Category: August 2022

Each year, Perkins School of Theology recognizes Perkins graduates who have demonstrated effectiveness and integrity in service to the church, continuing support and involvement in the goals of Perkins School of Theology and SMU, distinguished service in the wider community and exemplary character. The nomination deadline has been extended for the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus/a Award to Sept. 30, 2022.

Details are available here.

From a young age, two interests have captured the imagination of Fernando Berwig Silva: faith and music. When he decided to pursue a Master of Sacred Music (MSM), Perkins was a clear choice.

“The program really is set at the intersection music and theology,” he said. “We go between Perkins and Meadows. We have the best of two great worlds.”

Berwig Silva starts his second year in the program this fall, with a focus on composition and arranging.

Berwig Silva has followed in the footsteps of Marcell Silva Steuernagel, who is director of the MSM program — twice.  Berwig Silva served as worship director at a Lutheran church in Brazil – a position previously held by Steuernagel Silva – then came to Perkins.

“Marcell held the same job in the same church that I held, and that’s why I came to Perkins,” he said. “I was here for a few visits for some conferences in North Texas. I saw that Perkins has a very strong and diverse community of people interested in building connections that go deeper than academics. That was very exciting to me.”

Now, as he contemplates his future, post-Perkins, he’s considering an academic career in sacred music.

Music for Easter

Berwig Silva serves as a Chapel Assistant at Perkins, working with Dr. Mark Stamm and another Chapel Assistant, Mykayla Turner, to plan services, schedule preachers and plan and lead music. Last year, for a special worship service honoring the memory of murdered Salvadoran Bishop Óscar Romero, Berwig Silva composed a piece, “Ojos Que Han Llorado.”  The title means “Blessed are those who cry,” a reference to a teaching from the Beatitudes: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5:3-4.) Dr. Hal Recinos preached at the service.

“The message was that it is a blessing to cry, as part of following Jesus, because those who cry can understand happiness,” he said.

Berwig Silva describes his style as contemporary, “with a European vibe but definitely with a Brazilian touch.”

“My undergraduate school was a 20^th and 21^st century avant-garde music school,” he said. “It’s atonal, maybe a little creepy, different music, not easy to listen to. It’s pushing the boundaries – trying to make you think and reflect in a way that you wouldn’t otherwise, trying to make you grow a little bit.”

Another piece he’d written over the years, entitled “Three Meditations on Christ’s Crucifixion,” premiered at the Chapel service for Easter 2022.

“It’s three parts, which were written in very different times of my life, but generally reflecting on Easter and Good Friday,” he said. “Those pieces were already written but I revised them for the service, and Dr. Chris Anderson performed them. It was wonderful.”

Berwig Silva also plays piano and sings as a member of the Seminary Singers at Perkins. These opportunities to compose for Chapel services convinced Berwig Silva that he made the right choice in coming to Perkins.

“Theology and music are everything I like to do,” he said.

A Big Move

Coming to the U.S. to study at Perkins marked a big transition for Berwig Silva. Not only was he immediately immersed in another culture and required to speak another language — it was also first time to live on his own.

“I’d lived with my family in the same apartment since I was a kid, through my undergraduate years,” he said. “The cultural immersion has been fun, but it’s also definitely been challenging.”

He admits that he’s occasionally homesick for his family and for Brazil. He misses Brazilian food, including the classic rice and beans meal that many Brazilians eat for lunch each weekday (“It’s not so much the food as the routine that I miss,” he said) and pastel, a Brazilian street food, like empanadas, made with assorted fillings inside a pastry made with cachaça, a sugarcane drink. He also misses following his favorite soccer team, Athletico Paranaense. In his hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, some 50,000 people turn up at the stadium twice a week to see the games.

“I miss the communal vibe of Brazil,” he said. “Communities are very important for existence. You’re almost never alone. I miss that mindset. Americans are more individualistic.”

Two favorite Bible passages guide Berwig Silva in his studies and in his life.  Creatively, he’s inspired by John 20:30-31, “Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.” He likes the idea of unlimited possibility that it suggests.

