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Sep 28, 2020

This week’s episode of Black Oxygen features Frances Huntley-Cooper, Wisconsin’s first and only elected African-American mayor in the state’s history. Frances came to Wisconsin in 1973 for school and she thought she’d leave when she graduated. She didn’t leave - she ended up making Wisconsin home. In her time...


Sep 21, 2020

Sarah Ishmael, Doctoral Candidate and co-author of “The Fire” in the book Teaching While the World is on Fire, says that Madison is not a place that you can rest at a Black person. In this episode of Black Oxygen, we discuss the structural and atmospheric nature of racism, the inherit wisdom and education of BIPOC...


Sep 14, 2020

Black Lens, of Milwaukee Film, is currently hosting the 2020 virtual Minority Health Film Festival (MHFF). This episode of Black Oxygen features the organizers of Black Lens - Dr. Donte McFadden, Geraud Blanks, and Ranell Washington. We discuss a wide range of topics including masculinity, vulnerability and tenderness...


Sep 7, 2020

Centering Blackness is the theme of the 2020 YWCA Madison Racial Justice Summit. In this episode of Black Oxygen, Vanessa McDowell, CEO of the YWCA of Madison, describes what it means to center Blackness, discusses intersectionality, and what gives her hope. Known as DJ Ace to many in the community, Vanessa also shares...