Rev. Marcia L. Dyson

The Reverend Marcia L. Dyson has been hailed as one of our nation's foremost religious figures and spiritual writers. Her special brand of wisdom and insight has been shared in leading pulpits across America, on lecture stages at many of the nation's outstanding universities, and on the pages of some of our country's most provocative magazines and books. As an ordained minister, stirring public speaker and gifted writer, Rev. Dyson has carried out a ministry of healing to wounded women, neglected children and suffering men throughout America and around the globe.

A Chicago native, Rev. Dyson has gained wide notice for her lucid, eloquent essays that have probed the personal, political and religious dimensions of the black female experience. She has treated the historic strengths and gender inequalities of the black church. Her path-breaking essays on these subjects have appeared in Essence Magazine, where she served as a Contributing Writer. Rev. Dyson is busy at work on several books, including a novel entitled Don't Call Me Angel that explores the spiritual development of an African American woman, as well as the cultural and racial elements of the sixties and seventies, and a spiritual memoir entitled God Sings Soprano: Discovering the Female Voice of God. Whether she appears in the pulpit, on the auditorium stage or the printed page, Rev. Dyson is one of our country's most provocative, insightful and healing voices.

Rev. Dyson is also a political strategist and is affiliated with the Center for Social Justice and Policy at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She is a contributor to womensradio.com and theroot.com where she addresses issues concerning race, gender inequality, international politics and national concerns.