Collections by Michelle Brown
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Collections by Michelle Brown WSG C Imani Williams - Standing On United Soul
August 12, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBGrowing up on Detroit’s northwest side C. Imani Williams loved learning about Black culture. Books, cheerleading, softball, and was involved in other community-based activities. While living in Detroit Imani was the first full-time employee of the Ruth Ellis Center. She was a founder of PFLAG Family Reunion — Detroit Chapter and served on the board of Black Pride Society. Her background includes work in Guidance and Counseling, Communications/Journalism, and Creative-Writing. She has written ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Triangle Community Center's Edson Rivas
August 05, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBConnecticut is home for Edson where he not only lives but makes a difference in his community as Executive Director of the Triangle Community Center. Edson was born in El Salvador but has lived most of his life in Connecticut. Norwalk, He started with the Center as a volunteer serving on various committees and in different board positions until he landed at the top – serving as board chairperson bringing his professional experience and passion to the organization. What was supposed to be o...
The Divinely Queer Author and Educator Jennifer Miracle Best
July 29, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBJennifer Miracle-Best has a passion for helping people to understand the intricacies of sexual and gender identity. Although some of her knowledge came from her studies at Central Michigan University and her experience as a member of CMU’s Office of Gay & Lesbian Programs speakers bureau and the Director of the LGBT Resource Center at The University of Georgia, most of her wisdom came from her personal journey to find her personal truth. Her time at the University of Georgia, and perhaps eve...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG DeShanna U. Neal: Activist & Fierce Mama Bear
July 22, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBA life-long resident of Wilmington, Delaware, DeShanna Neal is the founder of Intersections of Pride Foundation. They are the co-organizer and creator of New Castle County's first ever LGBTQ Youth Pride Festival, as well as Delaware's first Drag Queen Story Hour. But first and foremost, she is a is a Black queer, mother. Her work into advocacy and activism started off on a very accidental foot when her 3-year-old announced, “I am a girl.” Trinity was classified as male at birth based o...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Storyteller Jena Ball
July 15, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBJena Ball has traveled the world telling, sharing, and collecting stories along the way. It was clear to her that people are hungry for connection. They need places to meet to comfort, console and encourage one another and tools that allow them to communicate and share ideas effectively. This has driven her endeavors and led to her most recent project, Braided Lives, Braided Lives is designed to find, publish, and "braid" the stories of our lives into a larger narrative. This multimedia sto...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Kevin Terrell Heard/Detroit LGBT Chamber
July 08, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBIts hard to believe that it’s been eight years since Kevin Terrell Heard founded the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce. In those eight years, he has grown, stumbled but mostly learned. In 2017, Kevin was honored as one of Crain’s Detroit Twenty in their 20’s for his work with the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce. In 2021 the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers organizations recognized and honored Kevin as a game changer. The Detroit native was inspired to start the city's...
