Ancestors Arise with Eve Pitts

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Revd Canon Eve Pitts is a Church of England vicar who, for the past six years, has been holding an “Ancestors Arise” ceremony in honour of those killed through the slavery and imperialism known as the African holocaust, or the Maafa. In this episode, she talks about honouring, remembering and celebrating her ancestors. She says that is takes courage to have a revolution.

She has a husband, three children and two grandchildren. She loves music and poetry, and grew up in Nottingham.

She mentions a poem by Maya Angelo, ‘Still I Rise’, which we have mentioned before on the podcast. If you want to see the power of this poem, there is a video of Maya Angelou delivering it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qviM_GnJbOM

She is planning a conference about black women’s health and also another Ancestors’ service early next year.

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Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer of 2019 about podcasts and they weren't aware of any at the time that spoke to their context, so they decided to set one up. You can hear more about their thinking about the podcast on the Introductions episode.

Grace & Alison worked on the podcast together for the first year but Grace had other commitments that meant she had to give the podcast up, so from February - August 2021 Alison carried on without her.

In August 2021, Alex & Amy joined Alison and they became the three AAAs.

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Follow the Recovering God Podcast:
Twitter: @RecoveringGod
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If you have any comments, please let us know at: [e-mail]

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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!