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Sudan Uprising Continues, With Monica Dennis of Black Lives Matter + Move to End Violence and Sudanese-American Journalist, Isma’il Kushkush

Posted June 18, 201901:11:21

Monica Dennis, Black Lives Matter + Move to End Violence On the Agenda today is Sudan Uprising continues with Monica Dennis, a core organizer with#BlackLivesMatter NYC, and co-director of Move to End Violence. Join us as Monica helps us work through some ideas and strategies to stand in solidarity with black lives, including the people in Sudan. Sudanese-American journalist, Isma’il Kushkush, joins us via telephone to help frame our discussion and better understand the international hands at play in the massacres of June 3rd and the obstruction of a civilian-ruled democracy in Sudan. What’s going on in Sudan? We encourage you to seek real sources + this is an essential start: Sudan Uprising Master Document (Bit.ly/sudanuprising). Thank you to L. Awad for creating and updating this great resource. We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Join the conversation on twitter, facebook + instagram @thebrownceo We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Guest: Monica Dennis Guest: Isma’il KushkushHost: Selma Idris Episode Sponsor(s): Recorded at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio

Loving Each Other with Playwright + Filmmaker Donja R. Love

Posted June 11, 201900:53:59

Donja R. Love on the set of “Fireflies” at the Atlantic Theater Company as seen by Peter Bellamy On the agenda is a conversation with award-winning playwright, poet, and filmmaker, Donja R. Love. Donja’s recent work, a trilogy named The Love Plays, sets the scene for a discussion on the idea of Radical Softness, our mental health and the necessity of love between us. We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Join the conversation on twitter, facebook + instagram @thebrownceo Guest: Donja R. LoveHost: Selma Idris Episode Sponsor(s): Recorded at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio

Run Like G.U.R.L. With Filmmaker Melanie Williams Oram

Posted May 28, 201901:16:14

Melanie Williams Oram On the agenda is a conversation with film director and producer, Melanie Williams Oram. Join us as we talk to Melanie about her latest work, Run Like A G.U.R.L., a film about how and why an unprecedented number of women candidates joined forces with a wave of females grassroots activists to make 2018 the new “Year of the Woman.”, and the ‘fixes’ we need to think about as we approach the 2020 elections. We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Join the conversation on twitter, facebook + instagram @thebrownceo We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Guest: Melanie Williams OramHost: Selma Idris Episode Sponsor(s): Recorded at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio

Healthy Conversation, With Editor-In-Chief of Womanly Magazine, Attia Taylor

Posted May 7, 201900:57:53

Attia Taylor, Editor-In-Chief Womanly Magazine On the agenda is a conversation with Attia Taylor, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Womanly Magazine, a print magazine that delivers important health information to women of color and binary people through the use of art. Join us as we talk to Attia about her journey as an artist, women’s health advocate and daughter that inspired her to create the gorgeous, scientifically sound all around super-dope magazine created to fill the information gaps we often see in our communities. “…it felt natural for me to look to other creatives to build a publication that could reach people through art – whether that be through film, music, literary, or visual art. It’s a bit like hiding the medicine in the food.” – Attia Taylor We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Join the conversation on twitter, facebook + instagram @thebrownceo We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Guest: Attia TaylorHost: Selma Idris Episode Sponsor(s): Recorded at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio

Winning with Coach + Educator, Wayne Blair

Posted April 30, 201901:24:53

Coach Wayne Blair On the agenda is a conversation with coach, educator and former professional football player, Wayne Blair. Coach Blair joins us from Plantation, Florida to talk to us about his experience coming of age as a Jamaican-Canadian transplant in the heart of football country. A late comer to the game, Coach gives us an in-depth perspective on being a student athlete, a professional football player, and now coach, teacher and co-founder of Chomp + Stomp Football Camps in south Florida. We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Join the conversation on twitter, facebook + instagram @thebrownceo We want to hear from you. Leave a review on iTunes. Guest: Wayne BlairHost: Selma Idris Episode Sponsor(s): Recorded at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio