Podcasts about Medgar Evers College

Authoritarianism on the rise: Educators and unionists share strategies for resistance and victory, citing historical examples of successful labor movements, at a conference hosted by CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and Cornell Worker Institute in New York City this past May.This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donateDescription: Labor organizing is critical to any anti-fascist movement, but labor unions and worker education are feeling the impact of brutal Republican attacks and cuts. How are workers and educators responding? In this special report, from a conference held at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) in New York City, Laura spoke with Rebecca “Becky” Pringle, president of the National Education Association, the largest union in the country, about labor solidarity in the deep-red state of Utah; history professor Robert Cassannello, a plaintiff in a successful suit against Florida Gov. DeSantis's Stop Woke Act; and Rev. Ryan Brown, an Amazon worker/organizer from North Carolina, about how workers and educators are fighting back, and even winning in these times, although the obstacles are immense. The conference, “Labor and the Crisis of Democracy; Working Class Politics in a Time of Authoritarianism” was convened by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies with the Cornell Worker Institute. “It's not the first time that our species have lived in perilous times, with pharaohs who are giving people work without any brick, without any straw. They have always figured out a way to organize, to mobilize and to agitate . . . Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, they were just regular, everyday human beings. No education. But they knew that fundamentally something was wrong about the world.” - Rev. Ryan Brown“You can study any authoritarian reign, any oligarch throughout history. The people who have the most success in fighting against them are educators and they are unionists . . . We understand these are multi-pronged attacks on every front. So we have to actually have a multi-pronged approach for educators.” - Becky Pringle GUESTS:• Reverend Ryan Brown: President, Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment (CAUSE)• Robert Cassannello: History Professor, University of Central Florida; Incoming President, United Faculty of Florida (UFF)• Bhairavi Desai: Executive Director, NY Taxi Worker Alliance• Annabelle Heckler: Artist; Social Practice Fellow, CUNY• Sherman Henry: Director, Labor Institute for Advancing Black Strategies, Clark Atlanta University• Dr. Mudiwa Pettus: Assistant Professor, English Department, Medgar Evers College; Social Practice Fellow, CUNY • Rebecca “Becky” Pringle: President, National Education Association Check out the Bonus Interview in this podcast feed:  In a candid discussion with Laura, veteran union organizer Alex Han and U.S. Right Wing expert Tarso Ramos explore how workers are uniting against rising authoritarianism. Music Credit: “Jagged” by Blue Dot Sessions. And original sound production and design by Jeannie Hopper. Watch the special report released on YouTube May 30th 5pm ET; PBS World Channel June 1st, and on over 300 public stations across the country (check your listings, or search here via zipcode). Listen: Episode airing on community radio (check here to see if your station airs the show) & available as a podcast June 4th. RESOURCES:Watch the broadcast episode cut for time at our YouTube channel and airing on PBS stations across the country  Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:• Africana & Puerto Rican Studies: A Student-Led Victory for Multicultural Education: Watch / Listen-Podcast• Journalists Maria Hinojosa & Chenjerai Kumanyika: Forced Removals, Foreign Detention, the War on Education & Free Speech: Watch / Listen-Podcast:  Episode and/or Full Conversation•  Labor Safety, Project 2025, & the Far Right's Plot Against Workers: What You Need to Know: Watch / Listen-PodcastRelated Articles and Resources:•  AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's order threatens the union's survival, by Ryan Foley, May 5, 2025, Associated Press•  Judge blocks Trump push to cut public school funding over diversity programs, by Holly Ramer, AP and Collin Binkley, AP, April 24, 2025, PBS• PFFU, Utah labor unions return 320K signatures for referendum challenging anti-collective bargaining law, April 17, 2025, International Association of Fire Fighters• UCF professor may proceed in lawsuit against Stop ‘WOKE' Act (FL), September 25, 2022, The Charge, Nicholson Student Media Full Episode Notes are located HERE. 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Betty Shabazz was born on May 28, 1934. After marrying Malcolm X and converting to Islam, she became an activist and educator, later earning a doctorate and teaching at Medgar Evers College. Her life was marked by tragedy, resilience, and an enduring legacy. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"All That We Carry/Where Do We Go From Here?" is the theme for the National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College this weekend. There's also a discussion of #Shirley, the film about Shirley Chisholm starring Regina King, as an entry point for a discussion on momentum of memory and cultural meaning making.JOIN KNARRATIVE: https://www.knarrative.com it's the only way to get into #Knubia, where these classes areheld live with a live chat.To shop Go to:TheGlobalMajorityMore from us:Knarrative Twitter: https://twitter.com/knarrative_Knarrative Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knarrative/In Class with Carr Twitter: https://twitter.com/inclasswithcarrSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, Nikesha speaks with Donna Hill, the newly named executive director of The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, right in the heart of Brooklyn. Today, as in Thursday March 27, 2025, kicks off the center's signature event, the National Black Writer's Conference. This year is their two-day biennial symposium highlighting middle grade and young adult fiction. Tickets are free for seniors and for anyone else the cost is $30 or less. Mentioned in this episode:Rate & ReviewThanks for listening, family! Please do us a solid and take a quick moment to rate and/or leave a review for this podcast. It will go a long way to making sure content featuring our stories and perspectives are seen on this platform

Ep 55 DuEwa talked with Dr. Nina Angela Mercer about her work and new book THE DOUBLE. Visit her website at www.NinaAngelaMercer.com.Follow Nerdacity IG @nerdacityarts , X @nerdacitypod1Subscribe and listen to past interviews @Spotify @ApplePodcasts and Youtube.com/DUEWAWORLD.BioNina Angela is a cultural worker and multidisciplinary artist living in Washington, D.C. Nina's writing is published in The Killens Review of Arts & Letters; Black Renaissance Noire; Continuum: The Journal of African Diaspora Drama, Theatre, and Performance; A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine Online; Break Beat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Press); Are You Entertained? Black Popular Culture in the 21st Century (Duke University Press); Performance Research Journal (Taylor and Francis); Represent! New Plays for Multicultural Young People (Bloomsbury Press); So We Can Know: Writers of Color on Pregnancy, Loss, Abortion, and Birth (Haymarket Press); Black Ecologies Zine (Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice); and tBTR: A Journal of the Black Theatre Network. She is excited about her first collection of writing for performance, The Double: A Choreodrama and a Choreopoem (Kavaya Press).Nina's choreodramas, choreopoems, and plays include GUTTA BEAUTIFUL(The Warehouse Theatre, The Woolly Mammoth for DC's Fringe, Abrons Arts Center/Henry Street Settlement, & Little Carib Theatre in Trinidad); ITAGUA MEJI: A Road & A Prayer (Brecht Forum, Alternate Roots, Rutgers University Newark and New Brunswick, The Nuyorican Poets Café); GYPSY & THE BULLY DOOR (The Warehouse Theatre, the former Dumbo Sky); ELIJAHEEN BECOMES WIND (Anacostia Arts Center); CHARISMA AT THE CROSSROADS (Dorothy Young Arts Center); SPARROW(The Langston Hughes House); and A COMPULSION FOR BREATHING (The Schomburg Center and Target Margin Theater). Nina has taught across disciplines at American University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn College, Drew University, and for the Beyond Identity Program at City College. She is also co-founder and executive director of Ocean Ana Rising, Inc. (OAR) which has been generously funded with grants from the NEA, The Black Seed, and DC's Commission on the Arts and Humanities.Nina holds a Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). She also holds a Master of Philosophy from The Graduate Center at CUNY, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing - Fiction from American University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Howard University. Nina is a mother to two adult daughters who keep her mindful with an ear for new music and language.

Elephants, the Grass and A Teacher: Recollections and Reflections on the Nigeria/Biafra War by Chinyere E. EgbeThis book is a captivating rendition of Dr. Egbe's personal and family experiences during the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). The book will equally go down as an audacious contribution to the historiography of the Nigerian civil war. Not to mention a crash program in military history. Here, his detailed rebuttal of Brigadier Alabi's claim that the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage was the first time elephants were used in battle, comes to mind.Dr. Egbe presents several harrowing experiences and close calls with annihilation of his family. For example, after Dr. Egbe's siblings and their mother were tied up to be executed by Nigerian soldiers in May 1969, one of the soldiers discovered a photograph in which their dad was pictured with the battalion commander who had sent them to arrest the family. Dr. Egbe concludes that the leaders of Nigeria and Biafra learned little or no lessons from the tragedy.Dr. Chinyere Emmanuel Egbe is an economist and currently a tenured full professor of Business at Medgar Evers College (CUNY), where he has taught business statistics and finance since 1989. Dr. Egbe is also a Consortial faculty at the City University School of Professional Studies (SPS). At CUNY SPS, Dr. Egbe teaches Business Mathematics and also provides leadership in curriculum development.During his tenure at Medgar Evers College, Dr. Egbe held various positions. While he was dean, he led the school to gain national accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Schools of Business and Programs (ACBSP) in 2003 and continued to provide leadership to reaffirm the accreditation of the school's business programs in 2013. Dr. Egbe also wrote proposals that established two new degree programs. Community leaders have also recognized Dr. Egbe for his contributions to community Development and awarded him Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition in 2001 and 2018.https://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Grass-Teacher-Recollections-Reflections/dp/B0D3KLSGS2https://igweplinyegbe.org/https://mainspringbooks.com/http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/22725msb1.mp3   

The latest Building Black Business podcast episode features Diamond Cooper in conversation with Dr. Patricia Ramsey, President of Medgar Evers College. In Partnership with @DriveToyota

Lurie Daniel Favors, Lawyer, Activist, and Executive Director of The Center for Law and Social Justice at CUNY's Medgar Evers College, discusses organizing efforts, voting and the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election.

This week's episode of the Be More Today Show features licensed clinical social worker, speaker, consultant and educator Dr. Tiffany Llewellyn. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Medgar Evers College, Master of Social Work at Hunter College, and Doctor of Social Work degree at the University of Southern California with a research focus on the impact of systemic oppression on Black mental health.Dr. Llewellyn has extensive experience within mental healthcare and is passionate about mental health through the lens of race, oppression and power. Her experience includes creating structural change through social justice work, working with clients to increase wellness and decrease racial trauma, and activating students for social justice engagement.Join our conversation as we discuss ways wellness can assist with the trauma in communities of color, why faith based organizations struggle to stand for social justice issues, and why kindness needs to be an action word in the Christian community. Follow Dr. Llewellyn at www.tlwellness.org, Adventists for Social Justice on Facebook, or @drtiffanylew on IG. Visit www.bemoretoday.com for all other information. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bemoretoday/support

This week on The Curatorial Blonde, Ep. 50 features Jasmine Weber. Weber is a writer, editor, and artist from Long Island, New York, now based in Brooklyn.  Her experience includes news editor of Hyperallergic, editing and writing about contemporary arts and culture since 2018. She has participated in panels hosted by the Brooklyn Rail, Medgar Evers College, ICP-Bard, Creative Time, the International Association of Art Critics, and the New York Academy of Art, also appearing on NPR's All of It with Alison Stewart.   Her photography and collage work has been published in multiple publications, including Them, Gumbo Magazine, Rookie. Her artwork was presented in a 2019 exhibition hosted by BRIC.  In 2018, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Ethnicity and Race Studies from Columbia University, specializing in Black Cultural Production and receiving departmental honors for her undergraduate thesis. She also completed a concentration in Visual Arts.   #arttalks #JasmineWeber #ContemporaryArt #arttalks #Blackwomen #CairaMoreira #TheCuratorialBlonde

Our host, Carol Jenkins sits with Dr. Jonathan Quash, Director of CUNY's Black Male Initiative (BMI), and James Viafara, a student at Medgar Evers College to discuss the program's significance, its historical roots, and its broader impact beyond people of color.

