Episode 15: Rev. Khristi Lauren Adams

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Today, our guest is Rev. Khristi Lauren Adams. Khristi is a speaker, author, youth advocate and ordained Baptist minister.  Khristi is the author of Parable of the Brown Girl which is published by Fortress Press and released February 2020. The book highlights the cultural and spiritual truths that emerge from the lives of young black girls. Parable of the Brown Girl has received awards for Best Young Adult from The African American Literary Awards and the New York Black Librarians Caucus. She is currently working on her next book, Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way (Spring, 2022) with Broadleaf Books and a middle grade version of the book with Beaming Books. She works as the Dean of Spiritual Life & Equity at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She is the Founder & Director of “The Becoming Conference”, an annual conference designed to empower, educate & inspire girls between the ages of 13-18. Khristi is a graduate of Temple University with a degree in Advertising and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary where she obtained a Master of Divinity degree. Khristi is an alum of the 2017 class of Lead New Jersey, a select group of fellows participating in a year-long program designed to educate, transform, and empower the next generation of leaders from the public, social, and private sectors. She also currently sits on the advisory board for Word Made Flesh, a non-profit organization existing to serve among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor.

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Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color (Amazon)

Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color (Barnes & Noble)