The Transform Network Podcast - A Progressive Christian Podcast

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Rev. Stephen Roach Knight is director of communications for Repairers of the Breach, founded and led by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. He’s also co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Twitter: @knightopia Facebook: facebook.com/knightopia YouTube: youtube.com/knightopia Website: transformnetwork.org

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Keith (Sijuwola) Crawford is an activist and organizer born and formed in Memphis, TN. He studied Jazz Piano Performance, Church Growth at Crichton College. Having served as a music minister for over 20 years, in addition to accepting a call to Christian ministry in 2004, he has since embraced and centered African traditional religion but is passionate about owning all of his experiences and people. In addition to being the owner of Base 10 Mathematics, Siju, as he is called by his friends, has organized with local groups in response to police involved shooting in Memphis, TN, and won labor elections while organizing faculty in K-12 and higher ed. He is currently the Lead Organizer of #UpTheVote901, an org dedicated to seeing more power, information, and representation (PIR) in the hands of

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and is a frequent writer and speaker on the intersections of faith and race. She also has articles featured in Inheritance Magazine, Bearings Magazine, and a number of publications within the ELCA on preaching, spirituality, and identity.  Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @tvrasche Medium: https://medium.com/@tvrasche Blog: https://thislutheranlife.blogspot.com 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  A cultural strategist, writer, and producer, Anasa Troutman has dedicated her work to the importance of culture and the power of love. As founder and CEO of her company, Culture Shift Creative, and the Executive Director of Historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, TN, Anasa works to build and execute strategies for artists and organizations that are aligned with her vision of a loving world and her belief in creativity as a pathway to personal, community and global transformation.  www.anasatroutman.com www.clayborn-temple.org  FB & IG: @anasatroutman  FB & IG: @clayborn_temple 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Rev. Dr. Andre E. Johnson is Senior Pastor of Gifts of Life Ministries in Memphis, Tennessee. He is also an Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetoric, Race, Religion, and Media Studies at the University of Memphis. He serves as the Dr. Henry Logan Starks Fellow at Memphis Theological Seminary and Adjunct Faculty member of Homiletics, Black Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Facebook @AndreJohnson Twitter and Instagram @aejohnsonphd Website: http://www.aejohnsonphd.com/ 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Rev. Rochelle S. Andrews is the CEO/President of The Vizion Group, which works with businesses, churches, and nonprofits helping them to fulfill their mission. Rochelle is an ordained deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She spends much of her time working on policy, advocacy, and social justice to create educational and economic opportunities for underserved communities. She’s also a foodie and a gadget geek.  Twitter - @chellecanhelp Facebook - @theviziongroupllc Instagram - @chellero94 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Monica Leak is the editor and a contributing writer of Faith of our Founders 100 Daily Devotionals to Inspire, Encourage, and Propel the Finer Woman. She is a school based speech-language pathologist in Maryland, a librarian for the John Leland Center for Theological Studies where she is also a student and an associate minister at First Baptist Church Vienna.

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Sought after for his perspectives on spirituality, social justice, and contemporary culture, Earle J. Fisher earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from LeMoyne-Owen College and a Master of Divinity Degree from Memphis Theological Seminary. He served on the Pastoral staff at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church as an Associate Minister for two years where he earned the title “Pastor Cool.” In 2018 Pastor Earle earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Communication from the University of Memphis and currently serves as Senior Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Fisher is an Adjunct Instructor of Religion and Humanities professor at several local colleges in Memphis. He was selected as an outstanding UNCF Historically Black College and University (HBCU

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Jasmin Morrell is a writer for The Porch Magazine and an MFA student in the Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia. She’s festival producer for the Movies and Meaning Festival, and she’s served as Communications Director for the Wild Goose Festival, as well as for a day shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Jasmin is passionate about the power of story and imagination to foster collective and individual healing and currently calls Asheville, North Carolina home. 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Taiwo Stevenson is a man with integrity, wisdom, and a desire to see God’s kingdom advanced in the lives of all people. He began a campus ministry called Kingdom U at Virginia State University in 2010 and wrote a book in 2013 called Kingdom Dynamics: A Practical Guide to Discipleship. He is a recent graduate of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and a 2018 contributor to Resipiscence. Twitter: @DaRealWoo Instagram: @woodaddy3 Disclaimer: The audio quality of this interview is not as good as other episodes. We apologize for this. 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Rachel Virginia Hester is a queer, Afro-Latina photographer, writer, and Christian activist living in the southern United States. Rachel has been a part of leadership cohorts such as Soulforce’s South East House Fellowship and Union Theological Seminary’s Millennial Leadership Project. She is passionate about woman of color feminist literature, nature, and friendship. When Rachel isn’t taking photographs, she can be found practicing instruments or munching on oatmeal cookies. Website: thegenerouspine.com Facebook: @rachelpinephotography Instagram: @rae_virginia Twitter: @rachelvirginiah

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network.  Margaret Conley is the owner of MLC Consulting, LLC and the President of Mending Life Concepts Empowerment Group, Inc., where the focus of care is directed toward serving underprivileged populations at the intersection of spirituality and emotional wellness. Margaret has produced an evidence-based, clinically aligned, theological model designed for use by clergy, academics and clinicians to help lead the conversation around faith-based trauma in individual and community settings.

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement In Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. Today's special guest, Maren C. Tirabassi, is white. Her most recent book is A Child Laughs – Prayers for Justice and Hope, an anthology with seventy-seven writers from eleven countries. She is a guest preacher, new author mentor, and workshop facilitator with prison inmates, new English speakers, and cancer and dementia patients.

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. Today's special guest is Francisco Herrera. He studied viola and orchestra conducting in Kansas City, Missouri and Geneva, Switzerland before entering seminary in 2006. He received his M.Div. from Chicago Theological Seminary in 2012 and is now a PhD student at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Francisco also works as a seminary instructor in theology and Spanish, composes worship and devotional music, blogs at www.loveasrevolution.blogspot.com, tweets at @PolyglotEvangel, and relishes his duties as the Convener of #decolonizeLutheranism. 

The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. Today's special guest is Ewuare X. Osayande. He is a social justice activist, poet, and the author of several books including Whose America?: New & Selected Poems and Commemorating King: Speeches Honoring the Civil Rights Movement. With 25 years experience as an anti-oppression educator, he is the founder of Freedom Plow, an intersectional anti-racism workshop process for churches and non-profits. His forthcoming book is entitled Blessed are Black Lives. Learn more about him and his work at Osayande.org.