As a youth, his confirmation class chose John 13:15 as the class verse — words that Jesus spoke as he washed the feet of the disciples: “For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”

That teaching remains close to his heart today.

“That’s what guides my main ministry, this understanding that what we do is to serve others,” he said. “It’s not about ourselves. It’s about reproducing the model that Jesus gave us.”

 

Over the course of her education and career, Elisabeth Rain Kincaid has studied or taught at a half dozen institutions of higher education. She earned a B.A. at Rice University, a J.D. at the University of Texas Law School, and a Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame, and served on the faculty of the Aquinas Institute of Theology and Nashotah House Theological Seminary. 

But Perkins School of Theology, where she earned an M.T.S. in 2012, is the place that feels most like home.

“The mentoring from the faculty that’s continued so impressively in my life and the academic excellence and rigor that I received as an M.T.S. student at Perkins have served me so well as a professional theologian,” she said. “I’m so grateful for that. The faculty has continued to care for me and support me — so much that people sometimes forget that I didn’t do my Ph.D. at Perkins.”

Kincaid’s journey to Perkins was an unconventional one. In her first career, she was an attorney, practicing in a law firm and later working in private equity. During that time, she got involved with International Justice Mission, a nonprofit that focuses on human rights and human trafficking. That experience led to a time of questioning and discernment.

“I started asking, ‘What do I want to do with my life?’” she said. “I grew up in the church and have always been a committed Christian.  I started to think about how my faith and work overlapped.”

She left the corporate world and took a job leading InterVarsity Fellowship’s graduate student ministry at SMU. She tried to entice Perkins students to attend events hosted by the ministry, with no luck, so she called on a Perkins professor, the late Billy Abraham, for advice. She had gotten to know Abraham while attending his Bible study. When Kincaid asked Abraham why Perkins students weren’t attending InterVarsity events, Abraham replied, “They don’t know you. Why don’t you apply to attend Perkins part-time?”

Kincaid applied, and shortly after, got a call from Tracy Anne Allred. If Kincaid was willing to attend full-time, Allred said, scholarships would cover her tuition and expenses. Kincaid accepted and continued to work full-time at the campus ministry while attending Perkins full-time.

Immediately, she fell in love with the study of theology.

“Somehow, I convinced Bruce Marshall to let me take a doctoral seminar in the History of Doctrine,” she said. “That was my first taste, and right away I realized this was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I loved the intellectual stimulation, the chance to go deeper, the relationship between my faith in Jesus and my work and passion. I had been a layperson; until then, I didn’t know you could spend your time studying this.”

After graduating from Perkins, she earned a Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame, and launched her career as a theologian. She spent a year as Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at Aquinas Institute and three years as Assistant Professor of Ethics and Moral Theology at Nashotah House.

This fall, Kincaid starts a new position at Loyola University New Orleans, as the Legendre-Soulé Chair in Business Ethics & Director of the Center for Ethics and Economic Justice. That offers a chance to pursue her interests in the relationship between law, business ethics, and moral theology, as well as connecting moral theology to on-the-ground challenges in parishes and professional settings.  She expects to draw on her years in the corporate world in her new position.

“As an attorney, I worked in white collar criminal defense, and then I worked in finance,” she said. “I have become convicted of the importance of formation of character.  Very rarely does someone set out to be unethical; instead, I saw people who stumbled into unethical behavior. The journey to ethical failure is a series of small steps. You have to become the type of person who won’t fall into ethical error before the ethical challenges presents themselves. Nobody is invulnerable.”

On the personal side, Kincaid grew up in Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas, but is now an active in the Episcopal Church, at the local and national level.

“I had a wonderful faith formation,” she said. “My parents are committed Christians, and I was given the opportunity to explore and grow into my own faith, to claim my faith as my own, intellectually and spiritually.”

Kincaid is married to the Rev. Thomas Kincaid, an Episcopal priest; they have two adopted children. During her doctoral studies at the University of Notre Dame, she was selected as an Episcopal Church Foundation Fellow. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Corporation of the Anglican Theological Review.

