“Dr. Vibe Show Takes” contains various types of content such as our “takes” on different subjects and events, what we are up to and useful pieces of information. Enjoy!!
“Dr. Vibe Show Takes” contains various types of content such as our “takes” on different subjects and events, what we are up to and useful pieces of information. Enjoy!!
The Department of Justice’s explosive report on institutional racism in the Baltimore Police Department represents a devastating indictment of the criminal justice system. Over half a century after the modern civil rights movement, this system continues to denigrate black lives and deny African-American citizenship. Click on the link below to read more.
‘It is not the job of women, people of colour and queer communities to fix us. It has taken enough for them to get us to listen, and it is time we fixed ourselves’. Click on the link below to read more.
They can’t turn away from the amateur videos of confrontations between police and African Americans that are being widely shared on social media. Click on the link below to read more.
It takes a collaborative effort to reverse the systemic damages done to Black men and boys and it starts with a collaborative way of looking at family. Click on the link below to read more.
Dr. Marvin Thompson is an educational leader who has spent the majority of his 25 years in the educational field turning around schools in challenged communities. The scope of his experiences in schools range from pre-school director, elementary teacher to district superintendent.
In 2003, his efforts led to his school being recognized as one of the top 15 most changed schools in America through the National School Change Award Program. He served on the Virginia Academic Review Steering Committee, which reviewed, revised and developed school performance standards which are currently being used in states across America. He has served on Governor Mark Warner’s Economic Development committees and Governor Tim Kane’s early childhood committee.
As the Chief Academic Officer of a charter school in New Orleans, Dr. Thompson was featured in Oprah Winfrey’s Blackboard Wars, a nationally televised documentary bringing light to the challenges facing urban schools in America. The program received many awards including CableFax’s Best Documentary, The CINE Golden Eagle Award and the New York Festival’s TV and Film Award.
Dr. Thompson has many televison and radio apprearances including the CBS Morning News, The Tavis Smiley Show, LA Today, and CNN: Headline News as an educational commentator. In 2013, he was a speaker at the Steve Harvey Mentoring Camp for Boys and the Indiana Black Expo. Dr. Thompson was most recently an invited guest of the White House to speak at the 2015 Congressional Black Caucus Convention in Washington, D.C., to discuss the challenges facing boys in challenged communities.
Currently Dr. Thompson is the President and CEO of EmpowerED, and educational Consulting firm specializing in organizational systems development. His company has worked with schools across America from rural districts to some of the largest and most challenged such as the Los Angeles Unified School District. In 2009, Dr. Thompson was an invited member of the International Exchange of Scholars to assist the University of South Africa, the 4th largest university in the world, in revising its educational curriculum. These efforts will influence over fifty percent of the teacher workforce in the continent of Africa.
Dr. Thompson received his Ed.D. degree in Leadershiop & Policy Studies from The George Washington University, an M.ED in Administration & Supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University and a B.A. in Psychology and Education from Randolph Macon College in Virginia.
Dr. Thompson will be live on our show tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific. He will be talking about Education In America.
Meshaun Labrone is an actor, playwright, and police officer. “POWER!” Stokely Carmichael is Labrone’s second solo show. Labrone received international recognition for his first solo show, Right to Remain…Tupac Shakur; performed in 2011 at the Tara Theatre (Off-West End), London and in the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival. In the play, Labrone explores Shakur’s love of William Shakespeare and highlights the parallels between The Young Black Male and Richard III.
Mr. Labrone will be live on our show tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific. He will be talking about “POWER!” Stokely Carmichael.
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Employers trusting in the impartiality of machines sounds like a good plan to eliminate bias, but data can be just as prejudiced as we are. Click on the link below to read more.
The four women who will represent the United States in singles at this year’s Olympics are all African-American. The men’s team is another story. Click on the link below to read more.
