Black women
Colorism and Learning Self Love
In this clip, two Black girls talk about colorism, media representation, and self love.
Accountabili-buddies
In this clip, two UW grad students discuss their friendship and how they define themselves as “accountabili-buddies.”
I’ve Always Felt Lighter
Listen as two UW graduate students share how their friendship is a source of comfort and support.
Lifeline
Listen as UW graduate students share how being accepted in a cohort made their initial visit to grad school more bearable because they could lean on each other.
That’s Why We Need These Spaces
In this clip, two UW graduate students and their advisor discuss how easy it is for women of color to slip through the cracks and how grateful they are for their friendship and the CCDE to keep that from happening to them.
The Net That Catches Us
Listen as a UW graduate student shares her experience of finding support and compassion through the CCDE and her friendships when the stress of graduate school became overwhelming.
There’s Room for All of Us
In this clip, two UW graduate students share how the CCDE offers a space where community is their foundation rather than competition.
Virtual Humanity
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate School shares how her leadership was founded on compassion and grace and trust and humanity.
Limits to Self Care
Listen as the Dean of the Graduate school describes the challenges she faced with practicing self care during the pandemic.
Intentional Ways of Connection
In this clip, the Dean of the Graduate School shares her leadership style.
How Do We Support Graduate Students
Listen as the Dean of the Graduate School discusses everything she and her team had to consider when the pandemic shut the university down.
Hiking
Listen as the Dean of the Graduate School shares how she and her family took up hiking during the pandemic as a way to connect with each other and the world around them.
Giving People Time Off
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate School discusses the leadership decisions she made during the pandemic and how a lot of those decisions came from trusting her staff.
Give People Grace
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate School describes her philosophy on work-life balance and how it came into play during the pandemic.
Dual Identity and Vulnerability
Listen as two Black women faculty commiserate about where and when they felt they could be vulnerable as they worked during the pandemic.
Dual Pandemics
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate school talks about how she experienced the dual pandemic in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
Doughnuts With the Dean
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate school shares the creative ways in which she worked to facilitate connection among her staff and students during the pandemic.
Being a Rock
Listen as the Dean of the UW Graduate school vulnerably shares how she had to be a touchstone for her family, students, friends, and co-workers.
Accessing Resources for Online Grad School
Listen as two graduate students discuss the ways in which they wish their department had considered supporting graduate students in more ways.
Participating in Capitalism While Hating It
Two Black business owners reflect on the legacy of colonialism and how they operate under the continued coloniality of U.S. capitalism.
Shifting Our Values to Dismantle Systems
In this clip, two Black business owners discuss what it would look like to create economic systems that are equitable and value their communities.
Access and Black Capital
In this clip, listen as the daughter of the founder of the first Black banks and credit unions in Seattle discusses the motivations her father had for founding these institutions.
Tracing the Roots of Capitalism
In this clip, Alex and Syreeta trace the roots of capitalism, a system of oppression built off the descendants of enslaved Africans.
Understanding My Blackness in Seattle
Black woman shares how growing up she has come to understand her Blackness in Seattle.
I Try to Interrupt Racism, but It Can Be Hard
Two Black students share what interrupting racism looks like for them and when they interrupt racism.
Interactions Between Black People and African Americans
Black student describes the trauma of slavery on Black Americans who were stripped of their connection to their ancestral homelands and how that history impacts current interactions between Black people and African immigrants.
When Should You Interrupt Privilege
Two Black students unpack a two part question: who is responsible for interrupting privilege and when do you feel comfortable interrupting privilege?
When Am I Going to Be Good Enough
A young Black woman describes an experience in which she and her friends were unjustly targeted during a school event.
What I Lost Being in These Mostly White Spaces
Black woman shares her experiences growing up in and going to majority white schools and being in majority white spaces.
Where Do I Want to Be if I Can’t Just Be Myself Here?
Black woman recalls when she went to New Orleans for her honeymoon and how she felt more comfortable wearing whatever she wanted to wear without having to worry about being hypervisible.
I Didn’t Realize There Were So Many of Us With That Experience
Two Black women commiserate over how comforting (albeit saddening) to know that others are also engaging in the same struggles and self-reflections as them.
It Stops Here
Older Black woman shares with her younger dialogue partner what it looks like to experience years of racism and work to heal.
Why Can’t I Be Angry
Black woman shares the stress she experienced throughout her career being the only or token Black person in her workplaces.
Professional Mentorship
Black woman shares how throughout her career she hasn’t had a mentor and the impact that it’s had with her.
Giving and Taking Credit
Two Black women share their experiences in the workplace facing coworkers who attempted to to take credit for their ideas.
Direct Feedback
Two Black women commiserate over how they often notice that their coworkers tend not to come to them directly with any feedback and instead go to their supervisors.
Microaggressions Online
Black woman shares how microaggressions translate to online with video meetings
Experienced Some Type of Privilege
Black woman describes her experiences working for a small town where there are almost no Black people
Old Guard vs. New Guard
Black woman describes the challenges she has faced in her position and how she has faced pushback when trying to bring in new ideas
Your English Degree Is Going to Be Insufficient
Black immigrant woman describes her frustrations and fears living in the U.S. as a black woman.
Who Are You
African woman shares her experience with getting a job post 9/11 and having two resumes – one with her African name and one with her second name, an English name.
Transnational Microaggressions
Black woman shares a story of how she experienced transnational microaggressions in her job.
Never Just a Student
Two Black students discuss what it looks like to be Black women in high school and how they balance the burden of responsibility in the classroom.
What Are We Doing Right Now
Black man and Black woman police officer dialoguing on political atmosphere in this moment.
I’m Too Busy Taking Care of Everybody Else
Black woman police officer sharing with Black man police officer that she can finally take time – and feels guilty over missed time too
Strong Black Women
High school students describe their experiences as Black women in their school and the intersectional pressures they face.
The Black Tax
Two Black Gen X era sisters, one West Coast, one East, talking the summer of 2020 about microaggressions during the dual pandemics
The Support Structure Has Failed
Black woman describe her experiences with intersectional racism in the workforce.
Black Culture
Two students discuss what Black culture is and how it has been defined and controlled.
Microaggressions
Two students discuss when and how they experiences interpersonal and internalized racism.
Racial Reckoning: Living Under Twin Pandemics
Black woman grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about why folks are waking up during our COVID-racial reckoning moment
How Does My Life Not Matter?
Black woman grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about experiencing hyper-visibility throughout the pandemic and BLM
Not Even Engaging With Trump Supporters
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about setting limits with Trump supporters
Black Women Expending Labor
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about being supported, having opportunities, but also experiencing increased demand for labor.
Prioritizing Self
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about needing to prioritize self in midst of disparities.
Healing Value of Friendship
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about how their friendship provides healing support
Sustaining Practices As Our Refusal
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about how to create and practice sustainable resistance
It’s Not My Responsibility to Teach You Everything About What Racism Is
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about how to set limits to preserve energy
Creating Sanctuaries for Ourselves
Black woman grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about prioritizing self and family
Accessible and Radical Self-Care
Black grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about “radical rest,” listening to body, attending to family, not delaying rest
Becoming an Officer
Listen to this Seattle police officer recount her journey to becoming an officer.
Black Power in the Ivory Tower
Two Seattle residents reflect on how white Seattle-ites constantly question whether racism actually occurs in Seattle and microaggressing Black Seattle-ites into second-guessing their experiences.