#6 with Doctor Patrick Duggan on Black lives, Floyd and Masculinity.

MINDSETSHIFT with Mickey Feher

You will learn a lot about the African American male experience and what it is like to be always on the alert in your own skin or when they think you must be an athlete if your are in Harvard. We talk about how to make meaning of what is happening around us and how to move forward by first admitting that something is indeed wrong.
Dr. Duggan is a native New Yorker, a preacher, and a transformational denominational executive. He and his wife Patricia, a school administrator, are the parents of three sons and proud grandparents of two girls and two boys. He earned the Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, the Master of Divinity and the Doctor of Ministry degrees, both from New York Theological Seminary. He has served as Senior Pastor of the Congregational Church of South Hempstead/ United Church of Christ (CCSH) since 1995 and also served as Executive Director of the United Church of Christ Church Building and Loan Fund (CB&LF) in addition to his pastoral duties. CB&LF is the oldest church building society in the United States, having financed over CB&LF’s vision is to re-invent the concept of “church” through innovative uses of buildings and space created through unique partnerships and the application of biblical principles, to dramatically improve the economic, social, environmental, and spiritual vitality of poor communities and gentrifying neighborhoods. Dr. Duggan asserts that the source of his passion for leading CB&LF is that he is “on a mission to enable church leaders and congregations to live into God’s economy”.