Collections by Michelle Bown wsg Chicago Activist Ryan O'Donnell
July 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBRyan O'Donnell is an activist who cares deeply about social and environmental justice. This Chicago native attended Howard University and is an endless well of talent. His wide array of skills makes him tend to enhance anything that he is involved in as he fights for justice including organizing to help refugees and connecting with animal rights and environmental activists. O’Donnell wants to shine a light on the plight of LGBTQI+ refugees, particularly in The Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Equity & Social Justice Activist Marlon Brown
June 17, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBOriginally from Detroit, Marlon Brown heard the call to “Go West Young Man” and that’s exactly what he did! Brown and his husband Dani Tirrell left Detroit and settled in Seattle. Marlon began Bessie’s Cakes named in tribute to his grandmother who was known in her family for making delicious signature cakes, pies, and cobblers. After years of continuing to bake cakes and cobblers for family and friends, Marlon was established Bessie’s Cakes to continue the legacy of Bessie Mae Ingram. His p...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Activist, Singer & Actor Debbie D. Davi
June 10, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBYou may know Debbie David as a visible member of metro-Detroit’s transgender community. You may know her from her days at the aahCapella Theater in the NoHo arts district in North Hollywood California. And if you are a Star Trek fan, you know her for her recurring role as Ensign Russell on both The Next Generation and Voyager series. Her career includes performances as a background or extra on a host of television series and movies. Her path from Shelbyville, Kentucky to New York, Hollywood,...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Marie Varghese
June 03, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBThis daughter of Indian immigrants, desi diasporic, queer non-binary femme traces her roots across homelands that stretch from Manhattan skylines to New Jersey suburbs and mango trees that grow in India. Marie comes from a long lineage of storytellers and her creative writing explores the contours of immigrant family life, queer invisibility grief and resilience. Her poem, “Rearranging the Bones” was published in the book “Imanimam: Poets Writing in the Anzalduan Borderlands.” She shares an...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Lupus Warrior Toya L. Oglesby
May 27, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBNo victims here - A bond of love between father and daughter despite Lupus! Toya Oglesby has had a life saturated with love and support. She saw the effect Lupus can have on individuals and their families as a child. Her father had Lupus and passed away when Toya was twelve. Her sharing her life as a Lupus Warrior is not only a testimony to her personal resilience and strength but also a story of the love between father and daughter. Lupus is a disease that occurs when the body's immune syst...
Collections by Michelle Brown Celebrating 6 Days of TGDOE with Nyrobi M'Baku
May 20, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes - 50.4 MBInstead of trying to say it all in one day, leaders from Michigan’s Transgender community and allies decided to host a six-day free online conference. The hosts of TRANSGENDER DAYS OF EMPOWERMENT will focus on understanding the journey Monday through Friday and on Saturday celebrate a Day of Decision, Declaration, & Doing by taking ownership of our existence and boldly taking one more step forward in our journey of self-actualization and embracing our true selves. Partnering organizations Tr...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Markita Moore's Sounds for Healing
May 13, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBMarkita Moore believes in getting to the heart of the matter with music informed by life so it is no surprise that her spiritual path through music led her to a study of and work with Singing Bowls. She is also an accomplished musician. With her band “Elemental Meanings” she provided vocals and played guitar, trumpet, and tuba. Singing bowls are bowls used in meditation and to promote relaxation. They produce sounds and vibrations when hit or circled with a mallet. It is an ancient practice ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Nina Gamble Kennedy
May 06, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBShe's an internationally renowned concert pianist, an orchestral conductor, a spoken word artist, award-winning filmmaker, and talk show host and now Nina Gamble Kennedy can add author - Lambda Literary Award-winning author to her list of accomplishments with the publication of her memoir "Practicing for Love: a Memoir." Born in Nashville, TN, Nina was presented in her first complete piano recital at nine years old. She received her first musical instruction from her parents who were both me...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Publisher Eddie S. Pierce Jr.
