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The Chris Voss ShowThe Chris Voss Show Podcast – Dare Mighty Things: A Journey from the Potato Fields to a Ph.D by William E Liverman
Dare Mighty Things: A Journey from the Potato Fields to a Ph.D by William E Liverman
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Dr. Liverman’s book, A Journey From the Potato Fields to a PhD, is a story about Dr. William Liverman, who by God’s grace overcame insurmountable odds to achieve outstanding results in his journey to success. Dr. Liverman’s journey began in the Jim Crow South, where he and his seven siblings were miraculously rescued from a devastating fire that reduced their home to ash...
2026-01-1633 min
Gettin' GrownCommunity Curators (Feat: DJ Tara)Jade and Keia kickoff a new series, Grown Folks Music, in celebration of the Black Music Month and National DJ Month that features Black Women DJs. Sit with us to meet our first featured guest, DJ Tara, and join us for a dope conversation on how DJs create safe spaces for celebration, affirmation, and connection.---Listen to DJ Tara’s playlist: Spotify: https://spotify.link/nQFrQLiIKTbApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/gettin-grown-folks-music/pl.u-ZmblD5lFXWE62Catch DJ Tara live in NYC: June 15th - Sol Playa @ Riis Beach Cooperative (167-02 Roc...
2025-06-101h 50
Here and Now with Sandra BookmanNYC museums document African American history, culture and the artsIn celebration of Black History Month, Here and Now shines a spotlight on local museums that are documenting African American history, culture and the arts.First up, an update on the construction of the long-awaited Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx. The museum is meant to preserve the history of rap music and trace its impact as a worldwide cultural phenomenon.Also ahead, the Jackie Robinson Museum, which honors the life and legacy of the first African American to play major league baseball.We...
2025-02-0955 min
Making It HereWeeksville: Rediscovering Black history in Brooklyn’s hidden gemEarlier this year, Epicenter NYC and the Weeksville Heritage Center teamed up to offer our members a special tour of what remains of the historic community. Epicenter’s editorial director Femi Redwood joined the tour. In today’s episode she explains how this once-forgotten community continues to impact our lives today. Read our full story: https://epicenter-nyc.com/weeksville-rediscovering-black-history-in-brooklyns-hidden-gem/ Visit or support Weeksville: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-06-1221 min
EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePageEA542: Bill Mandara, Joseph Levi and Ben Alper - How to relocate an iconic 100 year old theatre to the third floor (TSX Broadway)How to relocate an iconic 100 year old theatre to the third floor (TSX Broadway)In this episode, we dive into the remarkable story of relocating an iconic 100-year-old theatre to the third floor of TSX Broadway in Manhattan. Joining us are three experts integral to this incredible feat - Bill Mandara, CEO of Mancini Duffy, Joseph Levi, Construction Project Manager at TSX Broadway, and Ben Alper, Associate Principal at Severud Associates.Ben Alper, licensed as a structural engineer in California and Nevada, brings his expertise from diverse projects such as the TSX Broadway redevelopment, the...
2024-01-0542 min
How to Survive the End of the WorldWitch School Chapter 16, Suhaly Bautista-CarolinaJoin adrienne as she dives deep with Suhaly Bautista-Carolina. They discuss rooted energy, looking back, bruja-ness, plant magic, the Tao Te Ching, the snake skin of the way, childhood memories as stepping stones to where we are, growing up between two city parks, Mamá Tingó, being another beginning, burrowing under ground and using your unique skills and finally, figuring it out before it's too late.
Suhaly (she/they/we/us) is an Afro Dominican herbalist, artist, cultural worker, and community organizer whose work lives intentionally at the intersection of plant power and people power. Before joining the Ame...
