An eductor and pastor, Joneice Carroll reflects on life’s challenges of being Black and a woman

Joneice Carroll was born in Washington, NC, in 1954. She credits her tight-knit family for preparing her for the challenging road ahead as a Black woman. Racism was no stranger to her as a child and throughout her adult life. And despite these challenges, she became a teacher for 34 years and, for the last 26 years, has served as the pastor of the Beebe Chapel CME Church. Her mantra over the years has been, “We all want the same. We want to be seen, we want to be heard, and we want to be valued.  There is no color for that. There is no distinction for that. We have a ways to go, but I think we are headed in the right direction.”