Episodes
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Peacemakers desire harmony and unity, but they also seek justice. Marlena Graves shares how her empathy and discernment cultivate a willingness to find common ground and potential wisdom in opposing viewpoints. She also talks about the tensions Peacemakers feel between truth-telling and the fear of potential relational loss.
Marlena Graves is the Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation at Northeastern
Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan University. She has written five books and over two hundred articles for outlets like Christianity Today, Relevant, Sojourners, and Christian Century. She also has pastoral, church planting, nonprofit, and board membership experience. Her activism work focuses mainly on solidarity with the poor, immigration issues, and police brutality. She is married to Shawn, a philosophy professor, and has three growing girls. As a missionary to the American Church, Marlena wants people to know God delights in them. She loves to laugh, be in nature, be with family and friends, and hopes to leave a little bit of shalom in her wake.
Mentioned in the episode:
The Way Up is Down
Enneagram 9 Devotional
Bearing God
https://marlenagraves.com
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Our Enthusiast guest is Danielle Coke Balfour! In this conversation, Dani shares the lows, highs, and challenges of her activism journey. She also talks about the ways in which she brings hope and practical optimism to her justice work. Listen in to hear Dani’s stories and advice about how to manages anxiety in activism.
Danielle Coke is a graphic designer turned artist, advocate, speaker, and entrepreneur. She’s the founder of Oh Happy Dani, an illustration-based educational platform that uses artwork and resources to make complex ideas surrounding racial justice more accessible for the
everyday advocate. Danielle works to inspire her community of over half a million people across social media to do good daily, right where they are. Danielle hopes to inspire others to embody their values and live a life of sustainable activism by using what they have to impact the world around them.
Mentioned in the episode:
@ohhappydani
https://ohhappydani.com
A Heart on Fire: 100 Meditations on Loving Your Neighbors Well
The Middle Passage
Live Justly Cohort
Martin Luther King
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Challengers are the people we tend to think about when we think about activists. In this episode, Terence Lester shares his activism story, insights about how to channel anger, and the benefits of boundaries. Whether you're a Challenger yourself or intrigued by the dynamic ways individuals of this archetype engage in social justice, listen to this episode for valuable wisdom and meaningful reflection.
Terence is a storyteller, public scholar, speaker, community activist, and author who is the Founder and Executive Director of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising poverty and homelessness awareness and community mobilization. The children’s book he co-authored with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Zion, which deals with homelessness, belonging, inclusion, and encouraging children to serve others with empathy and compassion drops in March of 2024.
Learn more about Terence here
Find books by Terence at InterVarsity Press
Howard Thurman
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Many of us have to be careful with burnout, but investigators preemptively manage it. Join this conversation to hear how one of the most withdrawn types of the enneagram engages in justice. Roslyn Hernández shares about how she’s starting her social justice journey and the self knowledge that helps her engage justice with self-care, compassion and strategic thinking.
Roslyn M. Hernández is podcast producer at Chasing Justice, a contributor at Think Christian and on staff at the Fuller Youth Institute. She holds a BA with majors in Film & Media Studies and Spanish and a minor in Art History from UCSB, as well as an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. Roslyn is training to as a spiritual director and is passionate about pop culture, culinary traditions, and decolonizing theology and life.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Rigoberta Menchú
Mare Advertencia Lirika, mare.advertencia.lirika
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Loyalists provide courageous support for marginalized groups, rooted in their own need for security and stability. Barnabas Lin shares how intersectionality, tensions between commitment and critique, and integrity are part of his activism journey as a loyalist.
Barnabas serves as Theologian in Residence at Bethel Community Church as he works on a PhD in Theological Ethics. He has over a decade disciplining Asian Americans and training young ministers through InterVarsity. Barnabas is concerned with living the just and peaceable way of Jesus and helping activate Christians to participate in the flourishing of all creation. Barnabas likes to bake sourdough, musical theater, and learning to surf.
Instagram: @barn.a.bas
Audre Lorde (PBS)
"The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"
"Poetry is Not A Luxury"
Kiyoshi Kuromiya
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Dorcas Cheng-Tozun is an award-winning writer, editor, speaker, communications consultant, and former Inc.com columnist. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, Image Journal, and dozens of other publications in the US, Asia, and Africa. She serves as the editorial director of PAX, a Christian nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and equipping the next generation of BIPOC contemplative activists and is a high school instructor of social innovation at Valley Christian Schools. Dorcas has nearly twenty years of experience as a nonprofit and social enterprise professional. She and her entrepreneur husband have been married for eighteen years and have two young sons.
Dorcas has a BA in communication and an MA in sociology from Stanford University, as well as a professional editing certificate from the University of California, Berkeley.
show notes link to her activists.
