May 15, 2018
Author Austin Channing Brown shares with us about her new book, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, and life of work as a black woman in predominantly white ministries and spaces. The discussion touches on topics from writing to anger, creativity, expression, parenthood and more.
Austin is a freelance writer and speaker with a particular focus on black womanhood and faith. She is working on her first book to be released in May 2018. Her writing can be found in Sojourners Magazine, Relevant Magazine, Mutuality Magazine, and other places around the web. She also wrote a column called Wild Hope for Today's Christian Woman which is still accessible to readers. Passionate about racial justice and reconciliation, Austin travels the country preaching and teaching about the ways this work intersects with Christian faith.
Austin attended
North Park University where she earned a degree in business
management. She also has a masters degree in social justice from
Marygrove College in Detroit, MI. Since earning her masters, Austin
has worked with nonprofits, churches, parachurch ministries, and
universities in both the urban and suburban context for the
advancement of racial justice and reconciliation. Most recently she
served as a Resident Director and Multicultural Liaison at Calvin
College. There she was able to work with and learn from millennials
for three years as they navigated college life. Austin misses
living in Chicago, IL but is making Grand Rapids home. She is
married to her best friend, Tommie, and adores her infant son and
little puppy.
RELEVANT LINKS
Don’t hesitate and get Austin’s book I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness right now, you won’t regret it!
Follow Austin on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (her favorite)
Also, check out Austin’s blog.
From Our Conversation w/ Author Austin Channing Brown
- James Baldwin (American novelist and social critic)
- Audre Lorde (American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist)
- James H. Cone (American theologian)
- Cornel West (American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual)
- Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (American author, journalist, comic book writer, and educator)
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- Lecrae (American Christian hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and actor)
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
- John Coltrane (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
- Michael Jackson (American singer, songwriter, and dancer)
- Jen Hatmaker (American Christian author, speaker, blogger, and television presenter)
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