Vanessa: Dennea, it’s so good to be with you. Thanks for joining us.

Dennea: Yeah. Great to be with you guys as well.

Todd: Hey, Dennea.

Dennea: Hey, great to be with you guys.

Vanessa: So great to be with you today. I’m going to jump right in here if that’s all right. Dennea, if you wouldn’t mind just sharing with us a little bit about the specific type of justice work that you’re involved in and a little bit of how you came to this work in the first place.

Dennea: Yes. So I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. My mom’s family immigrated from Honduras and my dad’s family is from the East Coast. And I think throughout my journey being raised in the church both with a Spanish speaking grandma who was part of this bilingual Pentecostal church and then going to very different contexts with my dad and my family. I noticed early on the ways in which immigrants, especially in Phoenix, were viewed, looked down upon, talked to, and talked about. And really early on I noticed that there’s a lot of disconnect between Christians who believe this gospel of grace and their ability to then love people different from them. And so a lot of the divisions we were witnessing this past year, I remember noticing in elementary school as a kid.