Join Rev. Kelli X, Director of Racial Justice for Scarritt Bennett Center, and Rev. Dori Gorman, Chaplain for the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, for an eight-session study of therapist Resmaa Menakem's groundbreaking book My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies at Scarritt Bennett Center.
The Sawubona Leadership Summit (SLS) is an immersive 72-hour experience curated by Scarritt Bennett Center’s Racial Justice Ministries. SLS invites young leaders aged 14 to 24 to align their lives with their hope for a progressively equitable society and become co-creators of justice. SLS will...
Black Hymnody is a musical experience celebrating the sacred hymns of the Black Church. FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ScarrittBennettCenter/videos/711625867784151 YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/live/fSgKr5_cjsE Friday, February 23rd, 2024 7:00 PM Wightman Chapel at Scarritt Bennett Center Free to attend | Donations accepted About the W. Crimm Singers: Picture it...North...
Black women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth more than twice as much as their white counterparts regardless of class and educational level. Meharry Medical College, Metro Public Health Department, New Life Center, and Scarritt Bennett Center are partnering to lower this rate and answer the question, "What to expect?"
Our conference facilitators aim to be co-creators of a world of equity where Black people across the diaspora lead and excel in transformative justice in church and society. Our vision for this event is that Christian leaders across the diaspora will begin new partnerships and...
Join Rev. Kelli X, Scarritt Bennett Center's Director of Racial Justice Ministries, in Harambee Auditorium at 6 p.m. on Tuesday May 20th for a hybrid conversation on the tension between religion and spirituality in Black life, the grief and glory of gospel and blues, and...
Yoga + Lectio is inspired by the embodied practice of yoga and the contemplative practice of lectio divina. Traditionally, lectio divina refers to the ancient practice of reading sacred texts. In this practice, the text ushers the reader into a meaningful encounter with the Divine Presence....
Yoga + Lectio is inspired by the embodied practice of yoga and the contemplative practice of lectio divina. Traditionally, lectio divina refers to the ancient practice of reading sacred texts. In this practice, the text ushers the reader into a meaningful encounter with the Divine Presence....
Yoga + Lectio is inspired by the embodied practice of yoga and the contemplative practice of lectio divina. Traditionally, lectio divina refers to the ancient practice of reading sacred texts. In this practice, the text ushers the reader into a meaningful encounter with the Divine Presence....
Join us for Cultural Millennium, a dynamic poetry theatre experience that honors the cultural depth and enduring legacy of Blackness in America presented by Dream 7 Theater Productions. This is a free event with free parking. Lunch cost is $15 and you may register just...
Yoga + Lectio is inspired by the embodied practice of yoga and the contemplative practice of lectio divina. Traditionally, lectio divina refers to the ancient practice of reading sacred texts. In this practice, the text ushers the reader into a meaningful encounter with the Divine Presence....
