The Familiar Face of White Supremacy

First, I want to thank you for coming back to our newsletter here at enfleshed. And if you are a first time reader welcome to you too! It is my desire in cultivating this resource to acknowledge that it isn't meant to be exhaustive, but instead be a place of inspiring change/action/belief/question...

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Strands of Liberation

Welcome back to Tough Mind, Tender Heart. Welcome to those who have remained with us and to those who are just joining in on this newsletter and wanting to grow antiracist principles/ethics. Please feel free to email content ideas/topics that you are curious about. We would love to engage in...

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Through the Lens of Black History Month

Welcome back to Tough Mind, Tender Heart. Welcome to those who have remained with us and to those who are just joining in on this newsletter and wanting to grow antiracist principles/ethics. Please feel free to email content ideas/topics that you are curious about. We would love to engage in...

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Our Liberation is Bound Up With One Another

Welcome back to Tough Mind, Tender Heart. Welcome to those who have remained with us and to those who are just joining in on this newsletter and wanting to grow antiracist principles/ethics. Hopefully, you've been able to start the new calendar year with space to breathe and recalibrate.  When you...

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Waves of Accountability

Welcome back to Tough Mind, Tender Heart. Welcome to those who have remained with us and to those who are just joining in on this newsletter and wanting to grow antiracist principles/ethics. Please feel free to email content ideas/topics that you are curious about. We would love to engage in...

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Times of War

Welcome back to Tough Mind, Tender Heart. Welcome to those who have remained with us and to those who are just joining in on this newsletter and wanting to grow antiracist principles/ethics. Our apologies on not having a newsletter to you last month.   There is terror and terrifying acts happening...

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Love as an Activist Ethic

Welcome back to Tough Mind, Tender Heart. If you are new here...heyyy. My prayers and thoughts are with all who find themselves reaching for joy in the midst of bigotry, hate, shaky finances, and turbulent weather.  We have been journeying together over the past months in this newsletter to think...

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Allyship that Transcends the News Cycle

Welcome back to this space. How has the past month or so been treating you? Wishing a cool summer upon you, at least as cool as it can be, with the heatwave settling in countrywide.  The past year has been a whirlwind politically, spiritually, and emotionally. The amount of chaos that has occurred...

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A New Month Leaning into Liberation

 here please feel free to go back and read past issues of Tough Mind, Tender Heart. This name came from a sermon of Martin Luther King Jr's that still resonates with me to this day. I also must greet you all and say Happy Pride Month. I approach this greeting knowing that for many this month...

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Why Another Newsletter?

fIn recent years there has been a drastic and dramatic push for anti-racist books, podcasts, and conversations. While the word "anti-racist" is objectionable to some, the phrase has gathered support in a concerted effort to be something more than just "not racist." There needs to be something that...

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Robert Monson

Robert Monson

co-director

Robert (he/him) is a runner, musician, and a Black theologian committed to softness, contemplation, and liberation for all. As a recent seminary graduate (with distinction) and a current PhD student, Robert studied in-depth the intersection of Black Liberation Theology and womanist theology. Weaving together these two strands of liberation have been important work as well as other liberation based theologies. “How can we help facilitate community and provide answers to a hurting world that is reeling?” remains an important question in his work. While in school, Robert’s scholarly work was recognized and presented at various national conferences/outlets. Podcasting (two shows) and writing remain important aspects of his daily life as well as marathoning the latest Star Trek show(s).