Our Common Ground with Janice Graham
358 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham
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“Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves”
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“Transforming Truth to POWER, ONE Broadcast At A Time”
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OUR COMMON GROUND explores and examines history and culture, the socio-economic and political issues and conditions of Black people in America. Discussion with our community, “speaking Black truths” toward the best of our collective interests. We present the best Black minds who work in our interests in the activist, non-profit, policy interest-research and the academy communities. Workers, thinkers and builders in in-depth discussions and on-going learning in the context of RACE, in HOPE and with COURAGE. A weekly symposium of ideas. A national weekly town hall. A Sanctuary.
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“Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves”
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“BLACK SURVIVAL: Dual Crisis in the Pandemic”
April 19, 2020 02:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBOUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham “BLACK SURVIVAL: Dual Crisis in the Pandemic” Health Disparities in the Pandemic and Black Political Chaos Guests: Dr. Camara P. Jones, MD, MPH, Ph.D 2019-20 Radcliffe Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University; Assistant Professor ,Harvard School of Public Health (1994 to 2000); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2000 to 2014), Medical Officer and Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equ...
OCG :: "Politics Another Perspective" with Dr. Wilmer Leon of Inside the Issues
January 22, 2017 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBPolitics Another Perspective with Dr. Wilmer Leon, Host, "Inside the Issues" UrbanView XM Radio Politics Another Perspective: Analysis of Race, War, Ethics and the American Political Landscape in the Age of Obama is a collection of Op Ed's written by Wilmer J. Leon, III, Ph.D. As a collection, these writings provide cutting edge analysis of the various issues that influenced the American geopolitical landscape since 2006 and insight into the direction that the country is headed. We will ta...
OCG ll "Trumptheism"Chauncey Devega, Political & Social Essayist
January 08, 2017 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"The American Great Political Debacle of 2017" Guest: Chauncey Devega Political essayist, Cultural critic, Educator, and host of the podcast known as "The Chauncey DeVega Show". .BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters
OCG :: "The Metrics of Black Wealth" :: Dr. William A."Sandy" Darrity
December 18, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 113 MB"The Metrics of Black Wealth" Guest: Dr. William A. (“Sandy”) Darity, Jr., Ph.D. Dr. Darity is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy,African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Duke Consortium on Social Equity at Duke University. WE can't save, educate or job income ourselves out of the economic and financial history from which our poverty springs. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.c...
“Imagining Ourselves as Agentic: The Great Fallacy" with Dr. Tommy J. Curry
December 11, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB'Imagining Ourselves as Agentic: The Great Fallacy" Dr. Curry always brings opportunities FOR "transformative discourse". He will be joining us once again. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters
OUR COMMON GROUND :: "A Black Political Future" :: Pascal Robert
December 04, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 109 MBA critical lens on the political landscape of America with Pascal Robert Guest: Pascal Robert, Editor, The Thought Merchant and Contributor, The Black Agenda Report This week we discuss the political future of Black Americans in the era of a imperialist Executive and Legislative government. The critical question is not how we react to the fascism that has embedded itself but how we plan to organize our resistance and survival. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn...
OUR COMMON GROUND :: The BreakingBrown.com Launch :: Yvette & Irani
November 27, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBGUESTS: Yvette Carnell and Irami Osei-Frompong Hosts, BreakingBrown.com Talk and Call-In Show We talk to OCG InterLocutors, Irami Osei-Frimpong and Yvette Carnell about their new internet-based call-in talk show. Dr. Irami Osei-Frimpong hails from Los Angeles, Calif., and studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Brandeis University and presents under the name of The Funky Academic. His focus is political philosophy and Philosophy of Education. Yvette Carnell writes...
OUR COMMON GROUND :: The BreakingBrown.com Talk and Call-In Show
November 27, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBGUESTS: Yvette Carnell and Irami Osei-Frompong Hosts, BreakingBrown.com Talk and Call-In Show We talk to OCG InterLocutors, Irami Osei-Frimpong and Yvette Carnell about their new internet-based call-in talk show. Dr. Irami Osei-Frimpong hails from Los Angeles, Calif., and studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Brandeis University and presents under the name of The Funky Academic. His focus is political philosophy and Philosophy of Education. Yvette Carnell writes...
