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Monica Dennis, Black Lives Matter + Move to End Violence

On the Agenda today is Sudan Uprising continues with Monica Dennis, a core organizer with#BlackLivesMatter NYC, and co-director of Move to End Violence.

Join us as Monica helps us work through some ideas and strategies to stand in solidarity with black lives, including the people in Sudan.

Sudanese-American journalist, Isma’il Kushkush, joins us via telephone to help frame our discussion and better understand the international hands at play in the massacres of June 3rd and the obstruction of a civilian-ruled democracy in Sudan.

What’s going on in Sudan? We encourage you to seek real sources + this is an essential start: Sudan Uprising Master Document (Bit.ly/sudanuprising). Thank you to L. Awad for creating and updating this great resource.

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Guest: Monica Dennis

Guest: Isma’il KushkushHost: Selma Idris

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Donja R. Love on the set of “Fireflies” at the Atlantic Theater Company as seen by Peter Bellamy

On the agenda is a conversation with award-winning playwright, poet, and filmmaker, Donja R. Love.

Donja’s recent work, a trilogy named The Love Plays, sets the scene for a discussion on the idea of Radical Softness, our mental health and the necessity of love between us.

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Guest: Donja R. LoveHost: Selma Idris

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Syreeta Gates as seen by Lenny S.

On the agenda is a conversation with art collector, curator and archivist, Syreeta Gates.

Syreeta is on a mission to solidify the culture of Hip Hop as history. Join us for a conversation about her journey establishing The Gates Preserve and her recent work on the documentary “Write On! The Legend of Hip-Hop’s Ink Slingers” and the hip-hop culinary experience “Yo Stay Hungry”.

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Guest: Syreeta GatesHost: Selma Idris

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Melanie Williams Oram

On the agenda is a conversation with film director and producer, Melanie Williams Oram.

Join us as we talk to Melanie about her latest work, Run Like A G.U.R.L., a film about how and why an unprecedented number of women candidates joined forces with a wave of females grassroots activists to make 2018 the new “Year of the Woman.”, and the ‘fixes’ we need to think about as we approach the 2020 elections.

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Guest: Melanie Williams OramHost: Selma Idris

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Welcome to our first board meeting.

On the Agenda is a review of the learning from the first 8 sessions and the updates we’ve shared with you thus far.

Join Selma, Dougie + Josh as we recap our first few episodes and address general comments and questions we’ve received from our listeners.

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Host: Selma Idris

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Attia Taylor, Editor-In-Chief Womanly Magazine

On the agenda is a conversation with Attia Taylor, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Womanly Magazine, a print magazine that delivers important health information to women of color and binary people through the use of art.

Join us as we talk to Attia about her journey as an artist, women’s health advocate and daughter that inspired her to create the gorgeous, scientifically sound all around super-dope magazine created to fill the information gaps we often see in our communities.

“…it felt natural for me to look to other creatives to build a publication that could reach people through art – whether that be through film, music, literary, or visual art. It’s a bit like hiding the medicine in the food.” – Attia Taylor

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Guest: Attia TaylorHost: Selma Idris

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Coach Wayne Blair

On the agenda is a conversation with coach, educator and former professional football player, Wayne Blair.

Coach Blair joins us from Plantation, Florida to talk to us about his experience coming of age as a Jamaican-Canadian transplant in the heart of football country. A late comer to the game, Coach gives us an in-depth perspective on being a student athlete, a professional football player, and now coach, teacher and co-founder of Chomp + Stomp Football Camps in south Florida.

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Guest: Wayne BlairHost: Selma Idris

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Walla Elsheikh, co-founder, Birthright AFRICA

On the agenda is a conversation with Co-Founder + CEO of Birthright AFRICA, Walla Elsheikh.

Walla takes us on a journey of self-discovery that led to the creation Birthright AFRICA, a non-profit committed to providing a free educational trip to Africa for every youth and young adult of African descent in the United States.

Join us as our conversation travels from education, reparations culminating in the organization’s goals for the next five years.

SUPPORT/DONATE to Birthright AFRICA learn more about their story and journey on instagram@BirthrightAFRICA.

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Guest: Walla ElsheikhHost: Selma Idris

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Dr. John W. Johnson, Jr.

On the agenda is Part 2 of our conversation with historian and professor, Dr. John W. Johnson Jr.

“All roads lead to Newark” in Part 2 of our discussion on class, education and conditioning. Listen in as our Q+A turned history class takes us all back to school.

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Guest: Dr. John W. Johnson Jr.Host: Selma Idris

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Dr. John W. Johnson, Jr.

On the agenda is a conversation with historian and professor, Dr. John W. Johnson Jr.

Join us for a discussion on class, education and conditioning that travels from the cosmopolitan empire of ancient Rome empire to the rich cultural center of Newark and back to Us, with the ever-so-dope, Dr. Johnson.

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Guest: Dr. John W. Johnson Jr.Host: Selma Idris

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