Dillard University’s president, Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough, talks about what should be done to focus on both black boys and girls without waiting for the president’s initiative. Click on the link to read more.
Back on July 19, 2012, we did our first Dr. Vibe’s Allies broadcast. Well, since we are approaching the Dr. Vibe’s Allies two year anniversary, we thought that we should have a reunion. So, live tonight we have Mike Ramey, Victory Unlimited and Henri Morris live on the show.
Less than 2 percent of the America’s elementary school teachers are black men. A program at Clemson University in South Carolina is looking to change that.
After graduating with her B.A. in Television and Film production, from Iona College, Evita Robinson (Evie) hit the world running, or creating, rather. Within weeks of graduation, in 2006, she attended the New York Film Academy, studying Digital Filmmaking in Paris, France at La Femis film school. There, the seed for Nomadness LLC was planted after receiving acclaim for the films created through the duration of her program.
Since her first taste of Europe, at age twenty-one, Evita has traveled to twelve countries, on three different continents. She has since lived in New York, Paris, Japan, and Thailand.
After concluding a year and a half of traveling around the world, while videotaping her life on the NomadnessTV web series, Evie came back to New York on a mission to bridge her love of production and new found need for travel. In September 2011, she created the Nomadness Travel Tribe, an online social community for travelers all around the world, who have the similarity of an urban background or stylistic when traveling. For Evie, it’s about being the representation for the under represented. Within a year, the Tribe has augmented to a world wide movement, with over 3,000 members, boasting over 4,000 passport stamps, from nearly three dozen countries. She was named one of Clutch Magazine’s “11 Black Women Inspiring Us To Travel”, and the Tribe’s first ever NomadnessX group trip to Panama was featured in the July 2012 issue of Ebony Magazine. From the success of the online group, Evie thrust herself into the world of entrepreneurship, and in April 2012, launched the business home for all things Nomadness and travel oriented, Nomadness LLC. The business end of Nomadness includes the online community, merchandise line, travel series, group trips, and much more to come in the future.
Previously, while in New York City she worked in televsion and film production. Her resume included production work with names such as A&E, HBO, MTV, BET, BBC, TURNER, the reality travel series JET SET ZERO, and Spike Lee’s 40 ACRES AND A MULE FILMWORKS.
Countries Evie’s been to: Japan, Jamaica, Panama, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Cambodia, India, Thailand, China, Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (US Commonwealth)
Favorite Quote: ‘Step out on nothing, and land on something.” Dr. Cornel West
Nomadness Travel Tribe, created by Evita Robinson, is an urban travel movement that spans 8,000 members, and over three dozen countries. We’re the edgy, under represented demo in the international travel industry, and we’ve formed our own Tribe. In the invitation-only platform, we share stories, advice, photos and conversation about our personal experiences around the world.
During our conversation, Evie talks about:
– She catches up on what has happened with The Nomadness Travel Tribe since we last had her on the show in 2013
– Why does she connect so well with college students
– Her journey writing her first book
– Some of her takes on entrepreneurship including some of her entrepreneurial journey
– What are young people telling her about entrepreneurship
– What she she is doing to achieve life balance
– Her future vision for her life and for Nomadness Travel Tribe
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Evie in her own words …
For all the opportunities that have been opened to minorities since the American Civil Rights in 1964, black men in America still need two more levels of education to have the same chances of landing a job as a white man. Click on the link below to read more.
The ROLE Call is a not for profit organization focused on promoting responsibility, opportunity, leadership, and education through workshops, mentoring, counseling and resources for fathers who desire to play a role in the lives of their children. The mission of The ROLE Call is to eradicate fatherlessness through training young men in what it means to be responsible men, fathers, and husbands; providing support to single mothers raising children without the presence of a father; and by reconnecting absentee fathers with their children. The ROLE Call passionately promotes answering the call to fatherhood by living and leaving a legacy.
Andre D. Harrison, a single father of three boys is the founder of The ROLE Call. Andre currently serves as a Family Worker and Fatherhood Specialist, a member of Staten Island Borough President James Oddo’s Advisory Council on Children and Families, a board member for non-profit organization Fathers Rock and founder and director of The ROLE Call. Andre is the author of From a Fatherless Father to His Sons.
Please note that our scheduled conversation with Janét Aizenstros tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific has been cancelled. We will update you when we have a rescheduled date and time for this conversation. We apologize for any inconvenience.
