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A black woman with white hair in an afro smiles at the camera. She is wearing big, dangling gold circles as earrings, glasses with a green marbled frame, red-orange lipstick and a multi-colored short turtleneck with horizontal stripes.

Omisade Burney-Scott

Omisade Burney-Scott (she / her) is a Black southern 7th-generation native North Carolinian feminist, social justice advocate and creative with decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy and social justice.

She has worked with WUNC on many projects, including as guest host of Embodied.

  • An illustration of a family walking on a beach with the word "Co-Parented" in the upper right-hand corner. A dark-skinned man with black hair and a light-skinned woman with brown hair are on either side of a young child, holding each of their hands, while a man with brown skin walks slightly behind them.
    Co-Parented: Raising Children in Community
    Kaia Findlay
    Anita turns the mic over to guest host Omisade Burney-Scott to explore the many ways folks are raising kids outside the nuclear family unit. First, Omi talks with one of her co-parents about their evolution from romantic partners to partners in parenting. Plus, she meets a woman who is part of a four-person parenting structure and hears from someone who is creating resources for folks in blended families.
  • A photo of the sidewalk featuring the shadows of two adults on either side of a small child. The adults are holding the child's hands.
    The Village that Raises the Child: Stories of Co-Parenting Relationships
    Kaia Findlay
    Co-parenting looks different for every family. But at its core, co-parenting can encourage good communication and responsibility-sharing by putting focus on the common interest: the children.