The Truth Conference is 3-day (September 18 – 20, 2015, Niagara Falls, Ontario) personal enrichment event designed to help truth-seekers restore a positive mental thought life, re-establish healthy relationships and rebuild their health; putting God at the center of it all. At the end, they will leave feeling valued knowing that you are a gift to world. Conference spiritual oversight provided by Pastor Richard J. Brown.
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Some of topics discussed are:
– Their takes on Black men and the criminal justice system in the United States and Canada at this time
– What role does the media play in regards to this issue
– What do the panelists feel that this situation is not getting better?
– The profits from mass incarceration
– The state of ‘stop and frisk’ in North America
Khalil Cumberbatch
Khalil A. Cumberbatch is a formerly incarcerated advocate for social justice movements within the NYC area. He has worked within the reentry community in NYC since 2010 when he was released after serving almost seven years in the NYS prison system. Since his release,Khalil has worked with various non-profits as a service provider, policy analytic, advisor, board member, collaborator, and consultant.
Khalil graduated from CUNY Lehman College’s MSW program in May 2014 where he was awarded the Urban Justice Award for his work with underserved and marginalized communities that are negatively impacted by not only mass incarceration, but also high poverty and unemployment rates, lack of access to quality education, and other ineffective social “safety nets.”
Khalil currently serves as Policy Associate for the Legal Action Center, the only non-profit law-and-policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas.
Khalil is the Founder and President of Kinetic Solutions, a consultant company that focuses on the assessment, implementation, and management of multiple social media outlets for agencies within the NYC area. Khalil also serves as the Communications and Development Manager and periodic guest host for On The Count: The Prison and Criminal Justice Report, a radio program that is exclusively hosted and produced by formerly incarcerated individuals.
Khalil has recently focused his efforts on the concept of perpetual punishment from harsh immigration policies for non-citizens who have criminal justice involvement. He serves as the Strategic Initiatives Consultant at the Immigrant Defense Project, a legal impact-litigation non-profit that promotes fundamental fairness for immigrants accused or convicted of crimes by working to transform unjust deportation laws and policies and educating and advising immigrants, their criminal defenders, and other advocates.
In December 2014, Khalil was one of two recipients to receive an Executive Pardon from NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo to prevent his deportation from the United States. Also, Khalil was recently selected from over 110 applicants as one of 20 leaders in JustLeadershipUSA 2015 Inaugural Leading With Conviction
Development Program.
Ramon Hamilton is a talented filmmaker committed to telling dynamic stories. Co-founder of Think Ten Media Group, Ramon is primarily a Writer/Director, who also has skills as a Camera Operator and Editor. His film, SMUGGLED, received 15 Official Selections and 5 Best Of Awards on the Film Festival circuit in 2012, including Best Dramatic Feature of the Mexico International Film Festival. SMUGGLED tells the story of a 9 year-old boy and his mother as they are smuggled into the U.S. in a small compartment of a tourist bus.
Additional notable film credits for Ramon include: “Rachel’s Fortune”, which he directed and co-produced and which was an official selection at several film festivals, winning top honors as Best Film for Youth at Toronto’s COMMFest (Community Film Festival); “Inclusion Through the Arts: Special Children’s Art Foundation”, a short documentary film he directed, produced and shot accepted into the Picture This Film Festival in Toronto; “The Hiding”, a feature-length narrative film he directed and produced that is now available at major retail and rental outlets; and “Grandma’s House”, which he produced and has also done well on the international film festival circuit. He also has a documentary project, “Underdogs: The Story of a Successful Public School”, currently in post-production. Additionally, through the Script 2 Screen program, Ramon has mentored several youth film projects and young filmmakers, including helping students create films that explore important issues, such as a project he worked on regarding the subject of homelessness with a group of youth at Peachland Elementary School in Santa Clarita, CA and a film project focused on social change with the Social Justice Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles, CA.
Ramon holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Psychology (2003). As a filmmaker, he got his start at UMass and while studying abroad in Egypt. Ramon is a member of NALIP and has served, in the past, on the Equal Employment Opportunity Board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Anthony is a lawyer and the Human Rights, Equity and Diversity Advisor at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. He is passionately committed to social justice and serving the principles of equity, civic engagement, and multiculturalism, interests he often explores as blogger for the Huffington Post Canada. Anthony has worked as a research assistant for both a sitting judge of the Court of Quebec, Judge Juanita Westmoreland-Traore, and McGill mLaw professor, Adelle Blackett. He has also worked as a civil-rights advocate at the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations in Montreal, and an associate editor of the *McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy*. In 2009-2010, he served as President of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada.
Anthony maintains an active interest in matters concerning Black Canadian social and political affairs, and Caribbean diaspora politics. In February 2012, he was one of 12 people to be officially recognized as a Black History Month Laureate by Quebec’s Roundtable on Black History Month. In addition to holding both a LL.B (Common Law) and B.C.L. (Civil Law) from McGill University, Faculty of Law, he holds an Hons. Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in Ethics, Society & Law.
