During the discussion about “Women And Money”, they talked about:
– If they got any education about money when they were growing up
– What did they learn about money from their parents?
– If they talk about money/finances with their girlfriends?
– Who is more responsible with money: women or men?
– Why is gender based pay equity still an issue today?
– If they talk about the importance of money management with women
– Why is gender based pay equity still an issue today and what can be done to change this issue?
– What is the effect of more women entering the workplace?
– The competition between women in the workplace
– Should women choose the corporate world or entrepreneurship?
Makini began her career in real estate at the age of 30. After 8 years of buying and selling homes as an investment, she realized her passion for excellence and extraordinary attention to detail could benefit others. At that point she decided to flip sides and become the realtor. Her drive to help others landed her awards like Top Producer Award in her first year.
As a single mother she strives to break stereotypes by leading and educating through example. Her children currently volunteer at the local YMCA and participate in fund raisers.
“Give thanks by giving” is a motto that motivates her to put her time and money into as many fundraisers as she can manage. Inspiring women to strive for goals and become valuable members in the community to improve the lives of themselves and others. She enjoys bringing awareness to local charities and fundraising events.
Makini has recently completed the SisterTalk Circle Leadership Program: a program designed for women leaders who would like to help other women live a more empowered & elevated life.
Makini will be live on our show tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific.
During our live conversation, you have the opportunity to call in and share with us and ask questions via Skype. If you would like to do this, please call us at: doctorvibe42. If you get through, please be patient and we will get to your call as soon as possible.
All you need to do listen to the show live is to go to http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
Jason Francis is a creative thinker, writer & blogger based out of New Rochelle, NY with a business and executive background in Management & Human Resources. He also specializes in Marketing and Promotions within the entertainment field.
In addition to the blogging, he is a member of the Omega Nexus Group. We are a creative Entertainment Company currently within the fictional genre. We have one book on the market Ascended: The Omega Nexus and are preparing the release of new projects.
Along with this, he is part of the overseeing team, The High Council, of the Nomadness Travel Tribe. The tribe is an 5000+ member strong travel network focused on sharing the value of travel with the Urban demographic and introducing travel to the upcoming youth. In the spring of 2013, we completed of first national tour traveling from NYC to LA visiting colleges to spread our message.
Jason will be live on our show tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. He will be giving a recap of Blogger Week™ 2014 that was held in Washington, DC from April 28, 2014 to May 3, 2014.
During our live conversation, you have the opportunity to call in and share with us and ask questions via Skype. If you would like to do this, please call us at: doctorvibe42. If you get through, please be patient and we will get to your call as soon as possible.
All you need to do listen to our conversation live is to go to http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
Jojoflores2nd Annual Read & Believe Fundraising Event – May 15, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario At The Product Nightclub (364 Richmond Street)
Jojoflores has come a long way from his humble Montreal roots. Today, House Music’s “Mixed Tape King” has achieved global reach, and is now a tireless Ambassador of soulful dance music to every corner of the world. In addition to being one of the genre’s most respected Dj’s; jojoflores is also CEO of Gotsoul Records and founder of the infamous Therapy soirees – now enjoyed in 7 cities worldwide from Cape Town to Miami, San Francisco and Toronto. Along the way, he’s found time to open up a club, own a record shop, and produce numerous records and CD’s.
Jojoflores’ reputation for rocking a dance floor has rewarded him with multiple residencies at famed clubs world wide, including New York City’s Cielo; Nikki Beach Miami; Deep in Los Angeles; Lotus in Hawaii; along with venues in Melbourne, Dubai, Brazil, Santorini & Athens. He was voted Pioneer Stylus Awards 2010 & 2011 House DJ of The Year, KA Magazine 2010 Best DJ of Canada & Best International DJ 4 years running by NYC’s Undaground Archives. His dedication and hard work have also garnered him a corporate client list which includes MAC Cosmetics, Apple, Hugo Boss, Vanity Fair, Puma, Details Magazine, Banana Republic, Cadillac, and The Delano Hotel. He has headlined events with Wyclef Jean, Jody Watley, K-OS, Jazzy Jeff and not to mention he’s become Dsquared’s go-to DJ in Canada.
Jojoflores’ skilled packaging of music & events coupled with his trademark passion, have driven him to stay current. He and Gotsoul have skillfully navigated the digital age and they’re now making an aggressive foray into cyberspace. In September ’09, he launched his very own iPhone/iPad app at: iTunes.
Over the last 25 years, Jojoflores has worked his way up from 15 year-old resident to jet-setting icon. Through it all, he has remained steadfastly passionate about both his music and profession. With his transition into the new age of technology, jojoflores has signaled that he plans to remain relevant and aggressive while still “rocking the dance floor” for audiences the world over.
Tickets for Read & Believe can be purchased online at literatureforlife.org/support/events until Tuesday, May 13 or for $40 upon entry on Thursday, May 15. The event kicks-off at 8:00 p.m. with a silent auction, and entertainment hits the stage at 10:00 p.m.
People can also support Literature for Life and their programming initiatives through donations, volunteering, or organizing their own event to help raise proceeds. Silent auction donations for Read & Believe are currently being accepted.
