[1][2][3][4] Cheryl Jeanne Sanders grew up in Washington, D.C.[5] She attended Swathmore College, where she majored in mathematics, and minored in Black studies.
[1][8] In 2018, two of her books, Empowerment Ethics for a Liberated People and Ministry at the Margins: The Prophetic Mission for Women, Youth, and the Poor, were included in a list of recommended reading for Black History Month by CBE International.
The proposed renovations encountered resistance when Sanders sought to create new parking lots for the congregation.
[14][15] In an interview in The Washington Post, about abortion rights, Sanders held that the bible may be "pro-life" but expressed an unwillingness to be associated with the political movement.
[16] Sanders has cautioned against over simplifying "terrorists" as evil, noting that the "war" against anti-Black terrorism in during the civil rights movement was "won" by righteousness and not weapons.