April 29, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBEddie S. Pierce Jr. received his Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing degree from Chicago State University, home of the world-renowned Gwendolyn Brooks Writing Center. Ten years ago he began Rainbow Room Publishing LLC, not just to provide an outlet for his own books, but to provide a voice for the diverse Black literary community. In addition to producing more titles and pursuing numerous other literary and artistic ventures, Pierce is currently overseeing the company's numerous publis...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG E. Monique Evans - from Finance to Poetry
April 22, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes - 50.3 MBErica Monique Evans is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio but now calls Dallas Texas home. Throughout her career, Monique has obtained industry experience in various financial lines of business She is an Advisor on the Gender Identity and Expression Advisory Committee, which is part of the PRIDE Enterprise Leadership Team at Wells Fargo. Monique is also a member of the board of directors for Resource Center (Dallas). She is one of the moderators of “An Intimate Conversation with Women of Col...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Artist and Author Biodun Abdu
April 15, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBBiodun Abudu was born in Rhode Island but comes from a Nigerian background. This entrepreneur, artist, designer, and author currently calls Manhattan home after spending several years in Chicago. His paintings feature his love of fashion, world culture, music, and his personal influences. Many of his designs reflect his love of Africa as well as other indigenous peoples including the ancient Mayans. Biodun has a deep appreciation of women whose strengths, resiliencies, and perseverance ofte...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Global Citizen & Vet Advocate Remolia Simpson
April 08, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 71 MBDr. Remolia Simpson has a passion for the welfare of veterans and travel. Both came as a result of her time in the military. She channels her concern for the welfare of veterans through her nonprofit organization – My Brothers House. My Brother's House is dedicated to providing safe, supportive housing and counseling services for veterans of the six US Armed Forces branches and their families. With residences in five states and the District of Columbia and additional houses planned, the org...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Mulan Montrese Williams - Divas in Dialogue
April 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBEven before formally joining the staff of Miracle of Love as outreach coordinator, Mulan Montrese Williams was working with Orlando’s Transgender community. She opened her home as a safe-haven to trans sex workers, offering them condoms, bottled water, clothes, and emotional support. She also provided HIV testing after hours for those who could not make regular office hours at Miracle of Love volunteering for the group by providing outreach on the streets and in clubs. She founded “Divas in ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Juan Smalls, The Gentlemen's Foundation
March 25, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBWhether it is through the non-profit "The Gentlemen's Foundation", their restaurant "Virgil's Gullah Kitchen & Bar" or visibility in the community Juan Smalls with his husband Gee are on a mission to give back to their community. Originally from California in 2007 he drove 32 hours straight and moved to Atlanta. He found an apartment after one month and met his husband a year after moving to Atlanta. After being laid off from his job Juan decided to focus on building the couple’s company. Th...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Annamaria Salley Owner of the Black Lotus Spa
March 18, 2021 23:00 - 57 minutes - 51.7 MBAnnamaria Salley had a vision in which she saw herself massaging someone in her backyard underneath a cabana with flowing white sheets. The massage table was covered in white sheets. She was wearing all white. She woke up and thought what was that all about. She got up and went to work going about her regular routine. But the dream haunted her. She had worked as a graphic designer in Manhattan for a publisher and received her master’s degree in that field after moving to Florida. Even a year...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Public Servant & Veteran Karen Kendra Holmes
March 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBKaren Kendra Holmes has been showing up and making a difference in her community not just as a member of the transgender community but most of her life. Being of service to others is just what she does! When not speaking in person or virtually, Karen continues working with local police departments helping to bring dignity and respect to police interactions with members of the transgender community She was recognized twice as "Soldier of the Year" by the State Guard Association of the United...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Anthropologist Chadra Pittman
March 05, 2021 00:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBChadra Pittman is the perfect bridge between our celebration of Black History in February and our celebration of women’s history in March. As a former Public Educator for the NY African Burial Ground Project and Creator of an Ancestral Remembrance ceremony, now in its 10th year, this native of the Bronx, NY has spent the past three decades on the front lines advocating for women, human rights, equity in education and honoring the Africans that the world forgot. She is the Founder & Executive ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG A. Baker-Rogers on Cordelia Jennings Atwell
