You will not meet a more dynamic, energetic and effective Television Writer/Producer, Communications Specialist and Digital Content Producer than Annie Apple. Fearless and outgoing, Annie is an exceptional writer with incredible interpersonal communication and conceptual skills and an infectious sense of humor. From “Weekend – Today Show”, “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw”, to CNN’s “American Morning”, she’s worked with some of the top news programs and media organizations in the world. She’s also managed successful strategic communications, Media and Public Relations campaigns. Annie enjoys commenting on the never-ending complexities and comedies of the human experience.
Dr. Tursha Hamilton, ND“Practically Healthy – Step-By-Step Guide to Better Health” Dr. Tursha Hamilton
Dr. Turshá Hamilton is a highly trained Naturopathic Physician who provides a high level of individualized care to her patients. Dr.Hamilton is trained as a family care physician and treats both acute and chronic conditions, but has a passion for treating Diabetes, Obesity, and GI Complaints.
Her focus is to employ the most natural and holistic therapies available to stimulate the body’s internal healing while fostering new habits and traditions that will produce and maintain the most optimal health possible. Dr. Hamilton sees patients from all over the world – both in office and via phone or Skype.
Dr. Hamilton graduated from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ where she focused on diabetes care and Medical Nutrition. Prior to medical school, Dr.Hamilton studied biology pre-med at Xavier University of Louisiana and Cellular Biology /Exercise Physiology at the University of Memphis. Dr. Hamilton is the author of Practically Healthy: Step-by-Step Guide to Better Health and Practically Healthy: Roadmap to Success – two books geared toward the improved health of the everyday person. She is also the long time co-host of the “Family Health Talk” (formerly ‘Men’s Health Talk’) radio broadcast that has aired weekly since 2009. She has been featured on various radio and TV broadcasts nationwide and has written articles for professional and lay publications. She is currently adjunct faculty at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
All you need to do watch the show live is to go The Dr. Vibe Show Homepage at http://thedrvibeshow.com/ 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.
One of the friends of our show, Goddess Intellect, will be co-hosting this conversation.
The Women with Words Reading Circles helps marginalized young moms throughout the GTA build literacy and learning skills with the help of trained facilitators.
Why is reading a priority for struggling mothers?
Program coordinator Teneile Warren recounts one of her first experiences with the Reading Circle. “There was one woman in the group who declared that she could not read. She refused to read out loud and barely participated. At the beginning of the circle, we get all the women to write an “I am” statement. Hers was full of negative descriptions: I am ugly, I am stupid, and I am a bad mother. By the end of the 16 week program, she was coming to the circle with notes, questions about the chapters we read, and one day to everyone’s surprise, she decided to read out loud! During our last class we get the women to write another “I am” statement, this time she wrote: I am a person who can read, I am a mother who will see her children go to college, I am beautiful.” She was so emotional reading those statements out loud, so I stood up and read it with her and we were both in tears; all of the women were in tears.”
A past participant, Huda Eldardiry, who overcame homelessness and abuse, understands the power of literacy skills for young mothers, and their children. “Books opened up the world to me, while helping me learn problem solving skills and how to adapt without losing myself,” she says. “My son mimics my relationship with books – he doesn’t understand all the benefits of reading, and that’s okay for now – they are there for him to grow into.”
Literature for Life understands increased literacy rates are not only beneficial to an individual, but to the economic growth of our communities. According to a study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) a 1% increase in literacy levels could generate $18 billion dollars in economic growth in Canada each year.
“Read and Believe is clubbing for a cause,” says Lydia Parent, Communications and Operations Manager at Literature for Life. “It’s a fun night out that helps us build literacy skills and spread our message that reading improves lives.” Last year’s event raised $22,000, and this year Literature for Life’s goal is to double its proceeds to $45,000.
For the advanced ticket sale price of $30 attendees will be able to dance to the music of some of Canada’s top performers, and support Literature for Life’s programming.
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.
This evening, Dr. Vibe was one of the panelists taking part in “An EPIPHANY Conversation – Fathers Speak Out on My Brother’s Keeper (Part 1)”. Here are the details:
Kenneth Braswell of Fathers Incorporated, Liverpool-based screenwriter Chase Johnston-Lynch and a few notable fathers who are working to change the reputation of the broken Black family around the world join filmmakers Nicole Franklin (Little Brother) and Mya B. (Afraid of Dark) as we continue the conversation around President Obama’s initiative on My Brother’s Keeper. This is part one of a two-part conversation on the father’s role in the life of Black boys.
Panelists:
Kenneth Braswell, Fathers Incorporated
Mya B., Filmmaker
Chase Johnston-Lynch, Producer/Screenwriter
Kareem Wright, Director of Programs/Friends of the Children NY
Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Institute for Urban Research
Dr. Vibe, Toronto-based Producer/Host The Dr. Vibe Show and Contributor to The Good Men Project
Sheldon Smith, The Dovetail Project
Amelia Maamogwa, Co-host An EPIPHANY Conversation
Nicole Franklin, Filmmaker and Host, An EPIPHANY Conversation
Nicole Franklin - Producer/Director "Little Brother"
Little Brother
LITTLE BROTHER is a 10-chapter documentary film series and interactive media project dedicated to giving Black boys a unique voice. Each chapter is available for your educational institution, house of worship or community conversation.
Filmmakers Nicole Franklin and Jasmin Tiggett travel across the United States to take an annual look at black boys as young as nine years old for a one-on-one conversation demystifying what society tends to rob them of: LOVE.
