DaGrip with Rev. Dr. Amy S. Ciceron -Systemic racism, voter suppression, and the rising cancel culture

DaGrip with Rev. Dr. Amy S. Ciceron - join a powerful conversation concerning systemic racism, voter suppression, and the rising cancel culture. Dr. Ciceron even gives her thoughts on the newest chart topping video by Lil Nas X.

Dr. Amy S. Ciceron is a native of Lamar, SC. She graduated from Winthrop University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Social Work Degree and worked as a Social Work for 15 year, spending 11 years with the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services in Charlotte, NC. In 2008, she resigned her social work position to become a full-time Pastor.

Dr. Ciceron served as Pastor of the Reeve’s Temple(2006-2008) and Shiloh(2008-2014) AME Zion Churches in Davidson and Statesville, NC respectively. Her leadership and determination empowered the members to walk in their God-given gifts. As result, many new leaders were trained & developed through her leadership and two ministers confirmed their call to preach. Additionally, Dr. Ciceron successfully led these congregations through transition that culminated in remodeled churches, increased membership, increased bible study participation, increased giving, summer feeding program, summer camp program and initiating the process for historical designation of church property, which was realized subsequent to her tenure.

Currently, Dr. Ciceron serves as Pastor of the St. Julia AME Zion Church, Jacksonville, NC, where their method for ministry is “Re-Tracing Our Path, Re-Thinking Our Process and Re-Tooling Our People for 21st Century ministry.” She has faithfully led this congregation since March 2, 2014 where more than 90 new members have joined the fellowship. St. Julia has received numerous honors for their work in the community, but the ministry that has made the greatest impact is the Food Distributions Ministry in partnership with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC, Starbucks, Sam’s Club & Food Lion where over 1,000,000 pounds of food has been distributed in the Onslow County community since Hurricane Florence (2018).