Christopher NorrisKelvyn Anderson: Executive Director, Philadelphia Police Advisory CommissionShakeil GreeleyAnton Moore: South Philadelphia activistKeith Wallace: Mike Brown ReenactmentIsiah Thomas: candidate for Philadelphia City Council at-large
Across the United States of America, particularly in the aftermath of the shooting death of Mike Brown and the chocking death of Eric Garner, there’s the belief that the police are out to kill black men. In response to the ever-increasing tension between law enforcement and communities, President Barack Obama has appointed Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey to co-chair a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Mr. Ramsey has less than 90 days to return a set of recommendations to Mr. Obama.
As all eyes turn towards Philadelphia, a special edition of Black and Bold Voices – a quarterly, online discussion featuring black men around the world and the issues that unite them, powered by Techbook Online and heard exclusively on The Dr. Vibe Show™ – welcomes prominent Philadelphians whose body of work spans the disciplines of policing, civilian oversight, advocacy, the prison industrial complex, technology and improving the public perception of black men.
Today at 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific, 2014, join Kelvyn Anderson, Executive Director, Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission; Greg Brinkley, Retired correctional officer, Graterford Prison; Shakeil Greeley, a 21 year-old senior attending the University of Pennsylvania who was the organizer of The Trail Of Silence Walk; Anton Moore, a South Philadelphia activist; Isaiah Thomas, candidate for Philadelphia City Council; Journalist Christopher Norris, CEO, Techbook Online; and Dr. Vibe, international broadcast journalist, for a live, 1 hour conversation on “Black Men, Police Officers and a Post-Ferguson America.”
Our final conversation of 2014, “Black Men, Police Officers and a Post-Ferguson America,” will take a look at how and why cities should diversify its police forces, what training methods or oversight programs can be implemented to minimize racial bias in policing and what does community policing look like in the 21st century, particularly with the use of technology.
Black and Bold Voices™ is a collaboration between Techbook Online and The Dr. Vibe Show™.
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Charles S. Corprew, III joined the Loyola University New Orleans psychology faculty in August of 2011 after completing his Ph.D. in Psychological Science at Tulane University. Dr. Corprew centers his research on examining development in diverse contexts. More specifically, he looks at factors related to resilience and vulnerability in African American men and boys. Additionally, Dr. Corprew’s research investigates the relationships between the multidimensional aspects of hypermasculinity and precursors to sexual assault. His efforts have received national attention where he has lectured nationally on each of these lines of research and has been published in numerous journals, such as the Journal of Men’s Studies, The Journal of College Student Development, and Urban Education. In 2014, he was awarded the College of Humanities and Natural Science Excellence in Research Award. Furthermore, in the spring of 2014, Dr. Corprew received a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Fellowship, a prestigious honor.
During our conversation, Charles spoke about:
– Some of his background and his growing up years in a house that stressed education
– His great experience going to college where he started getting immersed in black history
– Why did he leave home to teach in New Orleans
– His article I Am Not Just an Angry Black Man including how it came about and the response to the article
– if black men are angry about being perceived as angry, inferior
– The state of the black American man
– The role the media plays in the perception of black men as being angry and what the black community and black men need to do change the perception
– The importance of black men telling their story
– His response to the Eric Garner video and his response to the Eric Garner grand jury decision
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In this talk, cultural innovator Vernā Myers shares some hard truths about racial injustices, (including the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO), and offers us three ways we can uncover our biases, overcome our discomfort and make a difference in the lives of black men and our society as a whole.
For two decades, Vernā and her team of consultants have helped eradicate barriers of race, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation at elite international law firms, Wall Street powerhouses, and the 10,000 member Fire Department of New York, with the aim of establishing a new, more productive and just status quo.
Given the current topics of Shia LeBoef, Bill Cosby, the kerfuffle between Don Lemon and Piers Morgan about “fighting back”, this discussion topic on this month’s Good Men Project show is: “Men and Sexual Trauma From A Personal And Legal Perspective”.
Christopher Anderson is the Executive Director of MaleSurvivor, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping male survivors of sexual abuse and their loved ones by creating communities of Hope, Healing, and Support.
A new poll suggests that video footage can have a powerful effect on how the public thinks about police shootings and killings. Click on the link below to read more.
