Episode 13: Dr. Lucretia Berry

ABOUT THE EPISODERacial reconciliation and healing was not the work that Dr. Lucretia Berry originally picked. Her younger self envisioned a future well-entrenched in the black community: her college, her career, her church, and ever her future husband and family. But that is not the path God laid out. In episode 13 of Not My Story, Lucretia talks with Sarah about her experiences growing up within black America, moving to a predominantly white area, agreeing to partner with her pastor to transition their historically black church to a multiethnic congregation, and marrying a white man. In 2015, all these experiences converged when Lucretia founded Brownicity.MEET THE GUESTDr. ​Lucretia Berry​ is the founder of ​Brownicity - Many Hues, One Humanity, an agency dedicated to advocacy, education, and support for racial healing and antiracism. She is a wife to Nathan, mother of three little girls, and a former college professor whose love for humanity led her to author ​What LIES Between Us: Fostering First Steps Towards Racial Healing,​ a journey guide designed specifically for ‘beginners.’ She is the Anti-race/ism Curriculum Specialist for Community School of Davidson (NC), a contributor for (In)courage.me, a TEDx and Q Ideas speaker (Charlotte), and a Senior Consultant for Point Made Learning’s The American Dream Game.​You can connect on Instagram with Dr. Berry at @lucretiaberry or with Brownicity at @brownicity.EPISODE NOTES- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges & Universities) - CLICK HERE to see the College Navigator’s list of accredited HBCU institutions in the United States- Lucretia’s TED talk - “Children will light up the world if we don’t keep them in the dark”- Music mentioned: Vineyard, Hillsong, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin- Brownicity Membership - CLICK HERE to learn more- What Lucretia is reading: Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nurburn and American Blindspot by Gerardo Marti- hope*writers- b.kids: LET’S LEARN ABOUT - new preschool and elementary age kids course from BrownicityTo connect with Not My Story on Instagram: CLICK HEREGet a free download of Interrupted: Prayers & Meditations in the Unexpected, written by Not My Story host Sarah E. Westfall.