Speaking Queerly hosts Mallory Golski (she/her) and Isiah Harris (he/they) sit down with Rhonda Cumberbatch (she/her, he/him), KYC’s Director of Community Based Wellness, for a conversation about Rhonda’s experience growing up in Trinidad and moving to the United States, the supports and successes of KYC’s housing and community based wellness programs, race and racism, music and and more.

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