2023-12-2250 min
Dreams of Black Wall StreetSE04 EP06 WEEKSVILLE (BROOKLYN)WEEKSVILLE
The predominantly African American settlement of Weeksville was a beacon of hope at a time in pre-Civil War New York when Blacks had suffered major legislative and legal setbacks, including discriminatory voting laws that stripped most people of African descent of the right to vote. Weeksville was founded in the early 19th century by free African Americans. It provided African Americans and people of African descent, a place to live where they could enjoy community, relative freedom and safety, economic opportunity, a place to worship, where children could learn - and unlike many other places at th...
2023-09-141h 01Dreams of Black Wall StreetSE04 INTRODUCTIONThis season will focus on free Black communities and free Black societies during the antebellum period of the 19th century in New York, specifically New York City. They include one in each of what would become the five boroughs of New York City: Seneca Village in Manhattan; Weeksville in Brooklyn; Newtown in Queens, Sandy Ground in Staten Island; and the community surrounding the Centerville AME Church near Westchester, which was part of the present day borough of the Bronx. This deep dive into this time period will also include an analysis of free Blacks and people of African descent in...
2023-07-1416 min
Sonic InterventionsMusic as Retroactive ReparationsCharlene Jean and Mercy Kelly
This episode presents BRICKS (A 20-YEAR MUSIC TOUR OF REPARATIONS), and features playwright Charlene Jean, performer Mercy Kelly, and host Dr. Layla Zami. A conversation about decolonial spirituality, matriarchs, gentrification, Black time, and queer performance strategies, enriched with lively audio samples from the performance.
In conversation with
Charlene Jean
Charlene Jean is an experimental theatrical artist, performer, playwright, and producer. She is a playwright of BRICKS (A 20-YEAR MUSIC TOUR OF REPARATIONS. BRICKS is an always-changing script-template detailing the history-repeating shared injustice of "buried" towns...
2023-03-0131 min
Sonic InterventionsSounds of RestNajee & Erika Harper at Weeksville Heritage Center
Recorded on the historical site of the Weeksville Heritage Center, this episode welcomes Najee_ (interdisciplinary artist and yogi) and Erica Harper (VP of Learning and Engagement at WHC). The conversation with Dr. Layla Zami addresses restful practices and restorative sounds, African-American liberation history and the meaning of community. An episode full of emotions and information!
In conversation with
Najee Wilson
Najee (1987.Charleston South Carolina, USA) is a Multidisciplinary Artist ,Certified Yoga Instructor and Sound Practitioner based in Brooklyn New York, whose...
2023-02-1532 min
Gotham Center PodcastsSeason 5, Episode 2: WeeksvilleSeason 5, Episode 2: WeeksvilleBy Judith Wellman
2022-10-2100 min
My Spiritual FriendsThe Courage to Feel + Permission to Dream with Jamilla Okubo What kind of future do you imagine for yourself and for your community? What is your spirit calling you to lean into? What does reclaiming agency mean for you? In this episode, Shelby sits down with Jamilla Okubo in conversation around how powerful it is to take space to feel deeply what wants to express without judgment rather than habitually surrender to societal norms. They also get into their gratitude for Sun Ra and the dreamscape of Black futures he dared to imagine. Shelby encourages that we can never go wrong with prioritizing self-care because we are all connected...
2022-09-0757 min
The New York City Crime Report with Pat DixonElevator RAPIST Strikes (out) Again!In Violent Bk, a violent armed robbery, in which a victim was sucker-punched in the back of the head and slashed in the neck with a box-cutter, is described in peculiar terms in the press. SUBWAY "SEXUAL ASSAULT" - A woman is kissed, grabbed and groped on a 3 train, which goes to show different predators have different needs. ELEVATOR RAPIST - This guy has been arrested twice for raping women on elevators, once more for attempted rape on an elevator, just did 16 yrs in prison for raping a woman on an elevator a few weeks...
