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About Ebony Adedayo

Updated bio: Ebony Adedayo, in 2017, founded the Kinky Curly Theological Collective (KCTC) for African American and African Immigrant women, which is focused on writing, education and training, and spiritual practice. Since its inception, KCTC has curated more than a dozen writing workshops for Black women to produce knowledge that is grounded in their experience, expertise and cultural expression. Due to COVID, in 2020 KCTC hosted its first online writing cohort, Fragmented and Whole, as well as a summer teach-in series, Talking Back, which featured four Black women scholars and thinkers sharing their work related to identity, politics, culture, and spirituality. Ebony also works for the City of Minneapolis as a Resiliency in Community After Stress and Trauma Program Manager (ReCAST) within the Division of Race and Equity and is a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota in Curriculum and Instruction, with minors in Culture and Teaching and African American and African Studies. She holds a Master of Arts in Global and Contextual Studies from Bethel Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Pastoral Studies from North Central University and was a licensed minister from 2012 - 2019. She is the author of Embracing a Holistic Faith: Essays on Biblical Justice and The Gospel According to a Black Woman. View all posts by Ebony Adedayo →

Black Women, We Must Prioritize Our Own Health
by Ebony Adedayo

Confession: I have overextended myself for people in my life who were unable to reciprocate with love and kindness. Because of my own history of neglect and trauma, at times I have allowed people to walk all over me instead of setting firm boundaries of what I will and will not tolerate. In many instances … Continue reading Black Women, We Must Prioritize Our Own Health →

Making Time for Liberation and Justice
by Ebony Adedayo

We are busy people Constantly pulled in multiple directions Our minds full of information Task-oriented lists Calendars with conflicting meetings Agendas overflowing Our only pause is our sleep We are busy people So in times like these when chaos is all around us With threats of international war, Intentional efforts to further marginalize the most … Continue reading Making Time for Liberation and Justice →

Black Lives Will Matter in the New Jerusalem
by Ebony Adedayo

Anticipate with joy this scenario: there will be no more weeping in the streets over African American sons and daughters, sisters and brothers lost too soon due to police brutality and white supremacy.

On Kindergarten and Little Black Girls
by Ebony Adedayo

And we’ve told her times without number how much God loves her and how much God delights in her and how much she is fearfully, wonderfully, and beautifully made. This she knows. But I know that she has just entered a system bent on telling her the exact opposite of all that I’ve worked to instill in her.

Black Churches are Burning Again in America
by Ebony Adedayo

We may not necessarily know #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches in this hour. But we do know what allows such things to be: white supremacy clothed in a distorted form of Christianity. It is this form of Christianity that our nation claims is its foundation and that certainly may be.

The Importance of Worship in Times of Despair
by Ebony Adedayo

For me, hope goes hand in hand with despair. I despair and agonize over the current situation as I hope for a redeemed, victorious future.