Rev. Ronné featured in the Oakland Post
Here’s an excerpt of my feature in the “Women in Ministry Series” in the Oakland Post Newspaper:
“In the case of African Americans, the phenomenon of intergenerational trauma originated with the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and has been institutionalized for generations by Jim Crow, systemic racism, and more recently mass incarceration. This foundation of trauma gains additional layers with each new instance of police brutality or racially motivated violence caught on tape and shared communally,” she explained.
Her dissertation project will explore “the capacity of the Black Church to embrace a variety of African and American spiritual practices, disciplines, and rituals…in an effort to foster healing.” She proposes a three-pronged approach: workshops on mental health to normalize conversations and outline ways trauma impacts the Black community; sessions with congregants to look at faith practices of our African ancestors as healing tools; and trauma-informed pastoral training to guard against the unintentional retraumatizing of congregants.”