Writer. Storyteller. Scholar.

Imagine Dignity Podcast

The Imagine Dignity Podcast with Dr. Terence Lester is a podcast for the peopleā€”no studios, no comfortable couches, no expensive microphones.

The studio is on the side of the road, underneath bridges, next to abandoned buildings, and in encampments where people have no address. It centers on those living on the margins of society or facing social stigma that renders them invisible.

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Books

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I See You

We don’t care about what we don’t see. Countless people are invisible to us. We overlook the poor and homeless, partly because we don’t share much space with them.

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When We Stand

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the injustices that we see in the world. We don’t know what to do and might think that we don’t have anything to offer.
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All God’s Children

The more you understand someone’s history, the better you can see their humanity. This is true for individuals as well as for society at large.

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Zion Learns To See

Join Zion as she learns about people experiencing homelessness, and see how she is moved to respond as she recognizes that all people matter to God.

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My purpose in life is to create a world where no one is invisible.

Dr. Terence Lester is a storyteller, public scholar, speaker, community activist, and author.

He is the Founder and Executive Director of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising awareness about poverty and homelessness and on community mobilization. Additionally, he serves as the Director of Public Policy and Social Change and as a professor at Simmons College of Kentucky (HBCU). He received his PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Public Policy and Social Change from Union Institute and University.
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