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Stacey Marie Robinson is an author and publisher, piano teacher, urban culture enthusiast, and bona fide music and entertainment addict. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Jamaican parents, Stacey’s love for music and writing led her to the University of Windsor where she received her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies, followed by her master’s degree in Communications at Wayne State University in Detroit. Stacey has also studied piano and music theory through the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Publishing at Ryerson University.
She started The Urban Toronto Tales collection as a childhood hobby, and developed into a personal mission: to record the events, culture, and people of her city through storytelling. She founded Kya Publishing to ensure these stories were documented and celebrated.
Stacey currently teaches piano through her business Robinson Music & Urban Books, and is also a part of the Toronto Revellers (Toronto Caribbean Carnival) marketing team.
Stacey will be sitting on panel on at Toronto’s Battle of The Sexes on June 24, 2012 in Toronto.
During our conversation, Stacey tells us that music and writing are her passions, her desire to celebrate African Canadian culture, why is she proud to be a Black Torontonian, why she went to and how much she enjoyed the University of Windsor and what made it special, where how love of journalism came from and how she has taken her love of journalism and made it into a career.
As our interview continues Stacey shares on how she get involved with The Battle Of The Sexes Show, how can we strengthen Black relationships, the frustration that Black women have with Black men and vice versa, where does she get her material to write her books and her thoughts on Black relationships at this time and where they can improve.
Christopher NorrisKelvyn Anderson: Executive Director, Philadelphia Police Advisory CommissionShakeil GreeleyAnton Moore: South Philadelphia activistKeith Wallace: Mike Brown ReenactmentIsiah Thomas: candidate for Philadelphia City Council at-large
Across the United States of America, particularly in the aftermath of the shooting death of Mike Brown and the chocking death of Eric Garner, there’s the belief that the police are out to kill black men. In response to the ever-increasing tension between law enforcement and communities, President Barack Obama has appointed Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to co-chair a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Mr. Ramsey has less than 90 days to return a set of recommendations to Mr. Obama.
As all eyes turn towards Philadelphia, a special edition of Black and Bold Voices – a quarterly, online discussion featuring black men around the world and the issues that unite them, powered by Techbook Online and heard exclusively on The Dr. Vibe Show™ – welcomes prominent Philadelphians whose body of work spans the disciplines of policing, civilian oversight, advocacy, the prison industrial complex, technology and improving the public perception of black men.
In this edition of Black and Bold Voices™, the guests were: Kelvyn Anderson, Executive Director, Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission; Greg Brinkley, Retired correctional officer, Graterford Prison; Shakeil Greeley, a 21 year-old senior attending the University of Pennsylvania who was the organizer of The Trail Of Silence Walk; Anton Moore, a South Philadelphia activist; Isaiah Thomas, candidate for Philadelphia City Council; Journalist Christopher Norris, CEO, Techbook Online; and Dr. Vibe, international broadcast journalist, for a live, 1 hour conversation on “Black Men, Police Officers and a Post-Ferguson America.”
Our final conversation of 2014, “Black Men, Police Officers and a Post-Ferguson America,” will take a look at how and why cities should diversify its police forces, what training methods or oversight programs can be implemented to minimize racial bias in policing and what does community policing look like in the 21st century, particularly with the use of technology.
The program agenda was as follows:
– A panel discussion, “Justifiable Fear?: Is it open season on black men/Do black men have a reason to be scared of the police?”
– Interview with Shakeil Greeley, Senior, University of Pennsylvania. “Why are comprehensive databases for fatal officer-involved shootings important?
– Interview with Anton Moore, Millennial Advisor to the Philadelphia Police Department. “Is it time to repeal Stop-and-Frisk nationwide?”
– Interview with Keith Wallace, Student Actorvist, University of California San Diego. “Can Artistic Responses Change the World?”
– Interview with Isaiah Thomas, 2015 Philadelphia City Council Candidate. “What legislation should we be advocating for the aftermath of Ferguson?”
Black and Bold Voices™ is a collaboration between Techbook Online and The Dr. Vibe Show™.
What are the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges that black men experience while working in the corporate business world today? Join the Allies tonight as we attack this controversial topic.
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Glenn E. Martin - Vice President Of Development And Public Affairs And Director Of The David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, Inc.
Glenn E. Martin – Vice President Of Development And Public Affairs And Director Of The David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, Inc.
