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Dr. Bertha Hidalgo, Assistant Professor, UAB Epidemiology Department, joins Communal Expressions to offer her thoughts and expert opinions on the current policy response to #COVID19 #coronavirus from a public health perspective. We discuss the importance of social distancing, stay home directives and other measures aimed at mitigating the spread and impact of the disease. We also discuss possible treatments, cures, and vaccines. Don’t miss it!! Find out more about Dr. Hildago at https://chicinacademia.com   Find more episodes at http://www.CommunalExpressions.com Eva Melton, Co-Host Richard Rice, Co-Host

J. Robert Burton joins Richard Rice & Eva Melton to discuss how citizens can acquireproperty through the Birmingham Land Bank. Rob discusses properties available forimmediate acquisition, the lot lease program & the quiet title program. Propertiesavailablefor acquisition are 5 years or more delinquent on property taxes. Find out more about theBirmingham Land Bank athttp://www.birminghamlandbank.org

Meet Dani! Dani Mars, a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate, joins Eva in the studio to discuss her life's purpose and the various domains it manifests itself in. Dani advocates for victims of domestic violenceat One Place Family Justice Center in Birmingham.

This week, reports out of Mobile, Alabama suggest that the last known slaveship to reach American shores, The Clotilda, has been found after decades of being lost at sea. Ironically, The Clotilda, which reached the Mobile Bay around 1860 carrying close to 200 Africans, has a direct connection to our very own co-host, Tight. In this episode,  Dr. James Delgado, who lead the search project comes to share immediate reactions to the historic find. 

In this episode of "Wake Up and Stay Woke," Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. interviews Public Interest Attorney Richard Rice on the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute awarding and then rescinding the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award to Dr. Angela Davis.

Leaveil Binion, C4 Mentoring Founder and President, joins Richard Rice & Eva Melton in the studio. We discuss the Cultivate 4 mentoring model and the upcoming annual C4 3rd Annual Heritage Ball 2019. You don’t want to miss thisepisode!!

Samantha Elliott Briggs, PhD joins us in the studio to share all about GEARUPAlabama. Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a competitive grant program of the U.S. Department of Education that increases the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education by providing States and local community-education partnerships six-to-seven year grants to offer support services to high-poverty, middle and high schools. For more info on GEAR Up: https://www.gearupal.com/

On this episode, Richard Rice is interviewed by Eva Melton. Tune in to hear all about the evolution of Richard and the inception of The Rice Firm, LLC. The Rice Firm is a public interest law firm serving Alabama.Find out more at TheRiceFirmLLC.com

Haley Colson Lewis & Martin Weinberg join us on Results with Richard Rice to discuss pollution and public corruption in North Birmingham & Tarrant. Haley is the GASP Staff Attorney. Martin Weinberg is a Birmingham based attorney. Richard Rice is a GASP Board member. Find out more about GASP at gaspgroup.org

It’s Domestic Violence Awareness month! Renee Smith & Ontario Tillman stop in to share some vital information. In our first segment, Renee Smith of "H.E.R. by Renee" and Eva Melton chat it up about advocacy for black women by black women & resources for victims of domestic violence. In the latter segment, Attorney Richard Rice and Attorney Ontario Tillman discuss developments in the Alabama's Stand Your Ground law.

Attorney Ontario Tillman of Maxwell Law discusses The Alabama Stand Your Ground Law with Attorney Richard Rice.

Week 5 is all about the Power 25. Tight and Coach are back to rundown post game analysis for the top teams in Alabama High School football and the SEC.

Football season is trucking right along. Some teams had big tests, others had cupcakes. Coach and Tight update on Alabama High School Football and Week 3 in the SEC.

Week 1 is in the books, and fans got a chance to see how their favorite teams stack up. There were surprises and a lot of disappointments. Coach and Tight get into week 1 recaps and week 2 predictions.

The football officially kicks off this week, and it's time for teams to show and prove for the 2018 season.  Coach and Tight go around the horn on the top High School matchups in Alabama and give their analysis on the opening week in the SEC football.

D1 SportsTalk gears up for the 2018 football season with previews of the Southeastern Conference and Alabama's best high school football teams. 

In the mid 1800s, The Clotilda became the last known slave ship to bring Africans to the United States, docking in the Mobile Bay in Alabama. Dr. James Delgado leads a team of archeaologists in the search for ship remains and answers to over 100 years of questions.

Scholar and activist Martez Files interviews Black Revolutionary Pastors, Pastor Eva Melton and Pastor Adam Mixon, about developing critical consciousness, Birmingham's politics, the notion of the "local church," Christianity's role in the maintenance of colonization and white supremacy, and their thoughts about where Black and other marginalized and oppressed folks go from here.

* Black KKKlansman hits the big screen * Omarosa making headlines with new book * Black women takeover magazine covers * Stevie Wonder defies the laws of blindness

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott catches heat after comments on anthem protests - 10:00 Drake repping Alabama High School in latest video - 24:50 Black Pastors head to Washington to meet with Trump, again - 53:30 LeBron James opens IPromise school in his hometown - 1:19:00