Half a century after the American Civil Rights Act committed the federal government to narrowing the racial divide, black Americans are still being left behind. Click on the link below to read more.
Live from Lagos, Nigeria, Ijeoma Ogwuegbu-Uduma talking about the 267 Nigerian girls that have been abducted from their school in Nigeria on April 15 by the Islamic militant terror organization Boko Haram.
During our conversation, Ijeoma talked about:
– What she has heard about kidnapping
– Some background about Boko Haram
– The Nigerian government’s response to the kidnapping
– Nigerians reaction to the kidnapping
– If she feels that the kidnapping could have been prevented?
– About Boko Haram kidnapping and killing a group young boys earlier this year
– The lack of response by the Nigerian government
– Nigerians response to other countries wanting to help with this situation
– If she is happy with the the US and England’s response
– What can the world do to help
– Why is she so passionate about this issue
– Who is she more upset at her government or Boko Haram?
– Depending on the outcome of this situation, how will the Nigerian people and the Nigerian government react?
Due to audio challenges with the video broadcast, we have made available an audio only version of our conversation. To listen to the audio only version of our conversation, please click on the “>” button located on player above the video image in this post.
Drug testing is actually boosting employment for black Americans, particularly those who who are relatively unskilled. Click on the link below to read more.
Ijeoma Ogwuegbu-Uduma is a Nigerian living in Lagos, where she’s lived all her life. After working as a journalist for eight years, she now pursues writing for stage and television full time.
She joined the #BringBackOurGirls protests in Lagos after it became apparent the Nigerian government had little intention of doing anything to find the missing Chibok girls.
Ms. Ogwuegbu-Udama will be on our show today live at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific. She will be talking about the 276 Nigerian girls who have been kidnapped by the Boko Haram Islamic militant group.
All you need to do watch the show live is go to http://thedrvibeshow.com/ today at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.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.
Restricting grants to organizations active in 45 states is limiting the ability of black organizations to participate in Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative. Click on the link below to read more.
– Where were they and their first reaction when they heard Donald Sterling’s commnets?
– Their thoughts about the NBA owners
– Their thougths about the players reaction to the incident
– If they were Adam Silver (commissioner of the NBA), what would they do with Donald Sterling?
– Their thoughts about the media coverage of the incident
– Their thoughts on blacks reaction about the incident
– What are black women telling them about the incident?
– What do they expect to happen to Donald Sterling?
A Philly Drummer playing a Global Beat, Christopher A. Norris is an award-winning journalist, online content producer and professional drummer endorsed by TRX Cymbals. An American businessman, Norris currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Techbook Online Corporation, overseeing a strategic initiative of mobilizing local, regional, national and global communities by encouraging the production, safeguarding and dissemination of diversified contents in the media and global information networks. Norris, known on stage as Flood the Drummer®, has launched a campaign to raise awareness regarding the health benefits of drumming.
A former sales champion, Arthur L Griffin, Jr., is the President of New Business Development and Texas Operations for Techbook Online Corporation. He is also the senior advisor to the CEO, Christopher “Flood the Drummer” Norris.
– How they met
– The early days of Techbook Online including why Christopher approached Arthur to be part of Techbook Online
– Christopher talks about B.O.L.D.
– Christopher gave background on the article and Arthur shares how it hit him
– The psycological burden of racism on black men
– What are people telling them about racism
– Wow Arthur deals with racism with his kids
– What is Chris telling people about racism
– Their thoughts for black men
Ron Waksman: Global News – Senior Director – Online and Current Affairs
Ron Waksman is the Senior Director, Online and Current Affairs for Global News.
Ron has executive oversight of the project to reinvent Globalnews.ca in order to create the ultimate mobile news experience on any device. In his current role, Ron oversees Global News’ Digital First initiative, evolving legacy broadcast newsrooms into 24 – hour digital news platforms.
Ron is a senior advisor for all Global News operations and strategic planning, and the executive-in-charge of Global News’ Gemini and RTDNA award
– winning investigative program, 16X9.
Waksman is responsible for the network’s journalistic principles and practices, which includes editorial standards, professional conduct and ethics. He was the Executive Editor of the second edition of Global News Journalistic Principles and Practices, published in January, 2012. The second edition was updated specifically to include new areas of journalistic practice such as online newsgathering, as well as guidelines around copyright and fair dealing.
Ron has a 21-year track record of executive editorial, broadcast, production and online news management. He is a multiple RTDNA, Edward R. Murrow and Gemini award winner. He played a key role in the growth of Global News, joining Global Ontario as a writer in 1989. Ron was appointed Executive Producer of National News in 1996, then in 2005 he was named News Director at Global Toronto.
Ron will be on our show live tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific.
All you need to do listen to the show live is to go to http://mixlr.com/drvibe/ at tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 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.
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.