The series outreach, Mapping Our Pledge to Little Brother and upcoming curriculum is supported in part by a grant from the Foundation to Promote Open Society/Campaign for Black Male Achievement, fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas.
Little Brother chapters 1, 2, and 3 are each 15 minutes in length and are designed to spark conversation. The films are distributed via DVD by Third World Newsreel at www.twn.org.
Our scheduled guests for our live conversation tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific are:
Nicole Franklin – Producer/Director “Little Brother”
Nicole Franklin is an award-winning filmmaker, television director, stage manager, editor, educator, public speaker and web event host. For fifteen years, her company EPIPHANY Inc. has been producing independent films for numerous cable networks including Showtime, BET, IFC, Nickelodeon, Sundance Channel and The Documentary Channel. Her credits include The Double Dutch Divas!, Journeys In Black: the Jamie Foxx Biography, Kids Around the World, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Black Enterprise Business Report, and she is part of the Emmy-Award winning team on CBS Sunday Morning. Her current educational films include Gershwin & Bess: A Dialogue with Anne Brown and the 10-chapter series Little Brother, both titles distributed by Third World Newsreel. 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. EPIPHANY Inc. is the co-parent company of MIDNIGHT MEDIA CAPTURE, LLC, a web event channel where stories drive brands. Nicole also hosts a weekly web forum, An EPIPHANY Conversation, a global discussion among the inspiring people behind incredible stories.
Nicole’s affiliations include Directors Guild of America (DGA), Producers Guild of America (PGA East), IBEW, The Black Documentary Collective (BDC), DV Republic and New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT). Project reels may be viewed at YouTube.com/NicoleFilms. In-person speaking appearances are fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas.
Jasmin Tiggett is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and film curator. Her production credits span narrative and documentary films, television, commercials, and music videos including ‘1960 What,’ an artful documentary on Detroit history and culture featuring Grammy-nominated jazz artist Gregory Porter, Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner selection ‘A Little Bit of More,’ forthcoming PBS documentary ‘Through a Lens Darkly,’ BET’s ‘Harlem Heights,’ The CW’s ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ and ‘The Search for the Next Doll,’ to name a few. She has covered entertainment for print and online, and is a contributing writer for Shadow & Act on Indiewire.She is a graduate of the Florida State University Film School and the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA, and was a 2012 Fellow in the Cosby Screenwriting Program at USC. In addition to her work in production, she also paints and illustrates.
Dr. Raymond A. Winbush – Consultant “Little Brother”
Dr. Raymond A. Winbush is the Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland. He is the former Benjamin Hooks Professor of Social Justice at Fisk University and Director of the University’s Race Relations Institute. He also served as Assistant Provost and Director of the Johnson Black Cultural Center at Vanderbilt University. A native of Cleveland Ohio, Dr. Winbush, is a product of public school education, K through 12.In 1970, he graduated with honors in psychology from Oakwood College in Huntsville Alabama, and during his undergraduate education there, won scholarships to both Harvard and Yale Universities. After graduation he won a fellowship to the University of Chicago and received both his Masters and Ph.D. in psychology in 1973 and 1976 respectively.Dr. Winbush’s research interests include infusing African American studies into school curricula, African American adolescent development, Black male and female relationships and the influence of hip hop on contemporary American culture. He is the author of numerous articles on the “politics” of Afrocentricity and the resistance it encounters among scholars who wish to maintain existing intellectual paradigms. A recent article for the Baltimore Urban League coauthored with his colleague Dr. Tracy Rone at the Institute for Urban Research, cited the hidden dangers of environmental lead poisoning in Baltimore City.
Dr. Winbush is the author of three books, including his latest, Belinda’s Petition: A Concise History of Reparations for the Transtlantic Slave Trade, (Xlibris, 2009) a “prequel” to his book, Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations which was published by HarperCollins in 2003 and hit Essence Magazine’s bestsellers list shortly after its release. It has been called by Cornel West a “must read” when it comes to understanding the struggle for reparations. His book, The Warrior Method: A Program for Rearing Healthy Black Boys, (Harper Collins, 2001), is a comprehensive African-centered program for rearing healthy Black boys in a racist society.
Dr. Jeff Menzise
Dr. Jeff Menzise is part of Morgan State’s Institute for Urban Research that Dr. Winbush founded. Himself and Dr. Winbush have written wonderful books concerning about the Black experience.
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Excerpt from Little Brother (Chapter 3): A Do Right Man
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Excerpt from Little Brother(Chapter 4): The Fire Next Time
All you need to watch the show live is to go The Dr. Vibe Show Homepage at http://thedrvibeshow.com/ 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.
Mark Anthony Neal, Kenneth L. Foote, Paul Mondesire and Tywan Anthony discuss why they are participating in THE CONVERSATION on April 26, 2014 in New York.
Elsie Escobar is the Social Media Community Manager for Libsyn and also handles Podcaster Relations. Liberated Syndication (libsyn) pioneered the system to host and publish podcasts in 2004. And since then has grown to the largest leading podcast network.
Elsie talked about:
– Life growing up in El Salvador then in Los Angeles
– Why did she move from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh
– How yoga become part of her journey including memories of the first yoga class that she taught
– How and why did she get into podcasting in 2007
– How did she start with Libsyn start 2007
– Her definition of podcasting
– How has the podcast marketplace changed since 2007
– What does Libsyn do and how has the Libsyn customer changed over the years
– Why are there not more female podcasters and why does she feel more women doing podcasting
– What is next for Libsyn?
During our conversation, Elsie mentioned a Facebook group for women podcasters, She Podcasts. Click on the following link to find out more about She Podcasts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/586481948111735/
