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Vashti McKenzie

President and General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, first woman elected bishop in the AME Church (2000), and author of six books on leadership.

Aug 6, 2026

25:28
Sent 200 clergy in the South to help registrate votes, sent students down South, uh, for voter education and empowerment, marched in the March on Washington.
25:38
Um, uh, in fact, w- there was a woman who was a chair of a commission, uh, the religious, uh, commission, uh, who participated in strategizing how to get people from A to B during the March-
26:47
... uh, in filing suits, uh, to be su- to be on the legal side.
26:50
So we have to not only, uh, talk to the power brokers, we have to be in the street with the people.
26:55
We have to find ways to open doors, uh, for them, uh, to have the right information, uh, to make the right choices.
27:03
Now, for, for NCC, we also prepare, uh, the material for pastors and congregations.
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Oh.
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Let's loose the grace of God.
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Let's loose healing, healing for bodies and healing for mind.
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Let's loose the ability [laughs] to create wealth.
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Let's loose right living.
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Let's loose right loving.
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And when you get up off your knees, speak the word.

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