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Latest Episodes

Sudan Uprising Continues, With Monica Dennis of Black Lives Matter + Move to End Violence and Sudanese-American Journalist, Isma’il Kushkush
June 18, 2019

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...

Loving Each Other with Playwright + Filmmaker Donja R. Love
June 11, 2019

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,

The Culture With Archivist + Founder of The Gates Preserve, Syreeta Gates
June 04, 2019

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...

Run Like G.U.R.L. With Filmmaker Melanie Williams Oram
May 28, 2019

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 ...

The Board Meeting: 01
May 21, 2019

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 questi...

Healthy Conversation, With Editor-In-Chief of Womanly Magazine, Attia Taylor
May 07, 2019

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.

Winning with Coach + Educator, Wayne Blair
April 30, 2019

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 ...

Young Scholars, With Co-Founder + CEO of Birthright AFRICA, Walla Elsheikh
April 23, 2019

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 ...

Class (Continued), With Historian + Professor, Dr. John W. Johnson Jr. (Part 2 of 2)
April 16, 2019

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 t...

Class, With Historian + Professor, Dr. John W. Johnson Jr. (Part 1 of 2)
April 09, 2019

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 a...