community care
Aspiring Growth
Listen to this clip of a youth acknowledge the role his mentor has played in his personal development.
Core Aspects of Life
Listen to this clip of a youth and their mentor recognizing the benefits of mentorship.
Paving the Way
Listen as this speaker shares his story of mentoring young people through to college years.
Youth Companionship
Listen as two youth share their perspectives on what they like about being Black, and their school environment.
Navigating Environments
In this clip, listen as Reggie Oliver recalls key moments of his professional career as a Black man.
It’s So Great to Have That Community
In this clip, two Black grad students talk about the feeling of having community in an isolating situation like grad school.
Black Lives Memorial Garden
In this clip, a visitor to the Northwest African American Museum on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024 talks about how Seattle tearing down the Black Lives Memorial Garden is a symptom of the city’s hypocrisy.
Community Is an Intentional Choice
In this clip, two college students talk about the pandemic making them realize how important community is.
Institutional Time Instead of Connection Time
In this clip, two faculty of color discuss the lessons we should have learned but have not.
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.
How I Started Building My Own Community
In this clip, a first-gen Mexican UW student shares how she built a community at UW.
Staff Mental Health
In this clip, listen as Resilience Lab staff reflect on how, in prioritizing student needs and the impact of COVID-19 on students, there was a delay in recognizing how staff were also being impacted.
An Example of Care
Listen as the Director of the Resilience Lab describes how she participated in efforts to care for staff and their mental health during the pandemic under the leadership of the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
Uncertainties and Disparities
Listen to a student talk about the disparities faced by Black communities that were exacerbated by COVID-19.
Protecting Others in Uncertain Times
Listen to a grocery store worker share her perspective as an essential workers through the most intense part of quarantine.
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.
Providing Direct Community Support and Knowing Truth
Listen as the doctors and scientists who identified COVID-19 in the U.S. discuss how they were able to provide their community with support because they were on the frontlines and doing the research.
At the End of the Day You Got to Hold Each Other
In this clip, listen as a mother shares one part of pandemic life that she was grateful for – being able to hold her family when they hurt.
Supporting Black Businesses
In this clip, listen as mother and son reflect on why they buy from Black businesses.
How We Support BIPOC Led Businesses
Listen as these two dialogue partners discuss what it looks like to intentionally seek out and support BIPOC businesses.
Microaggressions in Class
In this clip you will here two graduate students discuss the ways microaggressions have shown up for them in classes while in school.
Let the Ancestors Guide You
In this clip, we will listen to community members discuss their experiences with home, connecting to roots and the values of our ancestors.
The Villages and the Elders That Raise Us
Two Black women discuss their experiences growing up in tight-knit communities and having elders in their lives to guide them.
Look for Words That Build People
Grandmother and her grandson discuss how language can be changed to nurture, uplift, and encourage people to be themselves rather than demean and confine people to labels.
Pan-Africanist Community-Building/Support
A Black and an Ethiopian student describe what it looks like to build community with one another.
How to Get Out of Bed to Fight Another Day
Two Black men share their coping strategies to sustain their energy in order to continue having conversations and learn and make it through the day.
You Learn to Prefer Whiteness
Black daughter sharing concerns about having a white partner who can help support in this moment
My Full Expression Got Diverted
Black mother sharing how she’s muted in her joy by white partner to daughter.
Connecting With Other Black People Who Are Similarly Questioning
Black mother sharing stories of connecting with other Black folks like her, daughter sharing desire for intentional communities.
I Realized How Much I Internalized My Stress Trying to Keep Everything Afloat
Black mother sharing story of cumulated stress w her daughter
I’m Not Just on One Side or the Other
Black man police officer sharing with Black woman police officer his feelings about how defund discourse is wrong one
If We Can’t Connect Over a Dog
Black woman police officer sharing with Black man police officer story of vet office refusing to take her money because she’s a cop.
This Is When Leaders Are Supposed to Step Forward When Things Are Really Tough
Black man police officer shares his perspective on the chief of police leaving and the impact of her leaving.
They’re Seeing When It Gets Hard We Just Leave
Black woman police officer shares her disappointment with leadership in this moment of police accountability and racial reckoning and how dialogue was limited and their community relationships were devalued.
What Are We Doing Right Now
Black man and Black woman police officer dialoguing on political atmosphere in this moment.
Race & Social Justice in the PD
Black man sharing w Black woman police officer on community race connections.
I Actually Think Nobody’s Taking Care of Me Except Me and God
Black man police officer sharing with Black woman police officer about being alone now.
Online Creative Community
Black friend describes her desire to find an online creative community for people of color to share their art.
Finding a Therapist in the Pandemic
Black friend talks about the challenges of finding therapists and seeking mental health services during the pandemic
Coping and Sharing Space
Black friend describes how White roommate has become main support because they can be in person
Is There Anything I Can Do to Help You Cope Better?
White friend asks how she can better support Black friend
Racism in Science
Interracial friends talk about how racist science as a field is especially in terms of population samples
Seeing Alone Time as Good
Black friend describes how her isolation during the pandemic has made her see alone time more positively
Stressors on Social Media
Black friend talks about how stressful it is to be on social media and how it no longer is a platform to destress
Do Videos Mobilize?
Interracial friends talk about how videos of police violence do or don’t mobilize individuals
Does It Really Actually Help Anything?
White student discusses impact of watching videos of police violence on social media
Black Mental Health
Black student describes how mental health is often not discussed in communities of color
We’re Not Experts, We’re Just Doing Our Best
White student describes how faculty in her department place the responsibility of education and representation on her
Of Her Own Volition
Two friends discuss the significance of the white friend taking the time to read and educate herself without placing the burden of education on Black friend
Boundaries
Online school invasive, anxiety about return to school, boundaries with family (erasing + redrawing them)
It’s Made Me Look at Family Differently
Black sister and brother on reaching out to family post-deaths
It’s All About People… We Are Not Opening Our Doors
Black sister and brother on heightened anxiety that comes during COVID and what that means for how they approach work and their community.
I Don’t Know How to Get the Vaccine
Black sister/brother on vaccine and how to get the COVID-19 vaccine
We Have to Fight for Our Lives
Black sister and brother on heightened anxiety that comes during COVID
The World Is Never Going to Be the Same
Black sister and brother lamenting the role that 45th president played in neglect of COVID.
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
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
Creating Sanctuaries for Ourselves
Black woman grad student in dialogue with fellow Black grad student about prioritizing self and family