As part of its extended programme, on October 19, 2013, the African Theatre Ensemble presented an audience forum that provided an opportunity for dialogue around the issues and themes of the COMA. The stage production of COMA explores the dilemmas faced by a family coming to terms with End of Life and Palliative care for their loved one. This is a timely topic as it is being hotly debated in our Government, media, communities and homes. The event was sponsored by Radio Regent, and the The Dr. Vibe Show. The Audience Forum was presented as a free town-hall discussion with local and online communities. The Audience Forum featured a cross-section of perspectives on this hot button issue with a lineup of respected panelists that include Dora Award winner and Theatre Practitioner Rhoma Spencer, Playwright Jude Idada, Chief Pathologist Dr. Ola Kassimb, lawyer Davies Bagambiire, Imam Habeeb Alli, Rev. Dr Francis Mpindu, Rabbi Jordan Helfman and Mr. Michael AbduRashid Taylor. Hosted by Veteran Media Personality Tien Providence, Radio Hosts U-Sheak Koroma aka ‘Kokofele’ and Dr. Vibe, the COMA Audience Forum was presented in the COBA Studio at Daniels Spectrum in Toronto.
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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.
Rashaun Williams and Isaiah Thomas served on an all-black-male panel last month in Philadelphia where the driving question was: “HOW do we engage culture to transform perception; hold media accountable for depictions that reinforce negative associations; and reset the vision of race for this and future generations?”
Both attempting to save the world – one through sustainability and the other through policy – Williams and Thomas represent 21st century thought-leaders who use their words to spread social change and leverage their actions for social impact.
Thomas, the youngest democratic City Council candidate in Philadelphia’s history, coaches an award-winning basketball league and serves as a mentor to countless youth – both in the league and in the community. With a new son and a young wife, Thomas is working tirelessly to ensure his family, friends and those in the city of brotherly love have a strong, reliable and hard-working elected official representing them in City Hall. Thomas has confirmed with Techbook Online his plans to campaign in the 2015 local election. Rashaun is DJ leads weekly classes with high-school aged youth, aiming to inform them of sustainable soil management practices and encourage the development of innovative, sustainable project-based learning activities.
The youngest BMe grantee in Philadelphia, Williams is sending sustainability through a culture-shock as he fuses animation, activism, technology, place-making and education into a future-proofed model called TechKnowledge G!™.
Neither Thomas nor Williams fit the narrative of what society says a young black man should be, but they do, however, fit the description. Regardless of their defining physical features, the two things that make these men such as threat turns out to be their greatest strength: young and black.
Both willing to work around the clock to “get the job done,” these brothers are a small window into the diversity of leadership that exist with BMe, a growing network of 3000+ inspired black men and their friends who everyday are working together to build strong communities.
Christopher, Rashaun and Isaiah will be live on our show today at 2:00 p.m. Eastern/11:00 a.m. Pacific.
At 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific, Christopher will be discussing the highly controversial case of Tomayo McDuffy.
At 2:30 p.m. Eastern/11:30 a.m. Pacific, Rashaun Williams and Isaiah will be joining the conversation and will be talking with Christopher about “Building New Communities through Collaboration”. During this part of the conversation, Christopher will also be making a ground-breaking announcement regarding the future of Techbook Online Corporation.
During our live interview, 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 listen to the show live is to go The Dr. Vibe Show Homepage at 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 using the hastag #BMAOCT and at our Facebook Fan Page at “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan
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Jaymie Bowles (pronounced Bowls) On-Air name is “Jams” is 26 years old from Boston, Massachusetts. She is the youngest of three siblings and is currently living in Ambler, Pennsylvania. Ms. Bowles has her BA of Communications from Arcadia University in 2008 and is Certified in Broadcasting from Connecticut School of Broadcasting in 2012.
Interned with WURD after being certified and was offered my own talk show in March. Since then she have become the voice of the youth for 900 AM WURD.
Jayme’s show is called WURD Up, and is a talk show formatted for the issues the younger generation faces. Topics include, teen pregnancy prevention, cyber bullying, interviews with various Non Profits and Organizations in and around Philly that are doing good work in the community, Trayvon Martin, Obamacare, Social Media 101, Relationships, etc.
During our conversation, Jayme talks about:
– What it was like being youngest of three children of professional parents who were entrepreneurs with her mom working on the police force and father being an engineer
– What is was like for her mother being a Black women working on the Boston police force for nineteen years
– Her educational experience
– What was it like growing up with a sister who was eleven years older than her and a brother four years older than her – when did the vision come to her the communications would be the career that she would pursue
– How did she land her position at WURD 900 AM
– What was her first show at WURD 900 AM like?
– Why does she discuss the topics that she does on her show
– what is the topic that she hasn’t talked about on show that her audiences want her to talk about
– What are some of the hot topics on the show
– What has she learned about herself by doing the show
– Her take on what is going on with young people
– What are some misconceptions adults and young people have of each other
– Her thoughts on the media’s representation of Blacks
– some of the things that she would like to wish for America and Black America
Please note that tonight’s conversation with Jude Idada has been postponed. We will be looking to having him on the show at a later date. We would like to apologize for any inconvenience.
The discussion topic on tonight’s edition of “Dr. Vibe’s Real Talk With Real Women” is “2013 – What Have You Accomplished So Far And What Do You Want To Achieve Before The End Of 2013?”.
During our live interview, 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 listen to the show live is to go The Dr. Vibe Show Homepage at http://thedrvibeshow.com/ tonight at 8:30 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
Are black men’s resentments about interracial dating lie at the crux of their opinions of Scandal and the black women who adore the show. Click on the link below to read more.
A graduate of the Theatre Arts Department of the University of Ibadan, Jude has worked extensively in the film and theatre industry as Director, Producer, Writer and Actor. Amongst others, he is the winner of the best screenplay award at the African Movie Academy Awards for The Tenant. He has won the Goethe Institut Afrika Projekt competition and was a finalist in the New Directions Filmmakers of the Future project by MNET. His recent directing credits include Flood! by Femi Osofisan, Brixton Stories by Biyi Bandele and “Lost” by Modupe Olaogun (AfriCan Theatre Ensemble). His plays, poems and short stories have been performed/published in various media. His collection of short stories A Box of Chocolates has been favourably received. The film adaptation of his play, Coma, is currently in production. His most recent work includes a collection of poetry “Exotica Celestica,” a stage play “Oduduwa – King of the Edos” and the first part of a trilogy of novels “By My Own Hands.” Jude lives in Toronto, Canada.
Jude will be on our show live tonight at 7:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 p.m. Pacific. He will talking about various subjects including the upcoming performances of Coma.
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 listen to the show live is to go The Dr. Vibe Show Homepage at http://thedrvibeshow.com/ tonight at 7:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 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
Jude’s latest play, Coma, will be performed live from October 30, 2013 to Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the Al Green Theatre in Toronto.
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A promo interview of the crew of the hot new play production of COMA – Modupe Olaogun (Founder/Artistic Director of the AfriCan Theatre Ensemble) and Jude Idada (Producer and Director – Coma).
Blacks in Toronto continue to be disproportionately stopped and questioned in a practice the police board chair calls “unacceptable.” Click on the link below to read more.