2022-05-151h 36The New York City Crime Report with Pat DixonElevator RAPIST Strikes (out) Again!In Violent Bk, a violent armed robbery, in which a victim was sucker-punched in the back of the head and slashed in the neck with a box-cutter, is described in peculiar terms in the press. SUBWAY "SEXUAL ASSAULT" - A woman is kissed, grabbed and groped on a 3 train, which goes to show different predators have different needs. ELEVATOR RAPIST - This guy has been arrested twice for raping women on elevators, once more for attempted rape on an elevator, just did 16 yrs in prison for raping a woman on an elevator a few weeks...
2022-05-151h 36
Eye on Travel with Peter GreenbergAll things Brooklyn with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and more
This week's Eye on Travel Podcast with Peter Greenberg covers all things Brooklyn from culture to food with Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum Sharon Matt Atkins, and President and CEO at Weeksville Heritage Center Dr. Raymond Condrington.
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2022-03-3033 min
THE OZ BROOKLYN/BROWNSVILLEBROOKLYN'S BLACK HISTORY "WEEKSVILLE"THIS EPISODE TOUCHES ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF WEEKSVILLE. A STRONG PART OF BROOKLYNS BLACK HISTORY.
2022-03-2029 min
The Daily ChompThe Daily Chomp - Episode 69: WeeksvilleIn honor of Black History Month, today we'll take a look at the history and legacy of Weeksville, located in what is now Crown Heights, Brooklyn, one of the largest and most prosperous free black communities in America prior to the Civil War.
2022-03-0409 min
SmallTownUSABlack History Special #3: The towns that were put in 'lost and found'Weeksville, NY and Allensworth, CA - Two thriving towns that disappeared, one was lost.. thankfully both were foundJoin Karmen and Jessica, as they discuss Black History month, the shortest month of the year (yea, we are questioning that too), and share their appreciation for Black Americans who founded small towns shortly after the abolition.Follow us:Twitter --> https://twitter.com/smalltownusashw Instagram --> https://www.instagram.com/smalltownusashow/ SFX by ZapSplat
2022-02-1530 min
The 13th Floor PodcastEpisode #212: The Break Room 10 - Moments and Moment(um)sWelcome back to the 13th Floor Podcast. Join us as we share our views from the 13th floor, where the furniture isn't always the best but the views are AMAZING!
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In this episode, we take a stop by the Break Room with Coach K shares the importance of Moments and Moment(um). The power of recognizing your moment and what is the difference between that moment and...
2022-01-1717 min
Recollect: Black Women Decolonizing thru Story & NatureRecollect Season 2 Episode 2 Creative Evocation – How Do You Know to Do That? A Conversation with Performance Artist Ebony GoldenThis episode is a continuation of my conversation with Ebony Golden as we make that pot of sorrel tea at Her Story Garden Studios and go in for answering the question of how do we know what we know creatively. We evoke an understanding that one must exfoliate the rules, listen to your dreams, be quiet without fear of death, ask the elders and spirit guides, and surrender to the ceremony. I ain't got much else to say except I need to listen to this conversation over and over as I recollect the things that need to be recollected at...
2022-01-1041 min
Recollect: Black Women Decolonizing thru Story & NatureRecollect Season 2 Episode 1 Unchoking the Breath of a Tree: A Conversation w Performing Artist Ebony GoldenIn this episode it’s December 18, 2021. Yep, you guessed it, it is a nice global warming seventy degrees out. Performance Artist, brilliant, beautiful one, Ebony Golden and I are at the big table at Her Story Garden Studios. We testify ourselves to revelations about letting go of systems (like nonprofit structures) that cut off the breath of the tree. She shares her work around “the edge effect” where disparate systems come together and make a whole new ecology. We talk about leaving your mother’s ecologies to go do what others think is impossible, but our Black womanhood knows is possi...