About Literature for Life
Literature for Life is committed to helping marginalized young moms develop a practice of reading in order to access opportunities and achieve economic stability. Through Women with Words, our weekly Reading Circle program, young moms meet with trained facilitators to read books that are relevant to their lives and engage in highly interactive discussions and writing tasks. As a result, young moms gain a renewed interest in reading and learning that is passed on to their children. To date, more than 2,200 moms have participated in our Reading Circles and more than 20,000 books have been distributed. To learn more about Literature for Life, visit us online at Literature for Life.
During our conversation Jojo talked about:
– Some of his past and background including how his moved from the Philipinnes when he was six years old to live in Montreal
– When he realized that music would be his life
– His first paid DJ gig at 15 years old and his first international gig in Bordeaux, France
– The most important thing his parents have taught him
– How has the DJ profession changed and the audiences changed
– How does he keep up
– Why did he decide to open his own club in Montreal
– Why did he get involved with the Read & Believe Fundraising event
– How his parents stress reading and education when he was growing up
– What is next for him
– His advice for young DJs
– The importance of reading
All you need to do listen to the show live is to go http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
Ijeoma Ogwuegbu-Uduma is a Nigerian living in Lagos, where she’s lived all her life. After working as a journalist for eight years, she now pursues writing for stage and television full time.
She joined the #BringBackOurGirls protests in Lagos after it became apparent the Nigerian government had little intention of doing anything to find the missing Chibok girls.
Ms. Ogwuegbu-Udama will be on our show today live at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific. She will be talking about the 276 Nigerian girls who have been kidnapped by the Boko Haram Islamic militant group.
All you need to do watch the show live is go to http://thedrvibeshow.com/ today at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
– Where were they and their first reaction when they heard Donald Sterling’s commnets?
– Their thoughts about the NBA owners
– Their thougths about the players reaction to the incident
– If they were Adam Silver (commissioner of the NBA), what would they do with Donald Sterling?
– Their thoughts about the media coverage of the incident
– Their thoughts on blacks reaction about the incident
– What are black women telling them about the incident?
– What do they expect to happen to Donald Sterling?
A Philly Drummer playing a Global Beat, Christopher A. Norris is an award-winning journalist, online content producer and professional drummer endorsed by TRX Cymbals. An American businessman, Norris currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Techbook Online Corporation, overseeing a strategic initiative of mobilizing local, regional, national and global communities by encouraging the production, safeguarding and dissemination of diversified contents in the media and global information networks. Norris, known on stage as Flood the Drummer®, has launched a campaign to raise awareness regarding the health benefits of drumming.
A former sales champion, Arthur L Griffin, Jr., is the President of New Business Development and Texas Operations for Techbook Online Corporation. He is also the senior advisor to the CEO, Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris.
– How they met
– The early days of Techbook Online including why Christopher approached Arthur to be part of Techbook Online
– Christopher talks about B.O.L.D.
– Christopher gave background on the article and Arthur shares how it hit him
– The psycological burden of racism on black men
– What are people telling them about racism
– Wow Arthur deals with racism with his kids
– What is Chris telling people about racism
– Their thoughts for black men
Ron Waksman: Global News – Senior Director – Online and Current Affairs
Ron Waksman is the Senior Director, Online and Current Affairs for Global News.
Ron has executive oversight of the project to reinvent Globalnews.ca in order to create the ultimate mobile news experience on any device. In his current role, Ron oversees Global News’ Digital First initiative, evolving legacy broadcast newsrooms into 24 – hour digital news platforms.
Ron is a senior advisor for all Global News operations and strategic planning, and the executive-in-charge of Global News’ Gemini and RTDNA award
– winning investigative program, 16X9.
Waksman is responsible for the network’s journalistic principles and practices, which includes editorial standards, professional conduct and ethics. He was the Executive Editor of the second edition of Global News Journalistic Principles and Practices, published in January, 2012. The second edition was updated specifically to include new areas of journalistic practice such as online newsgathering, as well as guidelines around copyright and fair dealing.
Ron has a 21-year track record of executive editorial, broadcast, production and online news management. He is a multiple RTDNA, Edward R. Murrow and Gemini award winner. He played a key role in the growth of Global News, joining Global Ontario as a writer in 1989. Ron was appointed Executive Producer of National News in 1996, then in 2005 he was named News Director at Global Toronto.
Ron will be on our show live tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific.
All you need to do listen to the show live is to go to http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ at tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific. You can also provide your comments and questions during the event via Twitter (@drvibeshow#DrVibe) and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan Page.
Jeneba Ghatt refers to herself as a social media butterfly and a momtechpreneur.
She has founded and cofounded over a dozen businesses, startups, websites, blogs and nonprofits in the past in the service and digital online markets. She has also worn several hats in recent years: a blogger, columnist, publisher, adjunct instructor, political analyst and a managing law partner at her own boutique firm representing nonprofits, small businesses & individuals before administrative agencies, courts and the US Supreme Court. She is a Beltway insider who has reported news from the inside of the White House, Congress and court houses, and frequently attends media gathers and other summits at the White House. She is a frequent guest on various shows on the SiriusXM POTUS (Politics of the United States) channel.
As the managing law partner at her own boutique firm, Ghatt Law Group, Ms. Ghatt represents nonprofits, small businesses & individuals and has won landmark communications law cases before the Federal Communications Commission and represented small business and national civil rights organizations before the federal courts and the United States Supreme Court.
– The two new websites that she has lauched
– Why did she write the article
– What does the American government need to do to address this issue
– The growing prison industry in America
– What does black America need to do to stop the growing number of young black men in prsion
