In this episode, we sit down with Chaka Welch, IT specialist, photographer, and Anti-Racism Coordinator for #DiasporaVote to discuss powerful women in her life, feeling like a foreigner in her own country, racism in the Belgian school system, and how diverse cities are not often inclusive.

In this first episode, we speak to Shada Islam, Brussels-based journalist and EU affairs analyst, about her non-traditional route into the so-called "Brussels Bubble". We discuss the challenges she faced to advocate for a broader, more global view within EU policy discussions, her confrontations with casual racism and ignorance regarding her gender and background as a Brown woman, and the voices and talents that European policy-makers are missing out on.

In this first episode, we speak to Shada Islam, Brussels-based journalist and EU affairs analyst, about her non-traditional route into the so-called "Brussels Bubble". We discuss the challenges she faced to advocate for a broader, more global view within EU policy discussions, her confrontations with casual racism and ignorance regarding her gender and background as a Brown woman, and the voices and talents that European policy-makers are missing out on.