Black Women’s History Month and the Radical Power of Community
It’s March and we are commemorating Black Women’s History and honoring the brilliance, labor, creativity, and resistance of Black women ...
S7, Ep 064 with Hasan Salaam “King Noire” on Black Love as Liberation and Healing Through Social Justice Advocacy, Consent & Pleasure
It’s #BlackHistoryMonth 365 and Dr. Yndia is joined by Hasan Salaam (King Noire), social justice activist, sex educator, writer, and ...
Healing Through Black Love: Community, Consent, and Justice
The month of February often centers romantic love but it is also Black History Month #BHM365, a time when we ...
S7, Ep 063 with Tonika Lewis Johnson, MacArthur Genius and Chi-Town Artist Reimagining Reparations as Reclaiming Home, Dignity, and Neighborhoods
In this episode, MacArthur Genius and Chicago-based artist Tonika Lewis Johnson joins host Dr. Yndia for a deeply moving conversation ...
We Building: A Growth Moment for Belonging to Blackness Podcast and What’s Next in 2026
It’s January 2026 and we’re filled with deep gratitude and anticipation for what’s ahead in the new year. 2025 was ...
S7, Ep 062 with Sherece Brown, founder of Dr. Pabs, Pineapple is a Berry on the importance of all natural, plant-based wellness on Black family health and prosperity
It’s December and this month offers an opportunity to prioritize our wellness in ways that feel nourishing, restorative, and empowering ...
Nourish What’s Next: Preparing Our Minds, Bodies, and Dreams for 2026
With the New Year 2026 a few weeks away, December is a month we hold both reflection and anticipation of ...
S7, Ep 061 with Ieasha James, award-winning luxury event designer, visionary founder and Creative Director of Endless Flair Events, on aligning faith and purpose in design and visual storytelling
In this episode, Dr. Yndia sits with award-winning luxury event designer Ieasha James, founder and creative director of Endless Flair ...
Season of Shine: Celebrating Black Visionaries Lighting the Way Forward
It’s November, a month typically focused on gratitude, gathering, and reflection, and we are reminded to honor what has been ...
S7, Ep 060 with visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and broadcaster Simon Frederick on Redefining Black Representation in British Art and Media
In celebration of UK’s Black History Month, this episode Dr. Yndia features award-winning British-Grenadian visual artist, photographer, and filmmaker Simon ...
Celebrating Black History Month in the UK: Featuring Acclaimed Artist and Filmmaker Simon Frederick
October is Black History Month in the United Kingdom, a month dedicated to recognizing and honoring the monumental impact of ...
Belonging to Blackness Named Finalist for 2025 Black Podcasting Awards: Podcast of the Year!
Ayyyyyyy! We’re thrilled to share our podcast Belonging to Blackness has been named a Finalist for Podcast of the Year ...
We’re Finalists! Help Us Win the 2025 Signal Awards Listener’s Choice
Good people!
We have some exciting news to share: our podcast, BELONGING TO BLACKNESS has been named a finalist for the ...
S7, Ep 059 with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., scholar, political commentator and NYT author of We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For
WE ARE BACK! In this Season 7 premiere, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., scholar, ...
Changing Seasons, Lasting Power: Belonging to Blackness, Season 7 Premieres
There’s something undeniably seductive about the beginning of the fall season. Slightly cooler air carries both memory and possibility, the ...
S6, Ep 058 with Edna Bonhomme, historian, global public intellectual and author of A History of the World in Six Plagues
It’s June and Caribbean American Heritage month! In this Season 6 finale, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with historian of ...
More than Mangoes and Music: Honoring Caribbean American Heritage, Legacies, and its Global Imprint
Since 2006, the month of June is the time we officially celebrate Caribbean American Heritage, by honoring the legacies and ...
A 2017 Book That Resonates in 2025
Every so often, a piece of work circles back into the conversation in unexpected ways—and reminds you that its ideas ...
S6, Ep 057 with 3x-Super Bowl Champion and TV sports commentator Devin McCourty on being a champion and advocate for our communities
In this episode, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with guest, Devin McCourty on always being a champion—in the NFL, on ...
May Is for the Future: Celebrating, Supporting, and Uplifting Our Youth
For many of us, May is a month we begin to embrace joy and beauty all around—blooming flowers in full ...
S6, Ep 056 with Shadan Deleveaux, Google global recruiter and co-founder of TechFIN, on representation of Blackness in tech: bridging the divide
In this episode, Dr. Yndia is in conversation with guest, Dr. Shadan Deleveaux, Google global recruiter and co-founder of the ...
