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Chris Bolden-Newsome is the Founding Co-Director of the Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden - Sanfoka Community Farm is a 3.5-acre production & teaching farm rooted in the African diaspora experience in SW Philly.

Chris joins the show to spotlight the start of Sankofa Community Farmstand season at Bartram’s Garden. Every Thursday and select Saturdays, neighbors can purchase healthy, local food while supporting a larger mission of cultural preservation and food justice.

Dawn Hannah and Gianna Brisbone are from Beyond Literacy. Ms. Hannah is the Chief Program and Impact Officer, and Gianna Brisbone is the Director of Education are from Beyond Literacy. They both joined Dr. Peterson to talk about Beyond Literacy’s mission, how they are addressing the problems of literacy in Philadelphia, and their core programs and services.

Marvin DeBose is Assistant Chief of the North Neighborhood Library Clusters at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Lifelong Philadelphia native and committed library professional with over 20 years of service at the Free Library of Philadelphia, with career spanned roles as Branch Manager and Adult/Teen Librarian, with a strong focus on community engagement, literacy, and youth empowerment.

Mr. DeBose is passionate about the Overbrook Park branch’s Urban Fiction collection—the largest in the Free Library system—along with being the Founder of the Teen Street Lit Book Club, and his work with the Pennsylvania African American Library Association.

He joined Dr. Peterson to talk about his literacy work here in Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta, a third-generation North Philadelphia native, is a legislator currently serving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. In 2023, Rep Kenyatta was appointed by President Joe Biden to chair the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans.

Throughout his career, Representative Kenyatta has been a vocal proponent of protecting workers’ rights and rooting out government corruption and waste. He holds multiple legislative leadership roles, including as a member of the powerful House State Government Committee that oversees state agencies and elections, and Chair of the Financial Services and Banking Subcommittee in the House Commerce Committee.

He joins Dr. Peterson to talk about the Democratic National Committee and legislation he currently supports.

Attorney Keir Bradford-Grey is the Head of Marrone Law Firm’s Civil Rights Litigation Department. She joined Dr. Peterson to discuss a recent Inquire article that reported teens being tracked by GPS monitoring with no warrant required and for first-time offending youth that haven’t been charged for nonviolent offenses.

PR Maverick and Branding Queen Pam Perry Joins the show. She is the creator of "Speakers Magazine" and gives us tips on how to promote and brand themselves in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and, yes — 60+

As anti-ICE protests spread across the country, Meg Berlin of Indivisible PA joins us to talk about Saturday’s “No Kings Coalition” march.

Juneteenth is coming, and Morgan Lloyd of the African American Museum of Philadelphia joins us to talk about the celebration.

Journalist, Lawyer and Public Speaker Renee Chenault Fattah joins the show. She to us about the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter's third annual Black & African American Caregiver Symposium.

Temple professor Linn Washington joins the show. He talks to us about the absence of states rights in the California protests.