Description: Francis (Ferguson and Faith, 2015) revisits the clergy and activists at the front lines of the Ferguson, MO, #blacklivesmatter protests, to see what they've learned about the struggle for justice and healing five years later.
Brief description: Dr. Leah Gunning Francis is a seminary dean, mother and the author of Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community. In June 2016, she became the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a Black mother of two sons, she has grounded her scholarship and activism in an ethic of love that honors the humanity of young black men in a society that too often has little regard for them.