Women’s Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship
Guests: Drs. Keri Day and Irie Session
At work, African American are undervalued and underpaid. AA women are paid 64 cents to every dollar paid to white non-Hispanic men. The systemic discrimination has created the wage gap and intensifies the challenges of being an entrepreneur. Join us as we discuss what is necessary for women to thrive in the workplace and as entrepreneurs.
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Resources:
Dr. Keri Day
Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012)
Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015)
Notes of a Native Daughter: Testifying in Theological Education (2021)
Azusa Reimagined: A Radical Vision of Religious and Democratic Belonging (2022)
Rev. Dr. Irie Session
The Gathering, A Womanist Church: Origins, Stories, Sermons, & Litanies
Badass Women of the Bible
Murdered Souls, Resurrected Lives
Journal article with Luther Seminary’s Word & World is titled, “Sawubona in a Pandemic: Black Women, Embodied Ecclesiology, and Sacred Spaces in Cyberspace”
Guest Bio(s):
Dr. Keri Day
Keri Day is an Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religion at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. She earned a B.S. in Political Science and Economics from Tennessee State University, an M.A. in Religion and Ethics from Yale University Divinity School, and her Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt University. Her teaching and research interests are in womanist/feminist theologies, social critical theory, cultural studies, economics, and Afro-Pentecostalism. She has authored four academic books, Unfinished Business: Black Women, The Black Church, and the Struggle to Thrive in America (2012); Religious Resistance to Neoliberalism: Womanist and Black Feminist Perspectives (2015); Notes of a Native Daughter: Testifying in Theological Education (2021); and her most recent book, Azusa Reimagined: A Radical Vision of Religious and Democratic Belonging, (2022). She has also been recognized by NBC News as one of six black women at the center of gravity in theological education in America.
She has participated in White House briefings in Washington D.C. to discuss issues related to economic policy, religious freedom, faith-based initiatives, human rights efforts, and peace building efforts around the world. She has been a guest political commentator on KERA/NPR, DFW/FOX News, and Huffpost Live on issues related to faith and politics. She has written for the New York Daily News, The Christian Century, The Feminist Wire, and The Huffington Post.
Rev. Dr. Irie Lynne Session
Dr. Irie Lynne Session is a Spiritual Entrepreneur, TEDx Presenter, Award Winning Minister, Amazon Best-Selling Author, Pastor, Womanist Preacher and Church Planter with over 30 years in Social Work and ministry who has helped hundreds of women from all walks of life to live their dreams by doing what they’re wired to do. Her ministry interests and social justice commitments are situated at the intersection of Black women’s flourishing, womanist preaching and dismantling white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. Dr. Irie holds an undergraduate degree in Social Work from Oklahoma Christian University; a Master of Divinity with Certificate in Black Church Studies from Brite Divinity School; and a Doctor of Ministry in Transformative Leadership and Prophetic Preaching from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, in Rochester, New York.
Dr. Irie is Co-Pastor of The Gathering, A Womanist Church of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Dallas, Texas. She’s been an ordained pastor with the Disciples of Christ for 17 years.
Dr. Irie is also CEO of DreamBIG and the Resident Reverend for DDT (Dancin Doug Travel), a Black owned travel company serving over 500 travelers where she preaches an annual Sermon on the Beach. She’s also been a Professor for the Course of Study School (COSS) at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and an Adjunct Professor at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.
Before going into full-time ministry Dr. Irie dedicated over 30 years providing social work services and ministry to thousands of women, men, and children who were marginalized by society due to histories of incarceration, substance addiction, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS.
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