2022-01-0342 min
Art Movez_Raymond Codrington on Weeksville Now and in the FutureToni Williams and Eli Kuslanksy of Art Movez speak with Dr. Raymond Codrington, a cultural anthropologist with roots in the Hip Hop movement who shares his insights on what the Cultural center means to the community and beyond. Weaving an economic development narrative that centers on black entrepreneurism, Weeksville is a beacon for black determination, and wealth creation.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/toni-williams72/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toni-williams72/support
2021-11-1429 min
Vanguard of the ViragoesNAKANO TAKEKOThings We Referenced:James Baldwin’s, “A Talk to Teachers”The 1619 Project“The 1776 Report” from The President’s Advisory 1776 CommissionThe South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThe National Portrait GalleryThe affectionately nicknamed “New Black museum on the mall” is the esteemed National Museum of African American History and CultureUtah GOP Senator Mike Lee voted against a National Latino museum in DCThe Weeksville Heritage CenterAudre Lorde’s “The Uses of Anger”Word Warriors of 20th century literatureNikki GiovanniSonia SanchezLucille CliftonGwendolyn Brooks Contemporary Black woman poetsElizabeth AlexanderAmanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in US historyFollow us on social media Email us at vanguar...
2021-07-031h 14
Behind the WheelsBlack Music Month: Songs of the Summer, Quality vs. QuantityIn collaboration with Weeksville Heritage Center's June Weeksville Weekend, we’re celebrating Black Music Month.
This week we’re discussing:
• Songs of the Summer
• Rewind: Stephanie Mills & DJ Quik
• Fast Forward: Fousheé & Griselda
• The Drop: quantity vs. quantity in an artist’s catalog
• Beat Match: Back that Azz Up vs. Poison
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2021-06-161h 25
Get ConnectedBrooklyn's Weeksville Heritage CenterWeeksville, the historic site and cultural center n Central Brooklyn, first established by free African-Americans before the Civil War, has a new status as a member of the City’s Cultural Institutions Group. New CEO Dr. Raymond Codrington talks about how the center blends history with the contemporary, and the significance of joining CIG. For more, visit weeksvillesociety.org
2021-05-3014 min
The 'Total Clarity' PodcastEp.50 'In Pursuit of Freedom,' A Brooklyn Abolitionist Tour - The 'Total Clarity' PodcastWe're back in Brooklyn for the month of May and this week we're doing something we've yet to do this project: basing a large portion of our marathon route off an existing tour. It's an educational program called 'In Pursuit of Freedom,' developed to highlight the rich history of the Brooklyn abolitionist movement. Areas visited this week include DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and the Weeksville section of Crown Heights. 'In Pursuit of Freedom' was developed by the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Irondale Ensemble Project and the Weeksville Heritage Center.
2021-05-111h 36Vanguard of the ViragoesQUEEN FURRAQueen Furra was the extreme leader of an ancient kingdom. She valued the lives of women over men so much that she took away men’s rights and to this day, when people pass her grave, the men beat the ground in anger while the women pour milk and sing her praises. Chatting with me is this week’s hero- the mighty Zenzele Cooper. Things We Referenced:Pan-AfricanismThe Weeksville Heritage CenterJoan MaynardQueen Nzinga MbandiZora Neale HurstonJosephine BakerFollow us on social media Email us at vanguardoftheviragoes@gmail.com DONATEPayp...
2021-04-0338 min
DEEP in the WorkEp 9: Fatima JonesIn this episode we’re talking to Fatima Jones, who I check in with almost weekly, getting a read on everything from the Black cultural landscape and how to keep my proverbial wig on straight when folks try us (you know how that goes), to understanding how to make the marketing and communications of our Black arts spaces sing, and whose family I love love love. We met through a mutual sister-friend Jessica Lynne, and continue to be sisters in this space and beyond. Fatima has joined hands with the Red Olive Universe and hosted one of the last in...
2021-03-181h 30
The BLKprintAlyssa Cole|When No One Is WatchingAlyssa Cole created a gentrified thriller that is sure to make us think critically about what is occurring in communities across the Globe. In the episode your host breaks down the overall synopsis of the book and information on Gentrification.
