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Beyond the Womanist Classroom

Mitzi J Smith PhD
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  • Season 2, Episode 11: "Dreaming Up Pedagogies that Heal"
    Send us a textThis is the third episode in a three-part series hosted byĀ  podcast host Dr. Mitzi Smith in which she engages in conversation with the members of the "Dreaming Up Pedagogies that Heal" project. They discuss the "classroom" as a space that embodies their dreams, where they risk embodied dreaming, that affirms students' dreams, and where dreams live and not die.Ā  The co-leaders of the project are Drs. Kenneth Ngwa and Arthur Pressley (both of Drew Theological School), and the workshop participants are the following,The workshop participant-scholars are: Ā Althea Spencer-Miller, Drew Theological School;Ā Moses Biney, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY;Ā Israel Kamudzandu, St Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri;Ā Ericka Dunbar, Baylor University;Ā Aliou Niang, Union Theological Seminary;Ā Sharon Williams, Iona University;Ā Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Azusa Pacific University;Ā Andrew Mbuvi, Albright College.Ā The co-leaders obtained a grant that "seeks support for a workshop by faculty of African descent to examine dreams, dreaming, and dream world as pedagogical spaces where healing can be taught and learned; that is, where holistic healing is not a byproduct of teaching and learning (a ā€œbenefits packageā€), or episodes of respite (as if catching one’s breath), but a central purpose. ā€Ā  Support the showThank you for listening!Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.netFollow us on Twitter @BeyondTWCIf you heard something that resonates with you, please share the podcast!Join us again!Consider becoming a monthly subscriber of this podcast through Buzzsprout.com.
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  • Season 2, Episode 10: "Dreaming Up Pedagogies that Heal"
    Send us a textIn this episode 10, the 2nd of a three-part series, podcast host Dr. Mitzi Smith interviews the co-leaders, Drs. Kenneth Ngwa and Arthur Pressley (both of Drew Theological School) and the participants of the "Dreaming Up Pedagogies that Heal" project. Ā The workshop participant-scholars are: Ā Althea Spencer-Miller, Drew Theological School;Ā Moses Biney, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY;Ā Israel Kamudzandu, St Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri;Ā Ericka Dunbar, Baylor University;Ā Aliou Niang, Union Theological Seminary;Ā Sharon Williams, Iona University;Ā Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Azusa Pacific University;Ā Andrew Mbuvi, Albright College.Ā The co-leaders obtained a grant that "seeks support for a workshop by faculty of African descent to examine dreams, dreaming, and dream world as pedagogical spaces where healing can be taught and learned; that is, where holistic healing is not a byproduct of teaching and learning (a ā€œbenefits packageā€), or episodes of respite (as if catching one’s breath), but a central purpose. ā€Ā  Support the showThank you for listening!Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.netFollow us on Twitter @BeyondTWCIf you heard something that resonates with you, please share the podcast!Join us again!Consider becoming a monthly subscriber of this podcast through Buzzsprout.com.
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  • Season 2, Episode 9 ā€œDreaming Up Pedagogies that Healā€
    Send us a textIn this episode, podcast host Dr. Mitzi Smith interviews the co-leaders, Drs. Kenneth Ngwa and Arthur Pressley (both of Drew Theological School) and the participants of the "Dreaming Up Pedagogies that Heal" project. Ā The workshop participant-scholars are: Ā Althea Spencer-Miller, Drew Theological School;Ā Moses Biney, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, NY;Ā Israel Kamudzandu, St Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri;Ā Ericka Dunbar, Baylor University;Ā Aliou Niang, Union Theological Seminary;Ā Sharon Williams, Iona University;Ā Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Azusa Pacific University;Ā Andrew Mbuvi, Albright College.Ā The co-leaders obtained a grant that "seeks support for a workshop by faculty of African descent to examine dreams, dreaming, and dream world as pedagogical spaces where healing can be taught and learned; that is, where holistic healing is not a byproduct of teaching and learning (a ā€œbenefits packageā€), or episodes of respite (as if catching one’s breath), but a central purpose. ā€Ā  Support the showThank you for listening!Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.netFollow us on Twitter @BeyondTWCIf you heard something that resonates with you, please share the podcast!Join us again!Consider becoming a monthly subscriber of this podcast through Buzzsprout.com.
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  • Season 2, Episode 8: After-the-Podcast Womanist Talk, "Shoot'n da Breeze"
    Send us a textIn Season 2, Episode 8, podcast host Dr. Mitzi J. Smith and her guests from Season 2, Episode 7, Dr. CL Nash, Dr. Carol Marie Webster, Dr. Almeena Al-Rasheed, and Rev. Shandon Klein stay by to reflect on some of the themes and womanist issues and concerns raised (and not raised) in the podcast.Ā  Support the showThank you for listening!Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.netFollow us on Twitter @BeyondTWCIf you heard something that resonates with you, please share the podcast!Join us again!Consider becoming a monthly subscriber of this podcast through Buzzsprout.com.
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  • Season 2, Episode 7: Part II Black Women’s Radical Religious Epistemologies in Mahogany & Steepled Towers
    Send us a textIn Episode 7 of Season 2, Dr. Mitzi Smith's guests are two editors, Dr. CL Nash and Dr. Carol Marie Webster of a special issues of The African Journal of Gender and Religion Vol. 30 No 1 (2024) entitled "Black Women’s Radical Religious Epistemologies in Mahogany & Steepled Towers." We are also joined by two contributors, Rev. Shandon Klein (Ph.D. Candidate) and Dr. Ameena Al-Rasheed. Rev. Klein discusses her essay, "Empowered Resistance: The Impact of an African Indigenous Faith on the 'Woman Who Was More Than a Man'." Dr. Al-Rasheed talks about her essay, "Sufi Islam and Anti-Colonial Politics." They demonstrate the power of diverse Black women's sacred resistance, revolutionary work, and creativity. The editors, contributors and the women who are the subject of their work "stand in their power."Ā This is a link to the short film about Aline Diatta (the 'woman who was more than a man') that Rev. Shandon Klein studied for her essay:https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0crc8x5/the-supernatural-powers-of-the-african-joan-of-arc Support the showThank you for listening!Check Out My Website at www.mitzijsmith.netFollow us on Twitter @BeyondTWCIf you heard something that resonates with you, please share the podcast!Join us again!Consider becoming a monthly subscriber of this podcast through Buzzsprout.com.
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Beyond the Womanist Classroom is a weekly podcast hosted by womanist biblical scholar Dr. Mitzi J. Smith (PhD). We discuss all things womanism, cutting-edge biblical interpretation, and justice. Please consider supporting us by subscribing to our podcast on buzzsprout.com.
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