Empowering First Voices Explicit
by Emory University's Empowering First Gen Community
Welcome to Empowering First Voices, a podcast aimed to share our experiences as first-generation college students at Emory.
Podcast episodes
Season 4
Meet Some of the Empowering First Gen Members
S4E1: In this episode we are joined by Marisol García (27N), Bad Said (25C), Emilie García (24C), and Arturo Contreras (24C) who all share the experiences of being a First-Gen student. Their conversation is a just a small preview of what is to come in future episodes. Stay tuned, like, and subscribe. Happy First-Gen Week!. Music copyrights are owned by: Bob Marley & The Wailers "Could You Be Loved Instrumental"
Season 4 Intro
Welcome! Empowering First Voices is back for Season 4! This academic year we will be engaging with our audiences by sharing our experiences through episodes that cover various aspects of the Emory First-Gen experience. We are happy to announce that we have a number co-hosts (the members of Empowering First) who will facilitate the discourses.
Season 3
Studying Abroad as a First-Gen Student
Hey y'all! Empowering First is back for season 3, and this episode we're discussing studying abroad as a first-gen students. Have you ever wanted to study abroad but didn't know how? This episode is for you! Listen to host Thien discussing with Julianna and Regina about their time studying abroad in Lisbon, Portugal.
Season 2
A Conversation on Dr. Anthony Jack’s “The Privileged Poor”
This year, the 3rd and 4th years of our cohort read Dr. Anthony Jack’s “The Privileged Poor,” published in 2019 alongside other texts and studies relating to the First-Gen experience. In this episode, Regina, Arturo, Yessica, and Jose discuss their thoughts about the book and share how its contents relate to their own experiences with the help from questions formulated by Yokie. Please join us in celebrating National First-Gen Day (Nov. 8th) and First-Gen Week at Emory (Nov. 8th-12th).
