Wanda's Picks

We open with a rebroadcast of an interview earlier this year with Jean Yvon Kernizan and Selena who talk about Haiti just after the earthquake. 7/12 marked the six month anniversary and the situation is still dire. Stay tuned for a live update in the coming weeks. Director, Israel Luna's "Ticked Off Trannies Trannies With Knives?' Better be nice to the girls, or they'll cut ya!" one reviewer states--closes the Another Hole in the Wall Film Festival, July 22 at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco. He is joined by actor: Willam Belli. He plays the character Rachel Slurr. Festival programmer, Kelda McKinney, also joins us. Trannies also screens in Japantown at VIZ Theatre on July 23.Visit http://www.sfindie.com Raye Mitchell, founder of I C HOPE: The Making a New Reality Foundation, Specific Community Change Programs and Projects in Development, and is launching the inaugural:G.U.R.L.S. Rock Summit, August 28, 2010 Oakland, CA. A program that focuses on supporting girls and girls of color to be global leaders

Musical Tribute Tubenu Productions presents: The African American Experience through Music (1600-1860s) with the Bryant Bolling Creative Art Ensemble, July 11, 2010 @ 5:00 PM at the First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94612, $20.00. Admission is $20.00. This production acts as a healing for all races in America. We will also rebroadcast our "Oscar Grant Special Report" with panelists: Rachel Jackson, organizing member of the New Years Movement 4 Justice, Oakland General Assembly for Oscar Grant, CA Coalition and Oakland Coalition; Frank B. Wilderson, III, creative writer, dramaturge, filmmaker, poet, and critical theorist, Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz in the History of Consciousness Dept. where he is investigating incarceration: bodies and spirit housed most often in black bodies; Mateen Kemet, director of Runaway Films shows “Oakland Be Mine,” a work-in-progress, to be screened at the Oakland International Airport for a year when completed. The show also featured con

Rachel Jackson, New Years Movement 4 Justice, Oakland General Assembly for Oscar Grant, CA Coalition and Oakland Coalition, which meets each Thursday at 7 PM at the Continental Club, 1628 12th Street, Oakland. Next meeting, July 15. For information email: newyears@onefam.org The Oakland Townhall meets this Sat., July 10, 4 PM at Olivet Institutional Missionary Baptist Church, 807 27th St. @ San Pablo Avenue, (510) 452-4201. Frank B. Wilderson, III, author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile & Apartheid Red, White, & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms (Duke University Press 2010); and the director of Reparations…Now a film in progress. He is an Associate Professor of African American Studies and Drama, at the University of California, Irvine. Currently, he a visiting professor at UC Davis. Gregory Caldwell works at the Richmond Youth BUILD Program. He is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz in the History of Consciousness Dept. where he is investigating incarceration: bodies and spirit hou

Bishop Ernestine Reems celebrates her 81st Birthday with us on the air in a prerecorded interview. This evening is the kick off of a week long series of events at the Center of Hope Church, Center of Hope Community Church 8411 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA, Host: Pastors Brondon and Maria Reems: Wednesday, July 7 7:00 p.m.: Vickie Winans in Concert; Friday, July 9,7:00 p.m. - "Celebration Service - Dr. Wanda Turner," Saturday, July 10, 10:00 a.m. - "Prayer Breakfast - An Appointment With God" (Women Only) Dr. Wanda Turner," Sunday, July 11, 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. - Pastor Donnie McClurkin. For ticket information and service times, please contact Center of Hope Business Office at (510) 633-5133. We close with a live interview with Nicole Klaymoon regarding her new work: "Bloodline" at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, July 10, 2010. The Embodiment Project's “Bloodline," is a street dance theater production that interweaves spoken word, video, and song, Saturday July 10, 2010, at La Peña Cultural Center, 3

Herb Way, author: Portraits of Eve: Women of Color Share Their Body/Soul Conversations. Visit http://portraits-of-eve.com/ Way says his objective is to graphically show that every body has a beautiful story to tell, even – especially -- the woman of color’s and that story encompasses the soul that animates, the beliefs and experiences that inform, the energy and spirit that drive. Parnel Herb, Robert H. King and cast member and director of the new stage play: ANGOLA-3 is up for one night only, FRIDAY JULY 23, 2010, 8 PM at the UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CULLEN PERFORMANCE HALL. The play is a part of a weekend of commemorative activities celebrating the life of Black Panther, Carl B. Hampton (July 23-26, 2010). Visit WWW.ANGOLA3THEPLAY.COM, WWW.CARLLIVES.COM, kingsfreelines.com and http://www.angola3action.org/faction/index.html Feven Debas editor of "Winta," an East African feature film, directed by Mesfin Sinke, gives our audience a brief synopsis. Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQBHjz-516k "Winta," (TRT 2-

