Wanda's Picks Radio Show, Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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. Patrica Nunley is a teacher-educator who entered the field out of love and concern for Black People and especially Black Children.  She holds a specialized masters in child development and an Ed.D.  She views herself as an Traditional African Healer who uses the medicine of education to fight against the disease of “Ignorance”.

Lawford L. Goddard, Ph.D. is a sociologist/demographer who received his doctoral degree from Stanford University with a minor in Education. Born in Trinidad, Dr. Goddard is an expert on Black family dynamics, Black culture, youth development programs, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS education and prevention. He has over forty years experience as a trainer/educator in the areas of health education (substance abuse prevention, HIV prevention, mental health service delivery), youth motivation and self‑destructive behavior. He was a Member of the Strategic Planning Workgroup and Data Analyst for the California Reducing Disparity Project African American Population Report and a member of the CALMHSA Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Program for NAMI California. He is currently the Secretary of the African American Steering Committee for Health and Wellness in Alameda County. He has served on the Board of The Association of Black Psychologists for the past ten years as the National Convention Committee Chair. He was a founder of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family Life and Culture in Oakland and is Lecturer Emeritus in the Department of Africana Studies, San Francisco State University. He is the co-author of four books and has twenty four book chapters and journals articles.