EPISODE NOTES:
Do you want to learn more about the history of Weeksville, Brooklyn, NY? Check out the Weeksville Society
Movies on Gentrification:
Boyz In The Hood - Amazon Prime Rental
Blindspotting - Amazon Prime Rental
The Last Black Man in San Francisco - Amazon Prime Rental
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2020-12-3115 min
Family GhostsThe Limitations of TruthSam is joined by fellow audio storytellers Eleanor Hyde and TK Dutes for a conversation about the power and pitfalls of subjective storytelling. Listen to Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery here, and find more of Eleanor's work here. Find The Weeksville Project here, and more of TK's work here. And don't miss the fourth season of Family Ghosts, coming to your headphones on January 14th, 2021!
This episode is made possible by the generosity of the Kindred Spirits, our community of supporters on Patreon. For just $5 a month, Kindred Spirits get early access to all of our stories, hear them ad-free...
2020-12-2353 min
Rediscovering New YorkBrooklyn's Bedford StuyvesantOn this week's show we will visit the neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, in Brooklyn. My guests will be Rediscovering New York regular and the show’s Special Consultant, David Griffin of Landmark Branding; and Medina Sadiq, Executive Director of the Bed Stuy Business Improvement District. Tune in for this fascinating conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.Show NotesSegment 1Jeff introduces his first guest David Griffin, a regular on the show as well as being the founder of Landmark Branding. David begins by talking about his background and becoming interesting in architectural history. Next, Jeff asks...
2020-09-301h 02
Everyday Black History: Afro AppreciationWeeksville Brooklyn- one of the first free Black communities in New York.Weeksville Brooklyn was one of the first free Black communities in New York. Many Black professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs came from Weeksville and it was a beacon of racial pride. Check out the episode for more info. Enjoy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support
2020-09-2917 min
Conscious ChatterTHE ROOT | Episode 3 | Racism In The Fashion Industry with Dominique Drakeford, designers Miko Underwood and Damian Joel, and influencers Aja Barber and Emi Ito The Root Episode 3: Racism In The Fashion Industry is broken down into 2 segments. The first segment focuses on the designer lens in which Dominique Drakeford speaks with sustainable fashion designers Miko Underwood and DJ discussing the creation of the fashion industry and the importance of shifting the white exploitive gaze through historical analysis, Black abundance mindset and cultural responsibility. In the second segment, Dominique Drakeford hones in on the "influencer" lens by speaking with Aja Barber and Emi Ito on the uses of social media as a tool for education, advocacy and solidarity against institutional oppression.
2020-09-151h 58
Speak Out World: Arts, Activism & More!Episode 14 - The Courage of an Artist with Jim HIllJIM HILL - Artist • Educator • Humanitarian
In his poverty-stricken days as a youth in the inner city of New York, Jim could not afford art supplies. Out of necessity, he created his own palette of colors consisting of recycled paper materials. He uses the different colors from pictures and print ads cut into small pieces to create the palette for his Mosaic Master-Pieces.
Jim was listed in Who’s Who in America in 1994-95 as an Outstanding Educator and was cited in newspapers and on television for his contributions and work with the homeless and underp...
2020-09-0943 min
Art Is A VerbBrittney Escovedo on Creating Art and Equitable Workspaces with IntentionFounder of the experiential events and production company Beyond 8, Brittney Escovedo is a creative force in the art and fashion industries. She founded Beyond 8 on lessons from her business-savvy mother, who allowed Brittney to run a company at age 18, and grandmother, who inspired the company name. To date, Brittney has collaborated with clients including Pyer Moss, Gucci, Rachel Comey, Reebok, Solange Knowles, Sephora, W Hotels, and more. In this episode, Brittney talks with hosts Susan and Todd about the leadership power of women-run businesses and how the Black Lives Matter movement has shaped opportunities for creatives in the art...
2020-08-2834 min
Meet at Delmonico's - The Alienist PodcastMeet At Delmonico's: The Alienist Podcast (Episode 208)Photo: Kata Vermes
Welcome to Meet at Delmonico’s: The Alienist Podcast. Join Sheila and Mike each week as they discuss The Alienist: Angel of Darkness.