February 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 93.2 MBAllener M. Baker-Rogers co-authored with Fasaha Traylor the book “They Carried Us: The Social Impact of Philadelphia’s Black Women Leaders.” The book follows the lives of 95 black women from 17th century Philadelphia to the present. The book is based on historical research of 46 forerunners and interviews with 49 contemporary women. Cordelia Jennings Atwell is one of the forerunners profiled in the book. Baker- Rogers returns today to give a deeper dive into the impact of one of these foreru...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Sandra Epps, Founder of The Detroit Doll Show
February 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBMany cultures associate the butterfly with our souls, as a symbol of resurrection, as representing endurance, change, hope, and life. Sandra Epps is all this and more. A survivor of Systemic Lupus (SLE) for which the butterfly rash is often a symptom, Epps has adopted the butterfly as a symbol of her strength, resiliency, and creativity. . Her triumph over Lupus inspired her first self-published children’s book -- Imani Has the Most Exciting Dream! Epps is an artist and author. She is also t...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Pamela Alexander on the life of Pauli Murray
February 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBPamela E. Alexander is a part of Detroit’s LGBTQ history. She has been active in the metro-Detroit community for years She is a “Gold Star” mother. The retired Deputy Director of the Ruth Ellis Center was instrumental on the founding and Development of the Kofi House: Center for Lesbian and Queer Women and Girls. Her love of Black, Women’s, and LGBTQ history inspired her research in the life and legacy of Pauli Murray. The Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was an activist for American civil rights and ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Leadership Coach & Board PresidentCheryl Czach
February 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBOriginally from Burton, Michigan a suburb of Flint, Cheryl Czach now calls Detroit home. She left a successful career in the corporate world to start her own firm Cheryl Czach Coaching and Consulting, LLC providing leadership and personal coaching for individuals and businesses. She has been guiding professionals through their work and life journeys for over twenty years. With the current pandemic, she has expanded her client base to include individuals. She learned from her parents the impo...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Entrepreneur, Actress & Author Senyah Haynes
January 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBJayla’s Jaunts are the creation of our guest entrepreneur, actress, and author Senyah Haynes. Jayla’s Jaunts is an exciting adventure series about a fun-loving little girl and her whimsical auntie. Together they travel and explore the culture and history of every place they go. The plan is to visit all 50 states and this year Haynes keeps on track with the release of two new books “Agog & Awe in Arkansas” and “Arizona Antics.” Together they travel and explore the culture and history of every ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Cathy Renna, NGLTF Communications Director
January 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBCathy Renna has been a voice in the LGBTQ+ community for many years working with countless organizations of all sizes to ensure a variety of voices in the LGBTQ+ community are heard. She worked with the Matthew Shephard foundation for years. She spent 14 years at GLAAD. She also helped coordinate the coverage of the World Pride celebration in New York City. In 2020 she became th Communications Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. She is not new to the Task Force having worked as a con...
Collections by Michelle Brown Revisits REC Executive Director Jerry Peterson
January 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBWhile many nonprofits are cutting back on services and in some instances closing their doors the Ruth Ellis Center is pushing through the pandemic and expanding services. Executive Director Jerry Peterson shares how the organization has carried on its mission of providing services during the pandemic while pushing forward with new plans. Today, beyond its main 77 Victor St. location in Highland Park, REC is on its way to hosting four locations across the city. It recently announced three new...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Roz Gould Keith Founder of Stand With Trans
January 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBThere are no limits to a mother’s love or the lengths she will go to provide a safe loving environment for her children. Roz Gould Keith is an amazing woman, a life-long learner and believer in community. But first and foremost, she is a mother. When her son told her he was transgender in 2013, she’s the first to admit she was clueless but that didn’t last for long. She began a journey of support, education and advocacy not just for her son but for other transgender youth and their families ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Sharon Harris -Founder & Exec. Director Lupus
December 18, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBAs Collections by Michelle Brown – Blog Radio enters its 4th year we are taking time to reconnect with old friends who have shared the gift of telling their stories with us by rebroadcasting some of our favorite past interviews that celebrate the strength, inspiration, courage and love of our human spirit. Sharon Harris is a community jewel, a queen, a friend, and a LUPUS Warrior. Back when we first met in 2017 when this interview was recorded, we had never met, and my knowledge about LUPUS ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Georgia Legendary Activist Betty Couvertier
November 27, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBIt's her birthday and she can rant if she wants to - especially about politics and the 2020 election!!!! But Betty Couvertier's rants are always priceless insights on politics, living on the road, and life in general. If you are missing those spirited discussions around the table or after that big Thanksgiving dinner, the always outspoken activist is just the cure. She cut her political teeth as an activist and radio host in Georgia. Since her retirement Betty has been traveling across the...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Diamond Collier Executive Director BTWI