When asked about her most formative experiences while at Perkins, she said, “The list is too long!”  Her continued contact with Perkins faculty and staff after graduation has also been extensive. Charlies Curran invited her to participate in SMU events related to ethics. Rebekah Miles, Steve Long and Robin Lovin mentored her and invited her to participate in edited volumes.  Bruce Marshall also continues to be a mentor; she meets with him regularly and has returned to audit more of his classes. She continues to collaborate on projects with Dallas Gingles, who was the teaching assistant in her Introduction to Christian Studies class.  Jim Lee assisted her with her Notre Dame application; Anthony Elia helped her find books; Ruben Habito assisted her with research. And of course, she stayed in touch with Billy Abraham until he passed away in 2021.

“All of those people have been wonderful mentors,” she said. “They are a continuing gift. Perkins continues to be my intellectual community and home. It’s like I never left.”

 

Intern Program

The Rev. Dr. Elias H. Lopez has joined the faculty and staff as Associate Director of the Intern Program. A Perkins alum, Lopez brings a strong background in pastoral care and theology to this position.

Read the announcement here.

 

Office of External Programs

Patrice Greer has officially begun her role as Coordinator of Youth and Young Adult Ministry Education in the Office of External Programs. She has more than ten years of experience working in youth and young adult ministry, communications, community outreach, and digital content development. She comes to Perkins from The Potter’s House of Fort Worth, where she has been the Student Ministries Coordinator since 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

“Patrice is a collaborative leader with an inspiring record for innovative program development,” said Bart Patton, Director of the Office of External Programs. “Please join me in welcoming Patrice to the Perkins community!”

Office of Enrollment Management

Emilie Williams joined the Office of Enrollment Management as a Ministry Discernment Associate effective August 1, 2022.

Read the announcement here.

 

 

Bridwell Library

Jon Speck, Director of Operations and Exhibition Designer, retires on September 2 after 33 years of service to Bridwell Library.

Women in Church Leadership

The Rev. Dr. Abraham Smith, Professor of New Testament at Perkins, was interviewed as part of a roundtable discussion, “In Support of Women in Church Leadership: A Conversation with Male Allies.”  A Perkins alum, the Rev. Dr. Sid Hall, Pastor Emeritus of Trinity Church of Austin, was also interviewed. The discussion was posted on a blog published by Equity for Women in the Church, Inc., an ecumenical movement to facilitate equal representation of clergywomen as pastors of multicultural churches in order to transform church and society. Read the June 30 post here.

Elia Commentary in the Dallas Morning News

A commentary by Anthony Elia, director of Bridwell Library and associate dean for Special Collections and Academic Publishing at SMU Dallas, was published on August 5 in the Dallas Morning News. The commentary highlighted similarities between Texas and Uzbekistan, where Elia recently traveled. Elia writes: “Uzbekistan shares several similarities with North Texas — a climate nearly identical to Dallas, dry and hot with impetuous but infrequent rain; long-term attempts at water control and drought mitigation; busy highways clogged with traffic and frustrated drivers trying to push forward; proud displays of national identity, including the regular showing of flags; a state which has become known for its regional independence and economic growth, while also being a magnet for capitalist investment and enterprise; and a hub of social and political activity that may seem contrasting and misunderstood, but certainly not without energy and purpose.” Subscribers may read the column, “Uzbekistan, like Texas, is kind of a whole other country,” here.

Grant funds Native American research project

With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, the Association of Theological Schools has awarded $50,000 to Perkins faculty member Dr. Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner for a research project titled Healing with Dignity: Spiritual and Pastoral Care in Native America.  “This project will gather the experience and knowledge of practitioners serving in native American contexts into a resource that can be made available across geographic and cultural boundaries,” said Stevenson-Moessner. “Using the indigenous tradition of sharing important teachings orally and collaboratively in community, Perkins will host a gathering where persons can consult around a variety of pastoral care topics relevant to contemporary Native American communities.”