Aperire! The Promise & Possibilities of Tech for Black Communities
Spring is in full swing! And while the month of April often brings rain to blossoming flowers and trees, the ...
S6, Ep 055 with Mitchell Jackson, Pulitzer Prize winning author on Re-visioning Black life through stories
Spring forward with Dr. Yndia in this episode with her guest, Pulitzer Prize winning author Mitchell Jackson. Delving into the ...
Spring Ahead, Re-visioning Black Life
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Here in the US, March is a month that reminds us of spring’s upcoming arrival. It is also ...
NEW PODCAST SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Get Konnected! X Belonging to Blackness Podcast
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S6, Ep 054 with Tawny Chatmon, photographic artist, on the art and regal reflection of Black life
It’s #BHM365 and Dr. Yndia is excited to be in conversation with Tawny Chatmon, award-winning photographic artist, on the topic ...
We Press Forward! January/February 2025
After a much-needed holiday rest, the Belonging to Blackness team is back with the second half of Season 6 of ...
S6, Ep 053 with Wendy Eley Jackson on Black Storytelling and Producing for TV and Film
It's the second half of Season 6 and we are kicking off 2025 with a focus on storytelling. In ...
Happy Holidays 2024! Our Year-End Reflection
‘Tis the season to reflect on the year gone and be filled with hope for the beauty and possibilities the ...
S6, Ep052 with Charla Jones, founder/CEO of the award-winning skincare brand Eu2Be, on Black beauty as more than skin deep
In this episode, host Dr. Yndia is in conversation with guest Charla Jones, founder and CEO of Eu2Be cosmetics brand. ...
S6, Ep 051 with Talib Jasir, founder of Afros & Audio, on Black podcast communities and why they are important
Now, more than ever, the timeliness and significance of Black podcasting communities is critical to the sanctity and survival of ...
The Fight Continues! The Timeliness and Significance of Black Podcasting Communities
For those who have been keeping up with the podcast Belonging to Blackness’ recent announcement, the entire team is still ...
PODCAST BELONGING TO BLACKNESS IS A 2024 SIGNAL AWARDS WINNER FOR BEST CURATORS THAT SHAPE CULTURE!
The Belonging to Blackness, LLC podcast team is excited to share the following press release announcing its WIN as a ...
S6, Ep 050 with Joy-Ann Reid and Goldie Taylor on The Right to be Loved (Live Show) x Give Black Alliance
Rebroadcast of Live Show recording: Belonging to Blackness Podcast x Give Black Alliance #CouchConversations speaker series (August 18 2024 on ...
October Reflections: Belonging to Blackness Podcast x GBA LIVE SHOW with Joy-Ann Reid and Goldie Taylor
Left to Right: Dr. Yndia (Belonging to Blackness Podcast), featured guests Joy-Ann Reid and Goldie Taylor, & Bithiah Carter (President ...
S6, Ep 049 with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on the power of Black womanhood in 2024 U.S. politics
Season 6 debut! Host Dr. Yndia is in conversation with guest Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) about the power of Black ...
WELCOME BACK! PODCAST SEASON 6 DEBUT & OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
It’s September and the fall season always brings beautiful transformation with the promise of comfort and exceeding joy for the ...
Belonging to Blackness Podcast x Give Black Alliance: Live Show Recording on Martha’s Vineyard!
That's right! Belonging to Blackness, podcast is recording its 1st live show on Martha’s Vineyard on August 18, 2024, at 3pm ...
REBRAND ANNOUNCEMENT! BELONGING TO BLACKNESS, THE PODCAST
Summer offers us all an opportunity to REFRESH and RESET. With that, we are proud to announce our launch brand ...
S5, Ep 048 on 5-Star Luxury at MBano Manor (Zimbabwe) with Dr. Mati, first Black female Hotelier
In the Season 5 finale, join host Yndia as she sits with Dr Matifadza Martha Nyazema (affectionately referred to as ...
Zimbabwe: Experiencing Blackness & 5-Star Luxury at MBano Manor with Doc Mati, First Black Female Hotelier
MBano Manor by Mantis, 5-Star Luxury Hotel in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, est.2020
Welcome back, good people! You’ve been passport ready and ...
S5, Ep 047 with M’Hudi Wines, first and oldest Black-owned wine farm & brand in Stellenbosch South Africa
In this episode, #47, we venture to the western Cape province of South Africa to Stellenbosch winelands. Host Yndia is ...
