OUR KIND OF STORIES
We tell stories about Africa, her people, and the descendants of her people. These stories are channeled through various platforms to engender discussion. They include:
Podcasts
Shades of Us has two podcasts: The Review and Social Commentary. In The Review, the overarching themes in the art (music, movies, TV shows, books, etc) produced by Africans and people of African descent are discussed and analyzed to see how they shape society. With the Social Commentary, titled ‘The Gist’, discussions around socio-economic issues affecting people are at the forefront of the conversation.
Community Engagement
Beginning in 2016, Shades of Us started partnering with other organizations like Save Our Women (SOW) Foundation, Women Regaining Value, Stand With A Girl (SWAG) Initiative, and Jela's Development Initiative (JDI) to move our activism from the digital space to impacting, in-person actions. This will continue to happen in line with goal 17 of the global goals.
Films
The organization produces short films that address the general theme of our work. This will expand further to feature-length films, documentaries, and other productions in the audio-visual category.
Forum Fridays
This is a live interactive session where the audience does the talking. It would entail picking up trending topics and hearing their thoughts, feelings, rebuttals, and rants.
‘Did you know?’ Quick-E videos
These showcase facts about indigenous African peoples and cultures and are shared as short snippets. It is a fun way to learn about people who share the same skin tone and socio-cultural issues yet are vastly different from us. The 'e' in Quick-E is Education.
SHADES OF US AND THE GLOBAL GOALS
Beyond the human rights declaration however, Shades of Us has adopted eleven of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as focal points of implementation. These goals include:
They translate to Goals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16 and 17 of the sustainable development goals. Shades of Us believes that the promotion of gender equality and reduced inequalities are the springboards to achieving all the other goals adopted.
