The Rev. Kennetra Irby Brackett, LCSW is an integrative healthcare practitioner and itinerant elder in the AMEC who uses expressive modalities to co-create sacred spaces for people of all ages.
Trained as a chaplain and a licensed clinical social worker, Rev. Brackett pastors Lebanon AME Church, Littleton, NC and leads Transitions Kids Bereavement, Raleigh, NC. Rev. Brackett is currently pursuing her Doctor of Ministry as a Rural Clergy Fellow at Duke Divinity School. She earned her Master of Divinity with a certificate in Theology, Culture and Medicine from Duke Divinity School in 2015. She earned her Master of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts in Romance Languages with a minor in Medical Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the Triangle Association of Black Social Workers and a recently published “poet.”
Rev. Brackett is joyfully wedded to George Brackett Jr, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Together they enjoy traveling, grilling, and exploring greenways with their hound, Reina.
