This year the Duke Bridge and Duke Chronicle are partnering to create "Bridging the Gap", a podcast that hopes to touch on the experiences of Duke's diverse students of color.

We are operating during a time of great change, of calls for important shifts in systemically racist regimes. Duke University, though filled with diverse individuals both domestic and international, is not without its short falls, a fact which some of us at the Bridge have experience first hand.

We feel it is about time YOUR experiences are documented and shared widely with the whole of the Duke community: students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Please join us in sharing your stories by participating in this podcast.

If you have a story to tell or an experience to share, please fill out this form and we will follow up with you about an interview. If you are not comfortable sharing your name in the podcast, we are happy to make your statements anonymous.

For January-February we are working on the following topics:

-Black and Brown Arts | Touching on the motivations, goals, and strategies for creative communication of black and brown inspired arts (from visual, to written, to performance)

-International Insights | What’s it like being an international student of color at Duke? How do conversations of race or gender here compare to experiences in other countries? How has the Duke community done in supporting your journey?

-Food Security and Food Justice | Speaking to the intersection of food, food security, and race for the Duke community

-The Black Experience | See survey question below (free for all, open discussion)

Note: In line with the mission of the Bridge, we will be including creative content such as poetry, short stories, and other such creative storytelling in the podcast. If you're a creative writer with a piece you'd like shared in one of these session, click yes, below and we'll follow up.