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Former CNN host Soledad O’Brien told her old network’s Reliable Sources last Sunday morning that journalists had an obligation to choose their words more carefully than simply calling protesters, however violent, “thugs,” arguing the word lacked descriptive properties and functioned solely as racial code.
Andre Kimo Stone Guess has worn many different hats over his career. He is an internationally respected leader with over two decades of experience in arts management, finance, non-profit executive leadership and writing.
He is a published writer and playwright. He is also working on his first novel.
In 2006, Guess founded GuessWorks, Inc., an artist management and consulting firm that he currently runs with his wife Cheryl.
From 2010 – 2012, he served as the President and CEO of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From 2000 – 2006, Guess served as vice president and producer, and director of finance and administration, at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Prior to his work at Jazz at Lincoln Center, he was vice president of the Lincoln Foundation in Louisville, KY, an operating educational foundation providing programming for academically talented, economically disadvantaged youth. He also co-founded the Center for Educational and Social Policy Research at the University of Louisville.
He is a native Louisvillian, from the historic Smoketown neighborhood and is married with four children.
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Glenn Barker – Executive Director – Mankind Project ChicagoDr. Marvin T. Thompson, Founder and President of EmpowerEDDr. Vibe
In March 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. “The purpose of this Council is to ensure that American women and girls are treated fairly in all matters of public policy,” said President Obama. Today, Dr. Warren Farrell is leading the charge of a new proposal, to create a White House Council On Boys To Men.
On the most recent edition of the White House Council On Boys To Men podcast, Glenn Barker and Dr. Marvin Thompson spoke about the most recent events in Baltimore and how the five components of the council (education, emotional Health, fatherlessness, phsycial Health and jobs) exist in Baltimore and many American cities and suggestion for the council on how to address these issues.
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On the May 3, 2015 edition of CBS’ Face The Nation, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks said even though there has been progress on racial issues, many challenges remain for African Americans in the United States, such as racial profiling.
In 2013, 42 percent of African American families had college loans, compared to just 28 percent of their white counterparts. Click on the link below to read more.
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On the Sunday, May 3, 2015 episode of CBS’ Face The Nation, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, NPR’s Michele Norris , National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post’s Michael Gerson and economist Julianne Malveaux talk about the crisis in Baltimore and what can be done to solve the problems.
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On the May 3, 2015 edition of CBS’ Face The Nation, PBS host Tavis Smiley said the unrest in Baltimore is linked to the persistent issue of poverty in America, and that lawmakers need to have a “real serious conversation” about improving jobs and wages.
Dr. Vibe and W. Brenden Whitted chat about last week’s National Football League Draft, the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight and the National Basketball Association playoffs.
Join Dr. Vibe and W. Brenden Whitted live tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/5:00 p.m. Pacific as they chat about last week’s National Football League Draft, the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao fight and the National Basketball Association playoffs.
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A Baltimore mother asks, “How do you tell your child how to behave when they are not doing anything wrong in the first place?” Click on the link below to read more.
