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Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode has been in the making since Episode 122 (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/122) guest, Natasha Moore (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/natasha-d-moore). I'm joined by interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, scholar and educator, specializing in dance forms of the African Diaspora, Winston Benons, Jr. He has extensive training in Afro-Cuban, Haitian, Afro-Brazilian, and Bomba dance, complemented by studies in Horton and Dunham modern dance techniques. He has curated and led intensive programs in culture and dance techniques in both New York City and Cuba. He is the Founder and Director of tRúe Culture & Arts, an organization dedicated to facilitating cultural exchanges, workshops, and academic residencies. His works and studies have explored the intersections between Theater and Performance Studies, Curation and Visual Culture culminating in his graduate thesis entitled Marked: The Racialization Of African Phenotypes And Creation Of An Embodied Archive. Also an educator, he served as a lecturer at Pace University and an adjunct faculty member at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has also held guest faculty positions at Ballet Hispánico, Peridance, Djoniba Dance & Drum, and Cumbe. He is currently the US/MS IB Dance educator at Brooklyn Friends School (https://brooklynfriends.org). Recent choreography and direction credits include Amahl and the NIght Visitors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amahl_and_the_Night_Visitors) and What Lies Beneath (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Lies_Beneath) with On Site Opera (https://osopera.org/), where he also served as the cultural advocate. Most recently, he developed and performed part 1 of a series entitled Conversations with Rothko at the SMART Museum (https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/) in Chicago. Where to find Winston? the-culturalist.com (https://www.the-culturalist.com/) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/winston-benons-jr-b131074/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wbenonsjr/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/tRueCultureArts/?view_public_for=142096181671) What's Winson watching? Barry Jenkins, Moonlight (https://a24films.com/films/moonlight) and other works Dianne Reeves (https://diannereeves.com) Other topics of interest: From British Guiana to Guyana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyanese_people) The Country of Five People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyanese_people) Madeira Islands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira) What's The Highline (https://www.thehighline.org)? How Chemical Bank became Chase Bank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Bank#:~:text=In%201996%2C%20Chemical%20acquired%20Chase,be%20better%20known%2C%20particularly%20internationally.) ASWAD - Assocation for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (https://www.aswadiaspora.org/) Wideman Davis Dance (http://widemandavisdance.org/) Special Guest: Winston Benons, Jr..

Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Artistic Director, Amanda Selwyn In this episode of “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, join host Joanne Carey as she chats with Special Guest,  Amanda Selwyn, founder of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre. Together they discuss Amanda's journey in dance and theater and the future plans of the newly secured Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater Space as they celebrate their 25th anniversary. Amanda stresses her commitment to the community and the importance of dance education for children and its transformative impact her dance programs in schools. Amanda shares several inspiring stories of how dance has changed her students lives, the connection between dance and academic subjects.  Tune in and check out all that upcoming for this amazing organization that is celebrating 25 years! Amanda Selwyn (Artistic Director/Choreographer) founded Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion in 2000 and in 24 seasons, has directed over 110 productions, developed a network of artists, and created Notes in Motion's dance education program. Amanda recently taught workshops at Peridance, a Residency at Hofstra University, New Women, New York, the New York Gender Conference, and a Choreography Master Class at Temple University. Her 24th Season is being presented at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center and her 20th Anniversary Season was presented at Baruch Performing Arts Center both as Residency Artists of the CUNY Dance Initiative. She has choreographed dance for Chicago's Motivity; for theatre productions including House on Mango Street, Free to be You an Me, Once Upon a Mattress, The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory; and for her original theatre productions which include Herland, Yellow Feather, and Slitting the Clouds. In addition to her choreographic work, Amanda has directed off-broadway theatre in NYC . Amanda teaches dance and theatre to New York City children and has been on faculty at The Brearley School, Brooklyn Friends School, Beit Rabban School, Solomon Schechter School, and the New Acting Company. She has taught dance composition and technique at the Berkshire Institute for Music and Art and taught dance and theatre in Israel at the Israel Museum, English Village, and the Arad Community Center. She is the recipient of grants from the NY State Council on the Arts, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, the Friars Foundation, Dizzy Feet Foundation, Bronx Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund, NY City Council Members Bill DeBlasio, Kevin Riley, Andy King, Carlina Rivera, Althea Stevens, James Gennaro, Irma Vernikov, Marjorie Velazquez, Farah N. Louis, Margaret Chin, and Rosie Mendez, Manhattan Borough President, Met Life, City National Bank, Credit Suisse, and the Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation. Her work has been presented on Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out Stage, at Tribeca Performing Arts Center Pushing Progress at Peridance to name a few. She has a Masters from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in performance studies and a B.S. from Northwestern University in theatre, women's studies, and dance. And follow “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey wherever you listen to your podcasts.  ⁠https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/ Find out more⁠ https://amandaselwyndance.org/ “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey wherever you listen to your podcasts.  ⁠https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/⁠ Tune in. Follow. Like us. And Share.  Please leave us review about our podcast!  “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey  "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."

