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Karlene Griffiths Sekou – International Speaker, Preacher, Culture Worker and Community Organizer

Karlene Griffiths Sekou is a Black Lives Matter organizer, intellectual, spiritualist, and mama. She has worked for more than two decades centering Black public health. When masses of Black people took to the streets in Ferguson, Missouri after the murder of #MichaelBrown she was among them and her life pivoted to more deeply commit to direct action which would usher in Black liberation, especially centering spiritual work and tools.
Heeding the call as a minister and preacher, Reverend Karlene commenced doctoral study in Religion, Gender, and Culture at Harvard Divinity School. A daughter of Jamaica, Karlene is deeply influenced by the revolutionary practice of Queen Nanny of the Maroons among others, who utilized spiritual tools as well as physical combat to beat back the British and forge free and independent societies on the island.

Since 2018, Karlene has served as co-lead of Black Lives Matter – Boston and most recently served as the Director of Healing Justice and Global Village for Black Lives Matter Grassroots.

Karlene literally floats into every room she enters, dressed to the nines, with and elegance and presence that is simply incomparable. Her deep intellect roars through the softest of voices, taking pauses and deep breaths that leave hearers hanging on to every word.

Karlene is mother to one son – Lion, whom she parents with a patience and understanding that nurtures him in ways that affirm the beauty of his being…and hers.

Karlene Griffiths Sekou is a divine Black woman, indeed.

#BlackWomenAreDivine
@revkarlene
Offered by Melina Abdullah @docmellymel
Graphic by Megan Castillo @megann.jade
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Karlene Griffiths Sekou – International Speaker, Preacher, Culture Worker and Community Organizer

Karlene Griffiths Sekou is a Black Lives Matter organizer, intellectual, spiritualist, and mama. She has worked for more than two decades centering Black public health. When masses of Black people took to the streets in Ferguson, Missouri after the murder of #MichaelBrown she was among them and her life pivoted to more deeply commit to direct action which would usher in Black liberation, especially centering spiritual work and tools.
Heeding the call as a minister and preacher, Reverend Karlene commenced doctoral study in Religion, Gender, and Culture at Harvard Divinity School. A daughter of Jamaica, Karlene is deeply influenced by the revolutionary practice of Queen Nanny of the Maroons among others, who utilized spiritual tools as well as physical combat to beat back the British and forge free and independent societies on the island.

Since 2018, Karlene has served as co-lead of Black Lives Matter – Boston and most recently served as the Director of Healing Justice and Global Village for Black Lives Matter Grassroots.

Karlene literally floats into every room she enters, dressed to the nines, with and elegance and presence that is simply incomparable. Her deep intellect roars through the softest of voices, taking pauses and deep breaths that leave hearers hanging on to every word.

Karlene is mother to one son – Lion, whom she parents with a patience and understanding that nurtures him in ways that affirm the beauty of his being…and hers.

Karlene Griffiths Sekou is a divine Black woman, indeed.

#BlackWomenAreDivine
@revkarlene
Offered by Melina Abdullah @docmellymel
Graphic by Megan Castillo @megann.jade

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