brandyglows

Want to start a riot with me?

I am a poet and a pastor. A storyteller and a seeker. 

I rock the mic like it’s my job. It is. And it’s all pro bono right now.

These are the stories I tell:

My Story

Young, dumb, and pregnant.

Ridiculous dreamer. No follow-through.

Adopted. Addicted. Arrested.

Blue collar. Red letters.

Tiger mama. Weeping child.

Methodist to emergent. Preaching radical inclusivity. Daring to seek and find heaven on earth.

Feminist. Homebirther. Writer. Dreamer. Ridiculous follow-through.

Abandonment and intimacy issues. Awkwardness abounds. Broke as a perpetually flushing toilet. Overcoming fear, anger, and co-dependency. Embracing hope, love and the God of possibility.

I would love to share my story with you and your group. I can concentrate on a single area or give you the whole shebang. Your call. Our stories can change the world and alter reality. Thanks for your interest in mine.

Human Trafficking

Last year, I volunteered in Kolkata, India with Made By Survivors. We took care of children saved from modern day slavery. In college, I majored in sociology and used every opportunity available to research and write about human trafficking.

I can share how to spot trafficking situations, who to call when you do, and what individuals can do to end slavery in our lifetime. I can help you launch a fundraising initiative to help support people and organizations who’ve dedicated themselves to fighting human trafficking.

Many of the products in our homes and in our hands were made, somewhere along the chain, by people enslaved. Let’s talk fair-trade, the top perpetrators, and what you can do to tell your favorite companies you will not support them if they use slaves in production.

The Third Way (The Subversive Art Of Peacemaking)

Fight or flight, right? Violence or pacifism? Those are our choices?

No.

There is a better option. Creative nonviolence. Right-brained justice. From Jesus to the man who stood in front of a tank, history is loaded with examples of The Third Way.

Peacemaking oozes creativity and ingenuity. At its best, it can change you and the person or group you’re resisting in genuine and magnificent ways. What we create molds us. I can teach you to make a beautiful mess.

How To Start Your Own Housekeeping Business

I’ve been in the business of cleaning houses for the past 15 years. Recently, World Relief gave me the opportunity to teach refugees how to start their own housekeeping business. I’m smitten. And I’d relish the chance to do it again.

Spoken Word

I’ve been performing in competitions and open mic nights for the past several years. I’ve spoken at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, Busboys And Poets in Washington, DC, Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, NC, and The Coffee Scene in Fayetteville, NC.

I can host your event or perform, or both. I’m great at revving up a crowd and creating a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere for both the performers and the audience.

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My 2012 schedule is wide open right now. But I have a hunch it’s going to fill up quick. So, if you’d like me to come speak at your workshop, church, retreat, school, or conference, don’t hesitate to email me at brandyglows at gmail dot com. Looking forward to making a ruckus with you.