November 20, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBDiamond Collier is originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her family moved to Mississippi where Diamond attended Jackson State University.When she found herself homeless, Diamond accepted an invitation from a friend in Houston for an open couch in their home. Thirteen years later Diamond still calls Houston home. Diamond has been involved with the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition and Black Transwomen Inc. since the beginning. After a successful career in retail, she brought her skills and tale...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Julia Putnam, Principal of The Boggs School
November 13, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBIn 1992 James and Grace Lee Boggs brought together a coalition of local and national activists/organizations to work with young people to form a multicultural, intergenerational youth program/movement called DETROIT SUMMER. Our guest is Detroiter, Educator, and Activist Julia Putnam. Today she is the principal of the James & Grace Lee Boggs School in Detroit named after the legendary Detroit activists. The school offers a Place-Based Education (PBE) program which is committed to school-comm...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Former Ohio Police Officer Nakia Jones
November 06, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBNakia Jones always wanted to be a productive member in her neighborhood and was drawn to a career where she could both “protect and serve”. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and studied criminal justice at Wilberforce University with the intention of becoming a prosecuting attorney .In 1999 Officer Jones joined the Highland Hills Police Department and in 2002 she was sworn in as the first African American female officer for the City of Warrensville Heights where she also lived.She held that po...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Rimarkable (aka Maria Rimarkable Garcia)
October 30, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBMaria Rimarkable Garcia is a Detroit Native currently living in Brooklyn, New York. Rimarkable is a renaissance woman who redefines the word remix. This DJ, vocalist and producer has rocked crowds on international dance floors for two decades. Her unique sound becomes ceremony with a witches brew of House and Techno, in a soul, funk and disco cauldron. She has penned and performed commercial jingles. Her original work was featured in several off-Broadway productions, award winning short fi...
Collections by Michelle Brown Remembers Activist & Trans Griot Monica Roberts
October 24, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBTonight, we are rebroadcasting our conversation with Monica Roberts here on Blog Talk Radio with a special opening tribute! The world has lost a giant, a queen, an award-winning blogger, a Texas legend, LGBTQ+ advocate, Transgender activist, and a beloved sister/friend, Monica Roberts. She made her transition on October 5th from natural causes. Tributes were held across the country. Her BTAC/BTWI family held a memorial tribute in Dallas. Her Houston, TX hosted the three-day celebration of he...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Philadelphia Historian, Allener Baker-Rogers
October 22, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBFor seven years Allener Baker-Rogers worked with her co-author Fasaha Traylor on their book “They Carried Us: The Social Impact of Philadelphia’s Black Women Leaders.” The book is an informative and inspirational collection of compelling narratives and powerful photographs that capture the extraordinary lives of well-known and obscure historical and contemporary African-American women in Philadelphia. The women who are focused on in the book are divided into nine sections ranging from Commu...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG LGBTQ Historian Tim Retzloff PhD
October 08, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 95.7 MBDr. Retzloff teaches LGBTQ studies and U.S. history at Michigan State University. The Tim Retzloff oral history interviews (1993-2012) consist of over eighty oral histories conducted by Retzloff with members of Detroit's LGBTQ community. In 2018 we sat down with LGBTQ historian Tim Retzloff to talk about his research on Michigan’s LGBTQ+ History. H returns to update us on his work as we celebate LGBTQ History month His work chronicling the lives of the LGBTQ+ community continues with the add...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG YEPP Co-Founder/Exec Director Bonsai Bermudez
September 24, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBOriginally from Puerto Rico Bonsai Bermudez has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Dance and has worked professionally as a ballet/modern dancer and actor. Bonsai became a part of Ballet Teatro de Puerto Rico, Conservatory of Ballet Concierto, Broadway Dance Center, Traveling Theatre of Puerto Rico, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, among others. He completed a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Puerto Rico with a concentration on LGBTQ issues. He has been working in...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Ballroom Historian & Advocate Sydney Baloue
September 17, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBAfter graduating magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Political Science, Sydney Baloue pursued public policy research as a German Academic Exchange Scholar and Transatlantic Fellow in Berlin, Germany before completing a dual-degree masters in Urban Policy at the Paris Institute for Political Studies and the London School of Economics. This amateur boxer/trainer, ballroom historian, writer, and advocate for racial, social, and gender justice, also advocates for t...
