Catherine Meeks

Catherine Meeks, PhD, is a recipient of the President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for her decades of work advancing racial justice. A nationally recognized speaker, radio commentator, and writer, her work has appeared in publications including Baptist News. She is the former executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and the author of six books, including The Night Is Long, but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations on Racial Healing.

Dr. Meeks is also the founder of Turquoise and Lavender, an institute dedicated to transformation and healing. She holds a master’s degree in social work from Clark Atlanta University and a PhD from Emory University, and has received honorary doctorates from Virginia Theological Seminary, the Seminary of the Southwest, and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University.

She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.