At this week's Round Table, Emmanuel, Hannah, and Heba spoke with Esmeralda Simmons, Fellow in the Advanced Leadership Institute at Harvard University and Founder of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, a community-based racial justice advocacy center that focuses on legal work and research on civil rights and domestic human rights violations. Ms Simmons is an accomplished lawyer and public servant who has spent decades fighting for human and civil rights on the federal, state, and municipal levels. Recently retired, she advocated for equity in public education, voting, policing and the child welfare system as the Center's executive director for 34 years. Through the Center, Simmons provided community organizations with legal counsel and research assistance. In this episode, we explored the work she did PRIOR to founding and directing the Center for Law and Social Justice: Ms. Simmons served as First Deputy Commissioner at the New York State Division of Human Rights, where she developed and led the implementation of policy in support of New Yorkers' human and civil rights, and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. In addition, she has served on several major public boards in New York City government, including the NYC Board of Education and the NYC Districting Commission. Outside of this work, Ms. Simmons also volunteers her skills and currently serves on the board of directors of UPROSE, a climate justice organization; the Council of Elders for African Cultural Heritage; and Little Sun People, an African-centered early childhood education center. In the recent past, served on the Boards of several national organizations: the Applied Research Center (now “Race Forward”); Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center; the Child Welfare Fund; and, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC).  Ms. Simmons has also served as counsel or co-counsel on numerous major federal Voting Rights Act cases and election law cases and has secured victories before the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Metropolitan Black Bar and American Bar Associations, Ile Ase, Inc., and the New York Voting Rights Consortium. Esmeralda Simmons is certainly an irreplaceable member of many communities including, now, of ours. Thank you for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nextgenpolitics/message

This episode features an interview with Dr. Keith Gilyard conducted by guest host Dr. Derek G. Handley during the 2023 Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute at Penn State University. They discuss Gilyard's path to a career in rhetoric, writing, and composition studies; his writing process and creative writing; academic mentorship and leadership; and his legacy and contributions to the field of African American rhetoric. Keith Gilyard is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and African American Studies at Penn State University. He formerly was a member of the faculty at Syracuse University and at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. He served as Thomas R. Watson Visiting Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisville and as Presidential Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Oklahoma. The author of twenty-four books, his works include the education memoir Voices of the Self (1991), Composition and Cornel West (2008), On African American Rhetoric (with Adam Banks, 2018), biographies of John Oliver Killens (2011) and Louise Thompson Patterson (2017), the novella The Next Great Old-School Conspiracy (2015), and the poetry collections Impressions (2021) and On Location (2023). Gilyard is a former Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication and former president of the National Council of Teachers of English. He is the recipient of two American Book Awards, the CCCC Exemplar Award, the NCTE Distinguished Service Award, and the RSA Cheryl Geisler Award for Outstanding Mentor. This episode features a clip from "Super Glue" by Plushgoolash. Episode Transcript  

Dr. Brenda M. Greene has committed her life to teaching, learning, and scholarship. Dr. Greene is founder and executive director of the Center for Black Literature (CBL); director of the National Black Writers Conference (NBWC); and professor of English at Medgar Evers College. She is an author, a mama and holds a Ph.d in English from New York University. Dr. Greene is the proud mother of two sons, Talib Kweli Greene (an internationally known hip-hop artist) and Jamal K. Greene (Professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia University.) https://centerforblackliterature.org/

Donna Hill began her career in 1987 writing short stories for the confession magazines. Since that time she has more than 100 published titles to her credit since her first novel was released in 1990, and is considered one of the early pioneers of the African American romance genre.  Three of her novels Intimate Betrayal, Masquerade and A Private Affair have been adapted for television. The only Arabesque /BET Books author that can claim that distinction. She has been featured in Essence, the New York Daily News, USA Today, Today's Black Woman, and Black Enterprise among many others. She has appeared on numerous radio and television stations across the country and her work has appeared on several bestseller lists. She has received numerous awards for her body of work—which cross several genres– including The Career Achievement Award, the first recipient of The Trailblazer Award, The Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award, The Gold Pen Award among others, as well as commendations for her community service, during her tenure as Coordinator for Kianga House—a transitional residence for homeless teen mothers and their children. Donna co-wrote the screenplay Fire, which enjoyed limited theater release before going to DVD.As an editor she has packaged several highly successful novels, and anthologies, two of which were nominated for awards.  She began her ‘teaching” career as  a writing instructor at The Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center in New York in the early 90s. Several of her students have gone on to publish novels.  Donna also served as a writing instructor with the Elders Writing Program sponsored by Medgar Evers College through Poets & Writers, and successfully worked to compile and publish the memoirs of the elders.  While Donna may not be recognized on national bestsellers lists, she has maintained a solid  30-year writing career, supported by her devoted fans, which she celebrated in June 2020 in commemoration of the release of her first novel Rooms of the Heart.Donna holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and is in pursuit of her D.A. degree from Murray State University in English Pedagogy and Technology. She is an Assistant Professor of Professional Writing at Medgar Evers College, and former Adjunct Instructor at Baruch College, Essex County College and the College of New Rochelle. Donna currently lives in Brooklyn with her family.Variety just announced that Amblin Partners has secured the film rights to Donna Hill's Confessions in B-Flat (published in 2020), with Academy Award-winning actor and producer Octavia Spencer, four-time Oscar-nominated producer Kristie Macosko Krieger and Aimee Carpenter set to produce.  Learn more at: Donna's website: https://donnaohill.comConfessions in B-Flat: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/confessions-in-b-flat-octavia-spencer-kristie-macosko-krieger-amblin-partners-1235547697/https://twitter.com/donnahillhttps://www.facebook.com/donnahillwriterhttps://www.entangledpublishing.com/books/i-am-ayah-the-way-home

The Justice for Gerard Movement Presents: TURNING A MOMENT INTO A MOVEMENT TOPIC: "Healing the Wounds of Injustice and Restoring Hope" w/ Dr. Shari Richardson Join The Justice for Gerard Movement....Jay Love, Attorney Hugo Mack, Dwayne Brooks, and Rev. Tia Littlejohn as we have a discussion about change and Healing. Dr. Shari Richardson, DSW, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Southern California (USC). She is an Assistant Professor in the Social Work Department at Medgar Evers College (CUNY) and owns a private psychotherapy practice in New York City. Dr. Richardson completed her master's degree in clinical social work at Fordham University and bachelor's degree in liberal arts with a concentration in Human Services at City College (CUNY). Dr. Richardson has more than 20 years of experience working with individuals and families involved in the child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, criminal justice, and homeless services fields. She began her career working with children and families in the foster care system in New York. She went on to work in a specialized behavioral health foster care program, a residential program, and an in-home individual/family therapy program. Dr. Richardson was also served in several administrative positions, including Director of Quality of Assurance, and Vice President of Foster Care Services. In 2016, she was hired at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) as an adjunct lecturer and field education liaison in the Master of Social Work program. She joined Medgar Evers College in 2019 as a substitute lecturer and was then promoted to Assistant Professor in 2021. Dr. Richardson was also the Field Education Coordinator and assisted the Field Education Director with field placements and other administrative responsibilities. In 2022, she began in private practice providing individual, couples, and family therapy as well as clinical consulting and supervision at a local homeless shelter. She is a mental health normalizer that specializes in trauma, family of origin and relationship issues, stress management, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and personal growth utilizing an eclectic variety of treatment approaches. Dr. Richardson serves on several college committees including: the Academic Standards and Regulations, Social Work Conference Planning and Technology committees. She has redesigned several social work courses to be more inclusive of Open Education Resources (OER) thereby reducing overall textbook costs for students. She enjoys teaching a variety of social work courses and hopes that students leave her class feeling heard and valued. Dr. Richardson also strives to ensure students learn first and foremost to gain the competencies and skill sets they will need to be successful in their chosen field of social work practice and become social justice warriors. To learn more about The Justice for Gerard Movement.......www.change.org/Justice4Gerard No copyright infringement intended. FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for the purposes of criticism, comment, review and news reporting which constitute the fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, review and news reporting is not an infringement of copyright. Musical Content Copyright Disclaimer (Fair Use) under section 107 Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/momentintoamovement/support

On today's show, I interview attorney, author, activist and radio host Lurie Daniel Favors. Lurie is the Executive Director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College. In January 2013, she self-published Afro State of Mind: Memories of a Nappy Headed Black Girl to rave reviews. The classic is currently out of print. Lurie plans to release it again this year to celebrate the book's 10th anniversary. More on that later in the show. I discovered Lurie years ago when she was a contributor on The Karen Hunter Show, which airs on Sirius XM's Urban View. Now, this multi-talent has her own hosting gig on the same channel. The Lurie Daniel Favors Show airs live every weekday from 10 a.m. to noon Eastern Standard Time. It focuses on the messy intersections of race, gender, culture, identity, politics and the law. I am a big fan, so when I heard that my Delta Soror and past Hair! How I Grew It guest Mercy Chikowore knew Lurie, I immediately asked Mercy to introduce us. She did. Lurie said yes to being on Hair! How I Grew It, and I am so grateful. Lurie is a sisterlocks newbie. She got them last year. Before that, she rocked a loose natural for nearly 25 years. Her thoughts on her hair texture have evolved. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hairhowigrewit/message

Two years ago, NYS legalized the recreational sale of marijuana, leading to CUNY introducing its first cannabis education program. We talk with Prof. Alicia Reid and Vikiana Reyes-Clement from Medgar Evers College about what students are being taught.

Here's a special preview of a new Pushkin podcast, Started from the Bottom. Every week on Started from the Bottom, host Justin Richmond interviews successful people who grew up on the outside – people of color, people who weren't part of the old boys' network, people who came from a world where almost nobody went to college. How did they do it? How did they beat the odds while also beating away the feeling of being an imposter? In this episode, Malcolm Gladwell joins Justin for a conversation on race, identity, and how to succeed in a professional world where not many people look like you. Listen to Started from the Bottom at apple.co/thebottom.

Join Marquia, Ednesha, and Kim for a great discussion with Dr. Brenda M. Greene the founder and executive director of the Center for Black Literature (CBL), director of the National Black Writers Conference (NBWC), and professor of English at Medgar Evers College. She has taught at the Board of Education before becoming director of the Right to Read Program at Malcolm King College Harlem Extension; served on many committees at Medgar Evers College; has served as director of literacy and writing programs for youth and adults;  through the Center for Black Literature, Dr. Greene has pursued her passion for expanding, broadening, and enriching the public's knowledge and aesthetic appreciation of the value of the literature produced by Black writers. She is the visionary behind groundbreaking public and academic programs that support Black Writers. She also hosts the long-running weekly program, Writers on Writing, heard on New York airwaves (WNYE, 91.5 FM) and globally via YouTube. The program features writers of the African Diaspora discussing their lives, their creative process, and their work (novels, poems, plays, nonfiction, and more). Currently, she is preparing to host the 2023 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium, “Diasporic Visions: Celebrating Black Speculative Fiction,” Happening this weekend at Medgar Evers College. Dr. Greene is the proud mother of two sons, Talib Kweli Greene (an internationally known hip-hop artist) and Jamal K. Greene (Professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia University), and the proud grandmother of Amani, Diani, Riya, Ayan, Kian, and Justice. Let us know what you think of this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/black-woman-be-whole/message

Host Justin Richmond and author Malcolm Gladwell discuss race, identity, and how to succeed in a professional world where not many people look like you.  If you'd like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In honor of Women's Her-story Month, I had the honor of speaking with Ms. Rebecca Fraley Corrado. Ms. Corrado currently sits at one of the highest positions at Medgar Evers College, runs her own consulting agency and one day hopes to hold a public office in politics. This episode chronicles her journey of how she was able to get into her position despite but a woman of color. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe, like, comment, rate, share, and follow @TalkAintCheapNetwork powered by @TheCletusGroup.

Let It Rip celebrates Black History Month by highlighting the great accomplishments Black Art has contributed to civil and human rights. Let It Rip also sits down with the newly appointed President of Medgar Evers College, Dr. Patricia Ramsey to discuss her vision for the college and the legacy of Civil Rights Advocate, Medgar Evers.