Stevenson-Moessner will co-lead the project with the Rev. Dr. Michelle Oberwise Lacock, a clinical pastoral educator of Lakota ancestry and a retired elder in the Northern Illinois conference (UMC), and the Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin, a pastoral counselor/psychotherapist, retired District Superintendent in the Illinois Great Rivers conference (UMC) and a Lakota. Three Henry Luce Fellows at Perkins will serve as an advisory committee: Dr. Ruben Habito (World Religions, Spiritual Formation), Dr. Beka Miles (Ethics), and Stevenson-Moessner (Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology).

Rebekah Miles in Webinar

Rebekah Miles hosted a 90-minute webinar in June on “Gladly Choosing to Be United Methodist.” Guests included the Rev. Adam Hamilton, the Rev. Dr. Kay Palmer-Marsh, the Rev. Will Ed Green, the Rev. Kennetha Bigham-Tsailand and the Rev. Dr. Israel Alvaran.  The webinar was Session III in a series sponsored by the UM Association of Retired Clergy (UMARC.)  Watch the recorded program on YouTube.  Other sessions are also available at UMARC.org.

 

Hill Joins Southwestern College Faculty

Simon Hill (M.S.M. ‘17, Master of Music ‘18) joined the of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan., as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities and Voice this month. “I am beyond grateful for this opportunity and overflowing with excitement at what the future holds!” he said in a Facebook post.

Luna-Garza Named Bishop Candidate

The Rev. Ella Luna-Garza (M.Div. ‘12) is among the candidates for episcopal discernment from the California-Nevada Annual Conference.  The Western Jurisdiction Conference will vote in November for three individuals from throughout the jurisdiction to serve as bishops effective January 2023. Currently, Luna-Garza is serving as pastor of Merced United Methodist Church in Merced, Calif.

Other candidates include Bener Agtarap, Myrna Bernadel-Huey, Elizabeth Brick, Blake Busick, Staci Current, Jorge Domingues, George Edd-Bennett, Renae Extrum-Fernandez, Shinya Goto, Samuel Hong, Theon Johnson, Jeffrey Kuan, Kim Montenegro, David Niu, Matthew Pearson, Kristen Stoneking, Dale Weatherspoon, Ouk-Yean Kim-Jueng.

Christina Cavener to Denison University

Christina Cavener (M.T.S. ’11) moved to Columbus, Ohio to teach as Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Denison University, a private liberal arts college. Over the past six years, she has been a teaching assistant at Texas Women’s University, leading courses in Gender and Social Change; Critical Race Feminism; Womanist Spiritual Activism; and Women and Western Religions. Cavener earned a Ph.D. in 2022 from Texas Woman’s University in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies.

Lisa Hancock

Recent graduate Lisa Hancock (M.S.M. ’13, M.T.S. ’15, Ph.D. ’21) has been appointed as the new Director of Worship Arts at Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church. She began August 1 and is providing relevant and contextual worship resources in the areas of liturgy, visual arts and hybrid worship. One of 13 international agencies of The United Methodist Church, Discipleship Ministries helps local church, district, and conference leaders fulfill the shared dream of making world-changing disciples by connecting leaders with needed resourcing, training, consulting, and networking that support spiritual formation, new church development, and the revitalization of local churches.

 

Obit: The Rev. Robert Hasley

Perkins alum and Executive Board member the Rev. Robert Hasley (S.T.M. ’77, D.Min. ’78) died July 21 from an aggressive form of cancer after serving the United Methodist Church for nearly 50 years.  An Arkansas native, he served as Founding Pastor at St. Andrew UMC in Plano for 35 years.  The church grew to more than 6,400 members under his leadership and established lasting, extensive social outreach programs.

“In an interview for Perspective magazine, Robert was asked how he had been so effective in ministry. He replied, ‘I think my gift is relationships.’ All of us who counted Robert a dear friend—and that number is legion—will continue to treasure those relationships,” said Craig C. Hill, the Leighton K. Farrell Endowed Dean of Perkins. A memorial service was held July 26 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano. Read Hasley’s obituary here.

