Building Compassionate Community Pt 3:
The Role of End-of-Life Doulas in Serving People Living with Disabilities
Recorded: August 2022
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Webinar Guest Speakers:
Rev. Dr. Raedorah C. Stewart – Preacher. Scholar. Author. Editor.
Webinar Moderator:
Jamie Eaddy Chism – INELDA Director of Program Development
Join INELDA as we continue to explore intersectionality and how end-of-life doulas can nurture connections in and across communities. We are committed to making death-care education and doulas accessible for all. With the Rev. Raedorah C. Stewart, we will explore inequities in care faced by people with visible and invisible disabilities.
Dr. Jamie Eaddy Chism, INELDA’s director of program development, facilitated this webinar, while Stewart shared her wisdom and practical knowledge about disability, access, and end-of-life care. Come and continue to grow with us, and listen into the conversation.
Speaker Bio:
Rev. Dr. Raedorah C. Stewart serves the Body of Christ and Creation as a preacher, poet, painter, mother, and narrative theologian. She is the Diversity Officer and Faculty Director of the Writing Center at Wesley Theological Seminary; and serves as Christian Education Director at Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ, Washington, DC. Stewart owns iWriteSolutions.com, a writing consulting firm specializing in academic editing, dissertation coaching, and DEI content. She has been an active member in the American Academy of Religion for over two decades on the Committee for Persons with Disabilities in the Profession, in Womanism and Society, Black Theology, Theology and the Arts, Bible and Racial Ethic Preaching, Lesbian Feminism groups.
Raedorah is broadly published in peer-review journals and faith-based blogs on disability and faith, queer studies in religion, theology and the arts, and preaching. She hosts WGBD: When God is Black & Disabled, a podcast by and with Black women of faith with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Stewart holds the Doctor of Ministry in Spirituality and Story from Wesley Theological Seminary (Washington, DC) and the Masters of Art in Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, CA).
Contact Raedorah
LinkedIn: /raedorahstewart | Facebook: RevRaedorah | Twitter: @revsisraedorah