Women of Color Pray: Voices of Strength, Faith, Healing, Hope and Courage

A celebration of the voices of women of color in prayer

Women of color pray and have prayed out of necessity for survival, out of love for the Divine and because we believe in the power of prayer. Prayer has been the prevailing force behind the education of our children, protection and courage for our men, hope for our daughters and the balm that heals sorrows.
―from the Introduction

Prayers by women around the world―from China and Japan, to Syria and Ghana―to African American, Asian American, Native American and Hispanic women in the United States including:

Teresa Palomo Acosta • Yolanda Adams • Rabi’a Al-Adawiyya • Paula Gunn Allen • Savitri Bess • Mary McLeod Bethune • Irene I. Blea • Sandra Cisneros • Marian Wright Edelman • Rachelle Ferrell • Monique Greenwood • Joy Harjo • Linda Hogan • Patricia Locke • Janice Mirikitani • Toni Morrison • Naomi Quinonez • Della Reese • Cathy Song • Susan L. Taylor • Sojourner Truth • Harriet Tubman • Iyanla Vanzant • Phillis Wheatley • CeCe Winans • Empress Yamatohime ... and many others