The impact of workspaces for people of color go beyond feeling welcome

When Korede Akinsete, 26, moved to New York City from Lagos, Nigeria, she was desperate to find a space similar to her home, with a myriad of black people occupying all kinds of lives and levels of power. “Now that I often have to be in rooms where I am the ‘other,’ I find myself craving spaces that simply allow people of color to exist,” Akinsete says. This is when she found membership-based clubs that focus on people of color.