A biracial web designer raised by a single white mother shares how life’s tensions—fatherlessness, race, career identity—have shaped him, culminating in meeting his Ghanaian father at 30 and realizing that tension itself gives our lives form.
About the speaker
Blake Lam is a web developer and designer working at Whiteboard. Blake’s been on a journey navigating tensions surrounding race, family, work, and identity. Originally from small town Virginia, Blake moved to Chattanooga in 2021 after a stint in Memphis, where he worked as a middle school math teacher and director of operations. Blake loves books, long walks, coffee, baking, and making things better. Blake lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his wife and three little ones.
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Hosted by
ClearStory Arts
1673 South Holtzclaw Ave
Chattanooga, Tennessee United States 37404
Date
Partners
Whiteboard
BeCaffeinated
Organizer Krantzsy Boursiquot
Organizer Chris Woodhull
Host & Organizer Kody Dahl
Videographer Cameron Muilenburg
Photographer Jered Scott
