Guesnerth Josué Perea (he/him/his)

Guesnerth Josue Perea serves as Director of Black Lives and Contemplation for the Center for Spiritual Imagination and is a postulant for the priesthood with the Diocese of Long Island. His perspectives on Blackness, AfroLatinidad, and Spirituality have been featured in prominent publications such as the New York Times, the New Yorker, and USA Today, and his writing has been featured in Sojourners, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and anthologies such as "Let Spirit Speak!," the "Revista de Estudios Colombianos," and "Engaging Religion." A dedicated Brooklynite, he wholeheartedly believes that cultivating our inner lives through contemplative practice is instrumental for liberation, allowing us to embody Biggie's call to spread love "the Brooklyn way."