Research Survey
Help us understand the systemic patterns Black professionals face. Your responses contribute to research that advocates for institutional change.
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Contact Information
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Professional Background
Sectors *
Select the sector or sectors your story connects to. This may be a field you worked in, led in, served in, or a system you interacted with as a patient, client, student, family member, community member, or advocate.
Business, technology, finance, entrepreneurship, corporate leadership, and economic advancement.
Healthcare workplaces, patient care, public health, caregiving, advocacy, and healthcare systems.
Military service, veteran transition, military family life, and service-connected professional experiences.
K-12, higher education, student experiences, faculty/staff roles, and education systems.
Government agencies, public administration, civic leadership, policy, and public-sector service.
Police, fire, EMS, corrections, emergency response, FBI, or law enforcement-related service.
Foster care, child welfare, family services, caregiving systems, and related advocacy.
Courts, attorneys, judges, legal aid, prosecution, defense, probation, and justice system navigation.
Another field, institution, or system connected to your story.
Role Categories *
Experience Ratings
Rate each statement based on your professional experience. 1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree
I felt supported by my institution or employer.
I experienced barriers to advancement due to my race.
I had access to meaningful mentorship.
I felt a sense of belonging in my workplace or field.
I saw people who looked like me in leadership positions.
I trusted the institutions I worked within to treat me fairly.
My career advanced at a pace I consider fair.
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Your name and story may be published in full with your permission.
Consent Agreement
The BlackPrint Project is a legacy initiative created to capture, preserve, andelevate the lived professional experiences of Black professionals acrossAmerican institutions.
Your story matters. Your experience has value. This project exists because whatyou have navigated, contributed, endured, built, and transformed insideprofessional and institutional systems deserves to be documented, studied, andremembered.
The BlackPrint Project may use submitted experiences for story collection,pattern analysis, educational content, publications, media, podcasts,documentary content, and institutional learning resources. Your participationlevel determines exactly how your contribution is used.
Before you begin, please read the participation levels below and select the onethat feels right for you.
What this means:Your name, professional background, and story may be published, quoted, cited,or featured in BlackPrint Project materials including publications, articles,podcast episodes, documentary content, presentations, social media, andeducational resources.
What we will do:• Use your name and professional context as you provide them• Share your story in published materials with your identity attached• Credit you as a contributor unless you request otherwise
What we will not do:• Share your contact information publicly• Publish anything beyond what you submit without your additional consent
Your rights:• You may change your participation level or withdraw your consent at any time for future use of your contribution by contacting The BlackPrint Project team• Previously published, printed, distributed, archived, or publicly released materials may not be removable• You may request to review how your story is used before publication for high-sensitivity stories or upon request, subject to operational feasibility
The BlackPrint Project may involve stories that touch on workplace dynamics,systemic barriers, discrimination, retaliation, health, trauma, legal matters,and other sensitive professional experiences.
Please do not submit:• Confidential employer information or trade secrets• Private personal information about identifiable third parties without their consent• Legally restricted or classified material• Information subject to active litigation where disclosure could affect legal proceedings
If your story involves sensitive content, you may select a higher level ofanonymity (Level 3 or Level 4) or request to discuss your submission with theproject team before finalizing.
The BlackPrint Project reserves the right to edit submitted content for clarity,length, grammar, formatting, and thematic grouping while preserving the meaningand integrity of your contribution. No edits will alter the intent of your story.
How your information is handled:Your responses are stored securely and accessible only to The BlackPrint Projectcore team. Your contact information is kept separate from published content.Your data will not be sold, shared with third parties for marketing purposes, orused for any purpose beyond The BlackPrint Project's stated mission. You mayrequest access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time.