South Africa’s Stellenbosch at M’Hudi Wines, First & Oldest Black-owned Wine Farm and Brand
Good people, thanks for being on the podcast’s diasporic journey through the country of South Africa. This month we venture ...
S5, Ep 046 with Bo-Kaap Kombius Restaurateur Yusef Larney on Colouredness in Cape Town, South Africa
We are in Cape Town and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa! Host Yndia continues her exploration of what it ...
Cape Town, South Africa: Coloured in Bo-Kaap
Welcome back, folks! The podcast’s diasporic journey in southern Africa continues. This month we are in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town and ...
S5, Ep 045 with political analyst and author Tessa Dooms on Blackness & being Coloured in South Africa
In this episode, the podcast's journey continues in South Africa. Host Yndia is in conversation with South African sociologist, ...
Being Black and Coloured in South Africa
Good people! The podcast is still in South Africa and venturing across Johannesburg and the various neighboring townships. I am ...
S5, Ep 044 with Antoinette Sithole and the Legacy of the Hector Pieterson Museum in SOWETO
In this episode, journey to South Africa's SOWETO with host Yndia as she visits the Hector Pieterson memorial site and ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Goes to South Africa & Zimbabwe!
For those who have been following the podcast, its Season 5 and we are grateful to each of our dedicated ...
2024 Black History Month Featured Guest Interview on Afros & Audio Podcast!
Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD was a featured guest on the podcast Afros & Audio's 2024 Black History Month interview series with ...
S5, Ep 043 with Hannah Drake and Josh Miller of (Un)Known Project on using art to unearth the names of enslaved African descendants
Kicking off the new year, this episode features co-founders and leaders of (Un)Known Project, Hannah Drake and Josh Miller. ...
New Sponsorship Announcement!
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S5, Ep 042 with Terysa Ridgeway, computer scientist and author of the children’s book series “Terysa Solves It”
'Tis the Season! It's December and this month commemorates Computer Literacy and Computer Science Education. This episode features guest Terysa ...
S5, Ep 041 with award-winning journalist and historian Nadege Green on Black Miami Dade and Black digital archives
Sak Pase! It's episode #41 with guest Nadege Green, award-winning journalist, historian and founder of Black Miami Dade, an emerging ...
S5, Ep 040 with Rob Marriott/alias DJ Tafari (humanitarian, artist, Hip Hop journalist and documentarian) about the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop and the state of the Culture
We are talking all the things Hip Hop in Ep #40! with guest Rob Marriott, a pioneering voice and thought ...
S5, Ep 039 with Sheena Collier, CEO of Boston While Black, on the importance of Black spaces
Season 5 premier is bigger than ever! Nominated for the 2023 Podcaster of the Year Award (Black Podcasting Awards). In ...
Podcast Nominated for 2023 Podcaster of the Year Award, Black Podcasting Awards!
WE OUT HERE! Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness podcast is Black Podcasting Awards 2023 Podcaster of the Year Nominee!! ...
Nominate/Vote: People’s Choice Podcast Awards 2023 for Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Podcast!!
Show up/Show out your support for our podcast, Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness, for a podcast award. Make your ...
S4, Ep 038 on Summertime Rest, Refresh & Reimagining (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)
By popular demand, Special Topics! In this Season 4 finale, host Yndia ushers in the season of summer. She ...
S4, Ep 037 with Tiffani Johnson, physician scientist and President of Academic Pediatric Association on dismantling racism through clinical practice
Good people, Ep 37! Host Yndia is in conversation with the beloved research-scholar and pediatric emergency medicine physician, Dr. Tiffani ...
S4, Ep 036 with Malik Yoba (NAACP Image Award winner, Hollywood veteran actor and entrepreneur) about increasing health and wealth equity in Black diasporic communities
Host Yndia sits with Hollywood veteran actor, musician, activist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Malik Yoba. Best known for his 30+ years ...
S4, Ep 035 with Colette Phillips, award-winning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) pioneer, on “The Includers” anti-racists and white allies
Celebrating Women's History Month with guest Colette Phillips, President, CEO and founder of Get Konnected! An award-winning Diversity, Equity and ...
S4, Ep 034 with Dr. Bernard Harris (former NASA astronaut and author) about being the first African American to walk in space and the importance of Black children in STEAM education
It's Black History! Host Yndia interviews scientist, surgeon, retired NASA astronaut and the first African American to walk in ...
