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               Dr. Steve Perry’s heart pumps passion and produces positive change. Featured in CNN's Black in America series, Dr. Perry is the most talked about innovative educator on the scene today.  Perry is the founder and principal of what U.S. News and World Report has cited as one of the top schools in the country, Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut. Capital Prep has sent 100% of its predominantly low-income, minority, first generation high school graduates to four-year colleges every year since its first class graduated in 2006.              Dr. Nekeshia Hammond The Practical Guide to Raising Emotionally Healthy Children is for every parent that is looking for ways to help their children grow into adults that are healthy not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. The sad reality is that the focus in school for too many children is on their academics and their behavior. What many educators neglect is the effect of the emotions of a child on their ability to be high functioning individuals in other aspects of their lives. In this book parents will learn: * How to communicate with your children * Why and how you should talk to them, even when the subjects are taboo things like drugs, alcohol, and sex * The best ways to listen to your children * How to be a good role model for them  ...and more    .            

On Part 1: This chat with Erin Teague who is Director of Product at Yahoo is refreshing. You'll hear her talk about everything from her top 5 favorite rappers, to the constant awareness of how gender and race affects the mindset of many minorities in tech. It's an honest reflection on the thought process of a technology executive even at the highest levels. Part 2: Wayne Sutton was featured on CNN's Black in America in 2011 as co-founder of a high profile minority-focused accelerator in Silicon Valley and he's been on a rocket ever since. Founder at BUILDUP.vc, Wayne is insightful on the landscape of San Francisco for startup founders on non-traditional paths.

Marvelyn Brown, a 27-year-old native Tennessean, learned she was HIV-positive at age 19. Her autobiography, The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive, was published by Amistad/HarperCollins in 2008. Her humanitarian work earned her a 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding National PSA, BET’s Rap It Up campaign named Brown one of the 25 "HEROES" in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, in 2009 she won the Do Something Award which resulted in her face and story on the back of millions of Nacho Cheese Doritos bags nationwide, and in 2010, she was inducted into The Heroes In The Struggle Photo Exhibit by The Magic Johnson Foundation and The Black AIDS Institute. Most recently she was named a Modern Day Black History month hero by BET and was honored by the New Jersey NETS as part of their Black History Month honoring influential people initiative. Brown has also appeared on CNN's Black in America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, America’s Next Top Model, America’s Best Dance Crew, CBS’s The Early Show, numerous BET’s Rap It Up episodes and MTV’s programming. She has also appeared on the Tavis Smiley Show, the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the Michael Baisden Show, Steve Wilko’s Show, as well as the Tyra Banks Show. Articles including her story have appeared in Newsweek, U.S. News and Report, Fortune 500, Ebony, Black Beat and ESSENCE magazine. Brown has also had a tremendous affect on print in the United Kingdom with feature stories in Cosmopolitan, Pride and Fabulous Magazine. Brown has also graced the covers A&U, POZ and The Ave. She is currently the CEO and an Independent HIV Consultant for, Marvelous Connections, which she founded in 2006. Brown now has an online boutique called, MARVSPIRATIONAL, with some of her own inspirational quotes, and she is a proud ambassador for the Greater Than AIDS Campaign.

Happy Valentine's Day!   We celebrate this day with a discussion on unity and peace and the healing of racism. LOVE IS COLORLESS.   BTC Host KATHY BARRETT interviews the brilliant DR. KITTY OLIVER, Producer, Author, Oral Historian, Journalist, Writing Professor Race and Ethnic Relations, about her groundbreaking work. The Race and Change Oral History Archive that she founded is one of the largest cross-cultural collections on race relations in the country.   CNN's "Black in America," has chronicled her inspiring work using THE RACE AND CHANGE Dialogue she pioneered.  She records archival oral histories, produces television and Web radio programs, stages musical projects and teaches community outreach classes to engage native-born U.S. residents and immigrants in conversations about race and ethnic differences across generations.   Dr. Oliver's books, "Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl," "Voices of Amera: Race and Change in Hollywood, Florida," and Multicultural Reflections on Race and Change,"  share her own migration from segregation to integration.   Dr. Oliver is the director of the multimedia website project THE RACE and CHANGE INITIATIVE at Florida Atlantic University.   Male Voice Intro - Mitchell Geller   NIGHT AND THE MUSIC Theme song, written, produced and performed by Barbara Thies and Andy Barrett

DeForest Soaries is an African-American Baptist minister, Republican Party politician, author and public advocate. He is the former Secretary of State of New Jersey and former Chairman of the Federal Election Assistance Commission. Soaries was chosen by Coretta Scott King as the keynote speaker at the 2000 Martin Luther King celebration in Atlanta. Paster DeForest Soaries has recently been featured on CNN's "Black in America" discussing his book "DFree-Breaking Free From Financial Slavery."

Twenty-two year old Marvelyn Brown had dreams and aspirations just as other 19 year olds until she found out she contracted the HIV virus from an ex- boyfriend in high school who kept his virus a secret. Months after finding out her HIV status and losing the majority of her friends, Brown felt the need to raise awareness by educating young people across the country about the importance of safe sex. She is now known as a national HIV/ AIDS activist and spokesperson with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tavis Smiley Show, America's Next Top Model, MTV and BET.