Congratulations. You've been accepted into therapy for Black Girls University, or TBU for short.

Whether you're packing for a new year on campus, thinking through your gap year,

enrolling in a community college, or grabbing your stoles for graduation, embarking on the

next chapter of your life is often exciting, but also a little scary. There can be a lot of

unknowns that can leave you feeling uncertain, and having the right support can help you to feel

confident and grounded. TBGU was designed to help you strengthen your voice, sharpen your knowledge, and affirm

who you are and who you'll become.

We'll get right into our conversation after a word from our sponsors.

Starting the year with a number of executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion,

as well as anti-affirmative action legislation impacting schools around the country,

there are so many questions around how and where to get quality education for black students.

To help us get a better understanding of what solutions are out there,

Aja Sid and Quintessa Williams of Word in Black,

join us to talk about a number of the issues they've reported on for the Word in Black's education beat.

If something resonates with you while enjoying our conversation,

please share it with us on social media using the hashtag TVGU.

Here's our conversation.

Thank you so much for joining me today, Aja and Quintessa.

I'm very excited to talk about all things education with you.

I would love for us to start by hearing you share a little bit more about your backgrounds

and what you specifically do at Word in Black.

We'll start with you, Asja.

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