The Rev. Adriene Thorne is the eighth senior minister of the historic and history-making Riverside Church in New York City and the first African American woman to hold the position. She received her Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion and completed post-graduate studies in pastoral care and counseling at the Blanton-Peale Institute. Adriene is a healer, Presbyterian minister and classically trained dancer who uses movement to heal bodies in the church and community. When she is feeling open, though, Adriene will tell you that she has learned more about God from nature, art and her child than from any classroom or book.
Adriene’s background in the performing arts includes credits with The Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Metropolitan Opera, and the world-famous Radio City Rockettes among others. NY Times best-selling author and renowned coach, Resmaa Menakem, is her teacher and guide in the study of Somatic Abolitionism, which she brings to her personal and public work.
