Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Wed., July 31, 2019

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!


Guests:
1. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, dir., Toni Morrison: Pieces that I Am

2. Antoine Hunter, Deaf Arts Festival 2019 (Rebroadcast re: 3rd Annual Festival: Deaf Louder)

3.  Regina Evans, playwright, 52 Letters at Ubuntu theatre, Aug. 2-23 at the FLAX Building in Oakland. Visit http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/letters

Regina Y. Evans is an Oakland native and the 
owner of Regina's Door, an Oakland based social

Regina Evans

enterprise vintage clothing store which operates as a creative arts healing and sanctuary space for survivors of sex trafficking. Regina's Door was named 2015 Social Changemaker, Oakland Indie Awards, 2016 Nancy's Hero (Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley), and received a 2017 Oakland City Council Commendation in celebration of Small Business Week. As a Modern Day Abolitionist, Ms. Evans is a member of the AC United Council, and the CSEC Program Council/Claire's House Safehouse (Catholic Charities). She was honored to be a speaker and delegate at the 2017 United Nations 61st Commission on the Status of Women.

Ms. Evans is an award winning social justice poet, playwright, costumer and performer. 

Her stage play 52 Letters, which brings awareness to the fight against modern day slavery, was honored to win a Best of SF Fringe Festival Award, 2013 and she continues to perform the play throughout California. Ms. Evans is the Creative Director and Costumer for CEREMONY a theatrical ritual troupe bringing healing to survivors of sex trafficking, and a member of House Full Of Black Women (A multi site performance ritual project that addresses the displacement, well being and sex trafficking of Black girls and women).  
Ms Evans is honored to be a board member for Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre.
                                                                                                                                                                      An Oakland native, vocalist, and culture and wellness advocate, Rashida Chase has always sought

Rashida Chase


Radio Show link: http://tobtr.com/s/11434151

ways to integrate instead of compartmentalize her seemingly disparate passions, and believes that music is a healing force and a unifier of people. She recognizes the power of inspiration and creativity that music holds and strives to create experiences that soothe, heal, and inspire her audiences to tap into that power and realize their full selves.