On May 17, students, faculty and alumni from the Iliff School of Theology gathered to remember and celebrate the lives and spirit of our co-founders, Vincent and Rosemarie Freeney Harding, in honor of the third anniversary of Vincent’s passing. ...
Continue ReadingThe Ring Shout is a powerful, ancestral ritual of song and rhythmic movement that Black people in the USA have practiced for many generations. It is a form of worship that we developed during slavery – combining the sacred songs of our strength and ...
Continue ReadingWe are proud to announce the upcoming visit to the USA of Iyalorixá Valnizia de Ayrá (Mãe Val) — senior Candomblé priestess and community activist from Brazil. Candomblé is a powerful, poetic and ancestral tradition developed by enslaved ...
Continue ReadingIn the photo above, from November 2015, Makota Valdina Pinto — an esteemed elder in the Angola Candomblé tradition — offers popcorn in a rite of cleansing and blessing to participants in an annual march for religious tolerance and res...
Continue ReadingOn February 21, at the Stella Adler Studio in NYC, poet Sonia Sanchez, public theologian Ruby Sales and musician-producer Toshi Reagon joined Rachel E. Harding for a conversation about Remnants and the meaning of spirituality and social justice in 21st ...
Continue ReadingThere are rumblings in the land. Some good news out of Denver, Colorado. Here is the link to two very moving stories of Colorado-based white American women who decided to pay reparations to African Americans for some of the generational misery sl...
Continue ReadingThis is a magnificently beautiful song in honor of the Orixá, Nanã Buruku. In Candomblé, Nanã is an elder, feminine, earth-based energy. She is the energy of the primal connection between earth and water, the holy mud out of which life forms and to wh...
Continue ReadingDear Friends, It has been quite some time since Gloria and I were in touch with you with in-depth news of the work of the Veterans of Hope Project. Since our April 2017 commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam” address at Riversid...
Continue ReadingCame across this video today. Writer/Activist Ashley Yates describes it this way: “Black art made by Black people from with real love for other Black folks. No exploitation, just storytelling with textured depictions of our people that lack clich...
Continue ReadingNote from our sister, Lakshmi Nair, founder of Satya Yoga: Have you heard about or listened to Yoga is Dead yet? In just 7 months and 6 game-changing episodes, Yoga is Dead has taken the yoga and wellness industry by storm. Since launching i...
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