This podcast episode, Sheila and Mike are discussing the eighth and final episode of Season 2 of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, “Better Angels”!
This week, Mike and Sheila deep dive the finale of this dark dark season of The Alienist. Among topics discussed in this episode, did you think Libby would hurt Clara when she wasn’t down for crazy mom time? Was that game of chess between K...
2020-08-251h 30
DEEP in the WorkEp 2: Stephanye WattsDeep in the Work Intro—Stephanye Watts
In this episode, we’re talking to Stephanye Watts, who is a Philly native, music fan, and one of the biggest and most-active HBCU Alumni reps I know.
A graduate of Clark Atlanta University, Stephanye is the Assembly Program Coordinator at Recess, an artist-led alternative to incarceration empowering court-involved young people to take charge of their own life story and imagine a positive future through art. Stephanye served her community in her previous post as Community Engagement Manager at Weeksville Heritage Center and continues to do so as a me...
2020-07-121h 16
Borrowed & ReturnedRebroadcast: Free BrooklynIn honor of Juneteenth 2020, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when the news was finally delivered to Galveston, Texas that slavery in the United States had been abolished, we are returning to an episode from earlier in our season. "Free Brooklyn" tells two important stories about the struggle for freedom: a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 and the story of Weeksville, Brooklyn's historically Black neighborhood.Read the transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/rebroadcast-free-brooklyn
2020-06-2526 min
The Bowery Boys: New York City HistoryRewind: Seneca Village and New York's Forgotten Black CommunitiesThe history of black and African-American settlements and neighborhoods which once existed in New York City in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Today we sometimes define New York City's African-American identity by the places where thriving black culture developed -- Harlem, of course, and also Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, neighborhoods that developed for groups of black residents in the 20th century.
But by no means were these the first in New York City. Other centers of black and African-American life existed long before then. In many cases, they were obliterated by the growth of...
2020-06-1958 minDEEP in the WorkDEEP IN THE WORK: Stephanye Watts (excerpt)In this excerpt of the full episode, Stephanye and DéLana reminisce about their year together in 2016 at Weeksville Heritage Center, "dreaming up possibilities with pennies." DéLana reminisces on the day Stephanye came into her office with a red wool coat and found a place for her, and what it means to look for a place for Black women with divergent careers, and then with the blessing and love from a Black woman, Tia Powell Harris program and fund a new 19,000 sq ft building with---inadequate funding from philanthropy, and yet! And yet! The work we did was no...
2020-06-0711 min
Bedford & Sullivan BrooklynEp. 105 - Ron Schweiger Talks Historic Weeksville NeighborhoodWe keep chugging along with our Brooklyn research, this time getting help from the Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger on learning about the neighborhood and village of Weeksville. Founded by free blacks in the 1830’s, Ron will help us understand its history, the rediscovery of the village in 1968 and its legacy overall.so, join us LIVE at 2pm ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast
2020-04-221h 01
Untitled Art PodcastEpisode 16: Artist Damien Davis and curator Larry Ossei-Mensah at UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach 2019In conversation with curator Larry Ossei-Mensah, artist Damien Davis discusses the research surrounding his booth presentation with LatchKey Gallery and forthcoming solo exhibition at the Weeksville Heritage Center, titled “Collapse: Black Wall Street”. This exhibition is centered around the history of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, recently depicted by the HBO series Watchman and highlighted in the New York Times.
2019-12-0836 min
Keep Calm and Cook On with Julia TurshenYemi Amu Knows Nothing Exists Without WaterYemi Amu, from Oko Farms in Brooklyn, talks to Julia about aquaponics, expansion, and the healing capacity of her work. Yemi is the farmer and educator behind Oko Farms in Brooklyn, New York, an aquaponics farm that not only produces fish and produce and flowers, but also works as an educational farm. Our food community is at its best with people like Yemi doing the work she’s doing. She’s in the middle of raising money to expand into a second location at the Weeksville Heritage Center— please consider supporting her and her important work. Th...