Dr. Greene has committed her life to teaching, learning, and scholarship. Professor Greene's research and scholarly work include composition, African American literature, and multicultural literature. She is editor of The African Presence and Influence on the Cultures of the Americas ; co-editor of Resistance and Transformation: Conversations with Black Writers ; Meditations and Ascensions: Black Writers on Writing ; Redefining Ourselves, Black Writers in the Nineties; and Rethinking American Literature ). She has also written extensive essays, grants, book reviews, and presentations in English Studies. Dr. Greene's educational leadership and professional accomplishments span more than 40 years and she is known as an educational leader at Medgar Evers College and within CUNY. She is the visionary behind groundbreaking public and academic programs that support Black Writers and host of the long-running weekly program, Writers on Writing, heard on New York airwaves (WNYE, 91.5 FM) and globally online. www.CenterForBlackLiterature.orghttps://centerforblackliterature.org/wild-seeds-writers-retreat/

On this episode of Veteran Et Cetera, Dr. Martin Levinson joins us to explain General Semantics.  Your host, Mike Kim, and Dr Levinson have lectures and written about the efficacious use of General Semantics in the veteran readjustment terrain. Our guest has an expansive background: Dr. Martin H. Levinson, is currently a faculty member with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University. He recently stepped down from serving as the President of the Institute of General Semantics. He holds a PhD from NYU and has published extensively in the areas of history and communication. He is currently the book review editor for ETC: A Review of General Semantics and a contributing editor to The Satirist: America's Most Critical Journal. He has taught courses in the social sciences at NYU, Adelphi University, Saint John's University, New York Institute of Technology, and Medgar Evers College.Some of Dr Levinson's books include:Signal Reactions And Other PoemsSensible Thinking for Turbulent TimesPractical Fairy Tales for Everyday LivingMartinLevinson.comFollow Mike on his LinkedIn pageFollow Mike on Instagram @mikekimveteranSearch for Mike on Facebook @MikeKimVeteranSearch for Mike at #mikekimveteran or Google him at "Mike Kim Veteran"Email Mike at agathoskim@gmail.comFollow us on IG @cominghomwell_bts and @behindtheservicepodcastFacebook at Coming Home Well or Behind The ServiceLinkedIn at Coming Home Well

In this special presentation of my Six Weeks to Fitness podcast, I am joined by Fruitarian Orvel Douglas. Orvel attended Highbury & Islington College in London, England, where he received his Diploma with the International Therapy Examination Council. His journey into nutrition started about 25 years ago, when he weighed about 200 pounds and did not like the way his body looked or felt, which led him to study nutrition, and using his knowledge of nutrition along with exercise, he lost a total of 50 pounds in 8 weeks and totally transformed his body and his life. Subsequently, he teamed up with my organization, Body Sculpt of New York and became the lead nutritionist for our Six Weeks to Fitness programs and provided nutrition counseling and workshops for Medgar Evers College, United Federation of Teachers; DC 37, 1199 SEIU, and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. 10 years ago, Orvel moved on from the vegan lifestyle to a fruitarian lifestyle. He is the creator and founder of the Fruit Feast Challenge on Facebook, where he is literally transforming hundreds of lives all across the world educating the masses about the healing powers of fruits. During this interview, Orvel will share his journey into becoming a Fruitarian, and the many benefits you can expect to experience by adding fruits to your diet. He will also share some of the many successes participants in his Fruit Feast Challenges have experienced through the years, everything from the reversal of diabetes, heart disease, weight loss and kidney disease. I truly believe you will enjoy this interview and it may change your life, or at least it may change the way you look at fruits.

8.22.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jordan Waddy Shooting,Miss. Town Faces Civil Rights Lawsuit,Demings Leading The Polls,Teens & Vaping Denver, Colorado, police say Jordan Waddy, a black man, pointed a gun at them, and that's why they shot him and injured six others. But the bodycam video shows that's not exactly what happened. We have Jordan Waddy's attorney here to walk us through what really happened on that July night.  We also show you how cops in Arkansas,  New York, and Illinois are causing trauma to those they are sworn to protect.  A civil rights organization holds a Mississippi town accountable for how the police have "terrorized" its residents. We'll talk to the founder of JULIAN about its civil lawsuit against Lexington, Mississippi.  Herschel Walker declines to debate Sen. Raphael Warnock but invites him to a debate the very next day. Ya'll won't believe Walker's explanation.  And we'll talk to Lurie Daniel Favors, the Executive Director of the Center for Law & Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, about what it will take to get young voters to the polls in November. In today's Fit, Live, Win segment, we're looking at the dangers of vaping.  Support RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork via the Cash App ☛ https://cash.app/$rmunfiltered PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ roland@rolandsmartin.com Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox

This interview is the perfect capstone to the Flatbush Business Expo Interview Series.  The guest for this episode is Dr. Irish-Bramble. He is an Associate Professor at Medgar Evers College, as well as Executive Director of the Caribbean Research Center. The Caribbean Research Center provides a variety of services including research on topics related to the Caribbean immigrant experience in New York, book and journal publishing, youth internships and sustainable development projects. Dr. Irish-Bramble tells us more about the events that the Caribbean Research Center is planning for various groups within the Caribbean American community. He also explains that the Caribbean American community does not have a central organizing group that can connect the community to other organizations such as the government. Due to this lack of leadership, he believes that we continue to miss out on opportunities such as grant funds for small businesses during the pandemic.We also talk about the need for more youth training programs and youth involvement in community work. Connect with Dr. Irish-Bramble: LinkedInCheck out Caribbean Research CenterConnect with @carryonfriends - Twitter | Instagram | FacebookSupport the show

Sandra L. Richards (@SandraLRichards), Morgan Stanley Head of Global Sports & Entertainment and Segment Sales and Engagement, joins Sports Business Radio for a wide-ranging conversation. Richards discusses her career path, which includes working for the Jackie Robinson Foundation and various roles at Morgan Stanley since she joined the firm in 2007. She also discusses the importance of educating and empowering athletes on financial literacy and how to manage their wealth, equity for endorsement, NIL, the growth of women's sports, DE&I and her children's book Rice & Rocks, a story celebrating culture and diversity for families seeking to teach their children about the value of their heritage and the importance of cultural diversity.  Richards' list of honors includes Variety's Women of Impact List in 2019, The Network Journal's 25 Influential Black Women in Business Award in 2018, The New York Women's Chamber of Commerce 2018 Women of Excellence Honoree, and the 2018 Vanguard Award Recipient from the Seton Hall Black Alumni Association. In June 2022, Sandra received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Medgar Evers College, CUNY, alongside NBA legend and longtime friend, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe. In our sports business headlines of the week, we discuss Cameron Smith's big win at The Open, the #MLB All-Star game in Los Angeles and record setting revenue for the #NFL and #NBA. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or at www.sportsbusinessradio.com. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This week's edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is the Official Gaming Partner of Sports Business Radio and the fastest growing fantasy app ever released with investors that include Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, Adam Schefter and Jared Goff. The Underdog Fantasy app is available at Underdogfantasy.com, on iOS, and on Android. We've got a SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPORTS BUSINESS RADIO LISTENERS: New users get up to $100 matched on their first deposit when they use the code SBR. So download the app at underdogfantasy.com and then enter the promo code SBR to get up to $100 to play with.  Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout.  #Investing #DEI #WomeninSports #WomeninBusiness #NIL #FinancialLiteracy #EquityforEndorsement #Money  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Class with Carr, Ep. 120: Roe v. Wade Was Never About AbortionLurie Daniel Favors (head of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College and host of the Lurie Daniel Favors Show on @SiriusXM) joins Karen and Dr. Greg Carr in a discussion about the recent #SCOTUS decision, which overturned #RoevWade. They reveal the implications, the history, as well as some of the responses and actions we should take next. #InClasswithCarr #FreedomSchools JOIN Knarrative and bring your brick to #Knubia: https://www.knarrative.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Darrel Alejandro Holnes is the author of the poetry collection Stepmotherland (University of Notre Dame Press). It is the winner of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize. Holnes is an Afro-Panamanian American writer and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Creative Writing (Poetry). His poems have previously appeared in the American Poetry Review, Poetry, Callaloo, Best American Experimental Writing, and elsewhere. Holnes is a Cave Canem and CantoMundo fellow who has earned scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Postgraduate Writers Conference at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and residencies nationwide, including a residency at MacDowell. His poem "Praise Song for My Mutilated World" won the C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize from Poetry International. He is an assistant professor of English at Medgar Evers College, a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), where he teaches creative writing and playwriting, and a faculty member of the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Greg Carr discusses Harvard's $100MM study on their part in the slave trade with Lurie Daniel Favors, host of The Lurie Daniel Favors show on @SiriusXM and head of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY. #InClasswithCarr #Harvard #Reparations #Knubia.JOIN Knarrative/Knubia: https://www.knarrative.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Department of Mass Communications at Medgar Evers College presents "Spilling the T.E.A" Arts Alive 2022! virtual event. Collaborative artistic works from performing to visual arts showcasing technology embodying art

For many people alarmed at the very visible anti-Black racism at the outset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago, it's important to understand more about the history of Afro Ukrainians and Africans in Ukraine. This conversation between Dr. Clarence Lusane and Nicole Lee sheds some light. We'll learn that it is not a new history.   Dr. Lusane, who has traveled and taught in Ukraine and all over the world, shared that after Ghana became independent from British colonial rule in 1957, and in 1960 when 17 other African countries gained their independence from colonial rule, thousands of students arrived in both Russia and Ukraine to study from countries all over Africa, including South Africa, Morocco and Tanzania. Thousands.   African students over the years have been drawn to Ukraine for studies including in STEM and medicine because it was relatively welcoming, inexpensive and easy to study there.   In 2014, after Russia invaded Crimea, pro-Russian, fascist, nationalistic militias rose up in eastern Ukraine, taking over the Donetsk and Luhansk republics. It was here in the east that African students were kidnapped and violently abused by these pro-right insurgents.    Now, in addition to these Africans having arrived to study 60-65 years ago, there are second and third generation Afro-Ukrainians in Ukraine, as well as other diasporic Africans.   When Putin refers to neo-Nazism in Ukraine he is, not surprisingly, twisting facts and history. As is true most everywhere in the world, there are neo-Nazis in Ukraine, even serving in the Ukrainian government. Despite that, neo-Nazism does not drive Ukrainian public policy.   This conversation gets to the important nuance missed in reporting and social media.    There is an important challenge toward the end responding to the question “What is the way forward for progressives?”    We hope you'll listen in.   About Dr. Clarence Lusane:   Dr. Clarence Lusane is a full Professor and former Chairman of Howard University's Department of Political Science.  He is an author, activist, scholar, lecturer, and journalist.    He has been in the fight for national and international human rights and justice for well over 40 years. He is a pioneer in anti-racism politics. He has written about and been active in U.S. foreign policy, democracy building, and social justice issues such as education, criminal justice, and drug policy.  His research focuses on the intersection of race and politics in the US and globally ranging from human rights and social equity to social movements and public policy.   As a scholar, researcher, policy-advocate, and activist, he has traveled to over 70 nations. He has lectured on U.S. race relations and human rights in Brazil, Colombia, China, Cuba, Germany, Guyana, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine among others.  He has taught and been on the faculty at Medgar Evers College, Columbia University and American University, and been a visiting professor and lecturer in the UK, Ukraine, France, Russia, South Korea, New Zealand and Japan.   In addition to his forthcoming book,Twenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman vs. Andrew Jackson, and the Future of American Democracy, he is also the author of The Black History of the White House, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice: Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century; Hitler's Black Victims: The Experiences of Afro-Germans, Africans, Afro-Europeans and African Americans During the Nazi Era; Race in the Global Era: African Americans at the Millennium; and Pipe Dream Blues:  Racism and the War on Drugs among others.

