What Keeps Us Going

Season 2: Preview

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9. Finding Peace in Coming Out, with Diego

Diego Garcia Blum is the Program Director for the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. His work is dedicated to advocating for the safety and acceptance of LGBTQI+ individuals globally, particularly in regions where they face significant risks. Before dedicating his work to politics and queer rights, Diego made every immigrant’s parents proud by becoming a nuclear engineer. Yet he knew that was not enough and his life at...

8. Fear as an Inspiration, George Floyd, and the Great Outdoors with Jason

Jason Hill has always had a spirit of giving back. Even as a football player at his alma mater Emory and Henry College, in Emory Virginia, Jason volunteered at local nonprofits. That spirit has taken him to North Carolina where he taught football, Minnesota where he was a program coordinator for the University of Minnesota, and Wyoming, where he was a NOLS Field Instructor. NOLS stands for the National Outdoor Leadership School. Yes, a Black man Jason isn’t one to shy away from discomfort or ...

7. Surviving the Criminal Justice System with the Support of Black Women, with Kyle

Kyle Jacobs uses his talent for media and technology as a tool for more inclusive conversation about sustainability and environmentalism.He's a graduate of Virginia State University and Columbia University. His journey didn't start off rosy. He made it through abuse and the criminal justice system, all with help and support from Black women.

6. Managing Family Expectations and Inner-Child Work, with Chauncey

Chauncey was raised in Ohio, earned her bachelor's in Georgia, and launched her career as a Mississippi Delta Corps Member of Teach for America. She comes from a family that prioritizes education. Her grandfather is a doctor and her grandmother has a masters in social work, achieving that success when it was much harder for Black people to even go to college. Although she faced high expectations and reached them, she knew there was more to her than degrees and titles. She followed t...