Cultural Conversations Radio Show

Please join me as I welcome Tonya Lovelace-Davis, Chief Executive Officer at Women of Color Network, to CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS RADIO.  Ms. Lovelace is director of the Women of Color Network. The WOCN advocates to eliminate domestic violence and sexual assault. The WOCN directly addresses a broad range of violence affecting communities of color and other forms of oppression that intersect with violence against women of color.


We will discuss the Cosby accustions as well as other current incidents and acts of violence against women; particularly women of color.  Ms. Lovelace-Davis will also give information on how we can raise our consciousness, identifying the signs of abuse, and how we can protect ourselves and others from such violence. This show looks at the raising incidents of violence among celebrities and against women in general.


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Join Cultural Conversations as I welcome historian and Southern Antebellum tour and performance artist to our online studio. Ms. Whitney-Davis gives her historical perspective on the Confederate Flag and the conflict between heritage and hate within the current debate over the flag. MONDAY LIVE CALL IN (347) 857-3121.  Call in and give your insight into this dynamic conversation.  http://tobtr.com/7785881

Judy Whitney-Davis is a Southern performance artist and historian focused on bringing the stories, icons, and caharactors of the deep south of the United States to light.  She has worked on the south's most prestigous plantations and have taught hundrends of visitors desiring to know more about the role slaves and southern land owners played in the creation of America.

Verona Mitchell, Ph.D.

Host & Producer

 

Join Cultural Conversations with an intimate interview with KM Davis, Founder of Davis Law & Associates.  Davis is a returned special guest to Cultural Conversations and will enlighten and engage on the subject of the Supereme Court ruling making same sex marriage legal in 50 state, the path to marriage equality and her personal journey in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community.

KM Davis is founder of Davis Law & Associates. She discovered her passion for helping business owners far before she realized her own entrepreneurial leanings. However, upon realizing her dual interest (and the need to now “practice what she preached”) Davis’s interest in business law matters has only deepened. The ability to understand the needs of business owners and their families allows Davis to consider aspects of client issues that sometimes even they haven’t realized, and creates a relationship beyond attorney/client…for most clients Davis serves a more comprehensive business advisor role.


Verona Mitchell, Ph.D.

Cultural Conversations

Join me for a Cultural Conversation with Harold Michael Harvey, author of the new book, Justice in the Round. Harvey will give his perspective on the country’s racial dynamics at play in the American Jury System.

Harvey is the author of the critically acclaimed legal thriller, Paper Puzzle and author or a new book, Justice in the Round. Harvey formed the Cascade Publishing House to publish his works and the works of other authors who feel more comfortable in a small publishing house.

Harold Michael Harvey is an American award winning journalist, former lawyer, political pundit, novelist, essayist and publisher. He earned a degree in Political Science from Tuskegee Institute and a Juris Doctorate degree from Atlanta Law School. Harvey was honored for “Outstanding Work in Newspaper Journalism,” in 1976 by the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The Gate City Bar Association bestowed upon him their prestigious R. E. Thomas Civil Rights Award in 1996 after Harvey represented over 180 college students arrested in the City of Atlanta during a black college spring break ritual known as “Freaknic.”

Verona Mitchell, Ph.D.

Host/Producer

Cultural Conversations

Join me for an in depth cultural conversation with Dr. Nicholas Hartlep, author of The Assault on Commuities of Color and Model Minority Stereotype: Demystifying Asian American Success. We will explore the realities of race-based violence in communities of color. What are some of the present day drivers to the violence we are witnessing? What has been the historical past in engagement with communities of color.  The Asian-American student population supposedly scores off-the-charts on high-stakes college admission tests, such as the SAT. Public perception of Asian-American success is evidenced in the phrase “the Asian invasion” — the notion that Asian-Americans are overrepresented on college campuses. Dr. Hartlep sheds light on percieved myths and stereotypes through his groundbreaking research.

Dr. Hartlep is an assistant professor of educational foundations and is author of the books, The Model Minority Stereotype: Demystifying Success (2013, Information Age Publishing) and The Model Minority Stereotype Reader: Critical and Challenging Readings For the 21st Century (Cognella Publishing, 2013) and an author of The Assault on Communities of Color: Exploring the Realities of Race-Based Violence (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015)He can be followed on Twitter @nhartlep

Verona Mitchell, Ph.D.

