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The Other Side of the Table

Sep 29, 2021

Chris and Ken continue the conversation with Tawonda Burks about the challenges with communicating important information to the intended audience and ideas on how to overcome some of the barriers to recruiting minority candidates for employment and board representation.


Sep 22, 2021

Joining the conversation this week is the business owner Tawonda Burks, who shares her first experience living in Rochester, her perspective on the additional barriers Black entrepreneurs face, and how she responds to racism.


Sep 15, 2021

Chris and Ken continue the conversation with Wale Elegbede about how the community should be more bold in supporting BIPOC businesses, what the lack of representation in elected officials says about Rochester, and more conversation on Critical Race Theory.


Sep 8, 2021

Joining the conversation this week is Wale Elegbede, who is a TED Talks speaker, president of the Rochester Branch of the NAACP, and Director of Strategy Management Services overseeing the innovation area at Mayo Clinic. Wale talks about his riches to rags background, the struggles he faced as an immigrant, and...