OCG -ll- In Conversation with Bruce A. Dixon, The Black Agenda Report
November 20, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 114 MB"In Coversation with Bruce A. Dixon" Co- Founder and Managing Editor, The Black Agenda Report Chair, GA Green Party .Bruce Dixon is the GA State Chairman of the Green Party, a Co-Founder and Managing Editor of The Black Agenda Report. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters
OUR COMMON GROUND ll "Rebooting for A New Struggle"ll Dr. James L. Taylor
November 13, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBOUR COMMON GROUND returns LIVE tonight. Part II, Season 2016 on November 12, 2016. Guest: Dr. James L. Taylor USF and UC Berkeley Black Studies Department Chair, Professor and Author, “Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama” There is critical work before us, reconstitution and reformatting. We must unravel ourselves first from the chaos and damage of the 2016 Presidential campaign. Whoever wins the WH (we do not know presently) we must be organized, to ...
OUR COMMON GROUND : "A Police State: Changing the Body of Law" :: OPEN MIC
August 07, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 129 MB" A Police State: Changing the Body of Law" 1. Indefinite military detentions of U.S. citizens 2. Targeting U.S. citizens for killing 3. Arresting witnesses for recording police actions Policymakers are not discussing or debating these issues in Congress, the State House or City Council. The consequences for what it means to be a Black American is deadly. How do we unravel the laws, and bring democracy to policing in this country to eliminate the killing of Black men and women in there h...
"A Promise to Pay: Political Debt" :: Pascal Robert, The Black Agenda Report
July 31, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 138 MB"A Promise to Pay: Political Debt" OCG Unfiltered Interlocutor, Pascal Robert joins us. The 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia is over. It was the greatest parade of marketing propaganda we have seen in our lifetime. Hillary proclaimed, “Your cause is my cause,”. But dissatisfied delegates in the hall, the Bernie people saw her rhetoric for what it was: insincere and opportunistic. They have sacrificed nothing to make us stronger together. It was a great party of political promises...
OUR COMMON GROUND :: OPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT ::
July 24, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBOPEN MIC Saturday Night Some of our favorite commentators will stop by to brief us on important issues and ignite the phones. Call In Line: 347-838-9852 Once a month, we turn the mic over to you. It is clear that they will do whatever we allow. Justice is now whatever they can justify. Topics on Tap for tonight: << Dallas police killing does not dissolve the Truth on #AltonSterling,#PhilandroCastile #Saytheirnames << The shooters, how they come to the act? << Donald Trump declares m...
OCG :: "What is Freedom ? " :: A Discussion with The Funky Academic
July 17, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 125 MBWhat is Freedom ? We have been on the road, rampage and struggle for FREEDOM for over 40 years. We have rebelled, resisted, sung, marched and demanded. More Black people in prison; killed and brutalized by police; living under oppressive captialism and abandoned by corrupted politics.We watch Black men and women bodies fall in the street and in jails murdered under law. Most of us declare freedom, and some continue to fight for it. But what exactly is FREEDOM? A discussion with the Funky Ac...
OCG SPECIAL :: 40M Black Souls :: Trauma, Terror and Murder
July 11, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBOCG SPECIAL :: 40M Souls : Marganilized, Traumatized, Terrorized and Muderered Joining us: Yvette Carnell of BreakingBrown.com, Dr. James L. Taylor, USF and UC Berkeley, Dr. Tommy J. Curry, Texas A&M University We declare our collective wounds and injuries in the wake of the killing of more than 1, 000 American citizens by police. This week we witnessed once again the cold-bloodied execution of our Brother, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. WE ARE OUTRAGED. We are outraged that there...
OUR COMMON GROUND :: BLACK LIVES MATTERS - Talking to our Children and Ourselves
July 10, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 112 MBBLACK LIVES MATTER: Talking to our Children and Ourselves The Execution of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile The Dallas Aftermath and Lingering Questions How Much Death Do we have to endure ? Guest: Professor Miriam "Dutchess" Harris ;; Professor and Chair of American Studies :: Co-Author, "Black Lives Matter" Duchess Harris is an African American academic, author, and legal scholar at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. The urgent need to transform policin...
OCG OPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT with India DeClair
June 26, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBOPEN MIC Saturday Night with India DeClair India DeClair, Host of TheIDeClair Show, Guest Hosting India DeClair aka IDECLAIR Writer, Blogger, Internet Talk Media Personality REAL. RAW. RIGHT NOW... Talk Media! IDECLAIR MEDIA, THE IDECLAIR SHOW... http://ideclairmedia.com/ Pascal Robert, The Black Agenda Review, reviews the SCOTUS decision on police searches. <> No Accountability in Baltimore <> SCOTUS Denies AA Challenge in Admissions <> SCOTUS Legalizes Police Misconduct ...