Obit: The Rev. Roberto Gómez

The Rev. Roberto Gómez, who died May 26 at age 75, was featured in a recent United Methodist News report. Gómez (M.Th. ’72, D.Min. ’89) taught Spanish language courses at the Perkins Course of Study School for many years.  He was a longtime pastor and superintendent in the Rio Grande Conference. As a United Methodist Publishing House board member, he successfully pushed for publication of a Spanish-language United Methodist hymnal. He served on numerous United Methodist-related boards and twice was a candidate for bishop. Read the story by Sam Hodges here.

Photo courtesy of the Gómez family.

Obit: Gerald Atmar

Gerald Legare (Jerry) Atmar, 93, died June 4. Atmar (M.Th. ‘56) served as Second Lieutenant in the Army in Korea in 1951 and was awarded the Army’s Purple Heart. He was ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church in 1956 and served as a pastor and Director of Youth Work in the Texas Conference until choosing a different career in 1962. He went on to teach Biological Science at Kent State University and worked as an environmental biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. When he and his wife Patricia retired in 1995, they returned to the Bryan/College Station area. Atmar was active in construction projects at First United Methodist Church in Bryan, Texas, including the building of props for Vacation Bible School and the reconstruction of Two Mile Church. As an active volunteer with Worldwide Mobility Brazos Valley, he helped construct Personal Energy Transportation (PET) carts until age 90. Services were held June 9 at United Methodist Church of Bryan, Texas. Read his obituary here.

Obit: The Rev. Gary Regan

The Rev. Gary Regan (M.Th. ’61) passed away on June 10 in his home. As a United Methodist minister, he served churches in the North Texas area for 60 years. He served as pastor at Avery/Williams Chapel (Red River County), Seagoville UMC, Lancaster UMC, Garland, St. Paul, First United Methodist Church Paris, First United Methodist Church Dallas, and White Rock United Methodist Church. He also served as District Superintendent in both the Paris/Sulphur Springs District and the Dallas Central District as well as the Treasure and Administrator of the North Texas Conference. After retiring, he served as development officer, stewardship, consultant and facilitator for The Texas Methodist Foundation. A memorial service was held June 13. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Lili’s Legacy (P.O. Box 961, Paris, Tx. 75641) or The Will Herndon Research Fund (P.O. Box 132646, Spring, Tx. 77393).

Obit: The Rev. Milford Zirkel

The Rev. Milford R. (Zeke) Zirkel Jr. (M. Div., ’54) died July 13 in Fredericksburg, Texas.

After graduating from Perkins, he served as pastor of Grace Methodist Church in San Antonio, and three years later as pastor of Coker Methodist Church. Subsequent pastorates included Methodist congregations in Fredericksburg, Palacios, Aransas Pass, Marble Falls, Kerrville, Alice, Gonzales, Brady and Pearsall. Though officially retiring in 1997, he continued to serve in churches for another 25 years in the communities of Castroville, Goliad, Woodsboro, Crystal City, Dilley and Aransas Pass. In 1970, in his first tenure at First United Methodist Church in Aransas Pass, he agreed for the church to serve as a temporary hospital after Hurricane Celia knocked out the local hospital. More than 80 babies were born in the church’s Sunday school rooms over four months. Services for Zirkel were held July 23.  In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to the Methodist Children’s Home of Costa Rica through the Communities Foundation of Texas at: www.childrenshomesupport.com.  Checks may be sent to Methodist Children’s Home of Costa Rica, 5500 Caruth Haven Lane, Dallas, Texas 75225. Read his obituary here.

 

Joseph Leads Fundraiser Program

Dr. Clark Joseph (M.T.S. ‘05) led the 200-voice Unity choir at Together We Sing, a fundraiser for Project Unity held June 15, with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, at Dallas’ Morton Meyerson Symphony Hall. The event was presented by Texas Capital Bank. This year’s night of gospel and classical paid tribute to Richard Smallwood, who also performed. Project Unity also introduced its inaugural “Together We” Awards recognizing individuals, corporations and organizations who have shown outstanding commitment to supporting and implementing racial unity, inclusion, social justice, and health efforts in the community and workplace that align with Project Unity’s activism. Richie Butler, a member of Perkins Executive Board, is the founder of Project Unity. Read more about the program here.