2019-11-2056 min
Borrowed & ReturnedFree Brooklyn Four hundred years later, this country has yet to reckon with the legacy of slavery. And that is no less true for Brooklyn. This episode, we’re taking a cue from The 1619 Project and telling important stories about the struggle for freedom, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Heights’s Weeksville as a site of resistance and power before the Civil War. Read the transcript and check out our book list here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/free-brooklyn
2019-11-1227 min
My Sentiments Exactly009: Medical Racism in the NICU ft. Katy McFaddenTune in NOW to hear Kay and Katy discuss Katy’s experience with medical racism, white supremacy, and racial disparities the NICU she recently resigned from in New York City. This woman is a powerful advocate for equality, not just for people of color, but for everyone. She has spoken before many legislators and other leaders to bring about change in New York. You will want to listen to the very end. Before knowing about this issue, I asked Katy to share the things all the other guests I’ve had on the show for NICU Awareness Month have shared. To m...
2019-09-1345 min
CommuniTEAEpisode 5 -- IG v. IRL: What's Really Real?Sippin On
Rachel Miller's (@the_rewm) article "It's OK To Feel Sad In the Summer"
Update on the Weeksville Heritage Center: designated as a Cultural Institutions Group — the first new addition in more than 20 years, and the first black cultural center in Brooklyn to make the list.
Impact Influencers
Sara Elhassan (@bsonblast), teaching us about the Sudan uprising since before you likely saw it on social media or the news. Also a podcast host.
Kim Kardashian West (no, she doesn't need us to link to her instagram): Can a pro...
2019-06-2841 min
Radio Drama RevivalThe Weeksville Project - TK DutesThis week, join host David Rheinstrom in a conversation with podcast doula Keisha TK Dutes to talk about Bondfire's The Weeksvile Project, Brooklyn, Beyonce, and creating things for yourself. You can find more about the Weeksville Heritage Center here: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/You can read the Mahogany L. Brown poem Wil read in this episode here: http://www.literarybohemian.com/index.php/poetry/poem/four-poems-by-Mahogany-L.-Browne/P0/Mentioned in this episode:Learn more and buy your tickets to TAFCON now at AudioFictionCon.com!TAFCON
2019-06-2745 min
Radio Drama RevivalThe Weeksville Project - Parts One, Two, & ThreeThe story of a family, of time, and the changes that come to Weeksville, a town in Brooklyn forgotten until recently, The Weeksville Project is the focus of this week's Radio Drama Revival. Join us for a three-part mini-series look into the past.You can find more about the Weeksville Heritage Center here: https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/ You can read the Mahogany L. Brown poem Wil read in this episode here:http://www.literarybohemian.com/index.php/poetry/poem/four-poems-by-Mahogany-L.-Browne/P0/Mentioned in this episode:Learn more and buy your tickets...
2019-06-2039 min
The Fashion Geek24 | Why Shouldn't Men Wear Backpacks With Suits?David Gandy and Marguerite Hamden are the cofounders of Eco Wrist Watches, a company renowned for its distinctive designs using natural materials. With over 11 years of experience in the industry, they have successfully grown their business organically and have a deep commitment to sustainability and community impact. Their expertise and passion for fashion make them the ideal guests to enlighten us about combining eco-consciousness with style.In this episode, you'll learn,- The journey of creating Eco Wrist Watches and the inspiration behind their unique designs.- The significance of using sustainable materials...
2019-06-101h 12Get ConnectedWeeksville Heritage Center's Funding CampaignWeeksville Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn -- one of America's many free black communities. President Rob Fields discusses financial challenges for Weeksville and their initiative to secure permanent funding from New York City. For more events and their crowdfunding campaign, visit weeksvillesociety.org.
