June 4th Edition of Vantage Point — Topics: The Vision and Mission of the Poor People’s Campaign, Fratricide/Murders in the Black Community: Do Black Lives Matter to Black People? Guests: Rev. William Barber (National Coordinator, Poor People’s Campaign, North Carolina), Claudia De La Cruz (National Steering Committee, Poor People’s Campaign, New York, NY), Rev. Clyde Kuemmerle (New York Poor People’s Campaign, New York, NY), Earl Ofari Hutchinson (Los Angeles Urban Roundtable) and Andre Mitchell (Founder/Executive Director, Man Up, Inc., East New York, NY)
Topic/Premium – Stand Up: Reparatory Justice Now. Guests – Dr. Verene Shephard (Vice-Chairperson, CARICOM Reparations Commission, Kingston, Jamaica), James Early (Consultant: Cultural Democracy and Statecraft Heritage Policy, African Diaspora,Washington, D.C.) and Don Rojas (Director of Communications, Institute of the Black World 21st Century, Baltimore, MD)
Topic/Premium – By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X, Real, Not Re-imagined. Guests – Professor James Small (Coordinator, Annual Malcolm X Pilgrimage, New York, NY) and Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid (Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, Harlem, NY)
Premium/Topic: Africans in World History by Dr. John Henrik Clarke. Guests: Dr. Leonard Jeffries (President, World African Diaspora Union (WADU), New York, NY) and Dr. Greg Carr (Chair. Afro American Studies Depart., Howard University Washington, D.C.)
Topic: Countdown to the “The Professor’s” Retirement — A Tribute to York College, City University of New York. Guests: Dr. Marcia Keizs (President, York College), Dr. Vincent Banrey (Vice-President of Student Development, York College), Vica Mars, Executive Assistant to the Vice-President of Student Development, York College), Dr. Selena Rodgers (Associate Professor of Social Work, York College), Dr. George White (Chairman, Depart. of History, Philosophy and Anthropology, York College) and Dr. Anthony Andrews (Higher Education Associate, Student Activities, York College)
April 23rd Edition of Vantage Point Topics A New Book: Ronald W. Walters and the Fight for Black Power, 1969 – 2010 Is “Stop and Frisk” Still a Problem in…
Featured Topics: The Amazing National Black Writers Conference, Medgar Evers College; Another Report on the Newark As Model City Initiative; Report Back From Afro-Descendant Conference in Venezuela. Guests: Dr. Brenda Greene, Executive Director, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College/CUNY, Brooklyn, NY; Dr. Charlene Sinclair, Director for Reinvestment, Center for Community Change, Washington, DC; Yvette Modestin, Founder/ Executive Director, Encuentro Diaspora, Boston, MA
April 9th Edition of Vantage Point Topic Remembering King: Report Back from Newark and Memphis Guests Dr. Michael Roberts, Chairman/CEO, The Roberts Companies, St. Louis, MO Willie Barney, President/Facilitator, African…
April 2nd Edition of Vantage Point Topic Newark As Model City — Dedicated to the Memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Guests Carmelo G. Garcia, Acting Deputy Mayor,…
March 26th Edition of Vantage Point Topic Amazing Black Women Guests Carolyn Carter-Kennedy, MPH, M.S. Ed., Author, Educator, Speaker, New York, NY Lois Johnson, Founder/CEO, United Security Financial, Corp., Salt…
March 19th Women’s History Month Edition Topic Amazing Black Women Part II Guests Atty Barbara Arnwine, President/Founder, Transformative Justice Coalition, Washington, D.C. Rev. Kimberly L. Detherage, Esq., Pastor, St. Mark…
March 12th Women’s History Month Edition Topics A New Book — “There Are No Dead Here: A Story of Murder and Denial in Colombia” Amazing Black Women Guests Maria McFarland…