"Can We Have A Conversation"

Host Stewart Perrilliat from, "Can We Have A conversation" is interviewing Author, Deputy Mayor for the Town of Shelburne, and Regional Councillor for the County of Dufferin, on, "LuvBay Radio" in Canada.  "Driven to Succeed" was written as a tool to inspire and motivate the reader to dream big despite the challenges, barriers, and obstacles one faces The book serves as a reminder that success is attainable at the highest levels if you are willing to learn, work hard, have faith, and challenge yourself to pursue opportunities that will change your life for the better.

Host, Stewart Perrilliat has a healthy discussion with the author, Bedford Palmer II, Ph.D., about skin color and families. We, as a people, can sometimes struggle with this issue, especially affecting our children.

This show speaks about the importance of Manhood and leading to Fatherhood. The cycles of good and bad fathers and how we address the social ills in our society as it pertains to father absence.

What a season we are in!  This nation is experiencing things that we have never experienced before in our lifetime.

There have been raging fires causing massive devastation across the Pacific Coast states, earthquakes, and tornadoes in places where they have never had them before,  and back-to-back hurricanes of the greatest magnitude ever recorded.  All these things happening while a treacherous, unrelenting pandemic has paralyzed our nation. The entire world has been on pause for almost a year and the United States has gotten to a place that half of million people have died in one year from this virus and has reached the point that over 5000 people died a day.

Climate Change is real and continues to manifest its unpredictable nature,  affecting places like Texas in an unimaginable series of horrible events.  The massive super freeze coupled with a loss of power to millions of people has caused death, loss of homes and possessions,  homes destroyed by pipes bursting to cause water damage, and fires started from the need to stay warm. Store shelves were completely emptied, no food, no water.

Racism is at an all-time high, suicide is at an all-time high. And who would ever think that we would have domestic terrorists here in what we call the 'land of the free" and that those people would attack the Capitol? The list goes on and on.

What is going on in this world??

The Bible reminds us that these days were coming and that it's not the last days, but the signs of the last days. (Matthew 24:5-8)

The Bible doesn't define the last days as in the handful of weeks, months, or years before the world ends. Rather it says the last days are between Jesus first coming and second coming. We should hold to that definition too and avoid imposing our own preconceived ideas onto the Bible.

With that said, if there was a question that you could ask regarding this subject, the last days, what would it be?  You will have a chance because I will be interviewing Bible scholar, Dr. Dennis James Woods,  on Sunday afternoon as we discuss his book, "You Must Know The Times".

Don't be soothed into complacency by the saying "What you don't know, won't hurt you" because that is usually not true. The Bible says that people perish because of a lack of knowledge. Which means that we can die because of what we don't know.

Please tune in for this extraordinary interview regarding, "Change Agent Church in BLM Times: Urgency For Action" with Rev. Dr. Valerie Miles Tribble and her new book.

Covid-19 Pandemic is something that no one saw coming. It has affected men differently than it has affected women all across the globe. It has caused many of us to make significant changes in our everyday routines due to financial hardships, such as divorce, isolation,  suicide,  and domestic violence. This conversation was designed to Help fathers and families cope with Covid-19 as it pertains to depression, anxiety in children, the tension in parenting relationships, or general fear. This pandemic has a devastating impact on our children and families and this podcast will give some practical examples on how to manage these effects.

Panel discussion with leaders and advocates in the black community from the USA and Canada. The societal, judicial, and economical resistance and other mitigating factors that impede the fatherhood process for Black men.

Since 2016, Man 2 Man – Urban Youth Advocate, Inc. has provided educational programs, mentorship, and support services to young men between the ages of 10 and 24. Our team is comprised of professionals and community leaders who are driven by a strong desire to give back to the community and help underserved young men reach their full potential.

The young men we currently serve come from various walks of life and ethnicities. The majority of the young men we serve are predominantly men of color and overwhelmingly the product of single-mother homes, with little to no guidance, and a noticeable lack of an adult male role model. Most of our young men are also unemployed, under-employed, and living below the poverty level.

We see the young men we serve as individuals who have the potential to be powerful, positive, protective co-parents, and productive members of society if given the right tools to thrive. Our organization aims to provide practical principles and resources to produce men who care and support themselves, their families, and their community.

We currently offer a fatherhood program that promotes healthy families through co-parenting relationship building and parenting training. We also offer a conflict resolution program that provides individuals with strategies and techniques they can use to control their responses during anger-provoking situations. We also offer a job preparation program that provides job and life skills training in order to help our young men achieve their educational and vocational goals and to assist them in obtaining and keeping jobs.

Stewart Perrilliat Executive Director of Man 2 Man Urban Youth Advocate is a guest on LuvBay AfroBeats radio show! He'll be talking about Man 2 Man program, fatherlessness, and the societal effects.