Cultural Dialogues: Countering Racial Trauma One Conversation at a Time
This podcast is a safe and transformative space dedicated to decolonizing our thinking, addressing racial trauma, fostering healing, and promoting cross-cultural understanding. Through candid, solution-focused conversations, each episode explores how individuals and communities navigate the emotional, psychological, and systemic impacts of racism.
Episodes
14 episodes
Black Youth Having a Sense of Agency
Dr. Melissa Speight Vaughn joins the CEO of CRESTSprogram, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, for a lively discussion about how Black youth can have agency to investigate and transform their lives.Dr. Melissa Speight Vaughn is a visionary educat...
Literacy Leads to Liberation
The CEO of CRESTSprogram, LLC, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, engages in a conversation with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings about Black children's educational concerns.Gloria Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Disting...
Research as Transformation
In this episode, the CRESTSprogram Co-Founders, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji and Dr. Constance West, discuss emancipatory research as a transformative approach to conducting inquiry about marginalized communities. For more information about their ...
Biology & Black Children’s Achievement
In this episode, Dr. Samuel Burbanks, IV engages in a conversation with CRESTSprogram CEO, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, about biology and Black children's achievement.Dr. Samuel Burbanks is a part-time assistant professor at the University...
Africentric Social Work
In this episode, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji (CEO of CRESTSprogram) has a conversation with Mr. Larry Hayes, a mental health practitioner in the New Orleans (LA) area who practices Africentric Social Work. Mr. Hayes has been in private practice f...
Race-based Stress and Black Schoolchildren-Part 2
Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji (CEO of CRESTSprogram) introduces one of the graduate research assistants, Ms. Tyla Kennedy. Ms. Kennedy is a school counselor in one of the public charter schools in the New Orleans (LA) area and also serves as a grad...
Introducing CRESTSprogram Team Member, Ms. Jonae Bond
In this episode, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji (CEO of CRESTSprogram) introduces the CRESTSprogram graphic designer, Ms. Jonae Bond. Jonae Bond is a multi-creative with a diverse skill set encompassing brand design, product photography, videography...
Race-based Stress and Black Schoolchildren-Part 1
In this episode, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji (CEO of CRESTSprogram) interviewed one of our graduate research assistants, Ms. Dehjah Vaughn. Ms. Vaughn is a full-time classroom teacher and also a doctoral student. Dehjah discussed her passion for ...
The Emergence of Pediatric Counseling
In this episode, CRESTSprogram CEO, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, engages in a lively conversation with Dr. Jeff Wolfgang about the area known as Pediatric Counseling.Dr. Jeff Wolfgang is a clinician, researcher, supervisor, and professor o...
Seeing Traditional New Orleans Jazz as Resistance
In this episode, CRESTSprogram CEO, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, engages in dialogue with Dr. Michael White. Dr. White is an accomplished, multifaceted New Orleans-based clarinetist, retired professor, composer, musicologist, and jazz historian w...
Introducing CRESTSprogram Research Fellow, Dr. Ebony White
In this episode, the CEO of CRESTSprogram, Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji, introduces Dr. Ebony White, research fellow. To read more about Dr. White, visit our website: https://www.crestsprogram.com/the-team.
Introducing Dr. Kimberlee Bow, Dance Therapist and Trauma Specialist
Dr. Cirecie West-Olatunji (CEO of CRESTSprogram, LLC) interviews one of the members of her team, Dr. Kimberlee Bow.Dr. Kimberlee Bow is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Dance/Movement Therapist (R-DMT), author, speaker...
Introducing our CRESTSprogram Team Member, Dr. Constance West
In this episode, we begin our introduction to the CRESTSprogram team members, beginning with Dr. Constance West, co-founder of our firm. During this discussion, Dr. West talks about her past experiences with Black youth in educational and clini...