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Yolanda Pierce, PhD

@ynpierce.bsky.social

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Professor, Dean, womanist theologian, Black Church historian, activist, displaced New Yorker, Alpha Kappa Alpha, writer, lover of words.

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Of course they are coming for the Blacksonian. We knew this would happen, but we also know there are some things you can't destroy.

Poem from Lucille Clifton which reads: "they ask me to remember, but they want me to remember their memories, and I keep on remembering mine."

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Please join me on "Beyond the Gatekeepers" tonight at 8pmEST for a conversation with @bishopnessa.bsky.social on my new book: linktr.ee/watchbeyondt...

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I'm excited that we're hosting this important conversation on Friday and welcoming this great group of scholars/leaders: "Let The Church Say A.I.: Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Black Digital Religion." @vudivinity.bsky.social #AI #BlackReligion

Image of a church; pictures of speakers. Symposium on artificial intelligence and Black religion

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It’s officially #PublicationDay. Welcoming “The Wounds are the Witness” to the world. Available wherever books are sold; audiobook narrated by me. I write about Black faith and the relationship between memory, healing, and justice. #BHM www.amazon.com/dp/150648533...

The Wounds are the Witness book cover. It is a homemade quilt, with pink, purple, and blue fabric.

Picture of flowers and book cover at book signing event.

When the wounds bear witness, they tell the truth about both the extent of the injury and the extraordinary work of healing.

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

“In whatever sense this year is a New Year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand with joy and with gratitude.” #HowardThurman

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Nothing beats this moment that happened today: the early and unexpected arrival of my new book. It is so exciting to actually hold it in my hands. A book launch celebration is coming soon, followed by a multi-city book tour! www.broadleafbooks.com/store/produc...

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

It was quite a game!

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

May the real work of Christmas begin: the healing, the rebuilding, and the peacemaking. #MerryChristmas

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

May this season restore our belief that "love is sturdier than hate, that right is more confident than wrong, that good is more permanent than evil." #HowardThurman

Christmas is the brooding Presence of the Eternal Spirit making the crooked paths straight, rough places smooth, tired hearts refreshed, dead hopes stir with newness of life. It is the promise of tomorrow at the close of everyday, the movement of life in defiance of death, and the assurance that love is sturdier than hate, that right is more confident than wrong, that good is more permanent than evil.
~Howard Thurman

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This is my booth at the famous Blackbird Studio where I'm recording the audiobook for my new work. This is the fun part of the process and I'm grateful for the kind sound engineers and their patience.

Soundproof booth at Blackbird Studios in Nashville where I am recording an audiobook.

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Yolanda Pierce, PhD @ynpierce.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

*NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT* I'm delighted to announce that my new book "The Wounds are the Witness" is available for pre-order. It considers the role of Black faith in memory, justice, and healing. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/mwfu3abcWhen

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