S4, Ep 033 with African American/Visual Studies author Jasmine Nichole Cobb on “New Growth: The Art and Texture of Black Hair”
All things Hair and Visuality! Host Yndia is in conversation with Jasmine Nichole Cobb, author and scholar of African & ...
S4, Ep 032 with Javaka Steptoe, award-winning children’s book author & illustrator, about Black storytelling through art
In this episode, host Yndia is in conversation with nationally-renowned children's book author and illustrator, Javaka Steptoe. Listen in as ...
S4, Ep 031 with Ruth E. Carter (two-time Academy Award winner for Fashion/Costume Design) about Black futurism and working with Oprah, Spike Lee and Chadwick Boseman
#WakandaForever! Host Yndia chats with Academy Award Winner, costume designer and AfroFuturist, Ruth E. Carter about her almost four-decade long ...
S4, Ep 030 with media executive and author Charity C. Elder on “Power: The Rise of Black Women in America”
In this episode, host Yndia sits with Charity C. Elder, award-winning journalist and media executive and author of the book, ...
S4, Ep 029 with historical fiction author Natasha Gordon-Chipembere of “Finding La Negrita” on the legacy of African descended storytelling in Latin America and the Caribbean
In this Season 4 premiere, host Yndia is in conversation with author, editor and professor of African diasporic literature, Natasha ...
S3, Ep 028 with Desiree Gordon, cultural strategist and curator on how art and art institutions are tools for social justice, wellness and equity
Season 3 finale celebrates June as Caribbean Heritage Month with guest Desiree Gordon, an Antiguan healing artist, singer and cultural ...
S3, Ep 027 on Trusting the Process (Special Topic with Dr. Yndia)
Special Topic Episode: "Trusting the Process" with host Yndia. By popular demand, this episode focuses on what it ...
S3, Ep 026 with Regine Jean-Charles, english professor and author on the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Trumpet of Conscience” today (Live recording)
Part of the year-long Reimagining Together speaker series (Fall 2021- Spring 2022) held at Northeastern University in Boston, Host Yndia ...
S3, Ep 025 with Yvonne Blake of Hakim’s Bookstore, the first and oldest Black-owned Bookstore in US about the importance of Black-owned community spaces
In this episode, Host Yndia sits down with legacy owner Yvonne Blake of Hakim's Bookstore. Founded in 1959, Hakim's ...
S3, Ep 024 with Kevin Adonis Browne, poet, photographer and winner of the Bocas Literary Prize on visual arts and carnival cultures
In this episode, host Yndia sits down with photographer, poet, and professor Kevin Adonis Browne, winner of the 2019 Bocas ...
Featured! Blubrry Podcasting February 2022 Podcaster of the Month: Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, host of Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness #BlackHistory365
Check out the Blubrry Podcasting by RawVoice blog feature of podcast host Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, commemorating Black History Month in February ...
S3, Ep 023 with Shameek Cook, producer, actor and screenwriter, on scaling the “invisible Hollywood wall”
In this episode host Yndia chats with producer, actor and professional screenwriter, Shameek Cook. Drawing on his personal and professional ...
S3, Ep 022 with Amanda Bates of The Black Expat on traveling while Black and being a “third culture kid”
In this episode #22, host Yndia sits with Amanda Bates, founder and creative director of The Black Expat, a multimedia ...
S3, Ep 021 with Black Farmers Collective about the historical legacy of Black farming, sustainable food systems and food justice
Season 3, Episode 021: In this episode, host Yndia sits down with Black Farmers Collective’s managing director Ray Williams and ...
Announcement! New Social Media Platform IG@JourneysB2B_Podcast
Do you LOVE and follow Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness, the podcast?
We are expanding!
Introducing the podcast's newly ...
S3, Ep 020 with Janell Hobson on her book, “When God Lost Her Tongue,” and the Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Series
Season 3, Episode 20: Host Yndia sits down with professor and author Janell Hobson to discuss her latest book, When ...
S3, Ep 019 with Mahogany L. Browne (performance poet, activist and inaugural Lincoln Center Poet-in-Residence) about Black freedom and Black girlhood
In this SEASON 3 PREMIERE, host Yndia is in conversation with guest Mahogany L. Browne, performance poet, author and the ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Podcast: Announcement, Season 3 Coming Soon!
https://youtu.be/2d-AiObN6TU
Season 3: Available September 2021
Listen & Subscribe Wherever Podcasts Are Available!
