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 March-May we are working on the following topics:

-Calling All Women | See survey question below (free for all, open discussion)

-Southeast Asian Identity at Duke | See survey question below (free for all, open discussion)

-Eco-Experiences | cultures around the world find solidarity around nature and connections to the natural world, how is your experience either culturally or spiritually influenced by Duke’s lush natural scenery. Where do you find peace in the Duke environment.

-Tolerating Tokenism | Diversity in student leadership can be lacking at Duke. Documenting student experiences with tokenism in their field of interest or their position of leadership. How does it feel to not see yourself reflected in your clubs, is there pressure to represent?

-The Asian-American Experience | Speaking with Duke's Asian American community on their positive and/or negative experiences at Duke. Duke has a large community of east and southeast asian international students, so discussing the feelings or experiences associated with those interactions, potential stereotyping, etc.

-The Facts of Financial Aid | Touching on experiences with financial aid for BIPOC communities. Students touching on the assumptions or the pressure associated with fin aid at a school where a majority of the student body come from high income households.

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.