Episodes
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Puerto Rico Seven Months Later
A look at the lasting impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Guests: Dr. Pedro Reina-Pérez, Harvard’s Puerto Rico Winter Institute; Julio Varela, founder of LatinoRebels.com; Phillip Martin, WGBH; and Juan Carlos Morales, Surfside Capital Advisors. Also featured: a pre-taped interview with Dr. David Hall, president of the University of the Virgin Islands. -
The State of Education, Black Teachers Today
Callie Crossley sits down with educators from across the greater Boston area to discuss the state of teaching today and their experiences as teachers of color. -
The Importance of Mentoring
Our panel discusses mentoring young men and boys of color. Our guests are Robert Lewis Jr, founder of The Base, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston, James Morton, Rev. Dr. Emmett G. Price III from BPR’s “All Revved Up,” and Shawn Brown, Executive Director of Boston BAM – Becoming a Man. -
Defining and Assessing Feminism - What does it mean today?
Feminism -- what does it mean in the current political and social climate? -
Wakanda (and Black Cinema) Forever - Black Panther and the Oscars
"Black Panther" and Its Box Office Success -
Quinceaneras and Cotillions - Are they still Relevant?
Cotillions, Quinceanera, and Debutantes Guests: Marita Palavicini, co-manager of Vlima's Boutique. Chenita Daughtry, president of AKA Boston Chapter. April Effort Eugene, former Debutante. Kathy Lucas, vice president of Boston Pearl Foundation. -
LGBT People of Color and Healthcare
Callie and the guests talk about LGBT communities - what challenges do they face? What should the focus be? Healthcare, Housing, and Policing are among the issues discussed. Guests Dwayne Steward, director of community affairs at Fenway Health. -Madina Agenor, assistant professor of social behavioral sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. -Chastity Bowick, director of Transgender Emergency Fund. Neelam Vashi, director of the Boston University Center for Ethnic Skin. Dr. Vashi is also the assistant professor of dermatology at BU's School of Medicine. -
Why Mental Health in Communities of Color is its own Conversation
Mental Illness and Communities of Color Guests -Christine Crawford, M.D., M.P.H., child psychiatry resident at MGH/McLean Psychiatry. -Kwame Dance, clinical psychology doctoral student at William James College. -Xenia Johnson Bhembe, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. -Carolyn Reynolds, mental health and substance therapist at Whittier Street Health Center. -
Donald Trump's First Year in Office
Basic Black discussed the first year of the Trump presidency for communities of color. Panelists: Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice; Dr. Saida Grundy, Assistant Professor, Boston University; Dr. Paul Watanabe, Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston; Kim McLarin, Associate Professor at Emerson College. -
Gun Violence and Second Amendment Rights
This week, Basic Black discusses the Second Amendment, African-American gun ownership, and gun violence in communities of color. Panelists: Ayanna Pressley, Boston city councilor at-large; Dr. Chaitan Narsule, trauma surgeon at Boston Medical Center; Rachael Rollins, attorney and former prosecutor; and William Roach Jr., a certified firearms instructor at the Boston Gun and Rifle Association.