Rebroadcast of Wanda's Picks Special featuring composer/artists: Mack Rucks (trumpet) and Muziki Roberson (piano). They speak about a new series that kicked off at Eastside Cultural Center in Oakland, Friday, June 4, 2010, continuing July 2 and August 6. Shows are at 8 PM. Visit www.eastsideartsalliance.org Director Marie A. Celestin joins us to talk about "Black Rainbows: The Colors and Self-Images of African American Girls. Two of the women subjects featured in the film will also be on the air. We close with Carolyn Brandy and Ava Square-Levias who will talk about the Women's Drum Camp: Born to Drum, this weekend, as well as the annual fundraiser at La Pena Cultural Center: Women Drummers International presents: BORN TO DRUM MAESTRA CONCERT: JULY 1ST AT La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA. Show starts at 7:30pm. The incredible line up of women drummers who are gathering for the weekend camp are: Edwina Lee Tyler, Ubaka Hill, Lora Chiorah-Dye, Sheree Seretse, Jackie Rago, Mabiba Baegne, Nydia Liberty Mat

Join Mark Wright, Mack Rucks, Muziki Roberson to talk about a new series that kicked off at Eastside Cultural Center in Oakland, Friday, June 4, 2010, continuing July 2 and August 6.

Kim Nalley with Houston Person, who will be at the Rrazz Room, June 30-July 4, at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco open this Friday's show. Recently named one of the "Ten Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area," Kim Nalley has an international reputation as one of world's best jazz blues vocalists. Described as "jazz's working class hero, a true man of the people," Houston Person came to national attention with a series of soulful albums recorded for Prestige in the 1960s. Person's fame grew still more with his successful 30-year musical partnership with vocalist Etta Jones. A passionate tenor saxophonist, alternately tough and tender, Person is now recognized as one of today's leading instrumentalists. Rikki Beadle-Blair, director of "FIT" which is screening at the 34th Frameline Film Festival, 1 PM Sat., June 26, at the Castro theatre in San Francisco, is our second guest. Next: Kim Shuck is one of two artists-in-residence at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. The project: "Over and Out Past the L

Dr. Butler is a master at inviting people to see themselves as indelibly connected to each other and the world we live in. She brings great compassion and humility to her work, breaking new ground in ameliorating the history of distrust and misunderstanding related to racial oppression. Dr. Shakti Butler is a multiracial African-American woman (African, Arawak Indian, and Russian-Jewish). Her work as a creative and visionary bridge builder has challenged and inspired learning for over twenty-five years. Dr. Butler is also the producer and director of the groundbreaking documentaries, The Way Home and Light in the Shadows, Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible, and her latest “Cracking the Codes”: Race and Relationships in the 21st Century illuminates the personal, institutional and structural aspects of racial inequity. Join Dr. Butler at World Trust's Annual Fundraising event, Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Oakland. On Sunday, June 27th, 2010, 3-5 PM, in the Fontaine Auditorium at Samuel Merritt Univer

John Hollway, co-author of "Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom," Ron Gauthier, is our first guest. Hollway is an attorney and a writer who has worked both in a federal prosecutor’s office and as a defense attorney in state and federal courts. Killing Time follows John Thompson from death row to exoneration and freedom. Hollway has multiple book events coming up. Visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Killing-Time-by-John-Hollway-and-Ronald-M-Gauthier/253711767734 Our next guest is Directed by Connie Field, director of HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG (8.5 hours total) Which opens June 25 at the Smith Rafael in San Rafael and June 27 at the Roxie in SF HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG is the cinematic history of the worldwide effort to destroy South African apartheid, a story that has never been told before in any medium. Working over 10 years, filming throughout the world, interviewing dozens of the major players — Connie Field constructs an epic 7-film history (divided here into 3 part

