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This Monday! Check out our Blog Post on #TBWE2017: http://www.circlesisters13.com/blog/july-26th-2017

This Monday at 9pm, Circle Sisters Podcast is speaking to Sister Vernetta Freeney, Chief Organizer of #HAAB2017- Houston African American Blogger's 2017 Blog Bootcamp. This conference is currently SOLD OUT! Thankfully we are registered and will bring you the highlights on our blog at www.circlesisters13.com. If you are interested in joining HAAB, check out their website for more info: http://houstonafricanamericanbloggers.com

"For 2017, AFWH's theme is Making The Connection as we endeavor to continue our mission to celebrate and share the traditions, elegance and innovation of African inspired fashion with the world, and to advance the spirit of community and cultural excellence across every society." www.afwhouston.com

Voted Houston's Best Competitive Poets by Houston audiences! Circle Sisters Podcast welcomes, "The 2017 Houston SLAM Poetry Team."

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Tune in and hear some crowd-moving, thought-provoking, no-holds-barred word smithing. Yesss.... This show will be "So Poetic."

While checking notifications on FB, I saw one of the writing groups Im in posted a flier for a Mermaid Festival in San Marcos, Texas. Of course I immediately clicked the link to learn more because Mermaids are the original Circle Sisters. Mermaids could easily be Circle Sisters' Mascot. Mermaids and Sirens and Salamanders, Oh My! Okay if youre not familiar with San Marcos lore then the salamander reference you have to listen to the interview to understand. So, listen in as Sis Brooke of Down South Word Of Mouth introduces The Siren Call Showcase at The Mermaid Festival on September 07, 2017. *Deadline for Submissions: June 13 at Midnight. www.downsouthwordofmouth.org

As we continue to evolve and transmute our ignornace and miseducations, we realize many of our triggers are implants. One of our greatest hinderances is lack of understanding. As African-Americans, July 04 may bring mixed emotions. Some of us identfiy with the history lessons taught by school teachers therefore celebration and tribute is the order of the day. For others of us, Fredrick Douglass's July Fourth Speech still rings true. And for a small few of us, we are coming into the understanding that there is a darker (and distantly-familiar), hidden agenda that comes with all holidays (holy days).

Let's Boogie!

Sis Kimberly 'Selah' Tenille, one of Houston's veteran poets and writers is joining us to share her own poetry and her favorite poetry by other writers. Call-in and share your women-centered poems.

Tonight! 9pm (CST). We will discuss Purple Hull Peas! Lol. Yep. If you are from East Texas or your Big Mamma and 'Nem are from the Piney Forests of East Texas then you are familiar with Purple Hulls Peas... what yall know about shucking peas? Yes indeed.

Sis. Laretha Clay will join us to discuss the history of Texas's PHPF and this year's newly added Symposium on Texas Freedmen Colonies. Did you know over 500 Freedmen settlements are documented in Texas? Tune in to learn more.

Tonight on Circle Sister's Podcast, we welcome Holly Charles from, "In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story Of Freedmen's Town." On Sunday, June 18 following the morning's "Freedmen Town Walking Tour," we will Meet-Up at 8pm to enjoy "In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen's Town."

On tonight's episode of #CircleSistersPodcast, Holly Charles, M.A. will to discuss the relevancy and necessity of this play. Told through the lives of 3 generations of families, this play will humanize a highly charged topic: Gentrification of Houston's Freedmen's Town.