DearRDG

We pretty much free-for-all this episode of DearRDG and catch up on each other's lives and where we're all at. Quise has quit his job and is allowing himself to free fall. Marie has launched her new blog. Bri is getting her fitness on. D. Will has a new project on the way! We just go off the dome for The Stoop Integration was actually good for Black people.

Word On The Street:

A longtime Virginia Beach employee shot and killed 11 people today at the city's municipal center - https://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/article_777b737e-83e3-11e9-b1d0-dff7ad725d5e.html

Two Transgender Activists Are Getting Monuments - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/arts/transgender-monument-stonewall.html

US demands social media details from visa applicants - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48486672?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews

Anti-Black Asian AirBNB - https://twitter.com/_MrMAC/status/1134840733540769792

CHECK OUT MARIE's new blog: sykesisthelimit.com

Check out Pusha Bri's blog: pushabri.com

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

We celebrate our 50th episode with a live show! We discuss being an icon, Nipsey Hussle, and the impact that it has had on our community. We are joined by Roger Lavine, Dr. Alixis Rhodes, and Brad Waples! They provide their subject matter expertise throughout the episode and love that they brought so much of a different dynamic to the stage. How do we also build a more cohesive Black community as well.

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Set Up: Luis "RDM" Ramos

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

Season 3, Episode 19. On this episode of DearRDG, we have an array of topics throughout this episode. D. Will talks about the stabbing in Reading, PA. Marie explores the ban of the LGBTQ+ community that can discredit their marriage license. Bri talks about a teacher putting on a turban and we discuss the implications of that. Quise brings up SATs bringing up this adversity score.

On the Stoop, we check in with one another to see what our progress is with each other and how we are moving forward within the last few months. Darien (@mfzoom_) talks about his fashion line Zoom and then talks about how art impacted his life, but also the values that comes along with it. We also discuss the underground scene in this city. It is important for us to start bridging that gap too.

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Recurring Host:

Dan Cabrera (@90sHero)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Set Up: Luis "RDM" Ramos

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

Season 3, Episode 18! This episode we explore a variety of topics: Ayanna Pressley and Cory Booker present a new bill, another cop shooting, Rolling Loud is moving differently, and we discuss Georgia's heartbeat bill. On the Stoop, we discuss Ayesha Curry, expressing insecurity, and our own insecurity. For Reading's Finest, we are joined by serial social entrepreneur Endaisha Thornton. We explore what a social entrepreneur does and how it shows up for him. Make sure to follow him.

Blog / IG: @endaisha_humble_servant

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Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Set Up: Luis "RDM" Ramos

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

On Season 3, Episode 17, we discuss Black people having to exist in white spaces and how it becomes restricting. We talk Caster Semenya, Ice Cube and other Black celebs being blocked in a bidding war, Miss America, Teen USA, and USA are all Black women, and FaceBook bans huge personalities. We discuss a lot in this episode. On the Stoop, we discuss white mediocrity and what the implications are for Black people who are consistently told to work 10x harder than their white counterparts.

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Set Up: Luis "RDM" Ramos

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

On Season 3, Episode 16, we discuss an array of topics. We start off with giving people their roses and quick discuss the impact that we want to leave on the city. For word on the street, we discuss End Game making over a billion, Donald Trump defends his Charlottesville comments, the Berks County DA calls Reading "not a good place," and then end off with Jay-Z's comments on "gentrify your own neighborhood." It was a bit of a conversation starter to talk about Black people's relationship to capitalism and will gentrification save our city? We are also joined by Kathiria and Troy from Sunrise Movement Berks where we discuss what Sunrise is, performative activism within the city, and the Green New Deal.

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Set Up: Luis "RDM" Ramos

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

This episode of DearRDG, we discuss #JusticeForLucca, Howard University, and the Bail System in Reading, PA. We witness the violence towards Black people, white people taking over our spaces, and the criminal justice system in Reading is trash. How do we hold our judges more accountable. On the Stoop, we discuss what 'clout' is and what it means to chase this.

Justice for Lucca: https://www.commondreams.org/further/2019/04/21/justice-lucca-your-country-racist-brutality-still

District Judges + Bail System: https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/berks-district-judges-top-pa-list-of-lockups-over-collateral

Howard University: https://www.theroot.com/move-the-campus-gentrifyinggeorge-says-students-shoul-1834172297

Guests: Jonathan Tinoco and Xavier Care

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Video Assistant: Raylin Norfleet

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Set Up: Luis "RDM" Ramos

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

On this episode of DearRDG, we get to the nitty gritty of some local news! We talk about the sex trafficking scandal in our community and I-Lead charter school. We also discuss Ilhan Omar and Barnard College's racist attack on a Black, Columbia student. On the Stoop, we discuss why young people don't want to stay in the city of Reading. This question is consistently being asked of us, so we decided to talk about it.

#ReadingsFinest features Jay! Listen to hear about how he got his love of music, starting Pagoda City, and him not managing his mental health too well, but he's working through it.

I-Lead Scandal: https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/court-upholds-ruling-says-i-lead-in-reading-not-tax-exempt

Ilhan Omar: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/14/nancy-pelosi-security-concern-ilhan-omar-donald-trump/3467004002/

Sex Trafficking: https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/criminal-gang-was-running-underage-sex-trafficking-operation-in-reading-boarding-home

Columbia Student: https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2019/04/13/barnard-public-safety-officers-put-on-administrative-leave-following-physical-confrontation-of-black-student/

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Video Assistant: Raylin Norfleet

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

On Season 3, Episode 13, we are talking about Eric Holder, Kodak Black, Beyonce and Adida's partnership, and the Yee-Haw Agenda. Each of these topics also relate to us having to reclaim our spaces. On the Stoop, we talk about dealing with grief as individuals and as a collective. We are joined by Mike the Creator, where he talks about his process, some L's that he had to take, and how a fly changed his perspective.

Guest: Michael Acevedo (@MikeTheCre8tor)

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Video Assistant: Raylin Norfleet

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.

During this episode of DearRDG, we discuss police violence, get an update on Jussie Smollett, and talk about the Ferguson Activists that are mysteriously dying. We observe the structural violence and the space that was set up for us, but we bring it all into Nipsey and find out what this revealed about the Black community. We discuss the cause of the conspiracy theories from a historical perspective and realize that anxiety shows up for our greats today.

We are joined by Dani Motze who runs the Community 'zine "Here In My City." She talks about her love of writing, why she created this platform, and tells us something new about urban planning and racist structures behind it. You may learn something new about Glenside.

@HereInMyCity on all social media.

Article, re: Glenside: https://www.hereinmycity.com/can-reading-move-forward-1?fbclid=IwAR3p4HzZXtNaBESwNjdEWdf7VpLmuP2zDI9IgYe2EXzmlWNjlQRDKqBgsI4

SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.hereinmycity.com/subscribe?fbclid=IwAR3p4HzZXtNaBESwNjdEWdf7VpLmuP2zDI9IgYe2EXzmlWNjlQRDKqBgsI4

Hosts:

Chief Quise (@MarquiseDavon)

D. Will (@_d_will_)

MARIE (@sykesmvrie_)

PUSHA BRI (@PUSHABRI)

Production Team:

Content Director: Mateo Toro (@themateotoro) (@retorocle)

Producer/Audio Engineer: Jay Shaffer (@PagodaCity)

Video Assistant: Raylin Norfleet

Asst. Photographer: Manny Coombs (@blondedapi) (oni.das)

Intro Track produced by RLO

Outro Track produced by Fuego Ellington.