Chelsea and Kevin sit down with wellness coach and energy healing practitioner (among many other things), Kadeem Alston-Roman, to talk about what self-care can look like for artists and empaths when it comes to protecting our creative energy, how we can make sure we're taking care of ourselves, shedding our good girl/boy/person capes, and so very much more. If you've ever been known for being nice, but are ready instead to be known for being kind to yourself and others, this episode is for you.  More about Kadeem: Kadeem Alston-Roman is a meditation teacher, holistic wellness coach, energy healing practitioner, aromatherapist, hypnotherapist and inspirational speaker. He uses his gifts, skills and abilities to work with a variety of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual issues. He has worked with varying populations at Google, Yahoo, Verizon, Bloomberg, Audible, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York University, Brooklyn Friends School, Gibney Dance, The Actors Fund Arts Center, The World Policy Institute and others. His expertise has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, The Sunday Times, Martha Stewart Living, The Huffington Post, Dance Magazine, Medium, Heathline and other publications. He was the co-founder and co-director of Full Force Wellness & Dance Repertory, a dance organization that incorporated holistic wellness & clinical wellness into its classes and performances. Over ten years, Kadeem and his co-founder and co-director, Anginese Phillips, entertained and inspired audiences throughout New York City and the surrounding tri-state area. Kadeem was also the host of the podcast Upgrade Your Light and is the author of a cheeky book entitled, A Spiritual Guru Walked Into the House of a Cash Master…and the Rest Is History. For more information on all of Kadeem's works visit: www.Linktr.ee/KadeemOne Website: kadeemone.com Instagram: @kadeemone

Brett Topel is the author of five books, including Mount Rushmore of the New York Mets: The Best Players By Decade to Wear the Orange and Blue , Miracle Moments in New York Mets History, So, You Think You're A New York Mets Fan, When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets, and Simply the Best: The Story of the 1929-31 Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty.He is the director of marketing and communications at Brooklyn Friends School.You know him as the host of one of the top rated Baseball shows on the 365SPORTSCAST network BT Talks baseball heard each and every Sunday night at 7 pm. He joins Mark to talk about it all. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com as well as facebook live at 6pm Sundays for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps.