In this 100th episode we continue the celebration and we hear from SiriusXM radio host and director of The Center For Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, Lurie Daniel Favors. #LurieDanielFavors #KnarrativeIf you would like to become a member of Knarrative please click here: www.Knarrative.com

It's our final special from this year's CWCBExpo from the Javits Center! We have some great guests join us on this last segment including Louis Russo & Doug Rota from Fresh Tag 419, Vikiana Clement from Medgar Evers College (10:12), George Gatt of The Green Standard (20:32), Jordan Hill & Jamel Mack of Creatives & Cannabis Podcast (25:17), Davis Tiburzi of Cannazip, Francesca Vavala & Mike Patterson co-founders of The Sales Joint (38:10). We want to say a most sincere thank you to everyone who joined us on this special edition of Infused! It was a pleasure talking to all of you, and we hope to see you again in June at the next CWCBExpo!

Nubia DuVall Wilson is a published author, screenwriter and advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. As a storyteller, her mission is to liberate survivors of sexual abuse by curating content that supports their well-being and gives them a voice and a community to embrace the reality of living and loving after assault. In May 2018, she published her second book, The Survivors Club, a supernatural novella inspired by her journey to heal as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. The novella is the inspiration behind a new TV pilot currently being pitched to be optioned. In November 2020, she co-founded Starfury Productions with two partners to develop, package or pitch underrepresented writers who have TV/film projects with social impact. Nubia is part of the RAINN Speaker's Bureau and has spoken at the Trinitas Medical Center, Bloomingdale's Peace of Mind event, Own Your Voice Summit, Together Digital Virtual Summit and Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, among others. What You'll Learn From This Episode: How memories of childhood abuse were triggered for Nubia as an adult The reason she wrote her book, The Survivors Club The story behind her production company Upcoming projects with her company's screenplays How Nubia creates her future and other passions that keep her moving forward Links Mentioned in This Episode: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Linked In

Dr. Iola Thompson Arts Alive 2021 Fall event hosted by the Department of Mass Communications at Medgar Evers College highlights creative works by students, staff, and faculty.

Many Descendants of Afrikans enslaved in the US agree that education is a fundamental part of any reparations demand. We will explore why education is so important to reparations and specific ways education can be addressed thru reparations. Special Guest - Yaa Asantewaa Nzingha is an award-winning activist, lecturer, educator, and actress. She is a contributing author to the Essence Magazine Bestseller, Should America Pay? Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations and The Osiris Papers. Yaa Asantewaa is widely known for using her teaching and theater experience to raise academics, self-esteem, and consciousness in Black youth. She also received the prestigious Audelco Lead Actress Award. Yaa Asantewaa is the recipient of numerous awards from community and national organizations for her activist work and instructional techniques. In June of 2019, the State of New York presented her with a Proclamation acknowledging her Outstanding Educational Leadership. She is a graduate of Central State University and studied at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Columbia University. After graduating, she began teaching and counseling urban students. She was affected and drawn to those whom many call “troubled youth”.   Her impact on her students was profound. Raising their test scores and self-esteem to record highs led to her appointment as a professor at Medgar Evers College where she taught, trained, and counseled educators on how to effectively teach Black youth.  Presently, Yaa Asantewaa Nzingha's attention is focused on working for the release of US-held political prisoners, many of who have been incarcerated for over 30/40 years for fighting for the liberation of Black people. She also actively works to seek reparations for Black people who have suffered injustices and injuries in America.   N'COBRA, The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America is an organization based out of Washington, DC, that seeks full repair for the descendants of former victims of slavery in the United States based on the United Nations's five forms of Reparations. Visit N'COBRA online. On Twitter @NCOBRA40 

"Your mindset is the biggest barrier between what you want out of life, where you are now and where you're trying to be." Georgia Woodbine The single most important step you can ever take in your life is cultivating the right mindset. This is because having the right mindset plays a crucial role in determining how you perceive and cope with challenges that life throws your way. Today, our guest, Georgia Woodbine, who lives to empower people to go after their best life, says that it all starts with a shift in the mindset. Georgia Woodbine is one of the world's top female speakers and expert personal and professional development coach and has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation. She is widely known as a change agent, author, lifestyle transformation coach, and dynamic and entertaining speaker. Georgia has been featured in media outlets such as; The Daily News, Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, Sirius Radio XM. Georgia created a curriculum and lectured at The Learning Annex, one of the premier producers of seminars, lectures, classes, and workshops throughout North America. She has also been a guest speaker at Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Monroe College, Georgian Court University, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books and has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry with; Def Jam, PolyGram, WNYU Radio, WQHT-Hot 97, Black Enterprise Magazine, and the Apollo Theatre where she honed her management, promotions, and marketing skills. Georgia created and developed a curriculum based on her book, "How to Choose Your Career Path: Charting Your Success," and lectured at numerous school districts and colleges to help prepare students with employment tools and life skills. She has been a life coach for over thirteen years and has trained and coached hundreds of people. In love with life, Georgia enjoys being an empowerment advocate for others to find their true purpose. She captures her audiences with her message of hope, inspiration, and the power of intention. Her passion continues to touch countless souls in their pursuit of happiness. In today's episode, Georgia will talk about her personal journey and the evolution to becoming who she is today. She will also explain why a shift in mindset is the first step to changing all other aspects of your life. Listen in!   Social Media Website http://georgiawoodbine.com/shop/   Instagram https://instagram.com/georgiawoodbine/   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/georgia.woodbine?ref=tn_tnmn   Linkedin www.linkedin.com/pub/georgia-woodbine/29/412/5/Edit   Twitter https://twitter.com/GWNetwork   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6GbdCg3orQBN0QQnv4JdbEqyV4kwGu8  I am a change agent, a lightworker, teacher, writer, author, speaker, and a lifestyle transformation coach. [3:04] My mission in life is to empower others to live in their highest potential, share my personal journey, and teach them how to confront the things they want to change. [3:17] One of the things I always teach as a life coach is that everybody should have a mission statement and when I say that to people, they look at me like I have two heads. [3:41] A mission statement helps you stay focused, gives you clarity, helps you be in alignment, and allows you to prioritize your time based on what's important to you. [4:01] Once you understand what that mission statement is, you can tap into your gifts, talents, natural abilities, skill set, and job experience, and you can pull all those things together to create the life you love. [4:18] My personal journey on transformation began about 16 years ago at a point in my life where I was dealing with major [5:34] When you are pushed up against a wall, and you see your life unraveling before your eyes, that's when you're forced to look deeper within and are forced to confront yourself and ask the tough questions. [ 5:52] The most important question that I ever asked myself was, "Why am I here?" and that is tied to your purpose, your passion, and the things that bring you joy and [6:18] Most people don't even realize that they either have a fixed mindset that comes from the belief that your qualities are carved in stone or a growth mindset that comes from the belief that you can create anything that you want at any given time. [8:00] When you have a fixed mindset, you prefer to stay with what's familiar and tend not to try new things because you feel it's so hard or challenging. [8:21] When you have a growth mindset, you believe that your qualities are things that you can cultivate through work and effort and that you can change anything at any given time in your life. [8:36] You have a growth mindset when you embrace change and new opportunities, and you understand that when you're challenged, there's room for growth for you to evolve. [8:54] When you have a growth mindset, they inspire you to try when you see someone else succeeding. [9:12] It is so important for people to laser in and understand what kind of mindset they have to change it. [9:30] Commercial break. [9:42] Your mindset is the biggest barrier between what you want out of life, where you are now, and where you're trying to be. [10:57] Sometimes in life, you have to retrain your mindset, including retraining your thoughts and belief systems. [11:14] Society puts labels on us all the time, but it's really about finding out who you are, beyond those labels. [11:27] The hardest thing for people is to understand who is the true self, but when you get to the place of the true self, you understand that you are authentic. [11:44] I realized that I have come to the realization of my true self and that I have the power to create whatever I desire, which may not happen exactly when I wanted to, but it will happen. [12:14] When you retrain your mindset, your thoughts cannot be incapable of what you were trying to create. [12:30] You have to be aligned mentally, emotionally, physically if you're trying to manifest change in your life with what you're trying to create. [12:36] The magic in my life began when I started to understand how to let go and living in the present moment, not worrying about your past and not fretting about your future. [13:58] I love the quote by Dr. Dwayne Dwyer, which says, "when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at chang" [14:25] When you achieve the things you want, you're going to desire more things, so it is important to understand your why and your motive behind why you do what you do. [15:00] The first step to changing anything in your life is to change your mindset, and it is the first and most important step to achieving anything you want in life. [16:08] You have to develop a plan of action because nothing happens until something moves. You have to take action steps daily to achieve whatever you want to achieve in life. [16:32] Make a commitment to yourself and discover your true motivation behind why you want to achieve these goals. [16:44] Understand that behind every goal lies a deeper meaning that is motivating your desire, and it is important to understand what that is. [16:55] Take small steps, and don't be afraid to revise your plan and goal. If you take baby steps, you will not be so overwhelmed with trying to make this change happen soon, but you will be taking steps to make it happen. [17:03] You have to learn how to simplify your life and once you learn to do that, you learn not to let things distract your purpose. [18:40] When you are connected to that higher part of yourself, you learn to create the life you love by controlling your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. [19:05] Always focus on your why because when you focus on your why you tend to focus on the things you want and less on the things you don't want. [20:46] ….……………......… Thank you to our January sponsor!  KukuaBiz can provide dedicated and affordable talent from Kenya to help you grow and scale your business. Virtual employees are skilled in administrative functions, sales, podcast management, video editing, marketing, social media marketing, website design and management, and more. Learn more: https://www.kukuabiz.com  

Marita Golden attended public schools in Washington, D.C. and graduated from American University and the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. She has been a faculty member in the MFA Creative Writing Programs at George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the MA Program in Creative Writing at Johns Hopkins University and a Writer-in-Residence at the University of the District of Columbia and Prince George's Community College. She has lectured and taught internationally, at universities in Israel, Turkey, and Spain. Her many awards include the Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers Award presented by Poets and Writers, Distinguished Service Award from the Authors Guild, Maryland Author Award from the Association of Maryland Librarians, Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and induction into the International Literary Hall of Fame of Writers of African Descent at the Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University. Her articles and essays have been published in a variety of publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Essence, and The Root. Marita Golden has spoken or lectured at over 80 colleges and universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Columbia College, Medgar Evers College, Brandeis University, Bethune-Cookman University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Vanderbilt University. As a literary activist, with Clyde McElvene, she cofounded the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation that has been supporting the international community of Black writers for three decades

Today is the 96th birthday of the Civil Rights Activist Medgar Evers. He paid the ultimate price for his conviction. He was memorialized by prominent authors including James Baldwin and Margaret Walker. In 1969, Medgar Evers College was established in Brooklyn, the same year a community pool in Seattle was named after him. In Jackson, Mississippi, he has a statue, an airport, and in nearby Fayette, his brother was their first African-American mayor (1969). In 2011, the USNS Medgar Evers was christened in his honor. In 2013, Alcorn State University erected a statue and was the subject of a tribute at Arlington National Cemetery. High ranking elected and military officials were in attendance. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/07/02/happy-96th-birthday-medgar-evers/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

Roger Green, Co-chair of the "Coalition to Transform Interfaith Medical Center" discusses community efforts to reform the Health Care Systems in Brooklyn, New York. Roger Green is the Founder of "Citizen Share Brooklyn," and the "Society for Effective Economic Democracy" (SEED). In 2014 Green assumed a co-chairmanship of the Coalition to Transform Interfaith Medical Center. Previously, Green served as an elected member of the New York State Assembly in Central Brooklyn, representing the 57 district from 1981 to 2006. He has also been a distinguished lecturer at Medgar Evers College, part of the CUNY (City University of New York) system, and is a strong supporter of economic democracy.

