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Host Kimberly Y. Erwin is joined by guests Timothy L. Harper, Ph.D., and attorney Summer Burnley for the third and final broadcast in the series, Race and the Workplace. The broadcast will acknowledge and celebrate National Native American Heritage Month, and the conversation will focus on how to identify ourselves in both professional and personal spaces. How might one share their identity with others in a manner that is suitable to one's workplace and community, especially when everyone wants to "just get along?" Self-Identification is not the hassle that some may believe it to be. Tune in for advice on how identities in social settings may be best expressed. Harper is an Associate Professor in the Management and Business Department at Skidmore College. He has been teaching courses related to management, social identity, industry structure, and innovation for more than 20 years. Burnley, an African American woman of Native American heritage, is the principal partner of Burnley Law, a Florida-based firm that specializes in federal trademark registration, business consulting, and legal brand strategy. She is also the host of The Lurk Lounge podcast, where she discusses "the real on all things entrepreneurial, legal, and business without the fluff."

"Race Talks," hosted by intercultural communicator and author Kimberly Y. Erwin, provides expertise on the topic of race and ethnicity. With the national conversation in the media over racial inequity, ignorance or indifference is not a proper retreat. Erwin enjoys speaking with people from every walk of life, ethnic make-up, and varied perspectives to better instruct, engage, and inform listeners with positive and constructive conversations on all things race and ethnicity — which is very necessary to break down structural and societal racism. No topic is taboo. Here, listeners engage with the host, other expert guest educators, activists, organizers, and community members as they disseminate their knowledge (ie. varying terminologies, historical realities, and current opportunities for engagement) for a better informed, appreciative, and active local citizenry.

About the host

An educator, writer, and entrepreneur, Erwin enjoyed her studies as a Hudson High School graduate (attending her senior year at Columbia-Greene Community College) and graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta (noted the #1 Historical Black College and University by "U.S. News") where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French. Upon receiving a Masters in Science degree from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Intercultural Communication, Erwin ventured into the areas of international administration, multicultural leadership, and various teaching positions within the U.S. and globally.

Upon returning to Hudson Valley, Kimberly started a media company (OneUniversal Media) endeavoring to give voice to members in communities experiencing gross inequities who yearn to create common means of communicating and celebrating their identity while still challenging societal norms. Erwin is a founding member of Africa's Daughters of the Diaspora (ADD), She holds volunteer positions as a Hudson Area Library Trustee, an on-air programmer at WGXC-FM, and with the Hudson City School District (where her children's book was informed).