Wanda's Picks Radio Show: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018
This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!
1. We are joined in the studio by four black men, leaders at Positive Directions Equals Change, Inc. to speak about the agency's 25th Anniversary Gala, Sat., Nov. 2, 8 PM-12 AM, 1753 Carroll Avenue, in San Francisco: Calvin “Cregg” Johnson, affectionately known as “Big Cregg”, Reggie Boyer, Ron Thomas, and Executive Director, Cedric Akbar. Visit positivedirectionsequalschange.org
2. Gerald Lenoir, Strategy Analyst Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the Haas School, joins us to talk about the play, "Barbershop Chronicles" by Inua Ellams (10.26-28) at calperformances.org There is A Community Dialogue with Cast Members, Thursday, October 25, 7 pm to 9 pm at Benny Adem Grooming Parlor, 408 14th Street, Oakland. No charge. Light refreshments served. To RSVP email geraldlenoir@gmail.com
Bio:
Gerald Lenoir is the Identity and Politics Strategy Analyst working with the Haas Institute’s Network for Transformative Change. He was a consultant at the Haas Institute from 2014 to 2017. His work at the Haas Institute focuses on working with Haas staff and community, advocacy, labor and faith partners to organize the research, development and promotion of a strategic narrative that fosters structural inclusion and addresses marginalization and structural racialization as one of its central pillars. Gerald is the founding Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (2006—2014) and a founding steering committee member of the Black Immigration Network. He was the Executive Director of the San Francisco Black Coalition on AIDS (1989 – 1995) and cofounded the HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County. He also cofounded Priority Africa Network in 2003 and has served on the board of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights since 2006. He is a former board member of the Interfaith Peace Builders and led its first African Heritage Delegation to Palestine/Israel in 2012.
Gerald graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He studied law at UCLA and marketing at the Graduate School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle. His opinion pieces and reporting on immigration, racial justice, apartheid, electoral politics, HIV/AIDS and other issues have appeared in Time Magazine, Black Scholar Magazine, the Oakland Tribune, The Los Angeles Sentinel, the Seattle Times, New America Media, commondreams.org, colorlines.org and other publications.
3. Champagne Hughes (Francine/Lena) in Altarena Playhouse production of Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, directed by Darren A.C. Carollo. Visit altarena.org or 510.523.1553
4. Ethel Long-Scott is Executive Director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project, (WEAP). She is known nationally and internationally for devoting her life to the education and leadership of people at the losing end of society, especially women of color. weap.org/, https://laney.edu/umoja-ubaka/
http://tobtr.com/s/11007671
1. We are joined in the studio by four black men, leaders at Positive Directions Equals Change, Inc. to speak about the agency's 25th Anniversary Gala, Sat., Nov. 2, 8 PM-12 AM, 1753 Carroll Avenue, in San Francisco: Calvin “Cregg” Johnson, affectionately known as “Big Cregg”, Reggie Boyer, Ron Thomas, and Executive Director, Cedric Akbar. Visit positivedirectionsequalschange.org
2. Gerald Lenoir, Strategy Analyst Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the Haas School, joins us to talk about the play, "Barbershop Chronicles" by Inua Ellams (10.26-28) at calperformances.org There is A Community Dialogue with Cast Members, Thursday, October 25, 7 pm to 9 pm at Benny Adem Grooming Parlor, 408 14th Street, Oakland. No charge. Light refreshments served. To RSVP email geraldlenoir@gmail.com
Bio:
Gerald Lenoir is the Identity and Politics Strategy Analyst working with the Haas Institute’s Network for Transformative Change. He was a consultant at the Haas Institute from 2014 to 2017. His work at the Haas Institute focuses on working with Haas staff and community, advocacy, labor and faith partners to organize the research, development and promotion of a strategic narrative that fosters structural inclusion and addresses marginalization and structural racialization as one of its central pillars. Gerald is the founding Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (2006—2014) and a founding steering committee member of the Black Immigration Network. He was the Executive Director of the San Francisco Black Coalition on AIDS (1989 – 1995) and cofounded the HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County. He also cofounded Priority Africa Network in 2003 and has served on the board of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights since 2006. He is a former board member of the Interfaith Peace Builders and led its first African Heritage Delegation to Palestine/Israel in 2012.
Gerald graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He studied law at UCLA and marketing at the Graduate School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle. His opinion pieces and reporting on immigration, racial justice, apartheid, electoral politics, HIV/AIDS and other issues have appeared in Time Magazine, Black Scholar Magazine, the Oakland Tribune, The Los Angeles Sentinel, the Seattle Times, New America Media, commondreams.org, colorlines.org and other publications.
3. Champagne Hughes (Francine/Lena) in Altarena Playhouse production of Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, directed by Darren A.C. Carollo. Visit altarena.org or 510.523.1553
4. Ethel Long-Scott is Executive Director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project, (WEAP). She is known nationally and internationally for devoting her life to the education and leadership of people at the losing end of society, especially women of color. weap.org/, https://laney.edu/umoja-ubaka/
http://tobtr.com/s/11007671
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