W. Brenden Whitted “The Black Athlete As Activist: Tipping On A Tightrope”
W. Brenden Whitted received his JD and sports certificate from Tulane University. He is a sports radio host for The Sports Shop on 620 am, 99.3 FM, and 96.5 FM in addition to his weekly podcast He’s the Producer, I’m the Host. Additionally, he is a co-editor for Catcrave and has had his writing featured at VerySmartBrothas and Ebony Magazine.
Having launched Fishing with the Father and begun work on a documentary titled What Is Love: A Documentary, Raine Wheat has embarked on a mission to engage people in the active pursuit of making the world more loving and suitable. Through film, writing and acting, she hopes to increase faith in the individual as well as humanity as a whole. As an actress, she’s played lead roles in Suzan-Lori Parks’ In the Blood, George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum and Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. Such powerful works have taught her, art is a medium inspiring individuals and creating unity. The world’s special way of critiquing with love, when taken seriously, art not only transforms the audience, but powerfully transforms the artist.
Alan Bishop will be talks about How To Challenge Yourself For A Better Life.
Alan Bishop is a consultant, writer, television producer and adventurer. He’s been lucky to travel the world designing and producing challenges, games, activities and adventures for not only TV’s biggest Competition Shows but also for Global Fortune 500 Companies. Through his website the365effect.com Alan works with individuals and corporations to help them Uncover Their Better. He’s a dedicated fitness enthusiast as well as a lifelong lover of the game of golf. He’s 23 years into a lifetime of loving with his wife and is a proud Dad to two young men (23 and 20).You can follow him @the365effect.
Kenneth L. Foote gives his thoughts and commentary about African Americans and the justice system.
Kenneth L. Foote, devoted father and Brooklyn Native is a bi-racial former Florida State Prosecuting Attorney who is currently a Pasco County Criminal Defense Attorney. Kenneth attended St Johns University and Majored in International Criminal Law as well as Stetson University in Florida. While he provides a myriad of services to the general public all over the State of Florida, it is his years as a former prosecutor and working within the Justice System that provides us all with the benefit of his vantage point.
