Episodes

  • S2 Ep7: Equity in the Arts: A Conversation with Performer Gina Quinones

    S2 Ep7: Equity in the Arts: A Conversation with Performer Gina Quinones
    Jun 22 2021
    Blanca and Rai talk with Latina mother, teacher, and performer Gina Quinones about her identity evolution as an Afro-Latina and how the arts community is long overdue for a reckoning on race.
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • S2 Ep6: Black Women Belong in Politics with Shanequa Moore

    S2 Ep6: Black Women Belong in Politics with Shanequa Moore
    Jun 2 2021
    In this episode of W.O.C. at Work, Rai and Blanca sit down with community activist, social worker, and NYC City Council candidate, Shanequa E. Moore to discuss the unmet needs in our communities surrounding fair housing and access to quality education. They also talk about why Shanequa decided to run for office after decades as a nonprofit executive, and how Black and Brown women can better show up for each other in the political arena.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • S2 Ep5: Girl Get Your Money Straight: A Conversation With Tiffany Hawkins

    S2 Ep5: Girl Get Your Money Straight: A Conversation With Tiffany Hawkins
    May 25 2021
    Financial and investment advisor, Tiffany Hawkins of The Momentum Advisors, joins Rai and Blanca for a conversation about women of color and our money. Why is there a wealth gap between white women and women of color, and what can we do about it today? Listen to find out how women of color can grow our wealth! 
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • S2 Ep4: Chicanas, Black Women, and Activism: A Conversation with Carmen Perez

    S2 Ep4: Chicanas, Black Women, and Activism: A Conversation with Carmen Perez
    May 18 2021
    Rai and Blanca sit with activist, leader, wife, mom, and all-around badass, Carmen Perez about her identity as a Chicana woman. She also discusses Black and Brown co-conspiratorship and how this differs from allyship. Carmen also reveals never-before discussed details about her time as a primary organizer for The Women's March and how white, liberal women failed the women of color on that organizing team.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • S2 Ep3: Black Women in Medicine with Dr. Ankrehah Trimble

    S2 Ep3: Black Women in Medicine with Dr. Ankrehah Trimble
    May 11 2021
    Thinking about getting the covid vaccine? Want more information about what this vaccine is and how it was developed? Rai and Blanca talk with Dr. Kre-a family medicine physician, entrepreneur, and an encourager to working wives everywhere. Listen as she discusses how to get the most out of your doctor's visits, why she was originally hesitant about the vaccine (but changed her mind), and how to delegate unwanted tasks to focus on your true heart's desires.
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    59 mins
  • S2 Ep2: Muslim in America: A Conversation with Dr. Hasina Mohyuddin

    S2 Ep2: Muslim in America: A Conversation with Dr. Hasina Mohyuddin
    May 4 2021
    Blanca and Rai sit down with Dr. Hasina Mohyuddin, a scholar and DEI professional at Vanderbilt University, to hear her story of being a Muslim woman in America. She shares her research with us about the effects of Islamaphobia on children. We also discuss what your workplace can do right now to support its Muslim workers.
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • S2 Ep1: What A Year!

    S2 Ep1: What A Year!
    Apr 27 2021
    In this episode of W.O.C. at Work, Rai and Blanca reflect on the last 12 months and the wild and crazy ride that was 2020. They discuss the joys, collective difficulties, and lessons learned. The hosts also discuss the state of Black and Brown mental health after last summer's uprisings.
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    58 mins
  • S2: We're Back! Season 2 Preview

    S2: We're Back! Season 2 Preview
    Nov 10 2020
    So much of DEI work is about trying to convince white people about the ills of racism and their role in it. But who in our communities is doing the work of attending to us? Who's supporting people of color, advocating for the mental, emotional, physical, spiritual health of the folks bearing the brunt of racism? In this second season of WOC at Work, Blanca and Rai talk with community-based workers and activists who have made it their business to directly support and uplift communities of color
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    10 mins