Medgar Evers College is one of eleven four-year colleges in the City University system. Located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it was named after the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, and was created with the mission of empowering and providing educational opportunities to the city's educationally underserved black communities.

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with DC/NYC-based Jazz Bassist Luke Stewart .. We caught up wit him to talk about this latest CD, his career in jazz and the future that is now opening up for live jazz .. Originally from Mississippi, he has performed at many important venues in DC, NYC, and around the world. As a scholar/performer, he has performed and lectured at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Medgar Evers College and the University of South Carolina. .. He's got a great story .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Listen to each show at https://www.mixcloud.com/neonjazzkc. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future. https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

Georgia Woodbine's mission and passion in life is to share the tools she has implemented to “Create the Life I Love” so you too can “Create the Life You Love”. She is a CHANGE AGENT, LIFESTYLE TRANSFORMATION COACH, AUTHOR, AND SPEAKER and is one of the world's top female speakers and expert personal and professional development and has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation. She is widely known as a change agent, author, lifestyle transformation coach, and dynamic and entertaining speaker. She has also been a guest speaker at Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books and has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry. She created and developed a curriculum based on her book How to Choose Your Career Path: Charting Your Success and lectured at numerous school districts and colleges to help prepare students with employment tools and life skills.  She captures her audiences with her message of hope, inspiration, and the power of intention. Her passion continues to touch countless souls in their pursuit of happiness. Once you start using the Create the Life You Love Vision Planner Journal you will understand the steps and process of how high achievers accomplish success. This is a Vision Planner Journal with a calendar, tasks list, daily goals, to-do checklist, notes, habit tracker, and affirmations. It's ideal for both women and men, perfect for entrepreneurs, professionals, college students, and anyone who has a burning desire to turn their dreams into reality!Everything Georgia can be found at her website - www.georgiawoodbine.com.All her books, courses, videos, COACHING, etc... at www.georgiawoodbine.com.Subscribe to her website and receive FREE 5 Secrets To Turn Your Passion Into ProfitsConnect with Marci·       Website, Patreon, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Facebook Group.·       Permission to Heal on YouTube.·       Permission to Land  (memoir) - Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, audiobook -      Permission to Land: Personal Transformation Through WritingPermission to Heal Bookshop - Buy books from the episodes & support independent bookstores. Permission to Heal is a passion of mine.  I need your help to bring more inspirational episodes to the world; please consider becoming a patron through PATREON. This is where your PATREON subscription comes in. You get perks & the contentment knoSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/PermissiontoHeal)

In this episode, I discuss the topic of Leadership with my guest Andrea Jordan.  Andrea is a business and leadership coach and consultant. Andrea holds a Business degree from Medgar Evers College and a professional certification from The Wharton Business school. She is driven to provide support and results to entrepreneurs, small businesses, and leaders to find and execute their own standards. If interested you can find Andrea on Instagram and her website via the links below:Instagram: @theajstandardWebsite: www.theajstandard.comFollow us on IG: @DeepthoughtsdeepertalksHost: Julian RobinsonGuest: Andrea Jordan

Donna Hill began her career in 1987 writing short stories for the confession magazines. Since that time she has more than 100 published titles to her credit since her first novel was released in 1990, and is considered one of the early pioneers of the African American romance genre.  Three of her novels have been adapted for television. She has been featured in Essence, the New York Daily News, USA Today, Today’s Black Woman, and Black Enterprise among many others. She has received numerous awards for her body of work—which cross several genres--  including The Career Achievement Award, the first recipient of The Trailblazer Award, The Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award, The Gold Pen Award among others, as well as commendations for her community service. As an editor she has packaged several highly successful novels, and anthologies, two of which were nominated for awards. Donna is a graduate of Goddard College with an MFA in Creative Writing and is currently in pursuit of her Doctor of Arts in English Pedagogy and Technology.  She is an Assistant Professor of Professional Writing at Medgar Evers College. Her most recent novel is Confessions In B-Flat released in November 2020. 

On this episode Alton, John and Barb talk to life coach Georgia Woodbine. We discuss mindset in life and how important it is. Some of the things we bring up is mindset, focus, meditation, and motivation. What is your biggest barrier?Georgia Woodbine Bio:She is one of the world's leading authorities in personal and professional development and has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation.  She is widely known as a change agent, author, lifestyle transformation coach and dynamic and entertaining speaker. She has been featured in media outlets such as; The Daily News, Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, Sirius XM Radio. She created curriculum and lectured at The Learning Annex, one of the premier producers of seminars, lectures, classes, and workshops throughout North America.  She has also been a guest speaker at Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Monroe College, Georgian Court University, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books and has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry with; Def Jam, PolyGram, WNYU Radio, WQHT-Hot 97, Black Enterprise Magazine, and the Apollo Theatre where she honed her management, promotions, and marketing skills. She created and developed curriculum based on her book How to Choose Your Career Path: Charting Your Success and lectured at numerous school districts and colleges to help prepare students with employment tools and life skills.  She has been a life coach for over 13 years and has trained and coached hundreds of people.  In love with life, she enjoys being an empowerment advocate for others to find their true purpose. She captures her audiences with her message of hope, inspiration and the power of intention. Her passion continues to touch countless souls in their pursuit of happiness.Walk with Georgia on the journey to a happier and healthier lifestyle at:Click here www.georgiawoodbine.comVisit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6GbdCg3orQBN0QQnv4JdbEqyV4kwGu8Follow on Instagram https://instagram.com/georgiawoodbine/Like on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/georgia.woodbine?ref=tn_tnmnTweet on Twitter https://twitter.com/GWNetworkShare on Linked In www.linkedin.com/pub/georgia-woodbine/29/412/5/EditLearn more about Is Your Mindset Your Biggest Barrier In Life  you can visit: www.thedecidingfactorpodcast.comThis podcast is presenting Is Your Mindset Your Biggest Barrier In Life information but also try to cover the following subject:-meditation -having a healthy body for great success -motivation is part of a great mindsetMake sure to keep the conversation going on our social medias as well as on here.YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDecidingFTexas True Blue Coffee Support the Blue every time you drink coffee!The Honest Bison Get 20% OFF Ground Bison! Bison better than beef! Use code groundbison20Handstolearn Meaningful art to help tell your story. Use code FACTOR for 15% off of your order!BeefJerky.com Click on our link and then use AFF2020 for a 10% off your entire order!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thedecidingfactor)

SPONSOREM WIADOMOŚCI DNIA JEST firma Allstate – kupując razem ubezpieczenie na dom i samochód, możesz zaoszczędzić nawet do 25%! Zadzwoń w języku polskim: 718 389 5533. www.MullenAgency.comPOLONIA – słuchaj Radio RAMPA w każdą sobotę na fali 620 AM, a w tygodniu na stronie www.RadioRAMPA.com – sprawdzaj stronę Radio RAMPA aby być na bieżąco.NOWY JORK – Gubernator Andrew M. Cuomo ogłosił, że od 23 lutego działalność wznowić mogą duże stadiony i hale, w których odbywają się wydarzenia. Jednak, aby móc wziąć udział w wydarzeniach muzycznych i sportowych, trzeba będzie zaprezentować negatywny wynik testu na obecność koronawiwursa, wykonany 72 godziny przed wydarzeniem. W związku z tym, w nowojorskim Barlacys Center, 23 lutego fani będą mogli zobaczyć grę pomiędzy drużynami Nets i Sacramento Kings. / W mieście Nowy Jork powstaną kolejne centra masowych szczepień - jeszcze pod koniec lutego otworzone zostaną one w York College na Queensie i Medgar Evers College na Brooklynie. W środę, otworzono centrum szczepień utworzone na stadionie CitiField, od piątku funkcjonuje centrum szczepień w Yankee Stadium. Wszędzie występują jednak problemy z rejestracją - chętnych jest więcej, niż dostępnych miejsc. USA – trwa proces byłego Prezydenta Donalda Trumpa w senacie. Na początku obrad, zaprezentowano materiał wideo, ilustrujący co wydarzyło się w Kapitolu 6 stycznia. Pierwszego dnia obrad, senatorzy zadecydowali, że kontyuacja procesu byłego Prezydenta jest zgodna z konstytucją - "za" głosowali nie tylko wszyscy Demokraci, ale również sześciu Republikanów w Senacie. / W USA już ponad 32 miliony osób otrzymało przynajmniej pierwszą dawkę szczepionki przeciwko koronawirusowi. Firma Johnson&Johnson przewiduje, że konieczne będzie jednak przyjmowanie szczepionki na koronawirusa każdego roku, przez kilka najbliższych lat. ŚWIAT – Reprezentujący Czechy film "Szarlatan" Agnieszki Holland znalazł się na tak zwanej krótkiej liście piętnastu filmów walczących o tegorocznego Oscara dla najlepszego filmu międzynarodowego. Zgłoszony przez Polskę obraz „Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie” nie przeszedł wśród wytypowanych filmów. / Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia zdecydowała, że rekomenduje szczepionkę firmy AstraZeneca. Eksperci WHO dali preparatowi zielone światło, mimo że badania pokazały, że jest on znacznie mniej skuteczny w stosunku do wariantu koronawirusa z RPA. /Parlament Europejski kolejny raz opowiedział się za wstrzymaniem budowy Nord Stream 2. Europosłowie przyjęli częściowe zapisy do raportu dotyczącego układu o stowarzyszeniu Unii Europejskiej z Ukrainą. Cały dokument będzie głosowany jutro. Przeciwko budowie drugiej nitki Gazociągu Północnego od dawna protestuje w Unii Polska wraz z krajami bałtyckimi, zwracając uwagę na zwiększenie uzależnienia od rosyjskiego gazu i zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa energetycznego Europy. (IAR)POLSKA – Polski rząd zapropnował nałożenie tzw. "podatku od reklam," który ma dotknąć media działające w Polsce (zarówno w internecie, jak i media tradycyjne), a także np. kina. Wielkość podatku ma zależeć od przychodów danej firmy i rodzaju reklamy. Rząd argumentuje, że "nowy podatek od reklamy ma wyrównać szanse firm krajowych i globalnych korporacji." Mateusz Morawiecki, podczas konferencji prasowej podkreślił, że ta danina ma sprawić, iż system podatkowy będzie w stanie nadążyć za gwałtownymi zmianami w gospodarce. Tymczasem, prawie wszystkie media działające w Polsce są przeciwne - w liście otwartym do polskiego rządu, redaktorzy naczelni wiekszości glównych mediów, nazywają podatek haraczem, "uderzającym w polskiego widza, słuchacza, czytelnika i internautę, a także polskie produkcje, kulturę, rozrywkę, sport oraz media." Media te rozpoczęły wspólną akcję pod nazwą "Media bez wyboru." Prezydent Andrzej Duda powiedział, ze podatek medialny od reklam, nad którym pracuje obecnie rząd, nie zagraża wolności słowa w Polsce. (IAR/RR)

In this episode of The Backwards Podcast, Erica Buddington, The Langston League CEO, shares how they create mirrors by decolonizing curriculum. You'll learn Erica's story as well as the work she has been doing in curriculum with schools and districts around the country.  Since 2016, Langston League has imagined and enacted culturally responsive instructional materials that have reached over one million students, families, and community stakeholders. Langston League specializes in teaching people how to design and implement instructional material through professional development, curriculum and product design, facilitation and coaching. Since inception, we’ve served clients across multiple states and three countries, with clientele including Google Code Next, Achievement First Schools, HBO, Movers & Shakers, Netflix, Medgar Evers College, Up Academy, Because of Them We Can, and so many more.