On this episode of Roger the Wild Child Show, we are joined by former ECW wrestler, adultr film star and podcast host, Jasmin St. Claire!  Jasmin St. Claire shot to fame as "America's Most Controversial Sex Symbol" after appearing in the top-selling adult films of the late 1990s. She created an outlaw rock star image that at times scandalized the adult industry. Her acerbic humor and willingness to mock her own porn stardom made her one of the highest rated guests on Howard Stern's radio show and related broadcasts for E! Entertainment. St. Claire's first mainstream appearances were in significant comic roles in Communication Breakdown and in National Lampoon Dorm Daze 2. St. Claire's background is almost entirely at odds with her early adult-film career. She was born Rhea De Vlugt in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Her father, from Holland, operated a food distribution company. Her mother was a U.S.-educated lawyer, originally from Brazil. St. Claire grew up on Manhattan's Upper west side and attended the Lycee Francais and McBurney School, whose alumni include Henry Winkler and J.D. Salinger. St. Claire graduated from Brooklyn Friends School at age 16, with honors for her work in the pioneering "Art without Walls" tutoring program for inner city youth. Upon graduation from Columbia University, St, Claire became a financial consultant at S. G. Warburg (then, a division of Swiss Bank.). But while in a physically abusive relationship with a prominent Manhattan lawyer (whom St. Claire later outed in an interview with Howard Stern), she began a secret life as a topless dancer at Manhattan's infamous KitKat Club, then at Flashdancers.St. Claire entered the adult industry on a dare. Invited on the Jerry Springer Show for a scripted role as antagonistic stripper, St. Claire invented her larger-than-life "Jasmin St. Claire" persona. St. Claire's flare for theater and controversy marked her ascent in the adult film world. She polarized the industry by calling porn films "by and large, disgusting and brainless." But she quickly dethroned Jenna Jameson as America's top-selling porn star, and became the first Latina to surpass traditional blond porn star archetypes when her films achieved number one sales position in 1998. She was inducted in AVN's "Hall of Fame" as one of the greatest porn stars of all time. St. Claire was among the first adult performers to be merchandised as an action figure and to star in an adult comic book series. At the height of her porn stardom, St. Claire was the subject of critical essays by David Foster Wallace and Evan Wright.   For all the controversy she engendered, St. Claire only spent three years in the adult business and made just over two dozen films. In 1999, she retired. She never made an adult film again, though compilations of old footage re-released under new titles continued to be sold through the 2000s. St. Claire pushed herself to new extremes by becoming a pro-wrestler. In 1998 the Dudley Boyz invited her to appear in the ECW's Living Dangerously pay-per-view event. St. Claire subsequently trained under Sue Sexton and Mando Guerrero, then worked with wrestling legend Jimmy Lawler in the Memphis Championship and in the XWF and NWA-TNA. St. Claire often played the role of "manager," who would enter the ring and fight alongside wrestlers. In real life, St. Claire created the upstart federation 3PW becoming the first female owner ever to operate and promote a wrestling league, five years before Stephanie McMahon took the reigns of the WWE. St. Claire closed the doors to 3PW in 2005. St. Claire became a heavy-metal journalist and on-air personality with the launch of the Metals Darkside series in 2004, which she also produced. Her interest in heavy metal stretches back to the first Black Sabbath show she attended at Madison Square Garden when she was nine. 

Hear the full episode at patreon.com/workstoppage John and Lina discuss the finer points of what unions might offer to independent content creators, follow up on the Brooklyn Friends School strike, and cover a lot of stuff happening in Pennsylvania, from firefighters to google employees follow Lina @solidaritybee on twitter follow John @facebookvillain on twitter

John Tarleton interviews Sarah Gordon, a third grade teacher at Brooklyn Friends School and a member of the negotiating committee of the Brooklyn Friends School Union. Teachers and staff at the school went on strike Monday demanding that Brooklyn Friends drop its push to decertify their union. They want to be able to continue collectively bargaining their pay and working conditions as the school re-opens for classes.

John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of The Indypendent, interviews Jo Ann Brown, a registered dietician who works on the acute care floor at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, which Governor Cuomo plans to shut down. He also speaks with Sarah Gordon, a third grade teacher at Brooklyn Friends School, where teachers are on strike to protest the unsafe re-opening of their school.

