Building Relationships with African American audiences by MIA LJUNG https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl Share your thoughts in this anonymous Padlet! en-us 2022-02-21 19:58:57 UTC 2025-09-28 14:45:21 UTC hello@padlet.com I was able to meet and slowly build a professional relationship with an African American pastor who helped me build out an audience for programming. https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063192140 2022-02-23 18:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063192140 Joined work groups/coalitions led by African Americans https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063192341 2022-02-23 18:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063192341 https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063193501 In going to a meeting, we carpooled together and it is amazing how much you learn from each other when driving in a car across Wisconsin.  It was a four hour drive.  Time well invested.

]]> 2022-02-23 18:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063193501 Partnering https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063194160 Partnered with other agencies and community groups. They provide the space and the people and I provide the education]]> 2022-02-23 18:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063194160 https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063194406 Attend events. 
Listen.  Authentically.
Develop friendships.
Connect.
Facilitate (like strategic planning).
Have follow-through with what I say.]]> 2022-02-23 18:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063194406 I built a relationship with my African American students/learners by sharing my story, listening to their stories, empathyzing, and creating mutual goals. https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063195221 2022-02-23 18:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063195221 https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063195299 Getting to know the agency, allowing time to create a relationship. Once that we both are ready to do a program plan it with the agency, they know their audience best, We All Rise!!]]> 2022-02-23 18:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063195299 https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063195433 Invited someone to the county leadership program and shared info about scholarship/fin aid]]> 2022-02-23 18:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063195433 I was able connect partners from different cultural background to build capacity to improve access to healthcare resources for all. https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199596 2022-02-23 18:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199596 I have felt a hesitancy to deepen relationships toward friendship with AA males when they are married/in partnership... it seems being a white woman makes my intention more suspect. https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199917 2022-02-23 18:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199917 The presumption that the university just swoops in and takes without giving back. We need to move at the speed of trust. https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199951 2022-02-23 18:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199951 https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199992 When I worked in schools, introducing myself to African American families during pickup/dropoff, other times at the school and making a point to write down our interaction later to help me remember something about them for the next time I saw them

]]> 2022-02-23 18:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063199992 Trust https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063200181 Building trust in the organization I work for. Some underserved audiences do not 100% trust in higher learning institutions and/or research.]]> 2022-02-23 18:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063200181 https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063200684 When I am used as that facilitator because of the relationship and then getting needs/information/etc. that is not listened to as the true need of the individuals who are Black/African American has nothing actually happen. The system prevails.]]> 2022-02-23 18:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063200684 Definitely. Kimyatta, Rajon, Mia, Diana, Tessa: you have done an amazing job and have vulnerably shared your truths to paint a vision of pathways that the rest of us can follow. https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063208197 2022-02-23 18:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mljung/di7mgf31w4ji36hl/wish/2063208197