Briget Boyle, "Kitka" Vocalist, Ensemble Manager, speaks about Kitka’s “Singing through Darkness: Voices of Wartime,” Thursday, June 24-27, at Satya Yuga 954 60th Street, Oakland, CA www.kitka.org 800 838-3006. "Sarazino" is the brainchild of Lamine Fellah, our next guest, a musician, songwriter and producer whose nomadic life is reflected in the multicultural influences in his songs. Fellah is a true child of a globalized world and Sarazino’s music draws on reggae, Latin and African grooves, Arabic music and catchy, international pop. This summer, Sarazino tours North America for the first time, performing at celebrated venues including San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival, with Angélique Kidjo, Sunday, June 20, 2010, 2 PM. Michael Wanguhu – Producer / Director , whose latest film, "Ni Wakati" or "It's Time," screens June 19, 2010, 9:20 PM at the San Francisco Black Film Festival, at Opera Plaza Cinema, 601 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 www.niwakatthemovie.com & http://www.sfbff.org/ We close

San Francisco Black Film Festival is back: June 17-20, 2010 at a variety of venues. Opening night is at Sundance Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco. Visit www.sfbff.org We open the show with Billy Harper's "Africa Revisited," followed by the trailer for opening night film: "MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING - ANGELA DAVIS & YURI KOCHIYAMA:A CONVERSATION ON LIFE, STRUGGLES & LIBERATION" by C.A. (Crystal) Griffith, Co-Director, Co-Producer, Co-Editor with H.L.T Quan. Kali O’Ray is a second-generation artist and graphic designer who has been based in Atlanta, GA, who now resides in San Francisco. After his attendance of Junipero Serra in San Mateo, CA, he left to Atlanta to attend college. While being the child of two artists he searched for his medium. Working with woods, metals, ceramics, oils, pastels, Kali decided graphic design was his medium where he has used it in his work with organizations like Friends of Faith, San Francisco Black Film Festival & Urban Kidz Film Festival, Gibney’s Pub, Zucca Bar a

Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, Co-Director, The Dos Amigos/Fair Rosamond Slave Ship Replica Project which is hosting the Annual Ancestor Tribute of the Middle Passage, Sunday, June 20, 2010, 5:30 AM, in Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, 4020 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL. For information call: (305) 904-7620 or (786) 260-1246 and dinizulu7@gmail.com, altinex@yahoo.com. We close with an interview with author, journalist, activist, Jordan Flaherty, about a recent article he wrote about the BP oil disasters affect on the Gulf region's historic Indigenous and African communities entitled: "Cultural Extinction" Louisiana’s coastal communities fear they may never recover from BP’s drilling disaster in the http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jordan-flaherty/fears-of-cultural-extinct_b_612626.html Featured artist: Michelle Jacques www.chellemusic.com

Begun 21 years ago as a response to a challenge issued by the late writer, Toni Cade Babara, faculty at Medger Evers College in Brooklyn began a commemoration where libations were poured specifically for African ancestors who died along the triangular slave route 500+ years ago. Since then the commemoration has grown and expanded to other regions as the ritual on Coney Island has maintained its central theme while expanding to include ancestors who survived the journey, the cotton fields, forced free labor, segregation, Jim Crow, and even structural racism so that we could have a grounding and firm footing on this land/these lands. We speak to a member of the People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective, Hapte Selassie, educator and WBAI radio DJ, about the ritual: its history and the program this year on Coney Island, West 16th Street," Ancestor Circle," from 12 noon to dusk. Don't forget the spirit of unity--pour at 9 AM PT, 11 AM CT, and 12 noon ET. If you can't pour physical water, hold the ancestors in yo

8:00 AM: MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING. C.A. (Crystal) Griffith & H.L.T.Quan QUAD Productions. Their film opens at the San Francisco Black Film Festival, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Visit www.quadproductions.org 8:30 AM: Sia Amma and Mia Pascal: The Marsh presents New Solo Theatre Pieces by Up-and-Coming Artists: A Festival of New Voices through June 13, 2010 9:00 AM: Coloring Outside the Lines artists and curator, Kheven Lee LaGrone, Makeda Rashidi, Nate Creekmore, Barbara Brandon-Croft and Jerry Craft.There is an artist panel Sunday afternoon, June 13, 2010 at the San Francisco Main Library. 9:30 AM: Ethnic Dance Festival weekends, June 12-13 and June 19-20 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco: Rara Tou Limen - Portsha Jefferson & Christina Navarro – AFOUTAYI DANCE COMPANY (The last interview canceled.)

