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Ken Meyer interviews WBCA Producer and Massasoit Community College professor Deborah Shariff about her background in communications & video production, how she obtained her tenure at Massasoit, integrity in media reporting, the ever-changing media landscape, her WBCA show Urban Empowerment Today, & more! They also dedicate the show to the late grea…
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The Boston Haitian community celebrates Haitian Flag Day. Hundreds walk in solidarity with those living with obsessive-compulsive disorder at the Boston OCD Walk. Bostonians share their views on rising rent prices and limited housing stock. Hear an interview with Jeff Bellows, vice president of Corporate Citizenship & Public Affairs at Blue Cross B…
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Haywood Fennell invites guest Mattie Deed to the show to discuss financial empowerment & education in the black community, working for the Mayor's Financial Empowerment office, being a Boston delegate for the Democratic Party, her poetry, the importance of nurturing and educating our children, stigmas surrounding mental illness in the black communi…
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Brendan O'Connell interviews Suzanne Guy about her struggle with infertility & refusal of IVF, the risk of amniocentesis causing miscarriage, her steadfastness in denying abortion, bad experiences with doctors during her complicated pregnancy, giving birth to her beloved daughter, holding the medicinal profession to the Hippocratic Oath, & more.…
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Community leaders and residents gathered outside the Massachusetts State House to protest what they see as overly aggressive immigration enforcement. Boston's Youth Jobs and Resource Fair brings together employers and local students. Sarah Cluggish discusses Project Bread's mission to make food accessible for Bostonians, with initiatives including …
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Host Deborah Shariff welcomes back Aust NeferKa, creator of Tehuti Ma'at Academy. Nef discusses her background including her upbringing in Dorchester where she attended the Mather School, a move to New York City, and a return visit to Cape Verde that gave her new perspective. Learn more about Tehuti Ma'at, including its community garden in Brooklyn…
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Host & former WNBA star Rhonda Banchero invites Kendra Middleton, radio & television talent of 98.5 The Sports Hub & New England Sports Network NESN, to the show to discuss her background, how she began her sports reporting career & journey, ruffling feathers in the industry by being herself, how she ended up in the Boston sports market, competitio…
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At the 29th annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace, mothers and supporters gather to remember their children lost to violence. The Committee on Persons with Disabilities and the Disability Advisory Board holds a forum for residents living with disabilities. City Life / Vida Urbana, housing advocates, and tenants rally against wrongful eviction in Matta…
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Host Deborah Shariff speaks to Aust NeferKa, creator of Tehuti Ma'at Academy. Learn about the organization, its worker-owned cooperative structure, and its three pillars: healing, creativity, and education. NeferKa also speaks about African identity as something cosmic, and her preference to think of herself as someone of African "ascent". For more…
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With the opening of a new apartment building in Dorchester, Heading Home helps families move from shelters into permanent apartments. The Oak Square YMCA hosts a community conversation on ending the isolation epidemic. The Berklee Popular Music Institute (BPMI) hosts its 23rd annual artist showcase at Brighton Music Hall, with words from bands Park…
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Willie P. invites Dawn Simmons, 2023 Elliot Norton Award winning director, to the show to discuss working for Stage Source, her 2nd theater company The Front Porch Arts Collective, learning to be a director & her influences, the importance of working as a team, plays that she has written & produced, advice for those wanting to become directors, bec…
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Cuban Mic speaks to Rosa María Payá, a Cuban human rights and democracy activist. They discuss Night Is Not Eternal (2024), a documentary following her activism, as well as her father Oswaldo Payá, a political activist who opposed the Cuban Communist Party and is believed to have been killed by the Cuban government. They also discuss recent protest…
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This week on Talk of the Neighborhoods, former Dist. 7 City Councilor and Mayoral Candidate Tito Jackson joins us to talk about his successful business and his thoughts on the upcoming Dist. 7 Council race. Then, journalist Yawu Miller joins us to talk about the launch of his new online news publication The Flipside and its Boston political coverag…
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Sharon Hinton invites author Denise Cosby to the show to discuss her book "Murder at Harvard's Kirkland House: A Mother's Worst Nightmare", her non-profit organization Just-in-Time, the loss of her son & inspiration for writing the book, details of the murder case, helping people make better decisions & heal from the loss of a loved one, & more.…
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