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Tamice Spencer-Helms

Over the last two decades, Tamice’s work has become a vibrant, unapologetic call to reimagine faith, ethics, and belonging. Guided by a deep desire to confront and heal what she calls “diseased imagination”—the spiritual and social dis-ease produced by empire—Tamice’s vision lives at the intersection of social transformation, soulful leadership, womanist and queer liberation theologies, and cultural critique     .

Tamice holds a D.Min. in Social Transformation from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (2026), a Th.M. with an emphasis in Black Church Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary (2021), an M.A. in Leadership (Contextual Leadership & Culture) from Wheaton College (2020), and a B.S. in Biblical Studies and Mass Communications from VCU (2006) . These academic credentials form the scaffolding for her praxis: a theology that is both academically rigorous and culturally subversive, blending research with lived experience.

Tamice is the founder of Mixtape Praxus, a learning and leadership design studio, and Sub:Culture Inc, a nonprofit dedicated to the self-actualization and flourishing of Black college students. She also leads at the Subculture Institute, the for-profit arm of Sub:Culture Inc, which serves as an immersive, subversive platform for unlearning. The Institute is interfaith, intergenerational, and interethnic, curating rigorous hybrid courses for adults seeking to unlearn and reconstruct. Cohorts blend online and in-person gatherings, drawing wisdom from a range of scholars and practitioners .

 

Tamice currently serves as Theologian in Residence for Our Own Deep Wells Collective, Soulful Innovators, and Phygital Fellows, where she brings spiritual grounding and radical imagination to communities engaged in transformative change.

Her approach is both critique and creation—a blueprint for a more whole and liberative world. She theologizes like a mixtape DJ, remixing cultural texts, sacred traditions, and lived experience. At the core of her theological project is the R.E.S.T. Mixtape, a framework that integrates four elements:
Radical Truth-Telling – Naming reality and creating space for healing through honesty
Ethical Relationality – Mutual accountability and transformative relationships beyond binaries
Spiritual Grounding – Embodiment, intuition, awe, and the sacredness of lived experience
Tethered Wisdom – Honoring tradition, remixing it for contemporary needs without being enslaved to it.  

Her Soulful Leadership Curriculum, widely used in leadership cohorts and nonprofit settings, reimagines leadership as liberatory, somatic, and creative—centering wholeness, mutuality, and the spiritual genius of Black communities  .

Tamice is also a sought-after speaker and podcast guest. She has appeared on podcasts such as Igniting Imagination, Faith for Normal People, Freedom Road, Profane Faith, Queer Theology, and many more, sharing her story, vision, and frameworks with national and international audiences.

 

She has delivered keynotes and presentations at major conferences, including the CCDA Conference, QCF Conference, SoulTrust Conference, VACE Conference, and the Black SEL Conference.

As a writer, Tamice’s debut book, Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd, was released in 2021 to critical acclaim. The book invites readers to journey through spiritual wilderness and Black liberation. Her forthcoming book, Resurrection Technology: A Hush Harbor Troubling of Our Origins, expands on these themes, offering a prophetic call to spiritual fugitivity, epistemological healing, and the reclamation of Black sacred wisdom. She is also the host of the Life After Leaven podcast .

Her voice has been described as “incisive, rhythmic, and radically honest” and “a blend of Kendrick Lamar, James Baldwin, and Black Twitter—sharp, accessible, and rooted in cultural critique.” 

Tamice’s scholarship and praxis are grounded in the Black radical tradition, hip-hop, hush harbors, Yoruba cosmology, womanist thought, and post-Christian mysticism. Her doctoral work is deeply engaged with themes of diseased imagination, spiritual fugitivity, and the creation of sanctuaries for those seeking liberation from empire-driven faith.

Whether facilitating retreats, designing transformative curricula, consulting with organizations, or speaking from the stage, Tamice’s presence is both refuge and revolution. Her commitment is to help individuals and communities heal, reimagine, and build spaces where every person is seen, known, and liberated—where diseased imagination gives way to new possibilities.

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