Sam and the crew break down the fallout from Trump's Covid hospitalization and how it might impact the campaign in its closing weeks. On today's show: Trump tweets video saying he's going to surprise the great "patriots" outside Walter Reed on Sunday. Freaks outside Walter Reed react to Trump in motorcade. SATURDAY: Dr. Sean Conley refuses to provide straight answer on Trump oxygen question. SUNDAY: Conley says he avoided answering about Trump's oxygen levels because he wanted to reflect "upbeat attitude" of Trump and medical team. FRIDAY: Greg Gutfeld says it was necessary for Trump to put it on the line for the American people. Asked about Trump putting Secret Service at risk, Dan Bongino compares Covid ride to Secret Service protecting Obama in war zone. On the fun half: Study says face masks don't restrict oxygen or hurt lung function. Flashback: Chris Christie says we have to accept Covid deaths as part of reopening the economy. Biden up in the polls following debate. In South Carolina Senate debate with Lindsey Graham, Jamie Harrison explains the importance of Medicaid expansion. Brooklyn Friends School is trying to bust its union; learn more and support the workers at bfsunion.org. Trump tweets that he is leaving the hospital. Plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member of the Majority Report at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Check out the Brand New Majority Report Merch Shop https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) The AM Quickie is now on YouTube Subscribe to the AM Quickie at https://fans.fm/amquickie Make the AMQ part of your Alexa Flash Briefing too! You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsors: Harry’s is a return to the essential: quality, durable blades at a fair price – with blades as low as $2 each, delivered straight to your doorstep! Listeners of my show can redeem their Harry’s trial set at HARRYS.com/majorityreport. Stitch Fix is a personal styling company that makes getting the clothes you love effortless. To get started, go to StitchFix.com/MAJORITY to set up your profile and they’ll deliver great looks personalized just for you – in your colors, styles and budget. Get started today at StitchFix.com/MAJORITY and you’ll get 25% off when you keep everything in your Fix! ZipRecruiter sends your job to over 100 of the web’s leading job sites. But they don’t stop there. With their powerful matching technology, ZipRecruiter scans thousands of resumes to find people with the right experience and invite them to apply to your job. Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE, my listeners can go to ZipRecruiter.com/majority Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.substack.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s newsletter at theend.substack.com Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @JamieElizabeth @MattLech @BF1nn

On today's episode I speak to Margaret Trissel, Fadwa Abbas, and  Eliza van Rootselaar all teachers from Brooklyn Friends School,  a private Quaker school in Brooklyn New York.The colleagues of Brooklyn Friends School moved to unionize last year with an overwhelming majority of employees (faculty and staff together) voting in favor of unionization. The  new head of school did not want to work in a unionized school. After significant layoffs and role reductions that had been negotiated with the union, the head of school and the board announced that they are taking advantage of new Trump administration NLRB policies that allow religious institutions to decertify unions. "Why is it the workers of Brooklyn Friends are being asked to give up the chance to organize and collectively bargain while taking tremendous risks to self care for ourselves and our students?" Fadwa Abbas is an English teacher in the upper school at Brooklyn Friends School. She teaches adults as weak and has taught in both public and private schools in NYC Eliza van Rotselaar is a 2nd grade teacher at Brooklyn Friends School. This will be her 7th year teaching as well as being an alum of BFS. Margaret Trissel is a 5th grade Humanities teacher at BFS. She is a former faculty trustee.  

  How to transform your passion into a way to give back meaningfully.  Kadeem Alston-Roman is a holistic wellness coach, aromatherapist, hypnotherapist and energy medicine practitioner. He uses his gifts and abilities to work with a variety of ailments that include, but not limited to: stress, headache, backache, arthritis, cancer, AIDS, depression, anxiety, insomnia and other physical and mental health issues.  He has worked with varying populations at Google, Yahoo, New York University, Mt. Sinai Hospital, St. Francis College, Brooklyn Friends School, Gibney Dance, Bailey’s Café, The Actors Fund Arts Center, The World Policy Institute and others. He has helped numerous people receive a complete healing from their ailments or gain an overall better quality of life. He has trained under Jeffrey V. Noble of The Noble Touch, Master Glenn Mendoza and Master Marilag Mendoza with The Center For Pranic Healing as well as David Synder and Greg Toews.  He is the founder of Kadeem One, a holistic wellness firm that makes spirituality and healing fun by adding elements of pop culture into its services. Anginese Phillips is a graduate of Pratt Institute with a Master’s of Science degree in Creative Arts Therapy. Anginese has been practicing for 6 years as a licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) and board certified dance/movement therapist (BC-DMT) with the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA). Her work has mainly been with adults in a variety of settings including Lutheran Social Services, Good Shepherd Services, Service Program for Older People, Girl Be Heard & St. Francis College. Anginese’s clinical experience as well as her theoretical framework in using dance/movement therapy has become the catalyst for co-creating Full Force workshops, which are specifically geared towards using the individual & group experience to support each individual in learning more about their mental, physical, & emotional needs. Full Force Wellness has officially rolled out a corporate wellness program that integrates their unique and powerful clinically based and holistic wellness modalities.  For those that reach out to them 48 hours after this podcast they will host a free workshop or talk for your company or team.  For those that reach out 7 days after this podcast they will host a workshop or talk for only $109. You can find them on www.FullForceRepertory.com. You can also find them on Facebook and Instagram as FullForceRepertory, all one word and on Twitter as FullForceRep.    