OUR COMMON GROUND::"Wilmington on Fire" with Filmmaker, Christopher Everett ::
June 19, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Wilmington on Fire" with the Filmmaker, Christopher Everett Tonight we talk again with Christopher Everett about his film as it tours the nation. The Wilmington Massacre was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Most folks are familiar with massacres that took place in Tulsa and Rosewood regarding US history but not Wilming...
OCG LIVE :: "The unDoing: Gorillas. Rapists. Ali Trump. Clinton & Roots"::
June 12, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB"The unDoing: Gorillas. Rapists. Ali Trump. Clinton & Roots" We talk with Dr. Dr. James L. Taylor, USF Professor and Author about the deaths of Prince and Muhammad Ali, the 2016 races, Obama exit and the racial bias in sentencing of rapists. Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Co-Founder & Executive Director , Racial Justice NOW joins us to assist in deconstruction the racist protests around the killing of a gorilla to save a Black child's life. Other items on the agenda, the release of Muhammad Ali's...
OCG This Week :: ALFO " Political Madness: Where da' Revolution ?"
June 05, 2016 02:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB" Political Madness: Where da' Revolution ?" ALFO, of the ALFO Show, TrutWorks Network, Takes the Mic ALFO ( Duane Alford) sits in for Janice and broadcasts LIVE from Chicago, IL. He is a student of commonsense. Retired and a news junkie. He started his broadcasting career at USTalk Network as one of four hosts of "The Front Page" . ALFO has been hosting "The ALFO Show" on TruthWorks Network radio for seven years. Visit his FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheALFOShow/ email: OCGinfo...
OCG:: "The Deadly Silence: Black Men and Boys" with Dr. Tommy J. Curry
May 29, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB"A Deadly Silence: Black Men and Boys" Guest Dr. Tommy J. Curry Texas A&M University, Professor of Philosophy, Black Studies and Critical Race Theory; author, “The Man Not” Most Black men and boys have not been trained to talk about gender in ways that articulate men’s historical experiences with accuracy–outside of investments in traditional patriarchal tropes, and consequently they are often not able to participate in discussions on Black gender matters. But what of their population in...
OCG :: Creating Sustainability and Self-Determining Communities with Kali Akuno
May 22, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBCreating Sustainability and Self-Determining Communities Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the All African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC) Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson.Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. CONFERENCE: "Black Power, Black Lives & Pan-Africanism Conference: Honoring the Legacy & Building for a Self-Determining Future" We welcome Brother Akuno back to discuss this most imp...
OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham ll "Working While Black" with Torin Ellis
May 15, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBWORKING WHILE BLACK with Torin Ellis Guest: Torin Ellis, CEO, TorinEllis Brand Organizational Diversity and Inclusive Thought Leader<> RECRUITER and COACH Brainsharing withTorin Ellis human capital #entrepreneur - true #diversity & #recruiting guru Success in the White Workplace for Black Americans is hard. We are required to develop mental awareness, a psychological game plan, and an increased level of business savvy in order to negotiate the minefield of the white work world. Incl...
OPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT April ReWind
May 01, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 109 MBApril ReWind<> OPEN MIC #TalkthatMatters BROADCASTING BRAVE BOLD & BLACK This month we covered a lot of important issues, including the death of Check out the topic/issues we will have up, the ones we covered and add those you want included below in the form below or via a link. HERE Listen & Call In Line: 347-838-9852 email: [email protected] OCG Facebook: facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO/ OUR COMMON GROUND Web: http://www.ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum http://www.o...
"Politics in Your Pocketbook" UNFiltered -The OCG in·ter·loc·u·tors
April 24, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 122 MBThe Our Common Ground in·ter·loc·u·tors Tonight: Yvette Carnell, Dr. Tommy Carnell, Pascal Robert and Irami Osei-Frimpong Just what does it mean when a Presidential candidate whips out a bottle of hot sauce from her purse to prove her superpowers?We ask: What else is in that bag of trickery? UNFiltered Political analysis of Amerikka's landscape.
