TBG U: Starting Your Study Abroad Journey
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Congratulations, you’ve been accepted into the inaugural class of Therapy for Black Girls University. Whether packing for a new year on campus, thinking through your gap year, enrolling in a community college, or grabbing your stoles for graduation, TBG U is here to help you thrive at this stage of your life and beyond.
Studying abroad can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a college student’s life, but there are soooo many things to consider when preparing to apply for a program – the financial costs, choosing a country to go to, and even knowing what program to apply for.
To provide advice and help synthesize all of the information that’s involved with studying abroad, I’m joined today by two guests – founder of the non-profit Girl’s Going Global, Martice Sutton, and Girl’s Going Global student ambassador, Rachel Jones. Girls Going Global is a non-profit organization designed to expose and empower African-American girls through travel and cultural exchange.
In our conversation, we discuss what it means to travel abroad as a Black woman, some important safety tips to keep in mind when staying in a foreign country, and the importance of viewing study abroad as a chance for cultural immersion — rather than as a vacation.
Where to Find Our Guests
Rachel Jones
Martice Sutton
HOMEWORK
- Begin researching what study abroad program you’d like to apply for, whether it be a volunteer, study, or work experience. Your college’s study abroad office is a great place to start!
- If you’ve already committed to a study abroad program, begin creating your packing list to make sure you aren’t leaving out any essentials!
- For safety, look into registering your study abroad trip with the US State Department, as well as starting a travel insurance policy.
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Our Production Team
Executive Producers: Dennison Bradford & Maya Cole Howard
Producer: Ellice Ellis
Production Assistant: Zariah Taylor
TBG University Host & Coordinator: Jayna Ellis
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| 0:00.0 | Congratulations, you've been accepted into the inaugural class of therapy for Black Girls University, |
| 0:12.8 | whether packing for a new year on campus, |
| 0:15.5 | thinking through your gap year, enrolling in a community college, |
| 0:19.4 | or grabbing your skills for graduation. |
| 0:22.2 | TBGU is here to help you thrive at this stage of your life and beyond. |
| 0:27.0 | Hi, I'm Zaria Taylor, and I'm the TBG Podcast Production Intern. |
| 0:32.0 | We'll return to Jaina right after the break. Studying abroad can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a college |
| 0:45.8 | student's life but there are so many things to consider when preparing to |
| 0:51.1 | apply for a program, the financial cost, |
| 0:54.0 | choosing a country to go to, and even knowing what program to apply for, |
| 0:59.0 | to provide advice and help synthesize all the information that's involved with studying abroad. |
| 1:05.6 | I'm joined today by two guests. |
| 1:08.0 | founder of the nonprofit Girls Going Global, Martise Sutton, and Girls Going Global Student Ambassador Rachel Jones. |
| 1:17.0 | Girls Going Global is a non-profit organization designed to help expose and empower African-American girls through travel and cultural exchange. |
| 1:27.5 | In our conversation today, we discuss what it means to travel abroad as a black woman, some important safety tips to keep in mind when studying |
| 1:36.0 | in a foreign country, and the importance of viewing study abroad as a chance for cultural |
| 1:41.6 | emergent rather than as a vacation. Here's our conversation. |
| 1:48.0 | Hi all, I really appreciate you both taking the time to talk with me today about traveling abroad. I am so excited for this |
| 1:55.2 | conversation and I personally have experience traveling abroad so I'm just excited all things |
| 2:01.4 | traveling abroad, |
| 2:02.7 | travel, all of it. |
| 2:03.9 | So I can't wait for us to dive right in. |
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