“Silence is the best friend of hate” Talking privilege with Dr. Eddie Moore Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. has pursued and achieved success in academia, business, diversity, leadership, and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC [www.eddiemoorejr.com] to provide comprehensive diversity, privilege, and leadership trainings/workshops. Dr. Moore is recognized as one of the nation’s top speakers and educators. His interview with Wisconsin Public Radio won the 2015 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association's Best Interview in Medium Market Radio, 1st Place [http://www.wpr.org/shows/newsmakers-december-4-2014], and he is featured in the film “I’m not Racist….Am I?” Dr. Moore is the Founder/Program Director for the White Privilege Conference (WPC), [www.whiteprivilegeconference.com]. Under the direction of Dr. Moore and his inclusive relationship model the WPC has become one of the top national and international conferences for participants who want to move beyond dialogue and into action around issues of diversity, power, privilege, and leadership. In 2014 Dr. Moore founded The Privilege Institute (TPI) which engages people in research, education, action, and leadership through workshops, conferences, publications, and strategic partnerships and relationships. Dr. Moore is co-founder of the on-line journal Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, co-editor of Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories, The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys, The Diversity Consultant Cookbook: Preparing for the Challenge (2019) and Teaching Brilliant and Beautiful Black Girls (2020). For 10-years, Dr. Moore served as Director of Diversity at Brooklyn Friends School in Brooklyn, NY, and The Bush School in Seattle, Washington. Now, in addition to full-time consulting, he serves as Founder and President of TPI and lives in Green Bay, WI. Dr. Moore received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Education Leadership. His Ph.D. research is on Black Football Players at Division III Schools in the Midwest. Twitter: @eddieknowsmoore | Instagram: eddiemoorejr | In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/eddiemoorejr

Today I get to have a lively conversation with two friends about art and life and how the two intersect. Sita Gomez de Kanelba is a distinguished Cuban American visual artist born in Paris 1932. She is daughter of the doctor Domingo Mauricio Gómez-Gimeranez and Else-Marie (Formo) Gómez. Her family fled the Nazi's after Hitler's request for her father to work for him. They were later exiled from Cuba and lived in New York. Sita received her Diploma in Art From Parsons School of Design in 1955. She has shown in exhibits and galleries all over the world, from the Cisneros Gallery in New York to the Museum of Modern art in Bogata, Columbia. She is a close friend and contemporary of the artist Carmen Herrera, and like Herrera is beginning to gain more recognition later in life. Sita continues to paint and show her work and now lives in Hudson, New York. Susie DeFord studied poetry at Florida State University, and received her MFA from the New School University. Her work has appeared in BOMB, Poets and Artists, Mipoesias, Work Zine, Dog Fancy, Shampoo, the Anthology "Dogs Singing," amongst others. She has taught writing at Brooklyn Friends School, Berkeley Carroll, and the College of New Rochelle. Also a musician, in 2012 she started NEON GRLZ a collaborative musical experiment. Back in the day she played in the bands Terset and Wu Wei. She writes the blog Dog Poet Laureate. She teaches at The Kingston Writers Studio in Kingston, NY. Susie is a CPDT-KA dog trainer who lives in Catskill, NY where she runs Susie's Pet Care, a dog boarding & training business. She is also a Licensed Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty in Kingston, NY. The two fatefully met when Sita was looking to sell her home and Susie is in the business of selling them. They are now endeavoring to publically revive Sita's impressive art collection with her first showing in decades this October 12th and 13th as a part of Hudson, NY's open studios. Susie is also partnering with a local filmmaker to produce a documentary film on Sita's colorful art and life and is actively pursuing funding to complete this project. Today's show was engineered by Ben Benton of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from our fave, Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/ Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org Leave me a voicemail with your thoughts or a few words about who has what you want and why! (845)481-3429 ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IT :) http://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcast ITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHER ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2 SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCA STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr' Follow: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