Host & Producer

Cultural Conversations

Join CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS as we reflect on the Baltimore riots, the role a Black Mother played in becoming an iconic figure in media and in community.  We welcome Dr. Robin Boylorn, educator, writer, with Crunk Feminist Collective, to the show.  Dr. Boylorn will talk about her article "A Black Mother's Love (or What Love Looks Like in Public)",  which reflected on the actions of the Baltimore Mother of the Year and society's reaction and understanding of the role Black Mothers must take in leadership.

Robin M. Boylorn, Ph.D., ?earned her doctorate in 2009 from University of South Florida.  Currently she is Assistant Professor of Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication at the University of Alabama where she teaches and writes about issues of social identity and diversity, focusing primarily on the lived experiences of black women. Boylorn's work concentrates on ways of documenting marginalized lives and making them accessible and available to wide audiences.  She seeks to give voice to silenced experiences and offer strategies for talking about and across difference (in its many manifestations). 

CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS, hosted & produced by Dr. Verona Mitchell

Join Cultural Conversations for Part 2 of Police Killing Black Men in America - Who Can Stop the Madness? I welcome Sam Simmons to Cultural Conversations Radio Show. Sam Simmons is licensed as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor who has over 25-year experience as a behavioral consultant in the areas of chemical dependency, violence abatement and historical trauma. He specializes in practical culturally sensitive trauma informed work with African American males and their families. Sam Simmons is founder of the Black Men Healing Conference and President and CEO of Sam Simmons Consulting. Sam comes to give his perspective of the rash outbreak of Police shootings that have resulted in Black men being senselessly shot dead at the hands of law enforcement. We will talk about possible solutions to eliminate the targeting and killing of Black men in America and the trauma Black men face. 

Cultural Conversations Radio Show is hosted and produced by Dr. Verona Mitchell. Verona teaching and research interest is in women issues, critical race theory and diversity. She is Founder/CEO of CulTives & Associates, LLC and Cultural Conversations Radio.

Cultural Conversations Radio Show is hosted and produced by Dr. Verona Mitchell. Verona teaching and research interest is in women issues, critical race theory and diversity. She is Founder/CEO of CulTives & Associates, LLC and Cultural Conversations Radio.

Join Cultural Conversations for the Part 1 of a 2 Part Series, Police Killing Black Men in America - Who Can Stop the Madness? I welcome political activist, community organizer and social agitator/educator, Mel Reeves to the show. Mel has traveled throughout the country organizing and bringing attention to social ill impacting the Black community and addressing police brutality in Minneapolis and other major cities. Mel comes to give us his perspective of the rash outbreak of Police shootings that have resulted in Black men being senselessly shot dead at the hands of law enforcement. We will talk about possible solutions to eliminate the targeting and killing of Black men in America.

Cultural Conversations Radio Show is hosted and produced by Dr. Verona Mitchell. Verona teaching and research interest is in women issues, critical race theory and diversity. She is Founder/CEO of CulTives & Associates, LLC and Cultural Conversations Radio.

Cultural Conversations Radio Show is hosted and produced by Dr. Verona Mitchell. Verona teaching and research interest is in women issues, critical race theory and diversity. She is Founder/CEO of CulTives & Associates, LLC and Cultural Conversations Radio.

Join Cultural Conversations as I welcome political candidate, community engager, and educator, Barbara A. Taylor-Wells to the studio. Barbara A. Taylor-Wells is an incumbent vying for her seat to represent Kankakee School District 111 as school board president. Barbara will give us her perspective on the race, why she is engaged in the political process at the local levels, and why it is important for all to become aware of the role politics have on the lives of people.

Cultural Conversations Radio Show is hosted and produced by Dr. Verona Mitchell. Verona teaching and research interest is in women issues, critical race theory and diversity. She is Founder/CEO of CulTives & Associates, LLC and Cultural Conversations Radio.

Join CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS as we capture the month's intriguing CULTURAL TOPICS in the open studio session.  The studio lines will be LIVE and open to YOU, the listening AUDIENCE, to discuss Starbucks Race Conversations, Racist Frat Chant, Gov. Pence’s Anti-Gay stance and more… I value your perspective.. Call the show 347.857.3121, MONDAY, 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME/8:00 P.M. EASTERN. Verona Mitchell, Host & Producer, CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS.