Dr. E.J. Stokes Really Wants to Talk About Creating a Beloved Community

Dr Emmanuel Joshua Stokes—E.J.—wants to spread Beloved Community everywhere he goes. In this deep, meaningful and joyful conversation we discuss how to build beloved community, how to lift up those who bring light to our lives—the life lanterns as EJ calls them—and how EJ has promoted all of this through his work as the Director of Bera College’s amazing Black Music Ensemble. EJ discusses the impact that bell hooks had on his work and his thinking and how the intentional creation of beloved community is his, and hopefully everyone’s, life’s work.