Brownicity
A combination of the words 'brown' and 'ethnicity.'
'Brown' represents melanin, the brown pigment we all have. 'Ethnicity' means that which we have in common. Essentially, we all are hues of brown.
Brownicity, the word and the work, provides space to live in the tension of restoring one human family splintered by the lies and injustice of race/ism.
Creators
Lucretia C. Berry is an anti-race/ism curriculum specialist, a writer for in(Courage).me, the author of What LIES Between Us Journal & Guide - Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing, a TED Talker, and a Senior Consultant for The American Dream Game. She received her Ph.D. in Education (Curriculum & Instruction) from Iowa State University. She is married to Nathan, and they have three little girls who are the inspiration for Brownicity.
Nathan L. Berry serves as a Regional Director of Sales at Passport, Inc. and is Brownicity’s biggest advocate. He is a communicator and helps facilitate Brownicity’s events. He received his bachelors from the Iowa State University School of Business and received his M. Div from Wake Forest University.
Advisors
Tehia Starker Glass, Ph.D. Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte College of Education
Muktha Jost, Ph.D. Vice Provost, Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, and SACSCOC Liaison North Carolina A&T State University
Gerardo Marti, Ph.D. Chair, Sociology, Davidson College