Race and Trauma

Face to Face
A few years ago, I was at The Allender Center rushing down a hallway at the end of an event. I was about to round...
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Partnerships in Racial Justice Work
Rachael Clinton Chen and Dr. Dan Allender are joined by Jimmy McGee, President and CEO of The Impact Movement, and Dr. J. Derek McNeil, President...
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A Stake in the Ground Against Racism
I woke up early on Saturday morning and my mind was instantly churning. With one eye cracked open and my mind still groggy from sleep,...
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Racial Trauma and White Supremacy
Today on our podcast, Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen have an honest conversation with Wendell Moss, a Teaching Staff member, and Linda Royster,...
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“I Can’t Breathe”
Breathing is our most fundamental spiritual, soulful, and embodied work. None of us can live beyond minutes without breathing; inhaling and exhaling. This simple gas...
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The Allender Center’s Statement on Racial Trauma
George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Tony McDade. The list of Black men, women, and children killed in our nation’s history stretches far, far beyond...
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A Letter to My Younger Self
This letter is one I wrote to my younger self who grew up in a country with continuous effects of colonialism in the Philippines, where...
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Did You Know Jesus Is Brown?
I am a good woman. I am a loving woman. I am a smart and educated woman. I am a white woman. I am a...
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