Macky Alston: On Choosing Beauty, Joy as Resistance, and Sacred Truth-Telling - 10

Everyday Changemakers

Macky Alston serves as VP of Prophetic and Creative Leadership at Auburn Seminary. He was a senior at Columbia University in NYC when he attended one of the first meetings of ACT UP in 1987. Our conversation explores how Macky found life and celebration in the midst of death, as the AIDS crisis raged through his community and the world. We talk about the practice of surrounding yourself with beauty, joy as an act of resistance, and truth-telling as sacred work. References from Macky Alston's blog: https://mackyalston.com/blog/ "All I Have Is a Voice" "You Have Something to Say That We Need to Hear" You can find me at : www.kamararose.com