Kaay Jones is a fused artist. Her work is influenced by Dancehall, Reggae, R&B, and, Hip-Hop. Ms. Jones is a singer-songwriter who resides in Brooklyn, New York. Her first single was released in 2015, which is entitled "Slim Ting." The song gained her recognition due to its jazzy lyrics over the 90's riddim "showtime," which was initially created by Dave Kelly, a renowned producer across the Caribbean. Kaay Jones was born on the Island of Jamaica, West Indies. She then migrated to the United States at a young age. Ms. Jones began to take her music ambitions seriously in 2014. She entered a competition called "Dancehalls Got Talent" in Queens, New York. The show was never aired due to legal reasons. Before music, Ms. Jones worked part-time and attended Medgar Evers College, where she earned a Bachelor's degree. After the release of Slim Ting, Kaay Jones released an Ep titled Rough Love 2017, which was well reciprocated. Slim Ting gained international attention from a British producer and scored a remix. Paradise was the next track that gained attention on the EP due to its refreshing lyrics and visuals. In one of her latest projects, Ms. Jones was featured on a music track she co-wrote consisting of 25 artists from across the Caribbean, entitled "We Got This." One of the goals of this song was to soothe the brokenness covid-19 brought upon the Caribbean. Ms. Jones was featured in several magazines and newspapers across the Caribbean for her vocal and lyrical contribution. Her latest solo music track, released in August 2020 entitled "Mi Baby," is out on all streaming platforms. The music video is eye captivating paired with a wonderfully put together vocal production.

Jan Hägglund har besökt USA vid sex olika tillfällen mellan åren 1987 och 2004. Den totala tid som han tillbringat i USA är mellan åtta och nio månader. Han har bland annat kört eller åkt från kust-till-kust fem gånger och korsat landet i nord-sydlig riktning tre gånger. Han träffade bl a Dr. Betty Shabazz (som var gift med Malcolm X) år 1990 på Medgar Evers College i Brooklyn, New York. Om detta - och en del annat - handlar veckans podd.

Tough Talk Chirstian Radio with Host Tony Gambone and Special Guest Georgia Woodbine: She is one of the world’s top female speakers and expert personal and professional development and has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation. She is widely known as a change agent, author, lifestyle transformation coach and dynamic and entertaining speaker. She has been featured in media outlets such as; The Daily News, Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, Sirius Radio XM. She created curriculum and lectured at The Learning Annex, one of the premier producers of seminars, lectures, classes, and workshops throughout North America. She has also been a guest speaker at Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Monroe College, Georgian Court University, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books and has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry with; Def Jam, PolyGram, WNYU Radio, WQHT-Hot 97, Black Enterprise Magazine, and the Apollo Theatre where she honed her management, promotions, and marketing skills. She created and developed curriculum based on her book How to Choose Your Career Path: Charting Your Success and lectured at numerous school districts and colleges to help prepare students with employment tools and life skills. She has been a life coach for over thirteen years and has trained and coached hundreds of people. In love with life, she enjoys being an empowerment advocate for others to find their true purpose. She captures her audiences with her message of hope, inspiration and the power of intention. Her passion continues to touch countless souls in their pursuit of happiness. www.georgiawoodbine.com

Please join us live for a great show with host Denise Messenger on September 2, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. California time.  Our special guest is Georgia Woodbine.She is one of the world’s leading authorities in personal and professional development and has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation.  She is widely known as a change agent, author, lifestyle transformation coach and dynamic and entertaining speaker. She has been featured in media outlets such as; The Daily News, Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, Sirius Radio XM. She created curriculum and lectured at The Learning Annex, one of the premier producers of seminars, lectures, classes, and workshops throughout North America.  She has also been a guest speaker at Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Monroe College, Georgian Court University, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books and has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry with; Def Jam, PolyGram, WNYU Radio, WQHT-Hot 97, Black Enterprise Magazine, and the Apollo Theatre where she honed her management, promotions, and marketing skills.

In the guest chair today, I’m speaking with Hakima. A graduate of Medgar Evers College who has a B.A. in Computer Information Systems. You can look forward to hearing us discuss the struggles of getting out of college, finding internships, how hard it is to get an entry-level position, and dealing with the reality of not being where you want to be after college. Listen on  Apple or  Spotify  Don’t forget if you have a topic or concern you would like to hear discussed on the show. Just email me at  hello@blackgirlswithdegrees.com and I can make it happen. Stay Blessed! Social Media  Black Girls With Degrees- Black Girls With Degrees  

Julie Menin, director of NYC Census 2020 and executive assistant corporation counsel for NYC law department, and Lurie Daniel Favors, interim executive director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at CUNY’s Medgar Evers College, explain how the 2020 Census will impact schools, hospitals and policing for the next decade to come. Once you have all your information, you can fill out the census here. 

Corey Pegues well knows both sides of the billy stick. The former NYC drug dealer turned top NYPD executive has been on both sides of the law. In this very revealing interview, Pegues shares some insights on the possible psyche of a rogue cop and shares his experience, advice, and deep anger and concerns as he encourages us to continue to march and fight and shout out against the police brutality and murder pandemic sweeping America. Pegues is a Queens New York native, is a retired NYPD Executive as well as an Author, Motivational Speaker, Community Leader, Expert on police related topics and an Expert Witness testifying about the topics of Drug Possession, Gangs and Distribution. His career spans over two decades and speaks for itself. Immediately, after graduating high school, in Queens New York, he enlisted in the United States Army where he served almost four years as a Medical Specialist, until the end of his enlistment in March 2001. After his honorable discharge from the Army, he enlisted in the New York State National Guard, where he spent the next 14 years of his military career. Subsequent to his discharge from the Army, Corey entered the N.Y.C. Police Academy in January 1992. Upon graduation from the academy, he was assigned to the 114th Precinct, located in Astoria, Queens. After only five and a half years, Corey was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Shortly thereafter, Corey received several more promotions over the next few years, resulting in him being promoted to the executive rank of Captain in 2005. Eighteen month later, Corey received a discretionary promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector from the Police Commissioner. During his career Corey commanded some of the most violent precincts in the City of New York and was successful in reducing crime each year he was in command. After a stellar career, Corey retired in good standing in March 2013 completing 21 years of service. After his retirement Corey decided to write a memoir of his life and in May 2016 his book Once A Cop – The Street, The Law, Two Worlds, One Man was published on Simon and Schuster imprint Atria Books. His book details his life of growing up selling drugs as a teenager in Queens, NY to his meteoric rise in the NYPD. He also details his stint in the military and how a misguided young man picked himself up by his bootstraps and made the right choice to change his life. Corey has made guest appearances on several television and syndicated radio talk shows including but not limited to The Oprah Winfrey Network Show, Fix My Life with Iyanla Vansant, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Dr. Drew Show, The Reverend Al Sharpton Show, The Roland Martin Show, SWAY In The Morning, The Karen Hunter Show, MSNBC, CSPAN, CNN, Al Jazeera America, ARISE America, ARISE 360, RT Today, The Michael Baisden Show, WPIX Channel 11, NY 1, News 12 Long Island, NPR, The Combat Jack Show, 1010 Wins, Hot 97 Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers, Hot 97 Ebro In The Morning Show and BET.com to talk about his life story and to also, give his expert analysis and opinion in the field of law enforcement. He has also been featured as a guest on several high profile cases that have transpired around the nation. In addition, Corey has been admitted in court as an expert witness in Montgomery County, MD. Corey is a graduate of St. Josephs College with a B.S. in Organizational Management, an M.P.S. in Criminal Justice Leadership from St. Johns University and a Post Graduate Certificate from the Police Management Institute at Columbia University, School of Business. He was also an adjunct professor for five years at Monroe Community College and currently, the City University of New York, Medgar Evers College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie Jeannot has been seething with music ever since she was a little girl. When sound comes tumbling out her mouth, you feel the energy of a woman in control of the mood, nuance and lyric. She has been compared to Ledisi, Jill Scott, Ella Fitzgerald, Alicia Keys and Sarah Vaughan but has her own style in her own right. Jeannot became an international artist when completing a 10-city music tour in Russia in 2016 when she had the opportunity to sing at the Wilson Jazz Festival in Kransodar, at the Kazan Philharmonic Hall, and at the 2017 Jazz at the Lake Festival in Minsk and at the 2017 Arkhangelsk Jazz Festival.  Also a writer, several of her original musical works as well as literary works can be found at online stores which include Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.  Jeannot was a featured performer at the 2018 Dr Mary Umolu Jazzy Jazz Festival at Medgar Evers College, the 2018 Fort Greene Park Winter Jazz Festival, the 2018 Lady Got Chops Festival; she was the main act at the 2018 Flatbush Frolic in Brooklyn, NY and was the MC of the 2018 International Women in Jazz Festival. You can find Jeannot on various social media platforms, hear her on her radio show Jazz on the Jnote which airs every Sunday from 7-8PM on theEnglishConnectionMedia.com or you can see her performing on a stage near you  

New #TeesMe podcast episode alert with Kelley Pierre of All Access Golf. This conversation is like running into your best friend at the store and catching up for hours. What you will hear on this episode: * How Kelley got into golf and met Buddy Cooper * The Gentleman’s Factory, where dreams become reality * Inclusion - All Access * The USGA Lanyard, putting mats, and authentic networking * In BK, Yo means Oye * Recap of The Black Golf History Month event with Toure, Debert, NNGA, and LJ * Confidence at St. Andrews in NY * Ranger Stories * Unlucky, a hole in one that gets you fired from your job * The Gentleman’s Factory event with Children & Golf * The Will Smith Challenge with Tiger Hood - coming to BK with All Access Golf * Keeping it 100, why @MindaHarts of @theweeklymemo words matter for men too (Episode 6) * Kelley, the walking encyclopedia. John Shippen. Shady Rest. 1964. Scotch Plains Country Club. * Coping strategies for men, is golf enough? About Kelley Pierre is the CEO and founder of All Access Golf. All Access Golf is a company aimed at increasing the visibility, relatability, and accessibility for minorities in the sport of Golf. Raised by proud Haitian parents, Mr. Pierre grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He played HS Football and won the championship in his senior year as the starting quarterback. He graduated from Medgar Evers College, a senior college within the City University of New York (CUNY), majoring in social & behavioral sciences. Kelley went back to school and obtained his MBA in Finance from Long Island University. While working on his MBA he was exposed to the game of golf and fell in love. He starting rangering at Marine Park Golf Course in Brooklyn and learned about the Golf Industry. In 2018 he started All Access Golf and has been thriving ever since. He currently works at a major brokerage firm and is an active member of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA). ******************************************* What you need to know: Website: www.AllAccessGolfLLC.com IG: @AllAccessGolf ******************************************* https://anchor.fm/TeesMe Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google #TeesMe #podcast #storiesNeedToBeTold #untoldStories #AllAccessGolf #golf #TeesMeLive #TeesMeTour #StayTuned #2020 #BHM #podsInColor #hustlelikegaryvee @teesme.thepodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Georgia is one of the world's top women speakers and leading expert in personal and professional development. Widely known as a dynamic and entertaining speaker and a highly sought after trainer, she has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation.   She has been featured in media outlets such as; The Daily News, Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, The Journal News and Amsterdam News, 103.9FM, 98.7Kiss FM, Power 104.4FM and Sirius Radio XM. She has been a guest speaker at The Learning Annex, Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Monroe College, Georgian Court University, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books, including: Total B.S (Body & Soul), How to Attract the Right Man into Your Life, How to Make Big Bucks Without Selling Your Soul, Jewels of Inspiration and Reflections, How to Choose Your Career Path, Minute of Motivation, Audio CD Make it Happen: The Secrets to Manifesting Your Dream, How to Write the Book Inside You Workbook and other informational products. Her credentials include over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry with; Def Jam, PolyGram, WNYU Radio, WQHT-Hot 97, Black Enterprise Magazine, and the Apollo Theatre where she honed her management, promotions, and marketing skills. In love with life, she enjoys being an empowerment advocate for others to find their true purpose. She captures her audiences with her message of hope, inspiration and the power of intention. Her passion continues to touch countless souls in their pursuit of happiness.

