The guest for this episode is Daphne Lee. Daphne Lee is a professional dancer with The Dance Theatre of Harlem, a graduate of Hollins University where she earned her MFA in Dance, an advocate, an ambassador, and much more. Listen to this podcast to hear more about her story, advice, and how she got to where she is today.

Follow Daphne Lee on social media:

Daphne’s Instagram: @daphne732

Daphne’s Facebook: @daphne.m.lee

Daphne’s Twitter: @daphne732

Website: www.daphnemlee.com

DTH Website: https://www.dancetheatreofharlem.org/

The guest for this episode is Stephanie Bell. Stephanie Bell is a media producer and journalist who specializes in photography and video production. Listen to this podcast to hear more about her story, advice, and how she got to where she is today.

Follow Stephanie Bell on social media:

Stephanie’s Personal Instagram: @xostephbell

Stephanie’s Business Instagram: @bystephaniebell

Website: https://www.stephbproductions.com/

Maya Whites is the Girl of the Month for our 8th issue! Maya is a senior at The Brearley School. She is the Co-Head of Umoja and on the Advisory Board. She also is the Host and Founder of the podcast: Independently Black. Listen to this podcast to hear more about Maya’s story and about the initiatives, programs, and events she’s put in place for Umoja.

Contact Maya via email: [email protected]

Independently Black Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/independentlyblack/?hl=en

Independently Black Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vOIjAcBjaqiFn5qErkzkd?si=AYpdWl_9RleFJQ3ycI-MUQ&nd=1

Today’s guest for this episode is Jada Jones. Jada is a YouTuber, podcaster, actor, dancer, and singer. Today we are talking about the different paths and options besides attending college and Jada’s experience. Come hear her journey and advice for those considering this path.

Follow Jada on social media -

Instagram: @jadajonesss

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/jadajones

Podcast: Highkey Adulting https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/highkey-adulting/id1447064993

Not in College Diaries Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4rZXhwl0ATGr0_jaVJrUxPW44VL3iWn1

Drew Townsel is the Girl of the Month for our 7th issue! Drew is the Founder & CEO of Intersect Magazine and a freshman at Loyola Marymount University. She also works with Sony Music U and has an internship with 10k Projects. Listen to this podcast to hear more about Drew’s story and about how she created Intersect Magazine.

Follow Drew and Intersect Magazine on social media:

Drew’s instagram: @drewtownsel

Intersect Magazine: https://www.intersectmagazine.com/

Intersect Magazine’s instagram: @intersectmagazine

Josie Helm is the Girl of the Month for our 5th issue! Josie is a Junior in High school at The Brearley School in New York City. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Black Students Demanding Change (BSDC).

"BSDC is dedicated to fostering a centralized community space where Black students feel heard, supported, and celebrated. We work to implement racially equitable reform in private schools across the U.S. by serving as an intermediary between Black students and our administrations."

Follow Josie and BSDC on social media:

Josie's instagram: @josieehelm

BSDC's insatgrams: @bsdcnational @bsdcny @bsdcdmw

BSDC's website: https://www.blackstudentsdemandingchange.org/

Hi and welcome to Kaleidoscope Teen Magazine’s podcast. My name is Madalyn Salkowsky and I am a human being.  First I'd like to start off by saying how proud I am of you for tuning into this podcast and wanting to  further your knowledge on some problems in the world today. This podcast will be about societal and systemic racism and how we as Americans can be the best versions of ourselves.

RESOURCES:

Instagram accounts- @blklivesmatter, @privtoprog, @antiracism_collective, @talkspace, @civilrightsorg, @aoc, @idontmind

Podcasts you can listen to - A Decade Of watching Black People Die, We’ve Been Here Before, “I can’t breathe.” Again.

Instagram live I loved is now in the IGTV section of Melissa Benoist’s Instagram titled, “COFFEE LIVE”.

You can go to chnge.org and sign endless petitions, and there are multiple documentaries you can watch to further educate yourself.

- Madalyn Salkowsky

In this episode, we will talk about the importance of solidarity between people of color in order to dismantle the roots of all of this: white supremacy. We will place the Black Lives Matter movement in the context of everything else happening in the world right now, and learn to stop playing the Oppression Olympics.

- Tazrean Hossain

In this episode, we will break down what it really means to be an ally as an Asian-American. Now that we know the history of prejudice between Asian-Americans and Black-Americans and understand why the arguments made against allyship aren’t valid, how do we, as Asian-Americans, actually become better allies and hold ourselves accountable? This episode will talk about what allyship looks like and how to practice accountability, from my perspective as a South Asian at a predominantly white school.

RESOURCES:

PROTESTING INFOGRAPHIC: https://www.amnestyusa.org/pdfs/SafeyDuringProtest_F.pdf

Some petitions:

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-board-officially-name-the-fairlington-bridge-black-lives-matter-bridge

BLM Resource Guides (includes petitions, tips for protesters, mental health resources, educational resources, and places to donate to): https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1yxj0kSC2-LzINUlfNMEV_Qi-7ZtWCTLSua3Z-9XFNqA/mobilebasic

Specifically for Asian-Americans:

https://asianamericanadvocacyfund.org/asians-for-black-lives

Sources:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-tell-if-a-charity-_b_9806518

- Tazrean Hossain

In this episode, we will debunk the arguments that Asian-Americans often use against Black Lives Matter, such as “What have they done for us?”, “We worked hard to succeed, why can’t they?”, and “We’re minorities too, so how could we even help?” through the lens of the model minority myth. We will learn about how Black activists have aided Asian-Americans in achieving civil rights. This episode will give you talking points for your Asian family members who don’t want to support Black Lives Matter and prove why arguments against Asian-American allyship are futile.

- Tazrean Hossain