Nana Sekyiaabea, founder, www.mothersforafrica.org, with Dr. Fredo Ignace, www.lightpath4haiti.org speak about their work in and the trip July 25-August 1. The Mayor and Police Commissioner from Petit Goave (epic center of the earthquake) stated that they had not seen anyone come into their jurisdiction (3hrs away from Port au Prince) and accomplished what we did, considering all the money that has been donated to Haiti, pockets of Haiti have not receive any relief. Dr. Ignace, President of Light Path for Haiti has purchased land in Haiti for the construction of an orphanage, clinic, trade school and church. Mothers for Africa will be supporting this project. Volunteers interested in going are asked to commit by Wednesday, June 15, 2010; David A. Moss, actor, whose current play, "Cracked Clown," is a part of "A Festival of New Voices," at the Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia Street, June 9, 7:30 PM and June 12, 8:30 PM. We close with an interview with Brian Concannon, Jr., Director, "Institute for Justice a

What makes a revolutionary: Rebroadcast of an interview with Ramona Africa about the MOVE 9, 2009. The show went on the air earlier than usual; I went with California Coalition for Women Prisoners for a Sister-to-Sister advocacy visit in Chowchilla, CA, this morning. It is three hours away from the SF Bay, so I had to be out before 7 AM. Revolution means being ready and willing to sacrifice for the greater good.

Mark Hopkins, director, "Living in Emergency," which opens at the Opera Plaza in San Francisco, June 4 and in New York at Sunshine is about the humanitarian organization: Doctors without Borders. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Living in Emergency follows these doctors, two on first year missions, the others veterans. It is a window into emergency medicine from the perspective of the international healers and those already on the ground and the synergy that develops when the strength of community via professional and paraprofessional relationships are developed and utilized. Hopkins's film is a study in human capital and development. One sees volunteers change for the better as the volatile terrain places immediate demands on skill sets medical school and subsequent practices, ill prepared them for--but succeed they must; Timothy Suttle, Haiti Soleil board member, and IT speciali

Markus James & the Wassonrai close and celebrate the free 7th Annual Berkeley Music Festival, Sat., June 5, 2010, Telegraph Ave @ Channing Way (for information); Markus James's concert at 9:00 PM is at Ashkenaz Music and Dance Center. Visit www.berkeleyworldmusic.org Gianna Ranuzzi, founder of BWMF; Yassir Chadly, is also featured in the Festival, June 5, 4-5:30 at Rasputin's. Baba Jah Z Jahi speaks on African Liberation and the legacy of his son, Javad Tshombe Martinez Jahi (July 19, 1977 - November 28, 2009). African Liberation Day celebration is Sat., May 29, 2010, 12-5 PM at Per Ankh Praise House, 950 33rd St., Oakland (33rd & San Pablo). Muisi-kongo Malonga speaks about: Fua Dia Congo and Cultural Heritage Choir (Congo) – Special Festival Commission WORLD PREMIERE Performed by the Mbeti people of Congo-Brazzaville, Nzobi ritual dances are a call for spiritual protection and purification and are accompanied by Linda Tillery’s Grammy-nominated Cultural Heritage Choir, singing traditional Congolese

African Liberation Day 2010! We feature an interview with Regina Carter, who is in town Friday, May 28, 2010, in San Francisco at the Herbst Theatre. Visit www.reginacarter.com; Malcolm X addresses the First Annual Dignity Projection and Scholarship Award Ceremony, Detroit, Michigan, February 14, 1965 from http://www.brothermalcolm.net/mxwords/whathesaid24.html. We close with an interview with Mama Ayanna on African Liberation Day at Per Ankh Praise House, 959 33rd Street, Oakland, CA (33rd and San Pablo). Visit www.africanliberationday.net, www.aaprp-intl.org, myspace.co/aaprp, aaprp.cali@gmail.com Featured artists: Carolyn Brandy's "Woyaya," selections from Regina Carter's "Reverse Thread," Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba's "For Our Women," Rokia Trore's "Zen," and Faye Carol's "God Bless the Child."