What Page You On?

Episode 9 we discuss the book “The 4 Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. A great book on how to look inwardly and reprogram your subconscious so that you have control. A light read for you and friend! As always, like, comment, share and subscribe.

Episode 8 we dive into Chapter 3 of Read Until You Understand by Farah James Griffin. This chapter focuses on black freedom and the ideals of life in America. Griffin points out that heroes like Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X both discussed civil action and self defense in their discourse on “the ballet or the bullet” Take a Listen and as always like, comment, share & subscribe!

This season of What Page You On? we're focusing on the book Read Until You Understand by Farah Griffin. In this episode, we're digging into the first chapter Legacy, Love, Learning. Tune in and don't forget to like, comment, share and subscribe! Let us know what you think!

In this episode, we discuss Paulo Freire's The Banking Concept of Education. A chapter in Freire's Pedagogy of the oppressed, he discusses the problem with this method of teaching and why it's dangerous. As we learn on this podcast and in this life it's important to engage with the work and interact with one one another as teachers and students! Like, Comment, Share & Subscribe! Link to chapter: http://puente2014.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/87465079/freire_banking_concept.pdf

Busboys and Poets is known as one of the best restaurants in DC. But what is it's effect on DC, it's residents and the culture “chocolate city” was once known for. Let us know what you think! Please like, comment, share and subscribe! @lefthandedsun_ @diasporalibrary Busboys Article: https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/186496/as-busboys-and-poets-comes-to-anacostia-a-look-at-the-restaurants-role-in-shaping-neighborhoods/ Other restaurants/Bookstores: Sankofa: @sankofadc Mahogany Bookstore: @mahoganybooks Calabash Tea & Tonic: @calabashtea NuVegan: @Nuvegancafe

Is conversate a real word? Who determines what real words are anyway? And why is African American Vernacular looked down upon but not other dialects of broken English. We address it all on this episode of What Page You On! Toni Morrison interview: https://youtu.be/PCMoS6UJoxs Conversate: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-conversate-a-real-word

Black bookstores have a rich history in our culture. Black booksellers have long been entrenched in the community specifically in the D.C. Metropolitan Area! This episode is dedicated to those independent booksellers past and present. 1. Sankofa Bookstore @sankofadc 2. Mahogany Bookstore @mahoganybooks 3. Loyalty Books @loyaltybooks FBI's War on Black Bookstores: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/fbi-black-bookstores/553598/ Like, Comment, Share & Subscribe!

Welcome to the first episode of What Page You On? In this episode we're discussing why it's important to read, how members of the African Diaspora still have work to do when it comes to literacy rates and how in today's era reading and research are vital for understanding.