Glenn E. Martin, born and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of a retired police officer, brother of a federal correction officer and was formerly incarcerated himself. Today, Martin has risen to the role of Vice President of Development and Public Affairs and Director of the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society, Inc., a social service and advocacy organization devoted to the successful reentry and reintegration of individuals with criminal histories.
In his current role roles, Martin is responsible for developing and advancing Fortune’s criminal justice policy advocacy agenda and providing leadership over the agency’s Development and Communication Units. After exiting prison in 2000, Martin began working at the Legal Action Center (LAC), eventually serving as the Co-Director of LAC’s National H.I.R.E. Network (HIRE), a national project dedicated to eliminating barriers to employment for jobseekers with criminal records. For Martin, his work is an authentic extension of his life.
In addition to testifying in from of Congress, the US Commission on Civil Rights and the US Senate, Martin has drafted and advanced major legislation to remove barriers to employment in six states, co-authored the Independent Committee on Reentry and Employment transition document for former NYS Governor Spitzer, and served as project manager on the largest audit study ever conducted in the US on race and criminal record based discrimination in low-wage labor markets.
Additionally, Martin has written and advanced legislation and policy reform proposals in a number of states to remove barriers to housing, education and voting for formerly incarcerated people. Specifically, Martin advocated to the US EEOC for the recently adopted US EEOC Title 7 Guidance on Jobseekers with Arrests and Conviction records. In 2012, he served as keynote speaker at the Department of Justice’s Annual COPS Conference.
Knowing both sides of the justice system has made Martin extremely well versed in the issues. Martin has appeared on several national news outlets, including CNN, MSNBC and CSPAN. He has also has served as an expert on local television and radio, contributing on the controversial issue of Stop and Frisk, as well as a number of other topics such as policing, alternatives to incarceration and reentry issues. In addition to television appearances, Martin hosts a NYC- based cable television show, Both Sides of the Bars, where he engages criminal justice stakeholders and the local community in conversations about criminal justice reform.
Mr. Martin is a former 2011-2012 Americas Leaders of Change National Urban Fellow and a member of the Board of the NY Foundation. He also currently serves on NYC Community Board #10, the NYC Council Task Force to End Gun Violence, NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s Ban the Box Advisory Board, Governor Cuomo’s Executive Work for Success Committee, NYS Executive Reentry Housing Committee, NYS Reentry Task Force, National Network for Safe Communities, the DCJS Service Provider Advisory Committee (SPAC), the Steering Committee of Reentry.net, the Correction Committee of the NYC Bar Association (adjunct), the Policy Committee of Interfaith Coalition of Advocates for Reentry and Employment (ICARE), the Employment Working Group of the NYC Discharge Planning Initiative, the Board of Directors of the College and Community Fellowship and a number of other boards and working groups addressing issues related to the reintegration of people with criminal records.
During our conversation, Glenn talks about:
– Shares a little a big of his background including how grew up in a single parent family of three boys in a tough neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York
– Serving seven years in prison when he was younger and since he got out of prison 12 1/2 years ago he has been working on prison system reform in America
– The values that his mother instilled in him
– Why prison was a transformational experience for him
– Two key interactions that he had in prison that changed his life
– Why was he sad when he left prison
– His journey after he left prison
– His thoughts on the current American prison system and policing
– Provides some the background of the Fortune Society and how he got involved
– What does the Fortune Society do
– What do government and society need to do to improve the American prison system
You can connect with Glen via:
Website Twitter
Phone: (212) 691-7554 (The Fortune Society)
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Elwood Watson is the editor of Generation Speaks: Voices from Academia with Scarecrow Press 2013. He is also the co-editor of several anthologies, including: Beginning a Career in Academia: A Guide for Graduate Students of Color; Mentoring Faculty of Color: Essays on Professional Advancement in Colleges and Universities; There She Is, Miss America: The Politics of Sex, Beauty and Race in America’s Most Famous Pageant; and The Oprah Phenomenon. He is the sole editor of the anthology Searching the Soul of Ally McBeal: Critical Essays. His book, Outsiders Within: Black Women in the Legal Academy after Brown v. Board , was published in 2008 by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Pimps, Wimps, Studs, Thugs and Gentleman: Essays on Media Images of Masculinity was published in 2009 by McFarland Publishers, and Performing American Masculinity: The Twenty First Century Man in Popular Culture was published in 2011 by Indiana University Press.
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