Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. has been awarded the President Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement and Service Award in August 2022, was Listed by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 500 women to watch in Georgia in 2022, is a Retired Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies, Author, Community and Wellness Activist and Mid-wife to the Soul. Dr. Meeks currently serves as Executive Director of Absalom Jones Episcopal Center for Racial Healing. Her Ph.D. focus was on Jungian Psychology, African and African American Women’s Literature. Her Dissertation: The Mule of the World: An Exploration into Sexist Oppression with Zora Neale Hurston and Alice Walker. Dr. Meeks taught African American Studies at Mercer University for 25 years where an interdisciplinary approach to issues of race, gender and class raised the consciousness of many students. Catherine’s current community work involves running the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. Her current work includes organizing and implementing spiritual retreats and conducting workshops on a variety of wellness and spirituality issues, teaching courses on Jungian Psychology, racial diversity, cultural issues, and spiritual development. This work is done locally, nationally and internationally. Dr. Meeks has received many awards through the years and is author to eight books with a 2022 publication titled The Night is Long but Light Comes in the Morning: Meditations on Racial Healing. She writes a bi-weekly newspaper column for the Macon Telegraph and a bi-weekly blog and podcasts which are posted on the Center for Racial Healing website.