"Politics in Your Pocketbook" UNFiltered in·ter·loc·u·tors
April 24, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 122 MB"When Hot Sauce Matters: Politics in Your Pocketbook" The #HotSauceMatters Interview Janice is with the OCG UNFiltered in·ter·loc·u·tors <> Yvette Carnell of Breaking Brown.com <> Dr. Tommy J. Curry, TX A&M University <> Pascal Robert, The Black Agenda Report <> LIVE <> OPEN Chat "Transforming TRUTH to POWER, One Broadcast At A Time" During an interview with “The Breakfast Club” Monday morning, Angela Yee asked the Democratic candidate what she always has in her purse. “Hot ...
"Hands Off Our Children: 300 Strong" Report from Field with Dr. Ruby Sales
April 17, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours"Hands Off Our Children: 300 Strong: Report from Field" Dr. Ruby Sales ED of SpiritHouse Project Dr. Sales returns to provide a report of this historice event discussed in early March. On March 18, 2016 Washington D.C., SpiritHouse Project led the first national public hearing of the 1000 black victims of state-sanctioned murders. Delivering coffins representing murdered children to members of Congress, the 300 Strong heard testimony from victim families. Dr. Sales returns to discuss this ...
OCG :: Truthtelling About the War on Drugs and Politics with Matthew Fogg
April 10, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours"Truthtelling About the War on Drugs and Politics" OUR GUEST: Matthew Fogg, Former Former Chief Deputy U. S. Marshall and Special DEA Agent Whistleblower He was told by the DEA that there should be no drug enforcement in rich White areas. And he told. After leaving the force, Fogg spent his retirement advocating for greater protections for officers who expose internal corruption within law enforcement agencies. He advocates for the civil rights of citizens who are in fear of police miscond...
Charter Schools :: Third Party Politics :: Lessons from UpRising
April 03, 2016 02:00 - 2 hoursOPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT > Charter Schools: A Community Asset or Liability < Time for a Third Party in our Politics < Revisiting the Lessons of Ferguson, Baltimore BROADCASTING BRAVE XXX BOLD XXX BLACK Listen & Call In Line: 347-838-9852 Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Pinterest : http://www.pinterest.com/ocgmedia/boards/ Visit our Tumblr Page: http://ourcommonground.tumblr.com/ Fac...
"#FeelingtheBern" with Nina Turner, Former OH Senator, Sanders Spokesperson
March 27, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours"#FeelingtheBern" Guest: Nina Turner, Former OH Senator, Bernie Sanders for President Spokesperson She is a national spokesperson and surrogate in the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. She is nationally known as a voice for voting rights, for workers' rights and for marginalized people. She welcom her us once again on OUR COMMON GROUND. For More Information about this Episode BROADCASTING BRAVE XXX BOLD XXX BLACK "Speaking Truth to Power and OURselves" Facebook: https://www.f...
"FlashBLACK: AmeriKKKa Making It Clear Again" OPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT"
March 20, 2016 02:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB"FlashBLACK: AmeriKKKa Making It Clear Again" OPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT Co-Hosting, The Thought Merchant, Pascal Robert of Black Agenda Report BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK FLASHBlack >>>In the midst of the most vitriolic political theater seen in our lifetime, we are looking up from the bottom of the well in a fog of schizophrenic confusion, one thing is clear - establishment politics is not an option. FLASHBlack >>> Donald Trump is now being positioned as abnormal, not representativ...
STOP THE WAR ON OUR CHILDREN™ • MARCH 18 :: A Delegation of 300 BLACK STRONG
March 13, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBSTOP THE WAR ON OUR CHILDREN™ • MARCH 18, 2016 Ruby N. Sales, Founder/Executive Director, The Spirit House Project STOP THE WAR ON OUR CHILDREN™ • MARCH 18, 2016 Join a delegation of 300 black women standing in a day of action for black children! Via Ruby Sales In schools and in the street, very powerful people profile, bully, criminalize, manhandle, and murder our children! We have been too silent for too long, and our children have had to face these assaults without the power of a commu...
OPEN MIC Saturday Night :: 2016 Election and Black Purge at MSNBC
February 28, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBOPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT "Transforming TRUTH to POWER, One Broadcast At A Time" Featured Commentary: Yvette Carnell of Breaking Brown; Pascal Robert, the Thought Merchant & Black Agenda Report will be us; Dr. Tommy J Curry, Texas A&M University <> The Campaign and the Election <> Black Purging @MSNBC <> Janice's AGENDA <> <>2016 Presidential Election <> The Candidates and the Campaigns <>Supreme Court Nomination <>Black Support Hilary v Bernie <>Voter Registration and Suppressio...
