Two Black Canadians who created some “firsts” in their careers are among 25 extraordinary Ontarians appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest official honour. Click on the link below to read more.
Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor, PhD, is an academic, historian, university lecturer, public speaker, and blogger. He completed his doctoral work at Western University (Canada) in History with a specialization in Migration & Ethnic Relations. His dissertation, Flying Fish in the Great White North: The “Culture” of Black Barbadian Migration to 1967, explored the emigration push factors of Black Barbadians in the early to mid twentieth century.
Dr. Taylor focuses on issues of Black identity, multiculturalism, immigration, race and ethnicity, Caribbean history,slavery in the Americas, and the African and Black Diaspora.
He actively blogs for The Huffington Post and currently lectures at Western University in courses in Canadian history and Black Canadian Women’s history.
Dr. Taylor will be on our show tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. He will talking about “Black Privilege: Does It Exist?”.
All you need to do 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.
During our live conversation, you have the opportunity to call in and share with us and ask questions via Skype. If you would like to do this, please call us at: doctorvibe42. If you get through, please be patient and we will get to your call as soon as possible.
All you need to do 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.
Joshua Rivers is a Southwest Philadelphia native, a 2004 William Penn High School Graduate, and a 2008 graduate of Penn State University at University Park, Pennsylvania, where he majored in Labor and Employment Relations with a minor in Business Management. In 2010, he attained a Certificate in Ministerial Leadership. One year later, Joshua published his first book, Birthed to Be a King, at the age of twenty-three.
He is currently enrolled in Palmer’s Theological Seminary, where he has a dual Masters concentration in Clinical Social Work and Divinity.
At the age of twenty-three, Joshua established an organization which began servicing the community of Southwest Philadelphia by providing free and low-cost activities for young men between the ages of 6-18. Some of these activities included basketball camps, clinics, tournaments, college tours, and seminars. Three years into existence, FOCUSED International Incorporated has partnered with United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern Jersey to establish best practices for mentoring young men of color.
Some of his greatest accomplishments include being named William Penn High School’s Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year (2004), publishing his first book, Birthed to Be A King (2011), earning the Federal Executive Board’s Bronze Award for Outstanding Community Service (2011), and graduating from the prestigious Department of Defense Civilian Emergent Leadership Program (2012) as a Project Lead.
During our conversation, Joshua talked about:
– shares some of his past and what life was like growing up in southwest Philadelphia
– What did “the hood”, “old heads” and others taught him while he was growing up
– How Basketball has been one of his greatest teachers and how it has helped him throughout his life
– How he overcame growing up without a father
– His experience attending Penn State University and how he overcame the challenges he encountered during that time
– Why he choose to study ministry in college
– The story behind his book “Birth To Be A King”
– The story behind his mentoring organization, FOCUS (Forgiving Our Circumstances Uplifting Success Through Education and Development) International
– What are young Black men are telling him
– What does mentorship mean to him
– How Black parents need to know about the about the importance of mentorship in young Black mens lives
– A special success story
– Why it is important for Black men to mentor younger Black men
– “What does he do when he fails?”
– What role does mentorship play in his marriage
Twitter’s user base is more racially diverse than U.S. Internet users as a whole. Now, as a newly minted public company needing to generate revenue, it is moving to capitalize on its demographics. Click on the link below to read more.
