VIDEO: Catholics Confront Racism: Power, Police Brutality & Justice

About the video

Faith in Public Life hosted a Facebook Live conversation with Rev. Bryan Massingale and Olga Segura titled, “Catholics Confront Racism: Power, Police Brutality & Justice”

About Rev. Bryan Massingale and Olga Segura

Fr. Bryan Massingale is one of the world’s leading Catholic social ethicists and scholars of African-American theological ethics, racial justice, and liberation theology. He joined the Fordham theology faculty in the fall of 2016. Previously, Fr. Massingale was on the faculty at Marquette University, where in 2009 he received that institution’s highest award for excellence in teaching.

He has served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and convener of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, and holds two honorary doctorates.

He has written over 80 articles, book chapters, and book reviews for publications, including Theological Studies, New Theology Review, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Philosophy and Theology, Journal of Religion and Society, The National Catholic Reporter, and Catholic Peace Voice. His book, Racial Justice and the Catholic Church (Orbis Books, 2010) won a first place book award from the Catholic Press Association.

Olga Marina Segura is a freelance writer living in The Bronx, N.Y. Previously, she was an associate editor at America Media, where she wrote and solicited articles on race and culture. She is a co-founder and former co-host of the podcast, “Jesuitical.” Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, ZORA Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, Sojourners and Refinery29. Olga is currently working on a book on the Black Lives Matter movement and the Catholic Church. Orbis Books will publish it in Spring 2021.

Prior to working at America Media, Olga was an intern at the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations. She graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Language and Literature. She speaks Italian and Spanish fluently and was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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