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Richmond Racial Equity Essays: Podcast

Richmond Racial Equity Essays: Podcast

 
In this podcast, urban planner and diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Ebony Walden talks with 15 Richmonders from all walks of life and sectors to explore their visions for an equitable Richmond, especially as it relates to racial equity, and the strategies that will help us get there. We hope this can be a model for discussion in other U.S. cities.
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  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 1: Entrepreneurship and Engagement by Ebony Walden, Melody Short, and Adrienne Cole Johnson

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 1: Entrepreneurship and Engagement

    Ebony Walden, Melody Short, and Adrienne Cole Johnson

    Ebony Walden talks with Richmond Night Market and The Artisan Café co-creators Melody Short and Adrienne Cole Johnson about how Richmond can advance racial equity by supporting Black entrepreneurship and improving community engagement.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 2: Housing and Community Health by Ebony Walden, Patrice Shelton, and Sherrell Thompson

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 2: Housing and Community Health

    Ebony Walden, Patrice Shelton, and Sherrell Thompson

    Patrice Shelton and Sherrell Thompson converse with Ebony about their personal and professional experiences with public housing and as community health workers. From their perspective, racial equity requires better access to health resources and affordable housing for low to moderate income Richmonders.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 3: Creating a Thriving Community by Ebony Walden, Greta Harris, and Laura Lafayette

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 3: Creating a Thriving Community

    Ebony Walden, Greta Harris, and Laura Lafayette

    Ebony talks with affordable housing leaders Greta Harris of Better Housing Coalition and Richmond Association of Realtor’s Laura Lafayette, and they cast a vision for removing barriers so that everyone can thrive in Richmond.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 4: Equitable Green Spaces by Ebony Walden, Ted Elmore, and Sheri Shannon

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 4: Equitable Green Spaces

    Ebony Walden, Ted Elmore, and Sheri Shannon

    The BridgePark Foundation’s Ted Elmore and Southside ReLeaf’s Sheri Shannon discuss barriers and solutions to green space and environmental equity in Richmond.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 5: Affordable Housing Policy and Advocacy by Ebony Walden, Stephen Wade, and Laura Wright

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 5: Affordable Housing Policy and Advocacy

    Ebony Walden, Stephen Wade, and Laura Wright

    From discussing the impacts of redlining to combatting the eviction crisis, affordable housing advocates Stephen Wade of Partnership for Smarter Growth and Virginia Poverty Law Center’s Laura Wright make their case for policy changes and greater resource allocation to move towards housing equity.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 6: History and Innovation by Ebony Walden, Free Bangura, and Bill Martin

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 6: History and Innovation

    Ebony Walden, Free Bangura, and Bill Martin

    Historians Free Bangura of Untold RVA and The Valentine’s Bill Martin explore how telling the story of history truthfully can spark innovation and long-term change. For them, advancing equity involves truth telling, knowing our own story, and broadening the voices that highlight our past and shape our future.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 7: Disrupting Neighborhood Displacement and the School to Prison Pipeline by Ebony Walden, Latasha James, and Christopher Rashad Green

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 7: Disrupting Neighborhood Displacement and the School to Prison Pipeline

    Ebony Walden, Latasha James, and Christopher Rashad Green

    They met doing neighborhood work, and they want to disrupt the status quo of gentrification and the school to prison pipeline. Northside neighborhood resident Latasha James and community organizer Christopher Rashad Green speak truthfully about where we need to go and what we need to do to re-imagine our community.

  • Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 8: Academia, Arts, and Intersectionality by Ebony Walden and Chaz Barracks

    Racial Equity in Richmond: Episode 8: Academia, Arts, and Intersectionality

    Ebony Walden and Chaz Barracks

    Dr. Chaz Barracks speaks with Ebony from multiple perspectives and through many lenses but weaves together a dynamic personal history and professional expertise to craft a vision for a creative, intersectional approach to advancing racial equity in Richmond.

 
 
 

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