Dorcas page
Book
Howard Thurman
Kenneth Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark
Richard and Mildred Loving,
hsperson.com, https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/
www.chengtozun.com
@chengtozun on IG, FB, and LinkedIn;
www.chengtozun.com/books for links to buy the book
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How do social justice, ministry, and grief intersect? Creative activist, J.S. Park, tells us about his calling to meet people at different stages of grief, with love, creativity, individuality, and care. Tune in to hear his stories and reflections about how to care deeply, actively, and healthily.
J.S. Park is a hospital chaplain whose work has been featured on CNN. He’s a Korean-American, sixth-degree black belt, suicide survivor, and former atheist/agnostic who follows Christ. He is the author of The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise, and is writing a second book on grief.
Instagram: @jspark3000
The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise
J.S. Park featured on CNN
Chasing Justice: Artist Activist Cohort
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From Reggaeton to helping the Mestizo church create cultural change. As an achiever, Emanuel Padilla shares how community has been a part of his social justice journey from the stage to churches, cities, and the academy.
Emanuel is pursuing doctoral studies in theology and ethics working to recapture the history of colonization, reshape conceptions of identity, and inform the pursuit of justice. Emanuel’s desire is to serve the Church through non-traditional educational ministries. He does this as founder and president of World Outspoken and co-host of The Mestizo Podcast.
World Outspoken | @worldoutspoken
Courses available at WOS
@emanuelwos
Renewing the City by Robert D. Lupton
Travy Joe
Elizabeth Conde Frazier
In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen
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As the Chasing Justice team, we have been lamenting the violence in Gaza and Israel. We condemn all acts of violence against civilians. We invite us to be people of solidarity and peace. Would you join us? Here are some action steps you can take to be an ally and advocate for peace.
Email your representatives using this link by our siblings at Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP).
Call your representatives using 5 calls for iphone, or 5 calls for Android.
For more on how to navigate social justice issues check out our Allyship Guide.
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Jane Hong-Guzmán de León shares her social justice journey as a helper. Jane tells us about her start in government institutions and her transition to ministry. She also shares advice about what to avoid to be a healthy helper in the activism journey.
Jane Hong-Guzmán de León is a licensed pastor with over a decade of ministry experience pastoring youth and adults. She previously worked as a junior high English teacher, university professor in Mexico, and with various training organizations. Jane holds an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. She is passionate about seeing diversity, justice, healing, and transformation in and out of the church.
Mentioned:
ISAAC - Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity
Paulo Freire | Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Larry Itliong (PBS)
Tereza Lee an Undocumented Asian America (PBS)
By Jane:
Walking with Asian American young people as they navigate racialized violence
Who Do You Say I Am? High School Curriculum
Understanding & Relating to Asian American Youth
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Tyler Burns shares insights about how a Reformer personality engages in social change, advocacy, and solidarity. Tune in to hear about the lessons he’s learned in his activism journey.
Tyler Burns is a pastor, speaker, writer, and podcaster. He currently serves as the President of The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, an organization founded to educate, encourage, and empower Black Christians to be free in soul and in body. He also co-hosts the organization’s flagship podcast Pass the Mic.
Mentioned:
All Nations Pensacola
Live Justly Cohorts
Medgar Evers
John Lewis
Georgia Blackmon
Enneagram
Myers-Briggs
Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) Podcast
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Tracey Gee joins this intro conversation about how you can find your distinct style of activism.
Tracey is a leadership coach and writer whose work is focused on helping leaders (especially those who experience marginalization) grow in self-awareness, development, and building healthy teams. She is certified in several frameworks such as Gallup StrengthsFinder, Working Genius, the Enneagram, and Cultural Intelligence. She is a proud daughter of Chinese-American immigrants. Tracey lives in Los Angeles with her husband, 2 children, and rescue dog, Kona. She loves hiking with her dog, enjoying the amazing food that LA has to offer, and spreading random joy through a curated weekly TikTok roundup.
Mentioned:
7 Core Assumptions of Restorative Justice
Building Movement Project - Social Change Ecosystem Map
Chasing Justice Allyship Guide
This Far by Faith: Prathia Hall (PBS)
Instagram: @traceygee.me
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In this episode, author Karen González focuses on the importance of the collective stories of immigrants must be centered in our advocacy for immigration.
Karen González is a speaker, writer, storyteller, and immigrant advocate, who herself immigrated from Guatemala as a child. She has been a non-profit professional, working for organizations that serve refugees and other immigrants. She is also the co-host of the Latina-focused podcast Cafe with Comadres. Find Karen on Instagram and Twitter.