This week on ... For the People... law in plain language with Debra D. Rainey, Esq. FOR THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE BROADCASTING LIVE TONIGHT PLEASE ENJOY OUR REBROADCAST OF:  School to Prison Pipeline, from Detention Hall to Detention Center When child’s play becomes something more!  School to prison pipeline, WTF! When if ever should child’s play become criminalized? What are the financial incentives that motivate our school districts to incarcerate and not educate our children?  Should our schools be responsible for the socialization of our children? How do we make more people aware of the epidemic of the School to Prison Pipeline? Special Guests The Honorable Jordan Harris Pennsylvania State Representative was elected to the State Legislature on Nov. 6, 2012, representing the 186th Legislative District in Philadelphia. Prior to being elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harris was appointed as the Executive Director of Philadelphia's Youth Commission where he advised the Mayor, City Council and other key decision makers.  Representative Harris earned his Bachelor's Degree in Governmental and Political Affairs and a Master's Degree in Education.  Representative Harris is sought after to discuss youth leadership and development a t universities, churches and on other platforms across the nation. Harris is an informed advocate for the improvement of the educational system. Ian Ranzer, English teacher.  Prior to teaching at Friends Select in Philadelphia, Ian taught English at The Haverford School as well as Brooklyn Friends School and the Vermont public school system. Ian's primary focus is American Literature and he has also taught courses in women’s literature, utopian fiction and new journalism.  As a personal passion outside of school,  Ian is Program Director at G-town Radio, as well as host of Mt. Airy Groove (formerly Soul Junction,)  a head noddin' amalgamation of jazz, soul, fusion, Brazil, AfroBeat, and all funky things, mixed seamlessly on 100% vinyl, which can be heard weekly on G-town radio.com on Wednesdays afternoons from 12:00-2:00 PM (EST).    Mary R. Pitts, CEO of ‘Prophetic Presentations, speaking to the hearts of mankind, via the ARTS', developed her love and interest in the Performing Arts at an early age in her local church, as an actor and later as a writer, director and producer.  Mary completed her Associates Degree in General Studies at Community College of Philadelphia and received her Bachelor’s Degree from LaSalle University in sociology. Mary is a former department of Human Services Social Worker, and a pure advocate for children.  Mary is a frequent guest on and guest co-host on For the People, law in plain language. Mary also co-hosts the Broke N truth show which can be heard weekly on G-town radio.com on Tuesday night from 9:30 -1030 PM (EST)  Studio Line 215-609-4301 TEXT LINE 215-435-4099 Listen. CALL. talk LIVE. DiScUsS. TUESDAY'S 8-9:30 PM (EST) Host: Debra D. Rainey, The Compassionate Lawyer Cohosts: Blaq aka the “Broke Poet and Breeayre Andersons aka “Breeze” Executive Producer: Renee Norris-Jones Managing Producer: Chamara Cotton aka ‘Ladygohard' and 'Cheddar’ Associate Producer:  Robbin K. Stanton, aka “Aunt Robbin” FTP Team: Senorita Nora Norris, Asia "P-roc" Proctor & Marcha" Marcy H," Hilaire This episode was produced by Chamara Cotton Weekly Podcasts: iTunes & Podomatic Like us FACEBOOK    ~   Follow us TWITTER Or1ginal Air date: March 4, 2014 ~ LISTEN with the TUNEIN APP on your SMARTPHONE ~