Wanda's Picks Radio July 15, 2009

Happy Birthday President Aristide!
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Today we will be speaking to Pierre LaBoissiere, co-founder of Haiti Action Network, about Haiti. I hadn't realized it was President Aristide's birthday. Stay tuned for results of the massive protests which began while we were on the air at 6 AM. Visit www.haitiaction.net

We will also have on the show Kofi Taharka, Houston Black United Front, and Charles "Boko" Freeman, Houston native and one of the founders of the BPP chapter there. The two men will speak about a commemorative program honoring Carl Bernard Hampton, whom Boko says, was "one of Black America's most articulate, courageous and heroic, young leaders was ruthlessly slain by the Houston Police Department's Central Intelligence Division (CID), July 26, 1970. At the age of 21, Carl was a tireless organizer who worked day and night to establish People's Party II[1], a Black revolutionary group modeled after the Black Panther Party (BPP). On Sunday, July 26, 2009 two activities will be held to commemorate the life and death of Carl Bernard Hampton. The Gravesite Remembrance will take place at 3:00pm at Golden Gate Cemetery 8400 Hirsch Road Houston , Texas . The Community Memorial will kick off at 5:00pm at 3212 Dowling Street Houston , Texas next to the PABA. The memorial will include a tour of the actual spot were Carl was gunned down by Houston police. The memorial on Dowling Street will also feature: a limited free food giveaway, survival program speakers, poets and edutainment.

We will then speak to Jacques Ibula, Congolese artist/activist who has a concert: "Song Writer Sundays Unplugged," July 19, 8-10 at at Yoshi's in San Francisco. Visit www.jacquesibula.com

We'd planned to conclude with Donald Harrison, who will be at Stanford Jazz with his latest band, Saturday, July 18. Visit www.donaldharrison.com We had to reschedule, so watch for an one hour special sometime before Donald's date at the Detroit Jazz Festival Labor Day weekend in September.


Today the show took off running along revolutionary themes covering the African Diaspora from the Haitian Revolution and its people who have been under attack ever since, to the Black Panther Party and martyred soldiers like Carl Bernard Hampton, whom his friend Boko says, was "one of Black America's most articulate, courageous and heroic, young leaders was ruthlessly slain by the Houston Police Department's Central Intelligence Division (CID), July 26, 1970, to our concluding interview with Jacques Ibula, musician, artist, activist, health care provider, who describes himself as a traditional African which to me means he has not traded in his cultural mores for western trinkets.