Khalil A. CumberbatchRamon Hamilton – Think Ten Media GroupAnthony Morgan
Black men and the criminal justice system has been and continues to be a highly discussed and debated issue.
Tonight, live at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific via Google Hangout, Khalil Cumberbatch, Ramon Hamilton and Anthony Morgan will be discussing Black Men And The North American Criminal Justice System .
All you need to do watch the show live is go to The Dr. Vibe Show™ live 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.
Khalil Cumberbatch
Khalil A. Cumberbatch is a formerly incarcerated advocate for social justice movements within the NYC area. He has worked within the reentry community in NYC since 2010 when he was released after serving almost seven years in the NYS prison system. Since his release,Khalil has worked with various non-profits as a service provider, policy analytic, advisor, board member, collaborator, and consultant.
Khalil graduated from CUNY Lehman College’s MSW program in May 2014 where he was awarded the Urban Justice Award for his work with underserved and marginalized communities that are negatively impacted by not only mass incarceration, but also high poverty and unemployment rates, lack of access to quality education, and other ineffective social “safety nets.”
Khalil currently serves as Policy Associate for the Legal Action Center, the only non-profit law-and-policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas.
Khalil is the Founder and President of Kinetic Solutions, a consultant company that focuses on the assessment, implementation, and management of multiple social media outlets for agencies within the NYC area. Khalil also serves as the Communications and Development Manager and periodic guest host for On The Count: The Prison and Criminal Justice Report, a radio program that is exclusively hosted and produced by formerly incarcerated individuals.
Khalil has recently focused his efforts on the concept of perpetual punishment from harsh immigration policies for non-citizens who have criminal justice involvement. He serves as the Strategic Initiatives Consultant at the Immigrant Defense Project, a legal impact-litigation non-profit that promotes fundamental fairness for immigrants accused or convicted of crimes by working to transform unjust deportation laws and policies and educating and advising immigrants, their criminal defenders, and other advocates.
In December 2014, Khalil was one of two recipients to receive an Executive Pardon from NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo to prevent his deportation from the United States. Also, Khalil was recently selected from over 110 applicants as one of 20 leaders in JustLeadershipUSA 2015 Inaugural Leading With Conviction
Development Program.
Ramon Hamilton is a talented filmmaker committed to telling dynamic stories. Co-founder of Think Ten Media Group, Ramon is primarily a Writer/Director, who also has skills as a Camera Operator and Editor. His film, SMUGGLED, received 15 Official Selections and 5 Best Of Awards on the Film Festival circuit in 2012, including Best Dramatic Feature of the Mexico International Film Festival. SMUGGLED tells the story of a 9 year-old boy and his mother as they are smuggled into the U.S. in a small compartment of a tourist bus.
Additional notable film credits for Ramon include: “Rachel’s Fortune”, which he directed and co-produced and which was an official selection at several film festivals, winning top honors as Best Film for Youth at Toronto’s COMMFest (Community Film Festival); “Inclusion Through the Arts: Special Children’s Art Foundation”, a short documentary film he directed, produced and shot accepted into the Picture This Film Festival in Toronto; “The Hiding”, a feature-length narrative film he directed and produced that is now available at major retail and rental outlets; and “Grandma’s House”, which he produced and has also done well on the international film festival circuit. He also has a documentary project, “Underdogs: The Story of a Successful Public School”, currently in post-production. Additionally, through the Script 2 Screen program, Ramon has mentored several youth film projects and young filmmakers, including helping students create films that explore important issues, such as a project he worked on regarding the subject of homelessness with a group of youth at Peachland Elementary School in Santa Clarita, CA and a film project focused on social change with the Social Justice Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles, CA.
Ramon holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Psychology (2003). As a filmmaker, he got his start at UMass and while studying abroad in Egypt. Ramon is a member of NALIP and has served, in the past, on the Equal Employment Opportunity Board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Anthony is a lawyer and the Human Rights, Equity and Diversity Advisor at Humber College in Toronto, Canada. He is passionately committed to social justice and serving the principles of equity, civic engagement, and multiculturalism, interests he often explores as blogger for the Huffington Post Canada. Anthony has worked as a research assistant for both a sitting judge of the Court of Quebec, Judge Juanita Westmoreland-Traore, and McGill mLaw professor, Adelle Blackett. He has also worked as a civil-rights advocate at the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations in Montreal, and an associate editor of the *McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law & Policy*. In 2009-2010, he served as President of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada.
Anthony maintains an active interest in matters concerning Black Canadian social and political affairs, and Caribbean diaspora politics. In February 2012, he was one of 12 people to be officially recognized as a Black History Month Laureate by Quebec’s Roundtable on Black History Month. In addition to holding both a LL.B (Common Law) and B.C.L. (Civil Law) from McGill University, Faculty of Law, he holds an Hons. Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in Ethics, Society & Law.
