Centering Love, Healing, & Liberation in Our Social Justice Work, A Talk by Dr. Durryle Brooks

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Dr. Durryle Brooks’ talk will explore the idea of love as a radical and necessary function in our movement building and social justice work. Drawing on Dr. King’s notion of a “love that does justice, ” Dr. Brooks’ work articulates an operational vision of love that is based on our collective healing and one that prioritizes our overall well-being.

This event will be livestreamed. You can join here. 

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Durryle Brooks, Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary researcher and a scholar-practitioner from Baltimore, MD. He has a B.A. from St. Mary's College of Maryland in Religious Studies, an M.A. in Sexuality Studies from SF State University, and a Ph.D. in Teacher Education and School Improvement from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a concentration in Social Justice Education.

He is the Founder and CEO of Love and Justice Consulting LLC, an organization that provides leaders with diversity and social justice learning opportunities to increase their capacity to effectively and authentically engage difference. Durryle has spent the last 15 years examining complex social issues such as racism, sexism, homophobia, poverty, religious oppression, and various other forms of social oppression and their impact on historically marginalized populations to mitigate those effects. 

As a result, his work centers on dismantling systems of oppression by examining the everyday ways that power, privilege, and oppression work together to limit our human capacity for greatness. As a national trainer, Durryle has worked to provide participants with opportunities to deeply explore what it means to effectively lead within the context of complex, intersecting, and interconnected realities of race, gender, and sexuality. Through dialogue, critical self-reflective practice, and compassionate communication, Durryle 'holds space' for others to do meaningful work that liberates and transforms the personal and collective for our common good.