AFROPUNK Solution Sessions

A SPECIAL EDITION AFROPUNK SOLUTION SESSIONS PODCAST

Georgia’s Stacey Abrams is on the verge of becoming the first Black woman to be elected governor in the U.S. AFROPUNK Solution Sessions interviewed Abrams in February 2018, just as her campaign was gaining momentum. Proud to say, “we knew you when…”

Yves talks to Paul Butler, a law professor at Georgetown University and author of the book "Chokehold: Policing Black Men".

Yves and Bridget talk with Matthew Kincaid, the founder of Overcoming Racism. He drops facts on U.S. education, breaking down false narratives, and the importance of having conversations about race early.

Bridget and Yves sit down with mother-daughter duo Michaela Angela Davis and Elenni Davis-Knight to talk legacy, Black genius, making space in art, music, and beauty, and Black girl fairy dust.

In our "Identity" episode, Momo Pixel kept it real about being herself. In this full conversation, Yves and Momo talk being Black in white spaces, style & aesthetic, and finding your freedom.

You might remember activist and writer Raquel Willis from our "Identity" episode. Now we're back with Bridget & Yves' full interview with Raquel, a deep dive into speaking your truth and celebrating identity.

In episode seven, "In a Box," Sean Saifa Wall shared his family's experience with incarceration. But he had a lot more to say beyond that. In this full interview, Saifa and Yves get into activism, the importance of community, and healing from trauma.

Here at AFROPUNK, we say f**k respectability! Expressing ourselves as we are, for who we are, is what we do. Raquel Willis, Michaela Angela Davis, Lonnie Holley and a bunch of other special guests pull no punches in this special season finale.

To be Black in America is to be constantly reminded of your oppression and Otherness. But that hasn't stopped us from healing and making our own damn lanes.