"KNOCKING the HUSTLE: Re- Imagining Black Politics” :: Dr. Lester K. Spence
February 21, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBDr. Lester K. Spence, Author, "KNOCKING the HUSTLE: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics” Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University Listen & Call In Line: 347-838-9852 Neoliberalism is the greatest political sleight of our time. Knocking the Hustle makes it plain. Drawing from political economy and personal crisis, Spence diagnoses the economic pains and existential threats neoliberalism poses for Black lives (and all others) in ur...
An American Political Tremor: Scalia Dead @ 79" :: Breaking News Special
February 14, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 109 MB"Scalia Found Dead" Reformat of tonight's broadcast . . . In our 1st Page tonight, Pascal Robert, the “Thought Merchant” of BAR and Yvette Carnell of Breaking Brown.org Joins us to talk about whtat theis means for the Obama Administration and the Race for the White House. "Bey and the Fishnet Revolution: Giving the People What they Want" " . . . because I cannot for the life of me understand how Beyonce’s commodified caricature of black opposition was in any way progressive. Instead wh...
OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham ll "Fixing OUR Politics: Bakerizing"
January 31, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Fixing OUR Politics: Bakerizing" Black elected officials are failing us. Federal, state and local public policy either eliminates us or suffocates us. We must fix our politics. Join us in exploring this crisis. Educate, agitate and organize.We must 'Bakerize'. Black citizens continue to suffer the absence of a strategic effective political infrastructure wherein education, organizing, caucus and activism can flourish to make a difference to eliminate a crushing disenfranchisement and politi...
OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham :: "Flint: Crimes Against Citizens"
January 24, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Flint: Crimes Against Citizens" LIVE and Call-In The question of who knew what and when is rendered impotent. The Governor, Municipal Administrator, state health officials and the EPA. THEY ALL KNEW ONE YEAR AGO. "Is it extreme to posit that local and state officials and the Environmental Protection Agency knowingly allowed the poisoning of tens of thousands of Flint residents? Perhaps. But it is irrefutable that they knew that residents – primarily African Americans and the working clas...
"While We Slept: 1,126 Black Bodies in 2015" With Dr. Ruby N. Sales
January 03, 2016 03:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB"While We Slept: 1,126 Black Bodies in 2015" Guest Co-Host, Dr. Ruby Sales, Founder and Director, The SpiritHouse Project "All I wanted was someone to be held accountable,’ says Tamir Rice’s mother. ‘But this entire process was a charade." Did you sit it out until the justice system announced that there was a reasonable explanation to the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice? Yeah, well most Black people did and now they are outraged. Who is Accountable ? Did we sleep through 1,126 police kill...
30th ANNUAL OUR COMMON GROUND KWANZAA TEACH-IN
December 27, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 108 MB30th ANNUAL OUR COMMON GROUND KWANZAA TEACH-IN Come celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa with serious study of the N’Guzo Saba with us. HABARI GANI? As an African American and Pan-African holiday celebrated by millions throughout the world African community, Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be African and human in the fullest sense. The symbolic nature of the holiday has a profound significance for African Americans and indeed, the world African...
Debt and Credit Scores: Personal Economic Depression with Harrine E. Freeman
December 20, 2015 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBDebt and Credit Scores: Personal Economic Depression Can you imagine how your life would change if you had good credit? Or had a workable financial plan ? Debt that overloads can cause financial distress and trauma. Life altering disaster which affects your children, partner or marriage. Even your employment. Budgeting Debt reduction Credit repair Establishing business credit and financials Financial literacy Group coaching Learn those things you can do, without expensive ...
"Terrorism and Revolt: Connecting the Dots" with Thought Merchant Pascal Robert
December 13, 2015 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Terrorism and Revolt: Connecting the Dots" A Conversation on Amerikka with Thought Merchant, Pascal Robert OUR GUEST: Pascal Robert, Journalist, Political, Global Affairs and Historical Commentator Pascal Robert (pronounced Ro-Bear like Stephan Colbert) is: A Blogger who loves all things politics. SHEER political independent; unafraid to slay the most sacred cows of ideological orthodoxy from the Left, or the Right and one who enjoys global affairs and aspects of pop culture. In all way...
