First hour: Britton Bradford and Christopher Washington on their journeys to creative professions
Second hour: Luis Quiñones on social justice for Chicano students
Britton Bradford is a local artist and a talented basketball player. Growing up as an African American youth, he thought his only options for career success were as a rapper or as a professional athlete. But now, he's a successful artist and says he wishes he had known there were other opportunities available to him. Christopher Washington is a local designer with a similar story. He found success in the fashion scene after thinking basketball was his only path to the professional world. Both men join us to share their stories and to discuss how to change the culture of expectations for African American youth. In studio:
- Britton Bradford, artist
- Christopher Washington, designer, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker
Then in our second hour, Luis Quiñones is a scholar and activist about Chicana/Chicano matters. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He’s in Rochester as a guest of the Rochester Committee on Latin America (ROCLA), but first, he joins us on Connections to discuss his social justice work related to bi-lingual/bicultural education for Chicano students. In studio:
- Luis Quiñones, scholar and activist
- Dr. Arnold Matlin, M.D., secretary for ROCLA
