Stereotyping & Women of Color – Voices of Color

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Man or Husband Does Not Mean or Translate as Protector, Provider, Defender, Etc..

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 allthinxchristian

Nowhere in the Scriptures is there mention of this term being translated to mean 'provider,' 'defender,' or 'protector.' Instead, what we see in Scripture is that people who are in covenant of commitment to one another deliberately practice and model these concepts regardless of their gender. -Oghene'tega Swann

Black Women & The Image of God, Clergy Women of Color, Equality, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Rev. Tega Swann, Security & Gender Equality, Stereotyping & Women of Color, Women of Color Leadership

Does Leadership De-Womanize Women?

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 allthinxchristian

"Women cooked
And cleaned up after husbands and after children
But Elizabeth didn't
So she wasn't woman enough"
-Rev. Oghene'tega Swann

Ethnic Equality, Gender, Racial Equality & Parenting, Justice for People of Color, P/WOC & Parenting, Race & Equity in America, Racial & Gender Mutuality, Rev. Tega Swann, Stereotyping & Women of Color, Youth of Color

At-Risk Youth or At-Risk Communities?

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 allthinxchristian

"Our well-meaning North American psychological bent towards the communities of color tends to address the effects of risks our communities face without ever really addressing the injustices that creates those effects." -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann

Black Women & The Image of God, Clergy Women of Color, Economic Equality & WOC, Ethnic Equality, Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Justice for People of Color, Missions & Racial Equality, Onleilove Alston, Prophetic Whirlwind, PTSD & Women of Color, Race & Equity in America, Racial & Gender Mutuality, Security & Gender Equality, Stereotyping & Women of Color, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, VOCCU, Women of Color & Missions, Women of Color Leadership, Youth of Color

When Our Skin Is Our Sin

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 Voices of Color - Christians United (VOCCU)

"As the black community grapples with the effects of incarceration on generations of black men, we now have to grapple with the incarceration of black women and the fact that colorism and the disdain for blackness is a contributing factor to who enters prison and how long they stay there." -Onlielove Alston

Abusive Churches & Gender Inequality, Academia & Gender Equality, Academia & Racial Justice, Allied Partnerships, Black Women & The Image of God, Church & Gender Inequality, Clergy Women of Color, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, Race & Equity in America, Rev. Tega Swann, Seminaries & Justice, Stereotyping & Women of Color, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, VOCCU

How To Be A People/Women of Color Ally

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 allthinxchristian

"Being an ally means the actual practice of "mourning with those who mourn" and "rejoicing with those who rejoice." In order to mourn with those who mourn, you must go to the house of mourning! [Even Jesus did that!]" -Rev. Oghene'tega Swann

Abusive Churches & Gender Inequality, Academia & Gender Equality, Academia & Racial Justice, Allied Partnerships, Black Women & The Image of God, Church & Gender Inequality, Clergy Women of Color, Ethnic Equality, Ethnic Reconciliation, Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), Feminine Imagery & Language for God, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Rev. Tega Swann, Seminaries & Justice, Stereotyping & Women of Color, Women of Color Leadership, Women's Conferences & Equality

Dark & Lovely: Is God In It? A Reflection on the 2018 Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Schaff Lectures on Race, Gender and the Imago Dei

May 8, 2018May 8, 2018 allthinxchristian

"The Shunamite woman stands in the canon and reminds us of both the age-old struggle to suppress Black women and other women of color and the righteous resistance such women must put forth: dark am I, and lovely. Our blackness is not an apology. It is a declaration that we are made in God's image." -Rev. Tega Swann

Church & Gender Inequality, Elizabeth Quashie, Ethnic Reconciliation, Gender Equality for Women of Color, God, Women & Covenant, Missions & Racial Equality, New Creation Women of Advent, New Testament Women of Advent, People of Color & Missions, Stereotyping & Women of Color, The Gospel and Equality, The Holy Spirit & Equality, Women of Color & Missions, Women of Color Leadership, Women's Conferences & Equality

The Women-of-Color-led Resistance Of “Women’s Conferences”

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 Voices of Color - Christians United (VOCCU)

"...the question of what it really means and how much it truly matters for the woman behind the facade to live free, redeemed, and empowered in her calling within and outside the Church." -Elizabeth Quashie

Colorism, Farikanayi, Gender, Racial Equality & Parenting, P/WOC & Parenting, PTSD & Women of Color, PTSD for Women of Color, Stereotyping & Women of Color

Embracing My Red

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 Voices of Color - Christians United (VOCCU)

"It is the responsibility of older generations to affirm the contested and globally ridiculed aesthetic truth of the girl of colour. The older generations must say to the younger generations "you are beautiful." -Farikanayi