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To cut dead means to refuse to acknowledge another with the intent to punish. Gregory Ellison says that this is the plight of African American young men. They are stigmatized with limited opportunity for education and disproportionate incarceration. At the same time, they are often resistant to help from social institutions including the church. They are mute and invisible to society but also in their inward being. Their voice and physical selves are not acknowledged, leaving them ripe for hopelessness and volatility. If the need is so great yet the desire for help wanes, where is the remedy?  Healing can begin by reframing the problem.



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Gregory C. Ellison II

Gregory C. Ellison II, Ph.D. is a tenured professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. In 2013, he founded Fearless Dialogues, a grassroots organization that creates unique spaces for unlikely partners to engage in hard heartfelt conversations. His acclaimed second book, Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice, examines the theories and practices that Ellison and his colleagues at Fearless Dialogues have used to help nearly 20,000 people around the globe face taboo subjects.Ellison is a proud graduate of Frederick High School, Emory University (B.A.) , and Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., Ph.D.) .www.gregoryellisonii.comwww.fearlessdialogues.com



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