Learn more about Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen González at Karen-Gonzalez.com/Book, or pick up a copy from your favorite bookseller! Get 40% off + free shipping at BakerBookHouse.com – no discount code needed! https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/436013
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Mexican and Cherokee community leader Kevin Garcia speaks about how to remain present while we are waiting for justice. His passion for liberating the marginalized will inspire you to center those who have the answers for their community. We talk housing, environmental racism, mentoring youth, and more! Kevin explains how our connection with the community fuels our long term advocacy?
Kevin is a member of Cherokee Nation and Mexican who lives in Dallas with his wife Miriam. He is currently in grad school and works in Generation Liberation where he is involved with historically oppressed neighborhoods to help youth and families thrive. He aims to connect spirituality to activism in ways that refresh and inspire those who are involved in liberating work through writing and teaching.
Mentioned: Anticipating Creations Liberation by Kevin Garcia
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How can proximity and presence change perspectives? This is what we learn from Gustavo De Los Rios and his experience mentoring youth and walking alongside immigrant families in their experience navigating the complexities of our legal system.
Gustavo De Los Rios currently serves as the Juárez Shelter Connector. Through personal experience growing up on the border and crossing between both Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, TX, to visit family and friends, he is passionate about bringing awareness and collaborative solutions to the border issues faced every day by migrants.
Mentioned: Abara , Cuidad Nueva
Learn more about Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen González at Karen-Gonzalez.com/Book, or pick up a copy from your favorite bookseller! Get 40% off + free shipping at BakerBookHouse.com – no discount code needed! https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/436013
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In this episode of the Chasing Justice Podcast, Native Zuni leader Renee Kylestewa Begay, contributing author to Voices of Lament, focuses on the importance of our lament, hope, and indigenizing our faith as followers of the Jesus way. How do we seek good in our own communities in the midst of accusations that we may not be good? Renee’s experience in liberating her theology and walking alongside Native students is a gift.Renee Kylestewa Begay is from the pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico. She is the founder and national director of Nations which seeks to build relationships among the Native American community. You can find her at thetalkingcircle.com
Mentioned:
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom(Author), Michaela Goade (Illustrator)
First Laugh Welcome Baby (Navajo) by Rose Ann Tahe, Nancy Bo Flood, Jonathan Nelson
Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous by Eduardo Duran
Mission and the Cultural Other by Randy S. Woodley
The article Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities Eve TuckVoices of Lament was edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and is available at 30% off at BakerBookHouse.com. Learn more about the project and its contributors at VoicesofLament.com.
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Arwa speaks about everyday Justice from civic engagement to Halloween, food waste, raising biracial children who know their stories, you will learn it all from someone who has been practicing simplicity, compassion and advocacy in front of four tiny humans.
Arwa’s life trajectory was changed when she came to the US to study as an international student from Dubai. She has worked as a finance manager, a director of research administration and a Consultant. She lives in Chicago with her husband and her four kids.
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Mentioned: MoonJar.com, Kid's Books
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Medgina Saint-Elien speaks about Beauty, Anger and Justice. Have you wondered what place anger has in justice? Learn about how we can fully engage our anger and move to beauty and hope.
Medgina Saint-Elien is a Haitian American writer, creative and emerging voice of direction in the media industry. She currently works at House Beautiful where she champions the “lightbulb moment” in every maker's story and champions the work of BIPOC entrepreneurs.
Voices of Lament was edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and is available at 30% off at BakerBookHouse.com. Learn more about the project and its contributors at VoicesofLament.com.
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In this episode, authors La Thao, Hmong American and David De Leon, Pilipino American, help us focus on the importance of our collective stories.
La Thao is campus minister in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is also a co-host of the Better Than Seven Sons podcast where she speaks on faith and her experiences as a Hmong American woman.
David de Leon resides in NYC with his two sons and wife. He’s currently pursuing a PhD in systematic theology at Fordham University and serves as a content strategist for Christians for Social Action. He thinks, writes, and teaches along the lines of Asian American and Pilipino American theology.
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Dr. David Hsu speaks on the topic of Vocation and Justice. If you’ve ever wondered how you can live justly in your vocation this is for you! You are not going to want to miss this insightful conversation (recorded in his engineering lab–machines noise and all)
Dr. David Hsu is Assistant Professor of Engineering. He worked in Research & Development where he designed medical devices for patients with heart disease. He then decided to become a Professor of Engineering at Wheaton College to help students consider how their work is an expression of faith and justice. https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/faculty/david-hsu/
Promo Code CJPOD allows Chasing Justice Listeners to purchase Learning Our Names https://www.ivpress.com/learning-our-names at ivpress.com for 30% off and free shipping. Asian American Christians need to hear and own their diverse stories beyond the cultural expectations of the model minority or perpetual foreigner. And we need to learn from them.
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