Join Dr. Vibe and W. Brenden Whitted as they chat about last night’s National Basketball Association game between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers and the rest of the finals, Adrian Peterson’s return to the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, the Carolina Panthers quarterback, Cam Newton’s, new contract, Yahoo paying the National Football League $20 million dollars for streaming right for the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars game from London, England, Sepp Blatter and FIFA and the great Serena Williams.
Join Dr. Vibe and W. Brenden Whitted live tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/4:00 p.m. Pacific as they chat about last night’s National Basketball Association game between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers and the rest of the finals, Adrian Peterson’s return to the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, the Carolina Panthers quarterback, Cam Newton’s, new contract, Yahoo paying the National Football League $20 million dollars for streaming right for the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars game from London, England and Sepp Blatter and FIFA.
All you need to do to watch the conversation live is to go to http://thedrvibeshow.com/ tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/4:00 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.
Khalil A. Cumberbatch is a formerly incarcerated advocate for social justice movements within the NYC area. He has worked within the reentry community in NYC since 2010 when he was released after serving almost seven years in the NYS prison system. Since his release,Khalil has worked with various non-profits as a service provider, policy analytic, advisor, board member, collaborator, and consultant.
Khalil graduated from CUNY Lehman College’s MSW program in May 2014 where he was awarded the Urban Justice Award for his work with underserved and marginalized communities that are negatively impacted by not only mass incarceration, but also high poverty and unemployment rates, lack of access to quality education, and other ineffective social “safety nets.”
Khalil currently serves as Policy Associate for the Legal Action Center, the only non-profit law-and-policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with histories of addiction, HIV/AIDS, or criminal records, and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas.
Khalil is the Founder and President of Kinetic Solutions, a consultant company that focuses on the assessment, implementation, and management of multiple social media outlets for agencies within the NYC area. Khalil also serves as the Communications and Development Manager and periodic guest host for On The Count: The Prison and Criminal Justice Report, a radio program that is exclusively hosted and produced by formerly incarcerated individuals.
Khalil has recently focused his efforts on the concept of perpetual punishment from harsh immigration policies for non-citizens who have criminal justice involvement. He serves as the Strategic Initiatives Consultant at the Immigrant Defense Project, a legal impact-litigation non-profit that promotes fundamental fairness for immigrants accused or convicted of crimes by working to transform unjust deportation laws and policies and educating and advising immigrants, their criminal defenders, and other advocates.
In December 2014, Khalil was one of two recipients to receive an Executive Pardon from NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo to prevent his deportation from the United States. Also, Khalil was recently selected from over 110 applicants as one of 20 leaders in JustLeadershipUSA 2015 Inaugural Leading With Conviction Development Program.
During our conversation, Khalil talked about:
– Some of his story him committed a robbery in November 2002 which landed him in prison for six and a half years
– What did he realize in prison and his manhood experience in the prison environment
– The effect that not having a father in his life had on him
– When did he realize that his life was not all about him and the moment that he was released
– His thoughts on how the prison system is dealing with men
– The effect of so many men in prison is having on American families and America
– The correlation between social justice and manhood
– His calls to action for those inside and outside the prison system and some changes that he would like to see with the American justice system
To listen to an audio only version of our conversation, please click on the “>” symbol on the player above the video image at the top of this post.
Dr. Vibe hosts a discussion with Steven Hinkle about the dispelling the myth that men aren’t nurturing. Steven will discusses how men nurture their relationships as mentors, fathers, and partners.
During our conversation, Steve talked about:
– What does nuturing mean to him and what does it mean from a male perspective
– some of the myths when it comes to men and nuturing
– why does he feel that younger men are better than older men when it comes to nuturing
– His thought on the state of nuturing with older men
– What are younger and older men telling him about nuturing
– The downside of men not nuturing
– When did he realize that nuturing was important to him as a man
– What women are telling him about men and nuturing
– What is the state of nuturing and men inside the church vs. outside the church
– His messasge about men and nuturing for: women, men and younger men
Steve Hinkle is a pastor and high school teacher. He has worked with youth for 14+ years. His writing at Not a Male Fail has focused on advocating for men and boys who may feel like a “male fail” because of cultural or Christian masculinity stereotypes. Steve is currently writing his first book “MALE FAIL? The Bible, Masculinity & the Pursuit of Happy Socks.” Follow him on Twitter or on Facebook.
To listen to an audio only version of our conversation, please click on the “>” symbol on the player above the video image at the top of this post.
Tommy J. Curry talks about Black male vulnerability, and the understanding of Black male death as sexual violence.
Tommy J. Curry is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and an Affiliate Professor of Africana Studies at Texas A&M University. He is a Ray A. Rothrock Fellow and has commented on social matters in venues ranging from Forbes, to Sirius XM. He is the author of over 50 articles on issues of racism, anti-Black violence, and the institutionalization of Black male death. He is working on a forthcoming books on Black male vulnerability entitled the Man-Not, and the Eschatology of Kanye West. Dr. Curry is a strong advocate and thinker for the reconceptualization of Black men and boys. He is adamant that the arguments used to justify their death and incarceration by Black and white scholars alike must be challenged.
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