Sophia Thomas is president of AANP and spearheading the effort to collect COVID stories from the front lines. During Nurses Week these providers are also addressing underlying issues like social determinants and systemic budget shortfalls in a post-COVID world.

Stand-up comedian, public speaker, and writer, Ali Siddiq, joins the Public Affairs Podcast to lighten the mood. He gives his take on how the virus affects everyday life, Trump's handling of it, and The COVID Comedy Club on Instagram.

Robert Rooks, CEO and co-founder of Alliance for Safety and Justice and one of the country's premiere strategists for state-based criminal justice reform efforts. His organization is working directly with those most impacted by crime and incarceration to change criminal justice policies across the country, and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, its state-based affiliate.

Sherrell Ogletree 

Founder & Executive Director 

B.E.A.U.T.Y Mentoring 

This week we chat about what we can do why your kids might be acting up more than usual, and what you can do about it. 

Steve Baker is vice president of The Great Game of Business, Inc., to discuss why transparency is so important during these extremely difficult times. Through transparency, business owners can become better leaders and remove their talent's fear.

Jade Simmons: former beauty queen, pianist, and motivational speaker. At a time, where Houstonians are in constant fear and panic of the unknown, we hear a good word and a song.

Jocelyn Frye is a senior fellow at American Progress, where her work focuses on a wide range of women’s issues, including work-family balance, pay equity, and women’s leadership. We talk about her article On the Frontlines at Work and at Home: The Disproportionate Economic Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women of Color

This episode welcomes PR guru, strategic business partner, content expert. and social media strategist, Julie O. Griffith. Julie will discuss her business resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

In the midst of COVID-19, there happens to be a demographic of people that are forgotten. The demographic are those that are grieving from the lost of loved ones. Grieving is typically tough in general, but most people grieving have the opportunity to leave their homes to do familiar things. Being that, that option is limited at the moment, depression is rising.

I would like to have grief coach, Nickcole Byrd of 700 AD on to give tips to those how to handle their mental and their emotion during this pandemic. Nickcole is not only a coach, but she is also a widow that lost her husband in 2019; therefore she is assisting to guide others on how to cope with things.

We welcome Keisha Dennis to the PAP to talk about her organization.

The Elephant in the Room, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charity organization that was founded in 2017 for the purpose of helping others who do not have the courage or knowledge on how to help themselves deal with the effects of mental health.

Next, we speak with Tiffany Ryland and her father, Ed Ryland. Tiffany is one of the youngest and very few African American women vying to be among the top commercial real estate (CRE) C-Level professionals in the country.

Today we're talking to Ray Shackleford, National President of The National Urban League Young Professionals. (NULYP) is a National Urban League volunteer auxiliary that targets young professionals ages 21-40 to empower their communities and change lives through the Urban League Movement.

Next we talk to Krista from AMIGOS, a non-profit based in Houston, Texas, organizes cultural immersion trips to South and Central America for teens & young adults ages 13 to 22. They recently suspended their summer programs and spring gap program this year for the first time in its 55-year history due to COVID-19. However, AMIGOS continues to emphasize to its students on leadership training and the importance of being a global citizen and being globally-minded.

This episode we talk to Dr. Cindy Trimm, Coronavirus plus Faith: What Should our Faith-Based Response Be Beyond Prayer? 

Then we talk to Deavra Daughtry, President/Founder TWEF about her Keeping The Elderly and Frail Safe Initiative.

The 2020 National Urban League conference is currently scheduled for August 5-8, 2020 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

However, before we can talk about the conference, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, we must be reminded, of the role the National Urban League and Houston Area Urban League play when the nation is facing disasters like COVID-19. The importance of organizations like the National Urban League or Houston Area Urban League become more significant.

Crystal Hadnott gives information about the immune system and this newly labeled pandemic, COVID-19 from a local wellness expert.

Crystal Hadnott gives information about the immune system and this newly labeled pandemic, COVID-19 from a local wellness expert.

Thelma Coleman of Success Tax let’s us know that the IRS is providing some relief, if individuals and businesses owe money they have 90 days to pay interest and penalty free up to $1 million and up to 10 million for corporations but you still have to file by April 15th.