{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 157 :: Ally Henny :: Stories of Finding Your Voice When the World Says to Shut Up Part One","description":" Today I get to share with you my powerful conversation with the amazing Ally Henny. Ally is an author, a speaker, a minister, an advocate, and the vice president of The Witness, a Black Christian Collective which is an organization committed to encouraging, engaging, and empowering Black Christians toward liberation from racism. This week, Ally released her book I Won\u2019t Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You which one reviewer poignantly and perfectly called \u201cAn unvarnished perspective on racism that calls Black women to find their voice.\u201d During our conversation today, Ally is going to share some of the insights from her incredible book as well as some of her experiences as a Black Christian woman who for many, many years felt constantly silenced but perpetually on display for public opinion. She shares how it feels for her to never be \u201coff\u201d because her responses in conversations, even her facial expressions are constantly being evaluated and judged. Or what it feels like to consistently be perceived as a potential threat or as someone who needs to be handled or managed. She unpacks topics such as society\u2019s expectation of women being the burden bearers, the helper, and the nurturers in American society, but how that uniquely plays out for many Black women and its roots in systemic harm. Ultimately, Ally shares a glimpse into the culmination of events that led to her finding what she calls her \u201choly hell no,\u201d the sacred boundary that rose up in her and said I do not deserve to be treated this way and that racism does not have to be an accepted fact of life. Her book moved me so deeply and continued opening my eyes to experiences I\u2019ve lived in ignorance of, and this conversation continues to remind me about the beauty and the power of not staying silent in the face of injustice and the heart of God to let ALL of our lights shine before men. This conversation goes so deep and wide, that this is actually part one of two episodes, and I can\u2019t wait to listen and learn right along with you. Remember friend, no matter where you are in your journey, you matter and your story matters. Connecting with Ally: Book: I Won\u2019t Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You Facebook Instagram Website   Sponsor for this Episode: Hopefuel Use the code 'SIMPLY15' for 15% off Instagram Website   References: The Witness Black Christian Collective Fuller Seminary  Juneteenth \u201cBlack Panther\u201d The Black Panther Party Kantha Bae headwraps Chadwick Boseman (\u201cWakanda Forever!\u201d) T\u2019Challa Fred Hampton Huey P. Newton The assassination of Fred Hampton Mercury Mercury thermometers  Sassy Black friend trope (examples: \u201cSex and the City,\u201d \u201cSave the Last Dance\u201d,\u201dClueless,\u201d etc.) The idea during slavery that Black women could give birth and go back right out to the field. (This is a fascinating read as well about the mindset towards enslaved women) The history of medical racism, gynecology and struggle for Black women and also discusses the \u201cscience\u201d myth that Black women were built stronger of enslavement rhetoric  Black maternal mortality rates Serena Williams\u2019 birth experience Simone Biles Educated Black women are more likely to die in childbirth than undereducated white women and other statistics Big tobacco lawsuits The prevalent nature of smoking in the 20th century Marketing menthols to Black communities specifically Constellations in the sky Science Olympiad- \u201cReach for the Stars\u201d Reconstruction Civil Rights Movement School-to-prison pipeline Liquor stores and fast food funneled disproportionately into predominately Black neighborhoods History of redlining Booker T. Washington and respectability politics Ferguson, MO protests sparked by the shooting of Michael Brown Jr. The gateway arch to the west, St. Louis, MO The L.A. riots in 1992 The Watts Uprising\/Rebellion Civil Rights Movement protests (these photos are from Nashville) \u201cDownton Abbey\u201d \u201cThe West Wing\u201d \u201cThe Golden Girls\u201d   Scripture References: Matthew 5:16- \u201cLet your light shine before men.\u201d  Job 38:11- Thus far and no more Micah 6:8- \u201cHe has shown you o mortal what is good, do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.\u201d   JOIN OUR PATREON COMMUNITY!!!! I would be honored to have your support to keep the Simply Stories Podcast going. 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