In this interview, Rev. Onipede discusses her experience of attending the funeral of the mother of her friend—in Nigeria. Iyabo discusses the spiritual challenges presented by this virus to long-standing and deeply meaningful spiritual rituals—rituals her friend could not carry out according to tradition because she was unable to travel to Nigeria for the funeral in the midst of this outbreak.
The interview begins with dr. dugas discussing the importance of meditation in her life because it cultivates mindfulness and allows us to navigate life in support of holistic health and well-being.
The interview begins with Nathaniel situating the current challenge of COVID-19 in light of America’s racial history—a history of racial violence but also of great courage. Drawing on the lessons learned and gains fought for through the civil rights struggle, Nathaniel recounts the vision for founding the Partnership for Southern Equity and its work to champion racial, social, and economic equity.
Dr. Nave is a Physician in Primary Care and Internal Medicine and someone infected with the COVID-19. In this interview, he discusses virus health disparities that are a key factor in the poor health outcomes that Black Americans face, not only in relation to COVID-19 but on other health conditions as well.
In this interview, Ayo employs Buddhist teaching to describe ways to respond to the outbreak. Ayo starts by reflecting on the gift of compassion and our human bodies in light of a Buddhist anthropology to come to understand a compassionate, ethical response to COVID-19.
In this interview, Reverend Regis discusses the challenges of staying present with people difficult times. As a chaplain, she works to value and respect her patients as they pray for a miracle as part of a clinical care team that often views such prayers as denial of reality.