Rowing in Color
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsDenise Aquino and Patricia Destine are two women of color who are dedicated to promoting diversity within the sport of rowing. Both are former rowers turned coxswains turned coaches in the sport. Together they have almost 25 years of experience on the erg, at regattas, in the launch, or at the boathouse. No stranger to navigation or microphones, these former coxswains amplify what it’s like to navigate the topic of race within the white-dominated sport of rowing. Like most bodies of water, the tide is changing; there are more American rowers of color than there has ever been. You’ll hear from people who represented the U.S. in international races to folks who just started to row this year. Tune in to listen to a mix of interviews, special co-hosts, and tag-team shows from hosts, Denise and Patricia. Whether a rower or not, you’re not going to want to miss. Hit subscribe and enjoy.
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BONUS: Amplify your voice!
March 26, 2020 04:00 - 56 seconds - 689 KBDenise and Patricia want to hear from you! We want your questions, comments, interviewee nominations, interview requests, just everything. Click https://www.speakpipe.com/rowingincolor to send a message and to amplify your voice. During this time of social distancing, we want to bring our Rowing in Color community closer together. We see the downloads and follows, and we see the emails and comments. Most importantly, we see you and we appreciate you. Together, let's amplify the conversatio...
Dr. Chierika “Coco” Ukogu, M.D.: Orthopedic Surgeon talks COVID-19 and Being Nigeria's First Olympic Rower
March 19, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB#003: Chierika “Coco” Ukogu is a recently graduated orthopedic surgeon, Stanford University rowing alumna, and American-born Nigerian professional rower. To top that all off, she competed as Nigeria’s first ever rower in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro… Pause. Re-read the previous two sentences again, more slowly, and for dramatic effect. Yes, now please. Did I mention that we spoke to her during match week? Moving on, she talks about taking part in youth sports in Philadelphia (w...
Patricia Destine: Black & Human
March 11, 2020 02:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MB#002: While recorded during Black History Month, we will amplify Black voices anytime and every time. The interviewee of our second episode is Patricia Destine, who is the co-host of Rowing in Color. She is a Haitian American coxswain turned rower turned rowing coach who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her experiences chronicle what it was like to learn how to row in a sports based youth development setting. With co-host Denise, Patricia recalls her experiences at the boathouse, at regattas, wi...
Dwayne Adams, Sr: A Man Who Breaks Barriers
March 05, 2020 04:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB#001: Welcome to Rowing in Color, where we publish interviews from Black History Month only a month later. We kick the season off by interviewing Dwayne Adams, Sr. He is the founder and executive director of Breaking Barriers Rowing & Fitness, which is a non profit organization located in Delaware. Its mission is to help youth (both with and without disability) and senior citizens through the sport of rowing. As a teenager, Dwayne was shot in the head, leaving him legally blind. He went on t...
Coming Soon: Rowing in Color
February 10, 2020 00:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MBRowing in Color is a podcast that amplifies the voices of color in rowing. Hosts, Patricia Destine and Denise Aquino, are passionate about promoting diversity in rowing. Two former rowers turned coxswains turned coaches share one mic while recording in a bar. Not only do they break the rules of podcasting, but they also break their silence and what is know to be a white-dominated sport.