Today, I’m bringing YOUR questions to Danielle Brown, the Associate Director of the USCCB’s Committee Against Racism. We’re talking everything from Black Lives Matter to talking to your specific priest about racial justice to how to have conversations about race in a way that honors God. It’s easy, sisters, to be angry and allow our anger to divide us from our fellow sisters. To paint them as caricatures and dehumanize. It’s harder to have conversations in a way that views each person as Imago Dei, searches for real solutions, and relies on grace. Enjoy!
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Topics discussed:
How Danielle’s work at the USCCB has transformed
How we can define a “racist act” and why that leads to conflict
That Joe Biden “you ain’t black” conversation
A Catholic perspective on Black Lives Matter
Why she decided to do marriage therapy
What marriage therapy is and isn’t
How she thinks pre-cana could transform into a more therapeutic experience
What’s been bringing her closer to God lately