Happy Hour #362 - Faitth Brooks

The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey

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🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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My guest for The Happy Hour #362 is the wonderful Faitth Brooks. Faitth Brooks is a writer, speaker and anti-racism educator. Faitth also works as the director of programs on Be The Bridge, and is also the host of the Melanated Faith Podcast. Faith currently resides in Atlanta, GA. Y’all. I am so very excited to share this conversation with you, and am beyond thankful for Faitth’s willingness to be both vulnerable in her experiences and gracious in educating us on Black History. In today’s episode, we answer questions like “What is the big deal with Black History month?” and “Why is it important to learn about it?” I’ll admit that I was uninformed as a high-schooler in understanding Black history, and I’m so grateful for people like Faitth who explain why it is SO important for Black people to share life from their point of view - and how much more important it is for us to love them by actively listening. I really appreciated when she said “When it comes to loving people and people of color, allow us to show up as our full selves…” It sounds like it’s such a small ask, but it is truly so profound. I hope this challenges us to lay down our pride, listen to and engage with people’s experiences and resist the urge to apply one person’s story to an entire people group. It’s not always easy and it’s certainly uncomfortable, but WOW is it worth it to love people the way Jesus has called us to. Connect with Jamie Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube GET ALL THE LINKS FROM THE SHOW HERE

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0:00.0	Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcast.
0:03.6	I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.
0:06.2	Each week on this show, I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life,
0:10.4	the little things in life and everything in between.
0:23.1	Hey friends and welcome to another episode of the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcast.
0:27.7	I'm your host Jamie and I'm just thrilled that you're here.
0:30.6	When we were thinking about the show today, we started to remember that Black History Month is
0:35.0	in February and as someone who celebrates Black History Month and loves the fact that we can
0:40.7	learn more and dive into history about our Black brothers and sisters here in America,
0:45.2	I remembered that I didn't always feel that way.
0:47.8	And so today I'm bringing my friend Faith Brooks on and we're asking the question,
0:52.4	what's the big deal with Black History Month? Why do we need a month dedicated to Black History?
0:57.8	My prayer is that as you listen to Faith that you will practice that empathetic listening that
1:02.0	she talks about and you'll hear from her as a Black woman living in America as to why this month
1:07.9	is so important to Black people for sure but also to all Americans. My friend Faith and I also
1:13.2	talk about the organization Be the Bridge which if you've been listening for the happy hour for
1:17.2	at any length of time, you know that we've talked about that before because that is my friend
1:20.7	Latasha Morrison's organization that she started. If you're interested in learning more about Black
1:25.2	History or even learning more about what it means to enter into unity, I highly recommend listen
1:30.5	all the way to the end and Faith is going to tell you how you can take that first step. I want to
1:34.7	let you know we talk about a lot of resources today. We're putting all of those over in our show notes.
1:39.6	Those are easy to find go to jmeiv.com check out for the podcast information and you can find this
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