AskForShani
@askforshani.bsky.social
I write things. I speak things. Disrupting. Preacher. Podcaster. Antiracism coach. Loving my neighbor as myself. Storytelling. List creator. Artivist. Unusual, rare, and marvelous.
“Politics was supposed to be a shared responsibility — a way of protecting the collective good. Now it too often looks like the exploitation of the very people we’re called to represent.”
New Substack is out…
New Substack is out…
Sometimes Church Looks Like…
Civic Duty
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November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Politics was supposed to be a shared responsibility — a way of protecting the collective good. Now it too often looks like the exploitation of the very people we’re called to represent.”
New Substack is out…
New Substack is out…
Love in any form, forms us.
Sometimes Church Looks Like… Loving, Losing, and Letting Go
A story of love, friendship, and connection
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October 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Love in any form, forms us.
A birthday poem!!!!
Hello 50!
Hello 50!
Collard Greens
I was born on a Tuesday
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October 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A birthday poem!!!!
Hello 50!
Hello 50!
Choosing, Honoring and Living…. May it be so!
Sometimes Church Looks Like Choosing, Honoring, and Living
A meditation on freedom, ambiguity, and loving God and neighbor beyond the lines
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September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Choosing, Honoring and Living…. May it be so!
…..And another one!
Sometimes Church Looks Like:
Many identities, many intersections, many........
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September 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
…..And another one!
Sometimes Church Looks Like: Permission to Mourn Differently
Sometimes Church Looks Like:
Permission to Mourn Differently
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September 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Sometimes Church Looks Like: Permission to Mourn Differently
Instead of crashing out I just write about!!!!
Sometimes Church Looks Like:
Why Moaning Is Holy, and Silence Is Not
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September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Instead of crashing out I just write about!!!!
A new Substack is ready!
Sometimes Church Looks Like:
Being Curious Enough to Get Free
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September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A new Substack is ready!
He’s coming for us but our magic will never lose.
Sometimes Church Looks Like Protecting the Most Vulnerable
Today It's Black Women: Tomorrow it may be you.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
He’s coming for us but our magic will never lose.
I'm attending Harriet’s Wildest Dreams's event, “Courtwatch DC Training” - sign up now to join me! #HarrietsDreams www.mobilize.us/hwd/event/52...
Courtwatch DC Training · Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
Courtwatch DC is a growing DC-based program that provides the space and training for the community to observe local court proceedings in the District of Columbia and document our city’s policies in ac...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm attending Harriet’s Wildest Dreams's event, “Courtwatch DC Training” - sign up now to join me! #HarrietsDreams www.mobilize.us/hwd/event/52...
See you on the other side of freedom.
Sometimes Church Looks Like Declaring War
It's time to choose a side.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
See you on the other side of freedom.
Writing and living, living and writing. And all the in between. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sometimes Church Looks Like: Getting Free from “I’m Sorry”
On Black womanhood, time, and the audacity to stop apologizing for existing.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Writing and living, living and writing. And all the in between. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
July 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Writing is life. ❤️❤️❤️
On sacred, trembling ground: Charleston and the spirit of womanist leadership
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
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On sacred, trembling ground: Charleston and the spirit of womanist leadership - The Presbyterian Outlook
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. This year's conference honored the…
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May 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Writing is life. ❤️❤️❤️
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On sacred, trembling ground: Charleston and the spirit of womanist leadership
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
@askforshani.bsky.social
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
@askforshani.bsky.social
On sacred, trembling ground: Charleston and the spirit of womanist leadership - The Presbyterian Outlook
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. This year's conference honored the…
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May 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
On sacred, trembling ground: Charleston and the spirit of womanist leadership
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
@askforshani.bsky.social
Over 100 attendees from all denominations gathered for the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
@askforshani.bsky.social
Braid my hair.
Another Substack.
Another Substack.
Sometimes Church Looks Like
✂️ Braid My Hair: Where Legacy, Liberation, and Love Meet at the Root
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May 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Braid my hair.
Another Substack.
Another Substack.
I just need my guy to surpass Strom’s 1957 filibuster. That’s how petty I am.
Go, Cory, Go!
I called Zora for him…
“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it!” Zora Neal Hurston
Go, Cory, Go!
I called Zora for him…
“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it!” Zora Neal Hurston
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I just need my guy to surpass Strom’s 1957 filibuster. That’s how petty I am.
Go, Cory, Go!
I called Zora for him…
“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it!” Zora Neal Hurston
Go, Cory, Go!
I called Zora for him…
“If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it!” Zora Neal Hurston
The framework has been written. And now an elderflower spritzer
March 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The framework has been written. And now an elderflower spritzer
Imagine being in a Black body and being told all your life to stay busy, to work, work, work.
Only to go to the text and learn a new thing. A new perspective. A new understanding.
Don’t believe me. Just go learn for yourself.
Rest and growth. Rest. Grow. Bear fruit. Repeat.
Only to go to the text and learn a new thing. A new perspective. A new understanding.
Don’t believe me. Just go learn for yourself.
Rest and growth. Rest. Grow. Bear fruit. Repeat.
March 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Imagine being in a Black body and being told all your life to stay busy, to work, work, work.
Only to go to the text and learn a new thing. A new perspective. A new understanding.
Don’t believe me. Just go learn for yourself.
Rest and growth. Rest. Grow. Bear fruit. Repeat.
Only to go to the text and learn a new thing. A new perspective. A new understanding.
Don’t believe me. Just go learn for yourself.
Rest and growth. Rest. Grow. Bear fruit. Repeat.
Listening is where love begins. ❤️
Mr. Fred Rogers
Mr. Fred Rogers
March 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Listening is where love begins. ❤️
Mr. Fred Rogers
Mr. Fred Rogers
1. So…. I got my nails done yesterday
2. My nail tech is like my biggest fan
3. She loves hearing where I just came from.
If you want to know the rest just follow me on other platforms because I’m about to be at the character limit.
Fall dates are available….
2. My nail tech is like my biggest fan
3. She loves hearing where I just came from.
If you want to know the rest just follow me on other platforms because I’m about to be at the character limit.
Fall dates are available….
March 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1. So…. I got my nails done yesterday
2. My nail tech is like my biggest fan
3. She loves hearing where I just came from.
If you want to know the rest just follow me on other platforms because I’m about to be at the character limit.
Fall dates are available….
2. My nail tech is like my biggest fan
3. She loves hearing where I just came from.
If you want to know the rest just follow me on other platforms because I’m about to be at the character limit.
Fall dates are available….
The gift that continues to give!!
40 community organizing actions you can practice during Lent
#Repost #Lent2025 #CommunityOrganizing
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#Repost #Lent2025 #CommunityOrganizing
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40 community organizing actions you can practice during Lent - The Presbyterian Outlook
Pray for the community each day. Identify community leaders with power and influence. Have a relational meeting with at least three new people. Listen more, speak less. Be willing to learn. Do not…
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March 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The gift that continues to give!!
I had to pitch in and serve food and I gotta tell It’s not my ministry. I served one time at a funeral some years ago. And Elder Jones said 1 piece of ham per person. My girl got so mad at me for following the rules. Then called everyone saying “Shani refused to give me two pieces of ham!”
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I had to pitch in and serve food and I gotta tell It’s not my ministry. I served one time at a funeral some years ago. And Elder Jones said 1 piece of ham per person. My girl got so mad at me for following the rules. Then called everyone saying “Shani refused to give me two pieces of ham!”