Our Common Ground With Janice Graham

"The DOJ Report: Shallow Oversight, Vague Enforcement" Does the report or the path established by the DOJ adequate to address the findings and the "new jim crow" era of police terrorism against Black people in America? Guest, Dr. James Lance Taylor, Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists; Author,“Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcom X to Barack Obama “  > "Transforming TRUTH to POWER, One Broadcast At A Time" BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK 31 Years     Serving Black Truth, Empowerment and Ideas Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" 2015 Broadcast Theme: "In the Spirit of Sankofa" Tonight: Open Mic Saturday Night   Call In - Listen Line: 347-838-9852 Your agenda, your call.      In the Spirit of Sankofa  Call In - Listen Line: 347-838-9852 Where does our outrage meet the challenge of change? “Sankofa” teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone, or been stripped of can be reclaimed, revived, preserved, and perpetuated. OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Join us on Facebook  URBAN PROGRESSIVE   Independent talk radio  Twitter: @JaniceOCG   #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham 2015 Broadcast Theme: "In the Spirit of Sankofa" Tonight: " The Fair Housing Act: Oyez, Oyez"  Rolling Housing DiscrimintationProtections Back  Will the Supreme Court upend protections provided by victims of housing discrimination ?  Discussion with James Perry,National Fair and Affordable Housing National Leader and Advocate       In the Spirit of Sankofa Where does our outrage meet the challenge of change? “Sankofa” teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone, or been stripped of can be reclaimed, revived, preserved, and perpetuated. OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Join us on Facebook  URBAN PROGRESSIVE independent talk radio  Twitter: @JaniceOCG   #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham 2015 Broadcast Theme: "In the Spirit of Sankofa" Tonight: UPENDING WHITE SUPREMACY in the Spirit of Sankofa. We open our 2015 Broadcast Season reviewing the notion of how we make real#BlackLivesMatters. Our Guest, Liberation Expositor and Leader Rev. Dr. Ruby N. Sales to discuss upending white supremacy as a movement. “Sankofa” teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone, or been stripped of can be reclaimed, revived, preserved, and perpetuated. More Information  BROADCASTING   BOLD      BRAVE    &    BLACK Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Pinterest : http://www.pinterest.com/ocgmedia/boards/  Visit our Tumblr Page: http://ou

"CLAIMING OUR HUMANITY" Guest Co-Host, Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, Author, "Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations" and Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University in Baltimore Maryland Guests, Ajamu Baraka, Founder and former Executive Director, US Human Rights Network Deonna Hooper, Founder and Editor-In- Chief  www.socialworkerhelp.com "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" In our 29th broadcast season, each week, OUR COMMON GROUND examines the issues, events and concerns of Black America.  Our listeners, guests and callers propose and discuss solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to ou

WHITE AMERIKKA UNHINGED  Guest, Tim Wise, Anti-Racism Essayist, Educator and Author "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" In our 29th broadcast season, each week, OUR COMMON GROUND examines the issues, events and concerns of Black America.  Our listeners, guests and callers propose and discuss solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO   email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

"The Souls of Black Folks: The Ashes of Justice"  >  Dr. Tommy J. Curry, Professor of Critical Race Theory and Africana Studies >  Dr. James Lance Taylor, Department Chair and Professor, University of San Francisco; Past President of the National Conference  of Black Political Scientists; Author,“Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcom X to Barak Obama “ "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" Proposing and discussing solutions, ideas and notions of the critical race issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

"Empowering black America to Achieve Itself" Tonight:    "The Soul of Black Folks: Rediscovering A Critical Truth"               Guest: Dr. Tommy J. Curry  Professor of Philosophy, Critical Race Theories and Africana Studies "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" Solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing the Black community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING  BOLD  .   BRAVE  .  BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

"Empowering black America to Achieve Itself" Tonight:    "The Soul of Black Folks: Have We Lost It ?"                Guest: Chauncey DeVega               Social, Cultural and Political Critic and Journalist "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" Solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing the Black community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING  BOLD  .   BRAVE  .  BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

Tonight: :  Ebola Fear and TraumaLooking back at the Weekend of ResistanceTV is a 'fishbowl of Black pain'. Iyanla Vanzant's "fixes" for Black men and women does it help?   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

