Brave Space LIVE

Many of us don't think about the idea that participating in outdoorsy culture is not only a privilege but in many ways holds hidden racial discrimination, from the history of lynching to native treaty violation. From the National Parks service to Mt. Rushmore to inter-generational trauma to shopping for hiking boots, nature activities hold a legacy of problematics for BIPOC folks. Join Tychelle and Mel this week for a conversation on decolonizing our relationships to the great outdoors.

How have white women's tears been weaponized against people of color? How has the term "Karen" been appropriated? We are speaking tonight with Rebecca Larsen - a social media anti-racist activist who has taking audiences on her journey of education and self-growth for the last year. Join us for this conversation on racism, patriarchy, and intersectionality.

It can be tough to navigate multiple identities in different social spaces. Join us for a conversation on comedy, code switching, and respectability politics with standup comic and award-winning podcast host, Shereen Kassam.

A lot of us use the terms race and ethnicity interchangeably, but these words have different meanings and histories. This week Tychelle and Mel discuss the question of "white ethnicity" and what it means for white folks to claim an ethnic identity.

Jolly Good Ginger is a military veteran who grew up with a confederate flag in his front yard and was taught racism from a young age in the mountains of North Carolina. Today he is an anti-racism activist, speaking to audiences around the country on ways to white America can work to resist and overcome learned racism and systemic oppression. In this episode, he joins Tychelle and Mel for a conversation on what it means to unlearn whiteness - the "blanket that protects white supremacy" - and how white folks can learn to do anti-racist work while staying accountable to BIPOC communities.

Join Tychelle and Mel with special guest Carissa Hyunhee Casey as they discuss the complex dynamics and history of interracial dating and marriage. Both Carissa and Tychelle are in interracial relationships and speak from their experiences.

What's so bad about civility and asking people to just be nice to each other? Did you know it has its roots deep in colonization? Tychelle and Mel dive into the ways civility and niceness benefit white people and people with privilege and power, and hurt BIPOC folks and people who have been historically marginalized and underserved. 

In this episode, Tychelle and Mel talk about why friendships between Black and white women are so challenging and ways we can forge better friendships across difference.

Welcome to Brave Space LIVE, a show about anti-oppression and communal healing. In this trailer, Tychelle and Mel talk about who they are, how they met, why they started this show.

Streaming every Tuesday 8pmEST @bravespacelive on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Check out more info at bravespacelive.com @bravespacelive