Karrel Huggins was born and raised in the beautiful Caribbean Island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. A nanny, estate manager, full-time student at Medgar Evers College, and also an entrepreneur. She's no ordinary nanny and will make you want to buy a ticket to Trinidad and Tobago or go hungry after this episode, get your plate ready!Reach out to Karrel on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karrel-huggins-148895182/

Georgia Woodbine-  She is one of the world’s leading authorities in personal and professional development and has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation.  She is widely known as a change agent, author, lifestyle transformation coach and dynamic and entertaining speaker. She has been featured in media outlets such as; The Daily News, Huffington Post, Rolling Out Magazine, Sirius Radio XM. She created curriculum and lectured at The Learning Annex, one of the premier producers of seminars, lectures, classes, and workshops throughout North America.  She has also been a guest speaker at Time Warner Cable, Columbia University, Stony Brook University, Rutgers University, Howard University, Medgar Evers College, Monroe College, Georgian Court University, as well as a long list of other network organizations. She has authored several books and has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial business success as well as an extensive marketing background working in the entertainment industry with; Def Jam, PolyGram, WNYU Radio, WQHT-Hot 97, Black Enterprise Magazine, and the Apollo Theatre where she honed her management, promotions, and marketing skills. She created and developed curriculum based on her book How to Choose Your Career Path: Charting Your Success and lectured at numerous school districts and colleges to help prepare students with employment tools and life skills.  She has been a life coach for over thirteen years and has trained and coached hundreds of people.  In love with life, she enjoys being an empowerment advocate for others to find their true purpose. She captures her audiences with her message of hope, inspiration and the power of intention. Her passion continues to touch countless souls in their pursuit of happiness. Walk with Georgia on the journey to a happier and healthier lifestyle at Visit www.georgiawoodbine.com Follow on Instagram https://instagram.com/georgiawoodbine/ Like on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/georgia.woodbine?ref=tn_tnmn Tweet on Twitter https://twitter.com/GWNetwork Share on Linked In www.linkedin.com/pub/georgia-woodbine/29/412/5/Edit Click here http://www.georgiawoodbine.com/shop/total-bs-body-soul-by-georgia-woodbine   Listen to another #12minconvo

Descriptors such as jungle music, negro music, jazz...African American Classical Music. Black Classical Music. Spirit Music...and African Rhythms...have been attached to the vibrational human expressions, that once organized into various rhythms, notes, and harmonies become what we have come to call—music. The deep structures that organize these vibrations have purpose. They have origin. They have life. They represent life. They aide us through life. They are bridges between and expressions of worlds seen and worlds unseen. They are all around us. Exploring the form and functions of African rhythms and all that they contribute to our world are part and parcel of understanding the interconnections between the material and nonmaterial, and how they inform each other. This past April 2019, at the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization's (ASCAC) meeting held at Medgar Evers College in New York, a discussion titled African Rhythms: A Workshop on Cultural Continuity and the Future of Jazz, was developed to explore what was laid out above. Who you will hear next in order of speaker, the wide-ranging discussion from this meeting: George Turner is a longtime activist from Brooklyn, NY and currently serves on the Board of ASCAC. Hank Williams is a jazz writer and radio host and professor at Lehman College. Dr. Anyabwile Love is an assistant professor of Black Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia and a scholar of John Coltrane. Dr. Josh Myers (AWNP Collective, is assistant professor of Africans Studies at Howard University. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples!

Chetara Murphy is the Director of Athletics and Intramurals at Medgar Evers College (MEC).  Murphy brings 15 years of experience in collegiate athletics administration in New York City to this role. As Director of Athletics and Intramurals of Medgar Evers College, Murphy  oversees 13 intercollegiate varsity sports, two club sports, and an intramural sports program. Murphy works with like-minded coaches and staff to help enhance the College's commitment to academic and athletic excellence as well as recruitment and retention. Join us on A Chat in the Garden with Monique A. J. Smith at 10:30 am est Come listen to our guest’s career path, her advice for others and current initiatives. Right here On A Chat in the Garden with Monique A J Smith, where Significance Blooms via 347-989-8385 or www.chatinthegarden.com

The 2018 Enoch Pratt Free Library / Little Patuxent Review Poetry Contest winner shares the stage with a contest runner-up, two contest judges, and a Little Patuxent Review contributor.Born in India and raised in Dubai, Poetry Contest winner Kanak (pronounced Kuh-nuck) Gupta is currently trying her luck in Baltimore, as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. She likes reading, writing, and living stories (and poetry).Runner-up Rachel E. Hicks’s poetry has appeared in Saint Katherine Review, Welter, Off the Coast, Gulf Stream Magazine, and other journals. She also writes essays and fiction, and works as a freelance copy editor. An associate editor at Del Sol Press, she also served as the 2018 Poetry Out Loud Regional Coordinator for the Maryland State Arts Council. After living in eight countries -- most recently China -- she now resides in Baltimore. Her career has included teaching (high school English and homeschool) and volunteering with an international relief and development agency. Find her online at rachelehicks.com.Steven Leyva, Little Patuxent Review editor, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in 2 Bridges Review, Fledgling Rag, The Light Ekphrastic, Cobalt Review, and Prairie Schooner. He is a Cave Canem fellow, the winner of the 2012 Cobalt Review Poetry Prize, and author of the chapbook Low Parish. Steven holds an MFA from the University of Baltimore, where he is an assistant professor in the School of Communication Design.Chelsea Lemon Fetzer, a Little Patuxent Review Poetry Reader, holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University.  Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals such as Callaloo, Tin House, Mississippi Review, and The Minnesota Review.  A selection of her poetry received the honor of finalist for the 2015 Venture Award and her debut pamphlet (chapbook) is in the works.  Her nonfiction essay “Speck” was published in The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives About Being Mixed Race in the 21st Century, an anthology published by 2Leaf Press in 2017. Committed to bringing the literary arts to communities of all means, Fetzer has led writing workshops through The Create Collective, PEN American Center's "Readers & Writers" Program, the Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College, the New York Writers Coalition, The University of Baltimore, and independently.  Fetzer currently lives in Baltimore where she is mothering, working on her first novel, and serving on the board of CityLit Project. Wallace Lane, a Little Patuxent Review contributor, is a poet and author from Baltimore, Maryland. He received his MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore in May 2017. His poetry has appeared in Skelter, The Avenue, Welter, and Rise Up and is forthcoming in several other literary journals. Wallace also works as a teacher with Baltimore City Public Schools.Runner-up Nancy Kang will not be able to attend this event, but you can learn more about her here.Watch a video of Kanak Gupta reading her winning poem, "Death in Dubai."Read "Chengdu Pastoral" by Rachel E. Hicks.Read "'I know you're never gonna wake up'" and "Supremacy" by Steven Leyva.Read "flare" by Chelsea Lemon Fetzer.Watch a video of Wallace Lane reading from Jordan Year.Read "Yellow Woman" by Nancy Kang.Recorded On: Tuesday, August 21, 2018

The 2018 Enoch Pratt Free Library / Little Patuxent Review Poetry Contest winner shares the stage with a contest runner-up, two contest judges, and a Little Patuxent Review contributor.Born in India and raised in Dubai, Poetry Contest winner Kanak (pronounced Kuh-nuck) Gupta is currently trying her luck in Baltimore, as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. She likes reading, writing, and living stories (and poetry).Runner-up Rachel E. Hicks’s poetry has appeared in Saint Katherine Review, Welter, Off the Coast, Gulf Stream Magazine, and other journals. She also writes essays and fiction, and works as a freelance copy editor. An associate editor at Del Sol Press, she also served as the 2018 Poetry Out Loud Regional Coordinator for the Maryland State Arts Council. After living in eight countries -- most recently China -- she now resides in Baltimore. Her career has included teaching (high school English and homeschool) and volunteering with an international relief and development agency. Find her online at rachelehicks.com.Steven Leyva, Little Patuxent Review editor, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in 2 Bridges Review, Fledgling Rag, The Light Ekphrastic, Cobalt Review, and Prairie Schooner. He is a Cave Canem fellow, the winner of the 2012 Cobalt Review Poetry Prize, and author of the chapbook Low Parish. Steven holds an MFA from the University of Baltimore, where he is an assistant professor in the School of Communication Design.Chelsea Lemon Fetzer, a Little Patuxent Review Poetry Reader, holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University.  Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals such as Callaloo, Tin House, Mississippi Review, and The Minnesota Review.  A selection of her poetry received the honor of finalist for the 2015 Venture Award and her debut pamphlet (chapbook) is in the works.  Her nonfiction essay “Speck” was published in The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives About Being Mixed Race in the 21st Century, an anthology published by 2Leaf Press in 2017. Committed to bringing the literary arts to communities of all means, Fetzer has led writing workshops through The Create Collective, PEN American Center's "Readers & Writers" Program, the Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College, the New York Writers Coalition, The University of Baltimore, and independently.  Fetzer currently lives in Baltimore where she is mothering, working on her first novel, and serving on the board of CityLit Project. Wallace Lane, a Little Patuxent Review contributor, is a poet and author from Baltimore, Maryland. He received his MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore in May 2017. His poetry has appeared in Skelter, The Avenue, Welter, and Rise Up and is forthcoming in several other literary journals. Wallace also works as a teacher with Baltimore City Public Schools.Runner-up Nancy Kang will not be able to attend this event, but you can learn more about her here.Watch a video of Kanak Gupta reading her winning poem, "Death in Dubai."Read "Chengdu Pastoral" by Rachel E. Hicks.Read "'I know you're never gonna wake up'" and "Supremacy" by Steven Leyva.Read "flare" by Chelsea Lemon Fetzer.Watch a video of Wallace Lane reading from Jordan Year.Read "Yellow Woman" by Nancy Kang.

Beryl interviews Dr. Doris C. Withers. Dr. Withers is a Professor of Biology and Education, is among the founding faculty at Medgar Evers College. Dr. Withers has had a long career of service to the College. Beginning in 1972, her career at the College has encompassed broad experiences in teaching, curriculum development, research, and higher education administration. She teaches general biology, microbiology, genetics, science for non-science majors, and science education for teachers. She has researched and written about adult scientific thinking and learning and about general education and science college teaching. Dr. Withers is currently working on a partnership grant with the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH and the Smithsonian to develop genomics lessons and to pilot them in six Brooklyn High Schools.

Host Babz Rawls-Ivy speaks with Clarence Reynolds, Executive Director of The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY. www.centerforblackliterature.org The talk about the upcoming 14th National Black Writers Conference.

