Treating people in a positive manner that acknowledges them for who they are and/or what they are doing. Being treated or treating an individual in a dignified manner. Respect is earned and is never just given but, you must give respect to receive respect. Meaning when you interact with an individual you treat them with dignity and in a respectful manner as this shows your character as a person. And the respect will be reciprocated. You must always behave in a respectful manner as this reflects on you, your character, integrity and values of who you are as a person.

No one owes you respect until you have earned it, so there is no such thing as I will give it after they give it to me first. That attitude is a disrespectful action to anyone you interact with as it insinuates that you do not trust them to act accordingly, and implies that they "owe" you respect before you will give it. That will cause people to LOSE respect for you or never gain it in the first place. When you first meet someone, everyone is given the benefit of the doubt that they are a respectable individual. Questioning their integrity(respect) before you have even met them and "expecting" respect to be given without giving it yourself is insulting and condescending to that person and is judging them in a negative light when you know absolutely nothing about them and at the end of the day in order to get respect, you must give it period! So respectful behavior should just be part of how you act as a person 100% of the time period point blank! #realtalkpodcast

We all have a goal in mind when it comes to home ownership or fixing our credit. We tend not to have the right mindset because of the lack of knowledge and educational resources. I wanted to change that by sitting down with my man Marc Blair Broker and Owner of Own Real Estate. Marc was licensed in since 2003 and he had taught many homeowners how to become financially independent and debt free! He knows what he’s doing and why it works, and even better, he knows how to transfer his knowledge to other agents and brokers so they can replicate his success. Why Own Real Estate? When Marc developed the agent compensation and support package for Own Real Estate, he did it with the goal of creating a hybrid real estate office where agents would receive all the support necessary to help them achieve success from the beginning of their career to retirement, and agents would also get to keep 100% of their commissions. Marc doesn’t believe success in real estate takes a long time to achieve, and he is passionate about training and coaching agents to quickly achieve their goals and live the lifestyle they want to live. Marc provides agents a treasure map to success so agents get business quickly and go from average to top producer in weeks instead of years. This is a great informative conversation and I hope you learn something new! #realtalkpodcast

Each year millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. However, mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly through family, friends or coworkers. Despite mental illnesses the reach, prevalence, stigma and misunderstanding are also unfortunately widespread across the country. That is why each year, during the first week of October NAMI and other participants across the country raise awareness of mental illness. Each year, they educate the public, fight stigma and provide support each year the movement grows stronger. Domestic and family violence occurs when someone in an intimate or familial relationship attempts to gain and/or maintain power and control over another through a wide range of abusive behaviors. A single act may amount to abuse. Recently I found out a friend of mine was involved in a domestic violence incident where the result was him and his wife ended up deceased. This was the main factor for having this conversation about mental health and how it’s affecting our community everyday! I was fortunate enough even with his busy schedule to sit down with Mr. Hill to discuss mental health and the impact he’s making with the Utopia Health Center. This episode is dedicated to Dilcia and Calvin Aughtry you both will be missed. I pray and send condolences to both families especially the children that are affected. With love my you both Rest In Peace! 🖤🙏🏽💯 #realtalkpodcast

Minister Tate has been offering himself to brothers behind the wall for over 26 years, his prison ministry has been his passion. Starting as a one-on-one mentor at the Fred C. Nelles Youth Authority in Whittier, CA, the Lord blessed him tremendously to expand his prison ministry into 60 prisons nationwide, singing, preaching and counseling thousands of men and women within the walls, making him one of the most sought after men EVER in the prison ministry circuit. In 2013, he was blessed to film his groundbreaking prison documentary “Praise Behind the Walls” at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup, MD and in 2018, his follow up documentary “Grace Beyond the Walls” gave the viewers a very passionate indepth view of the thousands of lives that have been blessed through his prison ministry. If you ask him, his most honorable accomplishment has been being a fulltime single father of 2 sons & 1 daughter (Kirklyn, Christyl and Christopher) and now a granddad of 1! He prides himself on making sure that his kids are ALWAYS #1 in his life. Since August, 2007, he has served as the President of Black Men Raising Girls Alone (BMRGA), a support group of over 200 African American single fathers throughout the east coast.

Today, as he puts it, though he is no where NEAR where he sees God taking him! We celebrate & rejoice because he is truly blessed, called, anointed and gifted by God! #realtalkpodcast

The impact of current events are at an all time high because of the National attention some of them receive. Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week after she was found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old accountant. Guyger said she walked into Jean's apartment last year thinking it was her own and shot him she believed to be an intruder. This story had gotten a lot of buzz and people are still scratching their heads at the actions of the family, a bailiff in the courtroom and the judge who sat on this case. The treatment Amber received is hard to understand based on the type of treatment blacks are receiving everyday. The impact is deeper than folks think and the younger generation needs our help now more then ever. They are upset and the speak out but, it gets them in trouble because they are not aware of their action in most interactions with each other and law enforcement. The conversation about ways to help the young men/women is ongoing and will be a conversation that needs to continue along with meeting them where they are and having real dialog with them so, we can figure out a way to help them. I was fortunate to turn my life around and I want them to know they can do the some. It will take time, effort and just keep it real with them not sugar coating the harsh reality that their living in today and the punishment they’ll receive because of their actions. Let’s keep the conversation going and keep coming up with ways to help our younger generation! #realtalkpodcast

DescriptionCalifornia Senate Bill 206, also known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, is a California bill that will allow collegiate athletes to acquire endorsements and sponsorships while still maintaining athletic eligibility. The bill would affect college athletes in California's public universities and colleges. The Act is a game changer in college sports. It makes it illegal for California colleges to deny their student athletes opportunities to gain compensation for the use of their names, images and likenesses. Stated more concisely, the Act guarantees college athletes a right to profit from their identities. Just weeks after the California state legislature unanimously passed a bill that would allow student-athletes to benefit off their name, image, and likeness, a New York state senator introduced a similar bill that would require colleges to pay student-athletes.

