Innovation Without Borders: Bridging Access To Dreams & Opportunities w/Stephanie Bermúdez | Ep. #50

”You are already enough and you are needed.” - Stephanie Bermúdez
The borderlands and their people are to be celebrated. It is and has been time for people of color to take up space and create opportunities for success.
In this episode, Dr. Jamal talks to Stephanie about celebrating the borderlanders toeing Mexico/U.S. border in being a leader, paving the way for opportunities for people of color, redesigning, recreating systems and approaches to create safe spaces for the people of borderlands. 
SHOW NOTES:
02:20 | Behind the scenes of the border
06:06 | Neither from here or there
12:30 | Being a chameleon (code switching)
15:48 | The responsibility of a leader
18:44 | Most dreams end up in the graveyard
23:48 | The next generation of workspaces and community
28:00 | Being a bridge between two communities
38:18 | Creating safe spaces for people of color
43:50 | It’s time for us to show up and take up space
47:39 | How to help diversify communities
49:52 | The power of your people meeting your people
52:02 | Creating our own opportunities
56:20 | There is innovation without borders
59:37 | Remain curious and seek to understand
QUOTES:
The border for me, is a physical representation of what people see or what people feel mentaly (02:57)
When there’s the inability to be a chameleon (code switching) then that leads to feeling alienated, isolated, or just misunderstood (13:13)
I code switch into different shapes throughout the day depending on my surroundings (15:02)
Most dreams end up in the graveyard. Especially dreams that come from communities of people of color (18:44)
These perceived barriers of opportunities are illusions and are so much more accessible then we imagine (43:55)
You have to give yourself a chance before others give you a chance (56:30)
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