The March for Our Lives kicks off Saturday in Washington, D.C., alongside hundreds of sibling marches worldwide this weekend. In our third season debut, Majority Minority welcomes 16-year-old Alfonso Calderon, survivor of the Parkland shooting, and Rie’Onna Holman, a 15-year-old student from Chicago's south side to discuss the impact of gun violence on their lives. Then, Dr. Rudy Crew, president of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, discusses how teens (and adults) can move #NeverAgain forward once the marches end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to Shaykh Abu Taubah from Orlando, FL about his time in Mauritania, his educational approach and marital advice. Hosts: Shaykh Amir Saeed, Mahin, and SIM Abu Taubah (born Marcus Robertson) is a convert to Islam from Brooklyn, New York.  He comes from an educated family where his father was the founding Vice President of Medgar Evers College, the only Negro college in the Northeastern United States.  His mother was a school principal and college professor.  He served in the U.S. Marine Corps before teaching at the Islamic School of Kansas City. He then went on to study at Umm ul Qura in Mauritania under the tutelage of Shaykh Muhammad Saalim wal-udood ash-Shanqitee (rahimahullah).  He is an expert in the Arabic language and is a hafidh of the Qu’ran with a specialization in Warsh.  He is the founder of the Timbuktu Seminary, which is an online institution to transmit the Islamic sciences in a traditional format.    www.timbuktuedu.com Interview with Greta Van Susteren (Fox News) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmHORPlkiD8 YouTube channel for Timbuktu Seminary https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH_6kgPaXDTARM4-pXM4HQw Facebook:  Timbuktu Seminary ============== E-mail us your comments, feedback, and questions at TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks

On this month’s Study With the Best: Religion and Spirituality through the CUNY lens. Michael Prettyman is a Hunter College grad who also went to Harvard Divinity School, and we look at his most recent church commission. Shamanism in New York City is thriving and we look at it through the eyes of the former director of the Center for Alternative Health at LaGuardia Community College. John Jay’s Noe Dinnerstein talks with us about music and spirituality; Reporter Ari Goldberg visits with Doyal Gauranga, a a student at Hunter College and Program Director of the Bhakti Center; and Professor David Orenstein of Medgar Evers College explains what humanism means and its relationship to the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

Brooklyn native Elease A. Wiggins is the founder and CEO of ELEASE, LLC, a trainer, speaker, consultant, self-published author, philanthropist and adjunct Professor of Sociology. Wiggins is a graduate of the Brooklyn Job Corps Academy, has an associate’s degree in public administration, a bachelor’s degree in applied business management from Medgar Evers College, and a master’s degree in urban studies from Queens College. ELEASE, LLC is an New York State M/WBE certified social enterprise that seeks to sustain the economic development of communities through advocacy, consulting, educational materials and training, in-person and online leadership seminars, mentoring, motivational speaking, staffing and research.   In 2015, Wiggins was finalist and a finalist in the Queens Business Plan Competition in April, aptly named Black New Yorker of the Week by Amsterdam News in August, and New Jersey’s Leading Women Entrepreneur & Intrapreneur in September . Also in 2015, Wiggins released her first self-published book titled, A Farewell to Welfare: 25 Strategies to Freedom, Independence and Prosperity which focuses on helping individuals overcome mental, physical and spiritual poverty through sharing stories, statistics, strategies and solutions. The Queens Public Library has A Farewell to Welfare categorized in the Economics / Finance section. In addition, A Farewell to Welfare has a  five star rating on Amazon, and retails for $19.97 Wiggins facilitated a seminar at an adult GED program in Brownsville, where self-improvement strategies are taught while promoting literacy . The curriculum for the course was created from A Farewell to Welfare, as it was used as a textbook in the course. In addition, she conducts seminars at shelters, libraries, and Job Corps centers throughout the country. Wiggins also h --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-ash-cash-show/support

Host Alice Backer of Kiskeacity.com and Hugues Girard play interviews of protestors of Hillary Clinton as commencement speaker for Medgar Evars College's graduating class last Thursday June 8th.  Among those interviewed are life long activist Frisner Pierre of Komokoda, Haitian-American Gem Isaac of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability, Haitian-American Yole César and Dwayne Neckles of the United Africa Movement.  Hugues also offers a (short) rundown of the spate of labor union strikes in Haiti that have caused certain factories to shut down.     

Rudy Crew, the President of Medgar Evers College plans to have Hillary Clinton deliver the Commencement Speech at the school's June 8th 2017 graduation ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center and to give her an Honorary Doctorate. Given her record towards the Black community at home and abroad, is such an honor warranted? Does Hillary's record reflect the legacy of Medgar Evers? Why is Rudy Crew, once a supporter of Rudy Giuliani, helping to ressuscitate Hillary Clinton's career? Should the Haitian community's travails with Donald Trump give Hillary a pass for her record in Haiti on the minimum wage and mostly female garment workers, elections interference at home and abroad and on "pay to play" schemes involving contracts for Earthquake recovery?  Join Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com, Dahoud André,  host of Emisyon Eritye Papa Desalin and Djery Jean, a student at Medgar Evers College to discuss. See pre- and post-show notes at kiskeacity.com.   

Beryl Benbow hosts a podcast as introduction and announcement for the May 7 Charley Horwitz Memorial Platform at Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.The main thrust of the program, however, would be the conversation between two scholars of W.E.B. Du Bois: Dr. John Flateau, DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy, Professor Aldon Morris, from Northwestern University and Professor Michael Schwartz from Medgar Evers College.Professor Morris, speaks about The Lessons of W.E.B. Du Bois in an Age of Trumpism.Guided exchange between Morris, Flateau and Michael Schwartz.

On this month's show: New Yorkers for Children; Baruch College Trader's Club; the Medgar Evers College pool; and more.

Wednesday Reading Series Sara Deniz Akant is a Brooklyn-based educator, poet and performer. She is the author of Babette, selected by Maggie Nelson for the Rescue Press Black Box Poetry Prize, as well as Parades (Omnidawn, 2014), and Latronic Strag (Persistent Editions, 2015). She studies writing at the CUNY Grad Center and teaches at Medgar Evers College. Her work has appeared most recently in The Brooklyn Rail, The Bennington Review, jubilat, and Lana Turner. Jasmine Gibson is a Philly jawn now living in Brooklyn and soon to be psychotherapist for all your gooey psychotic episodes that match the bipolar flows of capital. She spends her time thinking about sexy things like psychosis, desire and freedom. She has written for Mask Magazine and LIES Vol II: Journal of Materialist feminism, Queen Mobs, NON, The Capilano Review and has published a chapbook, Drapetomania (Commune Editions, 2015).

Nobody seems to like brown grease, but if you heat it up enough, you’ve got something, says Medgar Evers College assistant chemistry professor Lawrence Pratt: an alternative source of fuel. “Someday petroleum will run out,” he says, and food waste heated to 350 celsius and above is a potential replacement. “We can’t continually rely only on fossil fuels.” Pratt and his compatriots at Medgar Evers College experiment with heated brown food grease. “This stuff does not come from coal, petroleum or natural gas,” says Pratt. “It comes from waste. We need energy from algae. We need solar, we need wind,” he says.

June 19, 2015. A day-long symposium on Juneteenth, one of the oldest observances marking the end of the enslavement of African descendants in the United States. The holiday has been celebrated in Galveston, Texas, since June 19, 1865, when news of the Emancipation Proclamation first was announced in Texas. Today, Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom with an emphasis on education and literacy. The opened with a history of Juneteenth. Three panels followed on "The State of Black Literature," "The "Stakeholders of Black Literacy" and "Independent Artists: Our Journey as Storytellers of the African Diaspora." Speaker Biography: Hari Jones is curator of the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Haki Madhubuti is founder of of Third World Press, the longest-running independent black-owned publishing company in the U.S. Speaker Biography: E. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist, poet and editor. Speaker Biography: Nikki Woods is a social media consultant and senior producer of "The Tom Joyner Morning Show." Speaker Biography: Yanick Rice-Lam is a journalist, associate professor at Howard University and co-founder of FierceforBlackWomen.com, a digital health and fitness network. Speaker Biography: Brenda Greene is director of the National Black Writers Conference and executive director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. Speaker Biography: Bomani Armah is known as "Mr. Read a Book" and the "Poet with a Hip-Hop Style." Speaker Biography: Bahiyyah Muhammad is assistant professor of criminology at Howard University and founder of "Project Iron Kids," which educates and empowers children of incarcerated parents. Speaker Biography: Rahman Branch is former principal of Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., and the first executive director of the Office of African American Affairs in the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Speaker Biography: Gabriel "Asheru" Benn is an international hip-hop artist and co-founder of Educational Lyrics, which sponsors H.E.L.P, the Hip Hop Educational Literacy Program. Speaker Biography: Beverly East is an international forensic-document examiner and author. Speaker Biography: Hafiz F. Shabazz is adjunct assistant professor and director of the World Music Percussion Ensemble at Dartmouth College, where he developed the "Oral Tradition Musicianship" course and produced more than 85 major concerts. Speaker Biography: Haile Gerima is distinguished professor of film at Howard University and an independent Ethiopian filmmaker who produced and directed the 1993 film "Sankofa." For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7150

The Glory of Freedom by Iyanla Vanzant in 1995. Join the Gist of Freedom as we listen to a speech Iyanla gave at Medgar Evers College in 1995.   Meet Iyanla Vanzant in Newark, New Jersey September 26-27 http://www.oprahweekend.com/events. Watch Iyanla on Youtube, www.Youtube.com/LesleyNutube Part 1 http://youtu.be/oDbkNyFMU4w Part 2 http://youtu.be/Qf2cnx5CP7U Part 3 http://youtu.be/vyAnWgjcZd0

Join The Gist of Freedom as we listen to an Archived Clip of Iyanla Vanzant's Speech at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY! Happy Birthday Ms. Iyanla! Watch now.. Iyanla Vanzant 1995 ~ http://bit.ly/Iyanla_1995_MedgarEversCollege … See Oprah & Iyanla Sept 26-27th http://www.oprahweekend.com/event

Host Alice Backer of www.kiskeacity.com and Michelle Materre, founder of Creatively Speaking Film Series and host of Creativey Speaking on the Air  welcome Bruce Paddington, maker of the documentary Forward Ever.  The film investigates the Grenadian revolution of 1979 which culminated in the killing of Maurice Bishop and several of his colleagues in 1983. (Bruce is with us for the first half hour.) We are then joined by Trinidadian-American trade unionist Roger Toussaint and cultural activist Martin Felix, who came of age in Grenada during the revolution, to explore aspects of this oft neglected chapter of Caribbean history. How was this movement for self-determination launched in the pre-social media era? Why did Reagan take exception to the building of an international airport in Grenada? Did US involvement start at the post-killing invasion or was the Grenadian movement for self-determination infiltrated and destabilized? Originally aired on Creatively Speaking On the Air June 18, 2014. Forward Ever will be screening FREE Friday June 20 at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn at 6PM and again at 4PM Saturday June 21 at Maisles Theater in Harlem.

Bobby, along with co-host Adrien de Martini, podcast, on location, from the Carroll Street Building at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY, with Dr. David Orenstein, Professor of Anthropology at the CUNY system senior college, from which they are podcasting, and his friend and colleague, Dr. Tyson Gill, the author of “Belief in Science and the Science of Belief: A Guidebook for Fact-Based Thinking.” Both are avid “free thinkers” (a soft term for “atheists”), activists and members of the New York City Atheists organization. Full Disclaimer: although the following conversation was conducted on campus in the Carroll Street Building at Medgar Evers College, it is important to note that any beliefs, opinions or statements shared herein are those solely of Bobby Pickles, Adrien de Martini and our guests, doctors David Orenstein and Tyson Gill, and we indemnify and hold harmless Medgar Evers College, and the City University of New York, as a whole, of any or all heretical falsities we promote or proclaim. 

One of the most sought after casting directors on the East Coast, Winsome Sinclair has collaborated with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone and John Singleton, casting principals and extras for the films Amistad, Malcolm X, Waiting to Exhale, She Hate Me, Inside Man, Too Fast Too Furious, Black Snake Moan, Cadillac Records and Precious, among others. Her most recent projects include For Colored Girls, Violet & Daisy and the upcoming remake of the classic Sparkle. In addition to features, Sinclair has also cast projects for network television. Her firm, Winsome Sinclair & Associates, with offices in New York City, is celebrated for creating valuable jobs for many African-American and Latino actors. With over 20 years of experience in film, this industry veteran sits on the board of directors of the African-American Women In Cinema foundation. She is also a member of the New York Women In Film and Television. She has also led the Star Project for the American Black Film Festival and moderated symposiums and panel discussions for the prestigious film festival. Her company founded the TV/Film Production Certificate Program at Medgar Evers College. The program, presented by Legacy Media in conjunction with Medgar Evers Personal Development Institute, gives students hands-on training and preparation for a career in film, television production. Winsome Sinclair and Associates is currently casting a new project for the new network, REVOLT, launched by Sean "Diddy" Combs. WSA has begun casting Oscar-nominated director Sam Pollard's UNT AUGUST WILSON PROJECT and is also casting Jerry Lamothe's upcoming film THE PROMISE KEEPER which is gathering an impressive cast including Garcelle Beauvais, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jamie Hector and Nonso Anozie.  She is currently producing the British crime drama, FLOWERS DON’T GROW IN ENGLAND.