Converge - Conversations In Color

Media can unite or divide, and the Conversations In Color (CIC) program on Converge Radio (101.9 FM) chooses to unite in depth instead of superficiality. Their mission statement is “To provide space for asking hard questions and open, honest conversation regarding race and racism in western Wisconsin and beyond”, and it's been enlarged to look at further spaces concerning marginalized groups. Ed Hudgins & Selika Ducksworth-Lawton are two of the founders & mainstays of the program, joining us today, plus a segment from the CIC episode Communicating With Our Community (full CIC YouTube channel) featuring Selika plus Sheng Elizabeth Lor and Jeneise Briggs. Ed has a Master’s Degree in Intercultural Leadership and has been producing a blog called Tomme Suab. Selika is a professor of history at UW-Eau Claire, and founder of Uniting Bridges (unitingbridges@gmail.com). Sheng does, among many other things, The Social X Change Project, and Jeneise, originally from Jamaica, is Eau Claire's EDI coordinator.