Hill Interviewed on Podcast

Dr. James Howard Hill, Jr., (M.T.S. ’16) was recently featured on The Method Podcast. Hill is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma. The podcast explored why it’s important for young adults and college students to be of service in the local church and community and how to prepare for service to God and others.  Find the podcast here.

 

Randall Lucas Profiled

The Rev. Randall Lucas (M.A.M. ’19, M.Div. ’22) was featured in a story on the food pantry at Lover’s Lane United Methodist Church in The Dallas Morning News. The church has given away more than 1.2 million pounds of groceries since 2020. Lucas, who is associate pastor and director of missions and outreach for the church, said, “We are an extension of God’s grace. God just gives. None of us have to do anything to receive God’s grace.” The church is just a few miles from predominantly Hispanic apartment complexes, where many residents have been hit hard by the pandemic and inflation.  “The people we serve do not want a handout,” Lucas said. “They’re working, but they have to ask for help. We want to be a safety net, but also to lift people out.” Dallas Morning News subscribers may read the story here.

Caroline Collins Published

A work by Caroline Elizabeth Collins (M.T.S. ‘22) entitled “Return to Mine: A Call and Response Liturgy” was recently published in Issue 4 of the journal The Unmooring. Collins was active in Feminists Advocating Change and Empowerment (FACE) at Perkins and wrote an earlier version of the liturgy for the Women’s Week Chapel Service at Perkins. Read the liturgy online here.

Muckleroy History Paper Honored

Perkins graduate the Rev. Adam Muckleroy (M.Div. ’14, M.Th. ’21) has won second place in the John Harrison Ness Award sponsored by the UMC General Commission on Archives and History. His paper, “An American Parable,” deals with the work of AME church founder Richard Allen and his associate Absalom Jones — who would become the first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church — ministering to people in Philadelphia during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. “I found it a blessing for my pastoral leadership to study the voices of the Church’s past to help lead through the pandemic,” Muckleroy said. “I am thrilled at the prospect of lifting up one of those voices to a larger audience through publication.” Muckleroy currently serves as pastor of First United Methodist Church in Canton, Texas. The paper was written while he was a student at Perkins and submitted to the competition by Ted A. Campbell, Albert C. Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins.

Robbins to Hendrix Board

The Rev. John C. Robbins (M.Div. ‘90; D.Min. ‘05) is one of two new members named to the Hendrix College Board of Trustees, along with Heather Gardner of Chicago. Both will begin their terms at the board’s October meeting. Robbins, who will serve a three-year term in a Board seat designated for United Methodist clergy, became the Senior Pastor of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church in Little Rock in July of 2020. Prior to that appointment, he served as senior pastor of Memorial Drive UMC in Houston, Texas, and of Central UMC in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A native of Texas, he is a graduate of Tarleton State University and received his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from the Perkins School of Theology at SMU. Robbins is married to Hendrix alumna Susan Roberts Robbins. His daughter, Rachel Robbins Sitler, also is a Hendrix graduate. Read the announcement here.

Commentary Published

A commentary by the Rev. Dr. Linda A Holbrook (M.Div. ‘05) recently appeared in the Morgan Hill Times. Read the commentary, reflecting on the beauty of creation during the summer season, here. Holbrook is pastor of Morgan Hill United Methodist Church in Morgan Hill, Calif.

 

Sermon Published  

A sermon by Perkins alum Lindsay Bruehl (M.Div. ‘22) was published in Christian Ethics Today’s Spring 2022 issue. The sermon, “Reflections on Ruth,” was delivered in Chapel at Perkins on October 28, 2021. Read the sermon on pages 13-15 here.

 

New Book

 A new book by the Rev. Dr. Yvette R. Blair-Lavallais (M.T.S. ‘22) titled Scrimpin’ and Scrapin’: The Hardships and Hustle of Women and Food Insecurity in Texas ~ Through a Womanist Theological Lens has been published.  Visit this link to order and download your copy. “Food is theological,” Blair-Lavallais writes. “This book is biblically grounded and provides you with resources and the language to engage in this conversation around food deserts, food apartheid, and food insecurity.”