OCG Rebroadcast ll"Modern Day Enslavement" ll Dr. Vernellia R. Randall
November 22, 2015 03:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBOUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham REBROADCAST "Modern Day Enslavement: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE TRAP" A Talk with Black Liberation Expositor Professor Emeritus Vernellia Randall University of Dayton Law School, Dayton, OH Learn more about this Broadcast and Professor Randall BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE BLACK "Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves" Email Us: [email protected] On the Web: www.ourcommonground.com Twitter: @JaniceOCG l Facebook: OUR COMMON...
Racial Coding and Profiling in American Politics ll Dr. Vincent Harding
November 15, 2015 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Racial Coding and Profiling in American Politics" REBROADCAST of August 6, 2011 LIVE DISCUSSION with Dr. Vincent Hutchings, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Saturday, November 14, 2015 10 pm ET Rebroadcast We will be back LIVE and Call - In November 21, 2015. ABOUT Dr. Hutchings Dr. Hutchings is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from the Univer...
"Trusting Black Women: Building Sustainable Respect" with Loretta J. Ross
November 08, 2015 03:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Trusting Black Women: Building Sustainable Respect" OUR GUEST: Loretta J. Ross, Co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012. She has been Creating a Voice for Reproductive and Black WoMENT JUSTICE over 30 years "The concept of Reproductive Justice began to take shape when members of a women of color delegation returned from the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. Shortly a...
"Demanding Justice and Dignity for OUR Children" ll Dignity in Schools Campaign
November 01, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Demanding Justice and Dignity for OUR Children" Our Guest: Zakiya Sankara-Jabar Executive Director, Co-Founder, Co-Chair Dignity in Schools Campaign Racial Justice NOW ! A South Carolina Black female student was brutally attacked, thrown from her seat and tossed across the room by a school police officer even though she had obeyed orders to put her cellphone away. Police intervention was employed when her teacher did not think that she put it away fast enough, Horrified students watched...
"Bearing Witness: Igniting OUR Power" : Resistance and Rebellion Series Part II
October 25, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Bearing Witness: Igniting OUR Power" Resistance and Rebellion Series Part II Continuing the discussion beyond political empowerment. with Dr. Ruby N. Sales Understanding the new slavery in the context of About Rebellion and Resistance. What history and our ancestors can teach us. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on T...
In Conversation with Yvette Carnell: Staying Woke
October 18, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBIn Conversation with Yvette Carnell POWER BLOGGER and THOUGHT-LEADER Blogging politics, social, and cultural issues BreakingBrown.com Breakingbrown.me Editor, YourBlackWorld Included in our discussion are the many urgent issues covered by www.breaking brown.com within our community, we will review three major events. <> The exoneration of officers report on the assasination of a 12 year old Tamir Rice. <> The status and impact of #BlackLivesMatter <> The Justice or Else Rally marki...
In Conversation with Dr. Tommy J. Curry :: “A Quiet Danger: Brothers Invisible"
October 11, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB"Black men, in particular, have been treated as being disposable, no longer necessary to the economy or to building the country. We label them and their communities as irredeemable and hopelessly violent, . . . it becomes clear that men of all races who are chronically unemployed are more likely to be violent." Dr. Michele Alexander, "Black Lives Matter Report In Conversation with Dr. Tommy J. Curry LIVE “A Quiet Danger - Brothers Invisible: Classroom to Home” Dr. Curry is an Associate P...
OUR COMMON GROUND ll OPEN MIC Saturday Night
October 04, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBOPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT LISTEN LIVE and Join the OPEN Chat Call In - Listen Line: 347-838-9852 Where Friends come to meet with allies. Tonight on OUR COMMON GROUND we open up our lines to hear from you for the full 2 hours. Give us a call and let’s discuss what you believe is the most pressing issues facing our communities. Each Saturday night, OUR COMMON GROUND is the spot to exchange ideas, analysis and information. Our mission is to provide the most insightful information, establish ...
OUR COMMON GROUND ll “Global White Supremacy: Baltimore to Palestine”
September 27, 2015 02:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB“Global White Supremacy: Baltimore to Palestine” RESISTANCE and REBELLION Series Dr. Ruby N. Sales, Co-Moderating Tonight on OUR COMMON GROUND, we discuss white supremacy as a system of power which is a fundamental undergird and foundation of economic, political and cultural imperialism. Part of our discussion will focus on examining the parallels of the struggle to dismantle that system with the struggles of other victims of white supremacy across the globe. Joining us will be representat...