Community Conversations 2024

At InflexionPoint Podcast we are dedicated to the art of listening in authentic community conversations. We challenge our audience to listen actively and intentionally for the purpose of critical self-reflection, in-depth perspective-taking, personal transformation, and ultimately social impact. The 2024 theme explores the Art of Community Conversations in today's climate of systemic and institutional racism, antiracism activation, Equity Diversity & Inclusion, and book banning.

Featured Guest

We are honored to have Rev. Desiree Lawson, newly installed pastor of The Good Shepherds Presbyterian Church in South Easton MA as our featured guest. Rev. Dawson shares her experience as the first Black woman pastor in a previous congregation.

Episode giveaways:

• Womanism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism
• Complex Racial Trauma: Evidence, Theory, Assessment, and Treatment https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/17456916221120428
• Can We Talk? The Cory Johnson Program for Post Traumatic Healing https://canwetalknetwork.org/about-can-we-talk/ https://rpcsocialimpactctr.org “Pain like the kind my family has suffered does not go away but it does slowly become redemptive. Now when I listen as wounded neighbors courageously share their stories; I am encouraged because I know they can heal, and Cory’s name has become a beacon for hope.” – Debra Johnson, Cory Johnson’s Mother
• Rev. Desiree Lawson, March 17, 2024, George Floyd Sermon: https://cms-production-api.monkcms.com/Clients/embed_video_preview.php?moduleRecordId=12230423&CMSCODE=EKK
• "The Power of Stories: A Guide for Leading Multi-Racial and Multi-Cultural Congregations" by Jacqueline J. Lewis https://www.amazon.com/Power-Stories-Multi-Racial-Multi-Cultural-Congregations-ebook/dp/B00579BHQU
• "Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit" by Mary-Frances Winters Mary-Frances Winters https://www.amazon.com/Black-Fatigue-Racism-Erodes-Spirit/dp/1523091304/
• Unbaptizing America: https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/unbaptizing-america
• "Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America" by Micheal D. Emerson and Christian Smith https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Faith-Evangelical-Religion-Problem-ebook/dp/B000SHYQZU/
• "Inclusion: Making Room for Grace" by Eric H. F. Law https://www.amazon.com/Inclusion-Eric-H-F-Law/dp/0827216203