the place/role OF the church IN justice WITHIN racism?
12:32 - Why addressing White Supremacy is the key to seeing justice in the church.
14:17 - How people of color also uphold the pillars of White Supremacy.
19:05 - How would you encourage others to reimagine the way they approach voting?
23:43 - How would you encourage Black Women in America to live in light of the result of Breonna Taylor's case?
31:10 - Tell us more about the coaching program you have and what you offer to businesses and organizations that want to do work in racial justice.
ABOUT UBANI UKUKU
My name is Ubani Ukuku. I am an attorney, speaker, & community advocacy consultant/coach who helps businesses, faith-based orgs, & leaders create change in the community.
Fighting for the things I care about [the voice & rights of the marginalized] is how I live my life.
I am a former public defender who spent 6 years fighting for the rights of indigent individuals in child welfare & criminal law & working with community organizations to bring about change. I am a former pastor who left the legal practice for 2 years to join the staff of a 2000 person church in downtown Phoenix to build a care & justice ministry & foster community relationships. I am a natural born exhorter who has mentored, discipled, and consulted countless people with the heart to advocate for others or simply grow into the people they were created to be.
I presently sit on the board of a local nonprofit centered on helping organizations become more effective at helping the community along with doing full-time consulting/coaching, with a dash of practicing law.
In my free time I enjoy watching sports, working out, listening to music, dancing, & spending time with loved ones.
My passion is to empower people & teach others how to do the same in their communities in authentic, genuine, and effective ways.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Chanequa Walker-Barnes offers a compelling argument that the Christian racial reconciliation movement is incapable of responding to modern-day racism. She demonstrates how reconciliation’s roots in the evangelical, male-centered Promise Keepers’ movement has resulted in a patriarchal and largely symbolic effort, focused upon improving relationships between men from various racial-ethnic groups.
Walker-Barnes argues that highlighting the voices of women of color is critical to developing any genuine efforts toward reconciliation. Drawing upon intersectionality theory and critical race studies, she demonstrates how living at the intersection of racism and sexism exposes women of color to unique experiences of gendered racism that are not about relationships, but rather are about systems of power and inequity.
Refuting the idea that race and racism are "one-size-fits-all," I Bring the Voices of My People highlights the particular work that White Americans must do to repent of racism and to work toward racial justice and offers a constructive view of reconciliation that prioritizes eliminating racial injustice and healing the damage that it has done to African Americans and other people of color.