S2, Ep 018 with Anton Nimblett, acclaimed Trinidadian poet and short story author on his most recent collection “Now/After”
In this season 2 finale, Host Yndia sits with acclaimed poet and short story author Anton Nimblett to discuss his ...
S2, Ep 017 with Moya Z. Bailey (author and digital scholar) on her term “Misogynoir” and the significance of #Hashtag Activism
Misogynoir Transformed with guest Moya Bailey! Listen to this engaging convo between host Yndia and Moya as they discuss ...
S3, Ep 016 with Kinitra D. Brooks on her Root.com series for HBO’s LoveCraft Country, Black women in horror and The Lemonade Reader (Beyonce’s visual album)
All the things Afro-Futurism, Conjure Feminism, Ethnobotany, and Black Women in Horror are just few of the topics discussed when ...
S2, Ep 015 with Tonya C. Hegamin, award-winning YA author, on the importance of play as a way to amplify Black joy and healing
Award-winning YA author Tonya C. Hegamin chats with host Yndia about Black-Indigenous family folklore, being a (dis)ability advocate along with ...
Congratulations, Dr. Yndia Lorick-Wilmot! Boston’s 100 Most Impactful Black Women 2021, featured on ABC/WCVB-TV’s CityLine (Channel 5) Segment
captured: Dr. Yndia Lorick-Wilmot and Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, two recipients
Award presented by Boston's Premier Multicultural Professional and Business Network Get Konnected! in ...
JourneysB2B YouTube Channel, Episode 4: The Imposition of Blackness
This episode discusses the "imposition of Blackness" as it relates to the white supremacy project of racialization, racial schema and ...
S2, Ep 014 with Chef Keesha O’Galdez of Gourmet Diva on being a Black women chef and her upcoming appearance on Food Network’s Chopped
Chef Keesha O'Galdez, founder and executive chef of The Gourmet Diva in NYC, sits down with host Yndia to talk ...
S2, Ep 013 with Vilna Bashi Treitler, sociologist and visual artist, on being named to the Zora Canon in 2020 for one of the best 100 books ever written by an African American woman and her forthcoming memoir “Schooled”
In this episode, your host Yndia talks with Vilna Bashi Treitler, PhD, author, sociologist and visual artist. A curator and ...
JourneysB2B YouTube Channel, Episode 3: Blackness is, Blackness Ain’t
In this episode, we begin to explore how Blackness is an aspect of the human experience and what it means ...
S2, Ep 012 with Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner and HIV prevention researcher, on testing, prevention and health promotion for African descended people across the diaspora
In this episode, Host Yndia sits down with Dr. Natalie LeBlanc, public health practitioner, NIH-funded AIDS and HIV prevention researcher, ...
The Gloria E. Anzaldúa Prizewinner: Yndia Lorick-Wilmot, PhD (2020-2021)
The 2020-2021 prizewinner is YNDIA S. LORICK-WILMOT, PhD
The American Studies Association is proud to recognize the continuing high level of ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness YouTube Live Stream of Podcast: Black Creatives Reflect on film, “40-Year-Old-Version”
Podcast "Talking" Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness YouTube Live Stream Discussion: Black Creatives Reflect on Radha Blank's directorial debut, "40-Year-Old ...
S2, Ep 011 with Christen Smith of #CiteBlackWomen (founder & activist) about citational practices & Black women’s brilliance
Host Yndia is in deep conversation with Dr. Christen Smith, professor, Black feminist anthropologist, author and founder of #CiteBlackWomen, a ...
Contributor! The Colored Girls Museum Digital Exhibition
(September 21- October 9 2020)
Excited to participate with some phenomenal creatives in The Colored Girls Museum's digital exhibition and tribute ...
S2, Ep 010 with Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl (author, founder & convener) about the power of books & community
Host Yndia is in conversation with Glory Edim, founder of #WellReadBlackGirl, author of Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness: Podcast Season 2 Debuts September 2020!
https://youtu.be/_sQUtdx5Ycs
JourneysB2B YouTube Channel, Episode 2: Sankofa
Episode 2 "Sankofa" highlights the significance of "the call of belonging" for African descendants as seen in the Year of ...
JourneysB2B YouTube Channel, Episode 1: Stories They Tell
Episode 1 "Stories They Tell" briefly discusses the African descended "origin story" as negatively depicted in popular culture and ...
