The Melanin Sound Wave

On this week’s episode, we sat down with Dr. Ayoka Wiles, who has spent over 20 years organizing and doing program development for the arts, culture, education, youth development, and social justice organizations. Most recently, she is focusing on Black women and women of color voices in the nonprofit sector. We discussed what the resilient movement is, Black women as leaders, their roles as leade...

Hi for the first time in 2021! We missed you all so much over the last couple of weeks during our break but we are so excited to be back and for you guys to hear and see all the amazing content we have planned! In this week’s episode, we wanted to give you guys an extremely unstructured episode so you got to know more about us (maybe that was a mistake but you let us know what you think)! We talke...

On this week's episode, we sat down with Ú-Leea Santos, who is the COO and Co-Founder of My LÚA. Her company focuses on working to decrease postpartum depression and mortality while looking at racial disparities in maternal health care. We discussed on this weeks episode, her company and goals for it, discussed if there is truth behind the phrase "Doctors are to Black Women what Cops are to Black...

On this week's episode, we sat down with Adrina Fanore from Audio Sessions Podcast. We discussed personal experiences and personal stories that connected directly with this week's episode topic. Our conversation focused on this week's episode topic, allyship, looking at what it means to be a good ally, what to do and what not to do, and what conversations allies need to be present at in order to b...

On this week's episode, we sat down with Aria Collins from Colored Lens Podcast and Lifestyle. We discussed and asked her a range of topics varying from personal experiences and stories faced in the professional world to what needs to be tackled in the corporate world in order to create a better space and environment for women of color. Our conversation spanned from what Aria has noticed as a woma...

On this week's episode, we sat down with Deonna Smith who is an educator in California. We discussed a range of topics and personal experiences we have gone through in the United States education system. We talked about what we believe is missing in the education system, what needs to be fixed, what teachers need to do to be better educators to their students of color and also their white students...

Hi guys! In today's episode, we are going to be answering a bunch of the questions you guys had asked us! We are ranging from our experiences growing up in the neighborhoods we did to what our most positive experience in quarantine has been! We are so excited for you to not only hear this episode but for you all to know us better and have a better understanding of our backgrounds and why we are th...

In this episode, Ayanna and Brianna sit down with a current senior at Siena College, Tati, and discuss some of the conversations she has had with her peers and her professors. These conversations ranged from the 2020 Presidential election to current events such as what happened with Brionna Taylor and George Floyd, and finally what Siena College has done as an institution for their students.&...