About this episode

A woman confronts long-buried harm after surviving a deadly tornado, discovering purpose and forgiveness in the aftermath.

After narrowly surviving one of the deadliest tornados in US history, a woman is driven to confront a long-buried harm, finding in the aftermath a deeper sense of purpose, forgiveness, and service.   Today’s episode featured Nanda Nunnelly. If you’d like to contact Nanda, you can email her at Nandanunnelly@gmail.com. Nanda’s episode is part 1 of a 2 part series.  Nanda’s cause and organization, Minnie Hackney Community Service Center of Joplin, is on Facebook, or you can visit the website at Minniehackneycommunityservicecenter.com.  Today’s episode was produced in collaboration with Pauline Bartolone, and was funded in part by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, as part of its ""Spreading Love Through the Media"" initiative, supported by the John Templeton Foundation.  Pauline can be reached at paulinebartolone.org and on Instagram @pmbartolone  Producers: Whit Missildine, Pauline Bartolone   Content/Trigger Warnings: racism, racial terror, forced psychiatric commitment, bullying, physical assault, tornado and disaster trauma, injury, death, grief, loss of home, mental health crisis, substance use, and homelessness, explicit language &nbsp…

People in this episode

Host: Whit Missildine

Guest: Nanda Nunnelly

Topics covered

• tornado
• healing
• forgiveness
• service
• trauma
• community

Keywords

• tornado
• healing
• forgiveness
• trauma
• community service
• mental health
• disaster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minnie Hackney Community Service Center of Joplin, UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center

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