Melva L. Sampson is a digital hush harbor curator, ritualist, scholar and preacher. Her research interests include Black preaching women’s embodiment, African heritage spiritual traditions, Black girls’ ritual performance, and the relationship between digital proclamation and spiritual formation. She has published articles like, “The Making of Digital Griots and Cyber Assemblies,” and “Digital Hush Harbors: Black Preaching Women and Black Digital Religious Networks,” each address the politics of location and challenge traditional Black Church pulpit authority. She is the creator of Pink Robe Chronicles ™ a digital hush harbor that centers faith and spirituality using the womanist and Afrocentric values of self-determination, serious engagement, and liberating self-love to highlight the importance of collective work and responsibility in healing and sustaining marginalized communities. She is currently working on her first book length project entitled Going Live: Black Women Preaching in the Digital Age. Melva L. Sampson is a digital hush harbor curator, ritualist, scholar and preacher. Her research interests include Black preaching women’s embodiment, African heritage spiritual traditions, Black girls’ ritual performance, and the relationship between digital proclamation and spiritual formation. She is the creator of Pink Robe Chronicles ™ a digital hush harbor that centers faith and spirituality using the womanist and Afrocentric values of self-determination, serious engagement, and liberating self-love to highlight the importance of collective work and responsibility in healing and sustaining marginalized communities.
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Experiences
| Sat 11:00am - 11:50am | Melva Sampson with Ken Medema | Stage |
| Sat 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Josh Scott and Melva Sampson with Sara Heath | Forum |
| Sat 5:00pm - 5:50pm | Melva Sampson | Convo Table 07 |