Dr. Karida Brown & Lawrence Adjah - Race, Power, and Belonging: Conversations on Becoming Fully Human

Together with Lawrence E. Adjah, ordained minister, social entrepreneur, and best-selling author, Karida Brown, Professor of Sociology at Emory University and author of multiple award-winning works on race has a wide-ranging conversation on the inherent tension between systems and human agency.Dr. Brown draws on decades of scholarship to examine how racial difference is historically constructed, institutionalized, and maintained, while Adjah offers a complementary perspective grounded in faith, leadership, and community-building—shaped by his work at McKinsey & Company, global mental-health initiatives, and founding the Family Dinner Foundation to combat loneliness and social fragmentation.In a provocative and compelling conversation, they explore how power operates across institutions and everyday life, how individuals and communities navigate these systems, and what leadership, connection, and responsibility demand in today’s world.