Last week, New York State Sen. Kevin S. Parker introduced Senate Bill S6722A also known as the “New York Collegiate Athletic Participation Compensation Act.” Just like California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, the bill proposes to give college athletes the ability to sell the rights to their own names, images, and likenesses. The New York bill, however, goes a step further. Should it be passed into law, college athletic departments would also be required to divide a 15% share of their annual revenue with all student-athletes. House Bill 251 was officially filed by Kionne McGhee (D) in the Florida House of Representatives. Similar to its predecessor in California and other bills starting to go through various state governmental procedures, the Florida bill aims to prevent the NCAA and colleges from blocking student-athletes from receiving compensation for the use of their likeness or name. These types of bills won’t take effect until 2023 but, now three states are on board and the NCAA is officially on notice. #realtalkpodcast

An Orlando school resource officer who arrested two 6-year-old children on the same day last week was fired Monday amid growing outcry, officials said.

Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón said Dennis Turner, who had been suspended after the incidents Thursday at a charter school, did not follow the department’s policy requiring approval from a supervisor for any arrest of a minor younger than 12. Police declined to identify the two children who were arrested or disclose details about their cases, only noting that the young boy and girl were both charged with misdemeanor battery in separate events. The charges against the children have been dropped and state attorney Aramis D. Ayala said Monday that her office never intended to prosecute.

“I refuse to knowingly play any role in the school-to-prison pipeline at any age,” Ayala said. “These very young children are to be protected, nurtured and disciplined in a manner that does not rely on the criminal justice system to do it.” Police said they were called about 6:45 p.m. Friday to the gas station on Brighton Road for a report of a fight between the male gas station owners and two female customers.

During their investigation, police said an argument over spilled gas led to the fight. The women said a pump malfunctioned and demanded a refund. The owners refused, and the argument quickly turned physical. One video recorded by a witness showed the men who own the gas station repeatedly hitting one of the women in the back of the head while another man grabbed the other woman by her hair and dragged her across the pavement, police said.

The gas station's security cameras inside the store show the women initiating the argument.

Police said investigators filed paperwork for assault charges against the gas station owners and employees to the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office. #realtalkpodcast

The mayor ordered flags with 51 stars to line up and down Pennsylvania Avenue bringing attention to DC Statehood! I’m really confused about her priorities when you have MPD officers shooting and killing young black male residents with no accountability being taken! In 2018 Mayor Bowser spent 5 million dollars for the body camera program however, she has stripped the body camera program of any benefit to the residents of our community by giving the MPD complete control of the body camera footage. As a result, MPD regularly refuses to release 99% of the body camera footage when requested. MPD has denied families access to the footage in every single high-profile police killing in 2018. On June 12, 2018 Marqueese Alston was shot 15 times and the family had to wait 12 months to see 5 mins of altered footage of the incident! The families of D’Quan Young and Jeffery Price are among those who have been denied access to body camera footage related to their killings by MPD. I’m truly concerned with Mayor Bowsers priorities as well as the lack of accountability and transparency from MPD’s Chief Newsham I’m regards to these police involved shootings. In stead of focusing on DC Statehood why can’t the conversation be about police brutality which is the core of these shootings. There needs to be an implementation of law that mandates the city to release all body camera footage in a police involved shooting not being concern with statehood! We want justice for all the families that have endured so much pain in the loss of a family member meanwhile these officers are still on the job being paid and not accountability being taken against them. Let’s talk about that instead! #realtalkpodcast #maqueeselifematters #dquanslifematters #jefferyslifematters #releasebodycam

I met Jackie & Wayne Carter a few months back in the Bliss FM studio when I was invited to be a guest on Radar Radio with Mike Lee and Suzie Official. The Carters are one of the coolest couples I’ve met in a long time and the vibe was just right! They talked about a movement that they started in 2016 called “Not Reaching”due to the spike in police shootings during traffic stops. ”Not Reaching” is a solution to the fatal traffic stops experienced particularly by young, minority males throughout the country. “Not Reaching” is a revolutionary identification system that allows motorists to remain stationary in their vehicles during a traffic stop by eliminating reaching for identification by the request of law enforcement. “Not Reaching”is a start to a safe traffic stop and helps to de-escalate a tense situation. The device comes off the air vent providing easy accessibility for law enforcement

- no more reaching! It eliminates the uncertainty and danger of reaching for your required documents: driver's license, registration, and insurance card. Clips to your air vent for easy access during a traffic stop. #realtalkpodcast #notreaching

In his new Netflix special “Sticks & Stones,” the objects of Chappelle’s ire are folks ostensibly making their personal tragedies everyone’s problems by using them to perpetrate career death and reputation homicide upon celebrities. These people, he tells us, have made him a “victim blamer.” He guns for two men at the center of “Leaving Neverland,” who allege that late pop music idol Michael Jackson molested them when they were 7 and 10 years old. And cancel culture advocates who took aim at his personal friends, like Kevin Hart and another A-list comic he was good friends with “before he died in that terrible masturbation accident.” Then there’s the easily offended “alphabet people,” his shorthand for the LGBTQ community, particularly, as he says, the “confusing” Ts. The #MeToo movement, organizers of school shooting drills they’ve all gotten out of hand and need to be taken down a notch. Everybody had something to say and did too! #realtalkpodcast