Collections by Michelle Brown wSG Author & Scholar Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
September 10, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBMecca Jamilah Sullivan is the author of the short story collection, Blue Talk and Love. This proud Harlem native holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Temple University, and a B.A. in Afro-American Studies from Smith College. She is Assistant Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College, where she teaches courses in African American poetry and poetics, black feminist literature, and creative writing. Sullivan has ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Actress & Author Vaishnavi Mahant Macdonald
September 03, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBCalling from Mumbai India, Vaishnavi Mahant MacDonald shares her thoughts about life, spirituality, her relationship with God in context with her life as an Indian film and TV actress. Her first acting role was as a child when she had a small role in her uncle’s horror film. But acting wasn’t her first choice, Vaishnavi wanted to be a scientist but life had different plans Six years later she returned to acting to help her mother support the family after her parents divorced. From 1998 to 2...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Shaman, Activist & Educator Reg Flowers
August 13, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBReg Flowers is an artist, activist and educator, whose work is rooted in ancient shamanic, African trickster, and Brazilian Joker traditions. They use Theater of the Oppressed, Art of Hosting, Navajo Peacemaking, and other anti-oppression techniques, as the foundation of their theater-making, mediation, problem-solving, and group healing practices. Reg began their career as a theater artist, on and off-Broadway. They are the founder of Award-winning Falconworks Theater Company in Red Hook, B...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Artist Verlena L. Johnson
August 06, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBVerlena Johnson was born in Chicago and grew up in Madison and Beloit Wisconsin but now calls California home. She is a multimedia artist whose artwork includes drawing, painting, sculpture, puppetry, performance and video. Her art is often figurative and conveys a narrative. exploring racial and gender identity—how they are constructed, their social/cultural/political meaning, and her relationship to them. She shares her journey in expressing art from the political to the personal. Especia...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Youth Advocate Barbara L. Jones
July 30, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBBarbara L. Jones, is a lifelong Detroiter and community activist, organizer and youth-violence prevention advocate. She is the Community Dispute Resolution Specialist and Faculty Instructor for the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies Program at Wayne State University. Barbara mentors and advocates for the youth in Detroit and in the metro Detroit area in a variety of capacities in schools and with organizations. She is the Program Director for the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, a program ...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG New York-Based Sculptor Vinne Bagwell
July 23, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 81 MBVinnie Bagwell is a sculptor who creates three-dimensional and bas-relief sculptures in bronze and bronze resin. Born in Yonkers, New York she is an untutored artist who began sculpting in 1993. She has the rare ability to cross over between illustration, graphic design, painting, and sculpture. Her portraits display immense spirit and authenticity. She has powers of observation and an innate understanding of proportion. Her first commission: “The First Lady of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald” was com...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG DQSH Storyteller Harmonica Sunbeam
July 16, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBHarmonica Sunbeam is an entertainer, mother. activist, role model, and Drag Queen. She made her thrilling debut at an NYC drag ball nearly three decades ago when she walked in a category called "Butch Queen, First Time Up in Drag at a Ball" and won. Now she's a part of the Drag Queen Story Hour representing North Jersey and New York. Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH began in San Franc...
Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Creator, Writer, Producer & Healer Zoe Flowers
July 09, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBZoë Flowers is healing with her hands and words. She began her career in Atlanta, Georgia where she served as the Public Awareness/Training and Membership Coordinator for the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence. With more than 20 years in the gender-based violence movement, she works nationally and internationally on the issues of domestic and sexual violence. She has appeared on National Public Radio, WOVN Chicago, spoken at Yale University, Springfield College, Smith College, and Bo...