Dr. Bill Johnson II is a Clinical Psychologist licensed to practice in the United States and Australia, currently works as a Psychologist in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. He is an expert in men and masculinity, couples counseling and work with adolescent males. Dr. Johnson has a weekly column in the Good Men Project Magazine entitled “Black Masculinities” in which he explores mental health, brotherhood, sexuality, gender dynamics and romantic relationships. He is also currently completing a non-fiction book on Black male sexuality and a novel on interracial relationships.
Dr. Johnson will be on our show live tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific.
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According to poets Kai Davis and Miriam Harris, too many Black men claim to stand for Black women when in actuality, they “uplift themselves and break women down in one fell swoop.”
At the 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, the Button Poetry duo stood at their microphones and delivered a poignant and important message.
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.
Dr. Raymond Winbush talks about “Black Boys And Fatherhood”
Please note that from 11:38 to 12:54 of this conversation, we experienced some technical difficulties.
We also have an audio only version of our conversion. To listen to it, please click on the “>” button on the player above video image in this post.
During our conversation, Dr. Winbush talks about:
– How he was raised in the ghetto but was raised in an intact family with a father and mother
– When did he start turning from his life on the streets and how his gifts started coming out when he was in college
– The legacy his parents leave in him including some great stories about his father
– The negative conception of many of black fatherhood
– How has the role of black father changed over time
– His thoughts on black women’s thoughts on black fatherhood
– The effect of slavery on the black family and black fatherhood
– What are black women, black men and non-black telling him about black fathers
– The effect has the education system had on black boys, black fatherhood and the black family
– What can the black family do to improve the state of black fatherhood
– some special moments that he has had as a father
Dr. Charles S. Corprew, III is a transformational consultant, speaker, and leader. He dares to ask individuals and organizations, “What’s Your Revolution?” His experience coupled with engaging speech and dynamic method of building relationships with stakeholders has led to Charles becoming sought after for his ability to provide innovative solutions that aid individuals and organizations to reform the world.
Since the mid-1990’s, Dr. Corprew has used his skills to foster individual and organizational revolutions. He was the mastermind around the rejuvenation of the James Madison University African American Male Achievement Academy, a three-week summer intensive program geared toward promoting matriculation and fostering positive social and academic success for adolescent African American males. He was instrumental in constructing the mentoring component of New Orleans’s Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s NOLA for Life program. He evaluated the effectiveness of one of New Orleans’ most prolific mentoring organizations, the Silverback Society. This insightful evaluation was a critical piece in helping the organization secure a $175,000 dollar grant from New Orleans’s Institute of Mental Hygiene. Currently, Charles is consulting with the leadership and staff at Sayre School in Lexington, KY to ensure an inclusive environment for all students. As well as chairs and facilitates Virginia Beach City Public Schools’ Student Discipline Task Force. The goal of the taskforce is to guarantee all students have the opportunity to stay in school and garner a stellar education. Charles also speaks regularly on such topics, “What’s Your Revolution?”, and “A Revolution: Men’s Journey from Hypermasculinity to Healthy Masculinity.”
Dr. Corprew will be on our show live today at p.m. 7 Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific. In the light of last weeks events in America, Dr. Corprew will be talking about The Aftermath … How Can We Move Forward?.
Nicole Franklin has spent a career in documentaries, shorts and theatre. Nicole is a filmmaker who explores African American subjects often not covered in cinema.
TITLE VII, is her first narrative feature as writer/director.
Nicole was sent the book Within The Walls by author Daisy M. Jenkins, and the story immediately brought flashbacks of my experience with same-race discrimination in the office. Although it is not quite taboo, there definitely may be some secrets exposed as co-screenwriter Craig T. Williams and Nicole present the story of a self-hating higher up who wreaks havoc when the mere presence of the new female hire commits the ultimate sin of reminding him of his color.
Live tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/4:00 p.m. Pacific, Nicole and two of the stars of the film, Chicava HoneyChild and Maria Pusateri will be live on our show.
To check out the conversation live please click here tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/4:00 p.m. Pacific.
For more information on TITLE VII, please click here.
TITLE VII Trailer
Nicole Franklin
Nicole Franklin is an award-winning filmmaker and now Executive Vice President of News at kweliTV, the interactive streaming platform and app that covers the global Black community. Through her 25 years in the industry she has been a television director, stage manager, editor, educator, public speaker, web event host and contributing writer to such publications as The Good Men Project, Toronto-based ByBlacks.com and NBCBLK. For sixteen years, her company EPIPHANY Inc. has been producing independent films for numerous cable networks including Showtime, BET, IFC, Nickelodeon, Sundance Channel, FUBUTV and kweliTV. In news she has worked on several Emmy Award-winning teams in stations from St. Louis to Los Angeles to New York City and on programs such as The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and morning television broadcasts on CBS News.
Nicole’s other credits include The Double Dutch Divas!, Journeys In Black: The Jamie Foxx Biography, Black Enterprise Business Report, and corporate videos. Educational films executive produced by her company EPIPHANY Inc. include Gershwin & Bess: A Dialogue with Anne Brown and the 10-chapter series Little Brother, both titles distributed by Third World Newsreel and currently airing on kweliTV. Little Brother is a recipient of the Foundation to Promote Open Society/Campaign for Black Male Achievement Award, fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas. Inspired by Gershwin & Bess…, Nicole has a screenplay in development titled BESS. TITLE VII is Nicole’s directorial debut of a narrative feature.
Chicava HoneyChild is an actor, burlesque danseur, historian, teacher and producer. As an actor her credits include work with Spike Lee, David Wong, Joe Brewster and Robert Altman.
Her current projects are Sister Shake, a documentary and companion book on the legacy of Women of Color in burlesque heritage and Sacred Burlesque. She has lectured and/or performed on the university circuit at Yale College, Swarthmore, Sarah Lawrence College, and Wesleyan to name a few.
Chicava is the proprietress of New York City’s Brown Girls Burlesque and lead teacher of The Broad Squad Institute. She received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College her areas of interest being performance art, women of color in burlesque heritage, and sacred sexuality and spirituality.
Maria Pusateri
Maria Pusateri has performed in theater, film and new media. Her passion for acting was ignited when she began studying at HB Studio, then later at Circle Repertory School of Theatre, she’s also worked on comedy improv at Magnet Theater. Her theater credits include Noises Off and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Maria is a member of the Northport Readers Theater and the Long Island Repertory Co. She recently starred in the short film Over Dinner, and will be in the upcoming web series This Is Why. Pusateri produced/directed the award-winning documentary Vito After: A 9/11 Responder Copes in the Aftermath, and has worked in various production capacities in both narrative and nonfiction film and TV, including as associate producer for the Oscar-nominated documentary short Mondays at Racine.
