Expanding the Table

Expanding the Table

Expanding the Table is Religion and Race's podcast on practicing anti-racism. Leaders from The United Methodist Church and beyond share experiences to inform and inspire others on how to work towards racial justice.

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February 27, 2023 59 mins

In this episode, GCORR staff discuss how travel can develop the skill of intercultural competency.

Our staff members on this episode are:

  • Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo, General Secretary
  • Paris Davis-Reed, Executive Assistant to the General Secretary
  • Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education Strategies
  • Jeehye Kim Pak, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing

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In this episode, GCORR staff discuss the important role food plays in different cultures.

Our staff members on this episode are:

  • Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo, General Secretary
  • Paris Davis-Reed, Executive Assistant to the General Secretary
  • Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education Strategies
  • Jeehye Kim Pak, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing

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January 30, 2023 25 mins

In this episode, GCORR staff discuss the agency's newest resource series: "What Is?" Our staff members on this episode are:

  • M. Garlinda Burton, Director of Resource Development
  • Elaine Moy, Senior Director of Finance, Development, and Institutional Equity
  • Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education Strategies
  • Jeehye Kim Pak, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing

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January 17, 2023 34 mins

In this episode, GCORR staff discuss how they impart antiracist values and practices on to their kids. Our staff members on this episode are:

  • Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education Strategies
  • Jeehye Kim Pak, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing
  • Matt Upshaw, Associate Specialist for Communications and Marketing
  • Christina Yates, Associate Specialist of Finance & Administration

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January 3, 2023 42 mins

In this episode, GCORR staff members discuss their immigrant identities and experiences through the lens of New Year traditions. Our staff members on this episode are:

  • Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo, General Secretary
  • Elaine Moy, Senior Director of Finance, Development, and Institutional Equity
  • Rev. Enger Muteteke, Senior Director of Programs and Education Strategies
  • Jeehye Kim Pak, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing

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In this episode, our guest Robert P. Jones joins us to discuss his book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity.

Robert P. Jones is CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, which won the 2021 American Book Award. He is also the author of The End of White Christian America, which...

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In this episode, we ask three clergypersons leading mostly white and racially diverse congregations how they are moving from first awareness and books studies about racism to putting Christian anti-racism into action in their congregations and our communities. 

Joining us for this conversation are:

  • The Rev. J.P. Hong, lead pastor of Christ Crossman United Methodist Church in Falls Church, Virginia
  • The Rev. Sallie Suby-Lo...
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On this episode of “Expanding the Table” we talk with sociologist, educator, and best-selling author, Robin DiAngelo, about her new book, Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm. Dr. DiAngelo, author of the book, White Fragility, discusses how well-intended white allies for racial justice can and should step up the work of confronting and correcting their own complicity in systemic racism. DiAngelo is an af...

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Emmy Award-Winning Producer and Director Daniel Pierce Bergin ("Jim Crow of the North"),  Dr. Kirsten Delegard (Director and Cofounder of the Mapping Prejudice Project), and The Rev. Lisa Friedman (author and Developmental Minister at Universalist Church of Minnetonka) discuss racist US-based land covenants and how one church is taking action to confront this form of institutional racism.

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Three Asian-American Christian theologians will examine the history and current realities of anti-Asian racism in the United States and what every Christians should know and do.   

Our guests will be: 

  • The Rev. Dr. Mai-Anh Le Tran, vice president for academic affairs,  academic dean, and associate professor of religious education and  practical theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in  Evanston, Ill., 
  • The Rev. Dr. ...
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“Expanding the Table” is a podcast from the General Commission on Religion and Race that focuses on how individual Christians and church-based entities can and should engage the work of racial justice-making and anti-racism.

This episode features the Rev. Kirk Lyons of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the Rev. Jeremy Wicks of Traverse City, Michigan. Both United Methodist pastors are leading community-wide conversations and demonstrations that c...

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