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Crisis Conversations: Anti-Blackness in America

The coronavirus pandemic is completely upending the way we work, live, connect with one another and what we expect from our government, communities and each other. It鈥檚 all happening so fast that stress levels and anxiety are sky high. That鈥檚 why the Better Life Lab is hosting a weekly interactive conversation for people to come together, share stories and begin to make sense of what鈥檚 unfolding and what it could mean for the future of gender equity, health, how we work and how we live.

Crisis Conversations鈥揕ive from Better Life Lab is hosted by Brigid Schulte and produced by David Schulman.

Since May 25, tumultuous protests have engulfed the country 鈥 touched off by the murder of George Floyd, another black man who died at the hands of a white police officer. And as protests have transfixed the nation, data continues to show the coronavirus pandemic also is disproportionately affecting communities of color, On this essential episode of Crisis Conversations, host Brigid Schulte asks: What needs to change to end our country's entrenched structural racism,? And how do we create a better, fairer America?

To take on these questions, Better Life Lab's Brigid Schulte is joined by:

  • Angela Hanks, Deputy Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative, and author of聽Structural Racism is Exacerbating the Coronavirus Pandemic for Black People – Especially Black Women
  • Autumn McDonald, Senior fellow and head of 麻豆果冻传媒 California. She has been hosting聽COVID and the Black Community聽online conversations
  • Dr. Nicole Mason, President and CEO of the Institute for Women鈥檚 Policy Research
  • Kemi Role, Director of Work Equity at the National Employment Law Project

To hear more of this episode including stories and questions from callers, . You can also find this episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. The video of the conversation is down below.

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Autumn McDonald
Crisis Conversations: Anti-Blackness in America