S1, Ep 009 with Victorious DeCosta (film producer and documentarian) about his films Storm Over Brooklyn: The Yusef Hawkins Story and Digging for Weldon Johnson, the importance of biopics and Black men’s mental health
In this episode, Yndia chats with award-winning documentarian and producer, Victorious DeCosta about his latest film and t.v projects, including ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness- Special Episode (YouTube Release): #UPRISINGS 2020, Part 1
Video Recording Release: June 4 (JourneysB2B YouTube Channel)
Listeners and supporters of my digital media project, Journeys of Belonging 2 ...
S1, Ep 008 with Courtney Desiree Morris (visual and conceptual artist) for “Exploring Passages Within the Black Diaspora” and “Adjust Yo’ Eyes For This Darkness”
In this episode, host Yndia sits down with Courtney Desiree Morris, visual/conceptual artist for exhibits "Exploring Passages Within the Black ...
S1, Ep 007 with Chef Michael Poole of Hot Chocolat Artisan (award-winning chocolatier) about the art of Black food
In this episode, host Yndia is talking about all things Fire! with award-winning Chef Michael Poole, master chocolatier of Hot ...
S1, Ep 006 with Kathryn Sophia Belle, philosopher and owner of La Belle Vie on Black self-empowerment, being a high achiever, happily unmarried and erotic empowerment
In this episode, host Yndia is engaged in a fun, intellectually stimulating and titillating conversation with Dr. Kathryn Sophia Belle, ...
S1, Ep 005 with Alicia Anabel Santos “La Santera” on ancestral veneration and what it means to “stand in the fullness of one’s Blackness” (part 2)
Part 2: In this episode, host Yndia continues the conversation with Alicia Anabel Santos "La Santera" as they discuss what ...
S1, Ep 004 with Alicia Anabel Santos “La Santera” on ancestral veneration and what it means to “stand in the fullness of one’s Blackness” (part 1)
Part 1: In this episode, host Yndia Lorick-Wilmot sits down with Alicia Anabel Santos "La Santera" author, podcaster, producer and ...
S1, Ep 003 with Michele Simms-Burton (certified instructional designer, author and founding board member of the Toni Morrison Society)on the 2020 Smithsonian seminar on the life and works of her colleague Toni Morrison
In this episode, host Yndia sits down with Michele Simms-Burton, PhD, scholar of African American history and literature, certified instructional ...
S1, Ep 002 with Masauko Chipembere of BLK Sonshine on music and the legacy of Malawian Freedom Fighters Henry Masauko and Catherine Chipembere(part 2)
S1, Ep 002: Part 2. In this episode, host Yndia continues her conversation Masauko Chipembere, internationally renowned jazz musician and ...
S1, Ep 001 with Masauko Chipembere of BLK Sonshine on music and the legacy of Malawian Freedom Fighters Henry Masauko and Catherine Chipembere(part 1)
Season 1, Ep 001: Part 1. In this episode, host Yndia Lorick-Wilmot chats with internationally renowned jazz musician and son ...
My NYT Interview and Talking My Own Journey of Belonging to Blackness
A few weeks ago I wrote an op-ed published in the Brooklyn Eagle that shared the significance of my family ...
Talking Journeys of Belonging 2 Blackness Podcast: Announcement
New! Check out this new podcast show with Yndia Lorick-Wilmot called "Talking Journeys of Belonging to Blackness," which debuts ...
Racist Art Display + Halloween 2019
It’s Halloween y’all!
For folks who have been following this news story in the NYT, Amersterdam News, the NY ...
Fall: The Season of Transition and Preparation
As much as I enjoy the sun and beach weather, drinking
margaritas with friends and a slower pace of life that ...
June is Caribbean American Heritage Month
For folks that know me, celebrating my Caribbean heritage is an important aspect of my ethnic and personal identity that ...
The Nostalgia of School Daze
If you are an aficionado of Black “coming of age” comedies and commentaries that embed Black culture of the late ...
Musings on Black Love as Self-Love
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, I went
through the exercise of identifying and framing, for my desk, three ...
Hair, Hair, oh,Glorious Hair is NOT Innocuous
Hair, hair, hair, hair... Grow it, show it... Long as I can grow it... My hair.. I ...
Sisterhood is Family
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.Oprah Winfrey
We often set aside the month of March ...
If you think Blackface is cool, then you support white supremacy–and we can’t be friends…
Full stop.
Wearing bronzer and foundation 7+ more shades darker than
your natural skin tone, exaggerating and bastardizing certain physical features,
dress, ...
Black History Month 2019: A Reflective Essay
seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our ...
The Journey Begins…
I once read somewhere that writers who don't accept they're on a journey into the unknown will never produce works ...