"Weekend of Resistance: Souls on Fire" OWNING OUR CHILDREN'S PAIN  "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" In our 29th broadcast season, each week, OUR COMMON GROUND examines the issues, events and concerns of Black America.  Our listeners, guests and callers propose and discuss solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ "Speaking Truth to Power and OURselves"  email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

OPEN MIC SATURDAY NIGHT "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" In our 29th broadcast season, each week, OUR COMMON GROUND examines the issues, events and concerns of Black America.  Our listeners, guests and callers propose and discuss solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO   email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

"Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" Black  Male Feminism and Black Liberation A dialogue between scholars, professors and authors Dr. David E. Ikard and Dr. Tommy J. Curry.  Issues, events and concerns of Black America.  Our listeners, guests and callers propose and discuss solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ "Speaking Truth to Power and OURselves"  email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

"Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" Tonight:  “ Slavery By Another Name” Full Documentary Presentation BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Learn More about this Broadcast Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ "Speaking Truth to Power and OURselves"  email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

Tonight:    BLACK St. Louis: Then and Now" l A Native Son Reflects Guests: Dr. Thabiti Lewis, Professor, Scholar and Author  MO State Senator Jamilah Nasheed  and Director, A Better Life Community Center, James Clarke "Transforming Truth to Power, One Broadcast At A Time" In our 29th broadcast season, each week, OUR COMMON GROUND examines the issues, events and concerns of Black America.  Our listeners, guests and callers propose and discuss solutions, ideas and notions of the critical issues facing our community so that " . . . it may Achieve itself". We present  serious Black scholars, philosophers, thinkers, activists and grassroots leaders of our time. Informed and forward looking discourse in a safe sanctuary for "Black truth".   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE and BLACK Follow Us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com

EOUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves"  Eye-Witness Perspectives from Ferguson  "Ferguson Under Seige: Occupied Amerikka  Rev. Ruby N. Sales Founder, SpiritHouse Project, social activist, scholar,public theologian, and educator. Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou Author, documentary filmmaker, public intellectual, organizer, pastor and theologian. email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves"  ."Homeland Terrorism"  Saturday, August 16, 2014 LIVE "We were prepared then, as we are now, to give our all in the interest of oppressed people." - BPP >> Boots on the Ground Reports SpiritHouse Project, Susan K. Smith and Osagyefo Sekou >> The Smearing of Dead Black Boys >> Mental Illness in Police Departments LIVE #FERGUSON #THEFRONTLINE #FERGUSONREBELLION #Homelandterrorism Four Unarmed Black Men Have Been Killed By Police in the Last Month, From New York City and LA to Ohio and Ferguson, MO, they all died under disputed circumstances. email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves"  This Week on OUR COMMON GROUND "Amerikkan Law Enforcement: A Culture of White Violence and Privilege" The Renisha McBride Murder Trial   Before Eric Garner was killed by NYC police officers,his last words before the fatal chokehold were, "THIS STOPS NOW". City and political leaders across the country have accepted one "police death" after another. Some of them many Black people supported enthusiastically. How do we hold them accountable and when for the culture of violence under which law enforcement operates? When do WE draw the line in the sand? email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves"  TONIGHT:  "Behind the Poor Door: Housing Stop & Frisk in NYC" 2nd Hour >>> The New James Brown Biopic >>> Genocide with your name on it. >>> Eric Garner Death Ruled a Homicide >>> James Baldwin 90th Birthday Call In - Listen Line: 347-838-9852 . email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham "Speaking Truth to Power and Ourselves"  "Dispatch from Amerikka: War, Murder, Genocide: The Global Chokehold" Detroit , the Border and the Gaza, Refugee Children, Eric Garner, the Poor Door  Guest, Dr. Tommy J. Curry , Professor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University Tommy J. Curry’s work spans across the various fields of philosophy, jurisprudence, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies. Though trained in American and Continental philosophical traditions, Curry’s primary research interests are in Critical Race Theory and Africana Philosophy. In Critical Race Theory, Currently his research focuses on the linking the conceptualization of ethics found in the Belmont Report to Civil Rights and social justice paradigms.  . email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO