What Say U?

The Sisters breakdown a broader term to describe the behavioral actions of whiteness – examples are explored. Links “Karen” Meltdown in Victoria’s Secret updates about Breonna Taylor Channel 253 membership

Listen in as Melannie shares her experience from attending the 2022 National White Privilege Conference. The sisters discuss the various revelations that resulted. Links Channel 253 membership

This encore episode discusses the concept of Caucasity: the audacity of white people. Meaning, the willingness to take bold risks only white people feel safe doing. Join the Sisters as they provide recent examples of their lived experiences with caucasity in the workplace and their strategies to combat it. Links Caucasity Supreme Channel 253 Membership 

In this episode of What say U? the sisters talk “firsts” with Ben Kweku-ldun, owner of the Elmina Bay Resort in Ghana, West Africa; Melanie on location in Ghana and sister Audrey from her home in Tacoma. Ben blazed a trail of “firsts” as an executive and board member of prestigious organizations in the UK and Europe before returning to Ghana in his later years to found the resort, where Melanie sp...

This episode, the Sisters are joined by former Seattle Chief of Police Carmen Best to discuss her recent book “Black in Blue,” leadership as a woman of color, and policing. Links Black in Blue Channel 253 membership

In this special “encore,” we revisit Episode 4, Living While Black, where the sisters discuss situations where white people call the police on black people and offer recommendations on how the situation can be avoided. Links  Channel 253 membership

Join the sisters in a refreshing conversation with Christine Schwyn Harrison, a white woman who is on an intentional journey living as an anti-racist. Links Channel 253 membership

Critical Race Theory (CRT) – what exactly does that mean? The sisters welcome Dr. Amy Young, Professor of Communication & Chair of the Department of Communication at Pacific Lutheran University, as she deconstructs what CRT is and isn’t. If you want to get woke(er), this is for you! Links The People’s Gathering Channel 253 membership

The sister reflect on how soon we forget significant events such as police-related homicides and more.  (Recorded right before the twentieth anniversary of September 11.) Links Channel 253 membership

Sisters Audrey and Melannie unpack the characteristics of White Supremacy Culture and how it shows up in daily life. They share examples of recent experiences engaging with it and urban wisdom on how to navigate it all. Links White Supremacy Culture Characteristics (.pdf) Cycle of Socialization and Cycle of Liberation (.pdf) Building a WE Community

The sisters discuss how exercising one’s “right” to not wear a mask or get the COVID vaccine directly correlates to the loss of privilege (and lives). Links Channel 253 membership  

The sisters tackle the question of “good white people” and how white can do right. Links Channel 253 membership

Sakara Remmu, Chief Strategist for the Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance, brings background, knowledge, intel and receipts on the Manuel Ellis murder conviction update AND Pierce County Sherrif, Ed Troyer’s journey to accountability for his EGREGIOUS caucastic behavior. Links Channel 253 membership

Sisters Melannie and Audrey are joined by 14-year-old Jalean, their granddaughter and great niece (respectively)! Girlfriend is spilling generation Z “tea” about what your teens may be thinking. Don’t miss out on this truth-tellin’ episode… even if your “baby” ain’t a teen… yet! Links Channel 253 membership

In their unique style, listen in on the Sisters’ journey with the COVID vaccine, C-suite commitment to anti-racism, police accountability and reform (nationally and locally) and their “living while black” perspective on other recent events. Links Channel 253 membership Lavender Rights Project

Caucasity  is the audacity of white people. Meaning, the willingness to take bold risks only white people feel safe doing. Join the Sisters as they provide recent examples of their lived experiences with caucasity in the workplace and their strategies to combat it. Links Caucasity Supreme Channel 253 Membership 

Black and brown people continue to be murdered by police across America. George Floyd is on trial for killing himself rather than Derrick Chauvin (the Minneapolis police officer who actually murdered him). The Sisters discuss why there is STILL debate, by many, about the declaration – Black Lives Matter! Links blacklivesmatter.com Washington Post police shooting database South Sound Anti-Rac...

Pierce County Sheriff, Ed Troyer is facing extreme pressure to resign after he claimed a Black newspaper delivery driver threatened his life. He later changed his story. The “receipts,” evidenced by the 911 recording and his official statement to the police, are in vast contradiction. In other words, he lied. Sisters Audrey and Melannie discuss the details of the case and ask out loud – &#82...

The sisters go deep to understand why racism is what it is and how it continues to disease our communities.  They examine their concerns through the academic lens of cycles of socialization and liberation then translate the meaning in their own “urban” way.  This is real talk ya’ll. Links Cycle of liberation (pdf) Channel 253 membership

What are you willing to sacrifice to save Human Lives? The sisters discuss individual choices people make during the pandemic that may contribute to the spread of COVID-19. Are these personal choices contributing to life… or death? You decide. Links Channel 253 membership  

Sisters Audrey and Melannie discuss strategies for people to have crucial conversations with family members, co-workers or anyone that is different from them, centered in love, for the purpose of accelerating the anti-racist movement. Links Crucial Conversations Channel 253 membership  

Join the Sisters as they discuss the depth of “caucasity” that led to the INSURRECTION (the egregious attack on American democracy) at the nation’s capitol building. Links South Sound Anti-Racist Project Caucasity Urban Dictionary Definition Antebellum Trailer Channel 253 membership

Sisters Audrey and Melannie welcome the New Year with an inspirational discussion about the power of leading with LOVE as the way forward in 2021. Links Channel 253 membership

The sisters share the mic with their mother, Alean Cunningham. This inspirational discussion is centered in generational experiences, knowledge and the wisdom she passed on that is the foundation of shaping them into the women they are today. Links Channel 253 membership  

Sisters Audrey and Melannie are joined by the Honorable G. Helen Whitener, recently elected Justice to the Washington State Supreme Court. Justice Whitener shares details of her journey to the bench. She also gives listeners a deeper insight into the judicial branch of government and the thought process judges go through to make decisions. Links Channel 253 membership