Episode #1
Dancing Toward Dignity with Rodney Eric Lopez
Dec 21, 202556 minS2
<p>Send a text</p><p>What if the fastest way to rebuild trust in a room is to dance? </p><p>I sit down with educator and salsa maestro Rodney Eric Lopez to unpack how movement restores dignity, unlocks presence, and turns awkward groups into brave communities. He begins with a raw account of being publicly shunned by a religious community, then shares how a later church—built on crossing boundaries of race, class, gender, orientation, and age—helped him heal and see how discomfort can be a teacher.<br/><br/>From there, Rodney retraces his unexpected pivot from journ...
