241 - Crowned with Glory with Children's Book Author Dorena Williamson

Be the Bridge Podcast with Latasha Morrison

Be the Bridge

Education

4.9 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Celebrate Black girl magic with this episode of the Be the Bridge podcast! Author, bridge builder, and speaker, Dorena Williamson joins host Latasha Morrison to talk about her latest children’s book, Crowned with Glory. Listen in to their conversation about the beauty of Black hair and the joy of Black culture. They dive into the need for representation in literature and in publishing, as well as sharing encouragement to be faithful in bridge building work. Let this episode remind you that words matter, diverse representation matters, and good stories matter for the hearts of both children and adults.

Host & Executive Producer - Latasha Morrison
Senior Producer - Lauren C. Brown
Producer, Editor & Music By - Travon Potts
Transcriber - Sarah Connatser

Quotes:
"The Creator crowned me with melanated glory, and every day I get to live out my beautiful story." -Crowned with Glory, Dorena Williamson“As a parent, you go through that journey of wanting to teach your children that they are beautiful and worthy of honor the way they are, that they don't need to compare themselves to their white counterparts, or of another race, but that their beauty is beautiful.” -Dorena Williamson“We don't need to go backwards, we need to go forward. And we're getting more diverse, we're not getting more homogenous.” -Latasha Morrison“I believe that we are all image bearers of God. And I believe then, that we should foundationally be teaching that to our children.” -Dorena Williamson“And even if you live in a community that is more homogenous, you still can represent the world in your literature. You can bring the world to your kids through literature.” -Latasha Morrison

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Dorena Williamson: dorenawilliamson.com/
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Latasha Morrison: latashamorrison.com/
facebook.com/LatashaMMorrison
instagram.com/latashamorrison/
twitter.com/LatashaMorrison

Transcript

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0:00.0	Be the Bridge, Be the Bridge.
0:01.3	You are listening to The Be The Bridge podcast with Latasha Morrison.
0:06.0	What are you guys doing today?
0:08.7	It's exciting.
0:09.4	Each week, Be The Bridge podcast tackles subjects related to race and culture with the goal of bringing understanding.
0:16.9	But I'm going to do it in the spirit of love.
0:19.4	We believe understanding can move us toward racial healing, racial equity, and racial unity.
0:25.0	Latasha Morrison is the founder of Be the Bridge,
0:27.8	which is an organization responding to racial brokenness and systemic injustice in our world.
0:34.0	This podcast is an extension of our vision to make sure people are no longer conditioned by a racialized society but grounded in truth.
0:42.1	If you have not hit the subscribe button, please do so now.
0:45.6	Without further ado, let's begin today's podcast.
0:48.8	Oh, and stick around for some important information at the end.
0:55.7	Hello, be the bridge community.
0:59.1	We have an exciting guest for you to hear from today.
1:04.7	You may have missed this, but a few years ago, I was able to interview someone on Facebook,
1:13.4	Facebook Live before we had the podcast.
1:18.4	And we were interviewing her about some children's books that she was launching.
1:20.6	Doreena Williamson.
1:25.3	And I am so glad to have her on this call.
1:30.9	Not only, first of all, her name, every time I say her name, Dorena, I always think about my grandmother's name, Doretha.
1:32.4	It's so close, you know.
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