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.

For September-October we are working on the following topics:

-Color and COVID | Discussing fears, experiences, financial or social hardships, or prejudices students are facing during the pandemic

-Diversity, Discomfort, and Discrimination | Sharing your experience dealing with racial discrimination, prejudices, micro-macro aggressions, or any other such experiences

-The LGBTQ+ Experience at Duke | How do queer individuals experience life, adversity, and discrimination on campus; how can the university do better to include voices of students of diverse sexual orientation

-Living Latinx | 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.

If you have any questions or thoughts, don't hesitate to reach out to Cameron Oglesby at ceo26@duke.edu