Catherine Meeks
Founder, Turquoise & Lavender Institute for Transformation and Healing
The Rev. Dr. Catherine Meeks is the founder of the Turquoise & Lavender Institute for Transformation and Healing and a nationally recognized leader in racial healing and spiritual transformation. She is the author of “Bridging the Rivers of Difference,” as well as “The Night Is Long but Light Comes in the Morning” and “A Quilted Life.”
A regular contributing columnist for Baptist News Global, she is widely known for her decades of work advancing dialogue, reconciliation and community-based healing. She is a recipient of the President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award.
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