2019-06-0220 min
Glitter & DoomSanctuary, SanctuaryOn the show today: Weeksville, a black cultural and historical site here in Brooklyn - and home to one of the first free black communities in America - struggles to survive. Then, the Brooklyn Film Festival is upon us again. We chat with a documentary filmmaker about the plight of a Guatemalan mother who seeks sanctuary in a New York City church.
2019-05-3128 minCommuniTEAEpisode 2 - Food for ThoughtThis week Lauren gets new luggage and we talk about food deserts.
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What We’re Sippin’ On
Weeksville Heritage Center
Weeksville Heritage Center is a multidisciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th century African American community of Weeksville, Brooklyn - one of America’s many free black communities.
“Save Weeksville and Save Brooklyn’s Black History” Campaign
Crowdfunded over $260k at time of posting
Goals: $200k to keep the doors o...
2019-05-2247 min
Where R.A. Now?Episode 59: Suhaly Bautista-Carolina '08 CAS & '10 Grad Wagner (Community Engagement) w/ cohost Bhavini Kakani, RA in GoddardBorn and raised in New York City to Afro-Dominican parents, Suhaly Bautista-Carolina has designed a career centered on harnessing the collective power of communities through the arts. Over the past 10 years, she has served as a social justice educator, youth advocate, and community organizer both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Suhaly has worked in various capacities with organizations such as the Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI), ArtBuilt, and the Laundromat Project. In 2015, Suhaly was a panelist at ArtPrize7's "Reflecting the Times: Arts & Activism" alongside Dread Scott and Arts.Black...
2019-04-0429 min
Brooklyn Paper RadioOn BPR: The oft-overlooked doctor who blazed the trail for black female physicians in Bklyn and beyond
Let’s hear it for the girls!
Brooklyn Paper Radio this week took a page from its sister podcast Power Women, dedicating its latest episode to those females whose contributions to Kings County truly made it the city’s better borough.
Co-hosts Anthony Rotunno and Johnny Kunen recognized the culmination of another Women’s History Month by inviting Brooklyn Historical Society curator Erin Wuebker on the show to fill them in on an upcoming exhibition she is putting together for the cultural center, which will showcase the life and legacy of a little-known local doctor who bl...
2019-03-2634 min
TK in the AM:TKAM #961 Make ish. Learn ish. Teach ish. Repeat. #AffirmationFriday #podcast #nycIf there’s one place to end the week, it’s here. We affirm a great weekend for you, and a better week. This is your place for positivity this morning. #AffirmationFridayWe start out the show on some good news. The Weeksville Project is here! Big thanks to Cedric our sound designer! Conscious also takes a moment to talk about Van Jones and his non-partisan stand. The numbers are in, TK could be a chair member to represent sound producers!We also have a Bondfire movie review: Paddleton on Netflix. Watch it! Enough said...
2019-03-041h 34TK in the AM:TKAM #960 Don't Follow A Leader! #AirOutWednesday #Podcast #imblackandipodFocus on living and understanding, grow with that change. In other words, let go of that emotional dead weight. We got a place for you to dump it. Come thru, let’s go! #AirOutWednesdayWe start out the show in some messy spiritual business. Conscious had a dream and we’re out here to interpret it. TK is going strong at the gym, giving us one important air out: Do NOT teach a dance class unless you’re using good dance music!In #NewsYouCanUse:R.Kelly bailed out by female business owner in Chicago. He has...
2019-02-281h 29
Glitter & DoomJune 07, 2018 | 112BKThe perils of delivering pizza - no joke -- and a dog flu epidemic, also no joke; the man hoping for a Democratic primary upset in his race against long-time Brooklyn congresswoman Yvette Clarke; and Weeksville's second Saturday this week, with BRIC. 112BK is hosted by Ashley Ford (twitter.com/iSmashFizzle), and produced by Ross Tuttle, Fred Brown, Shirin Barghi, Emily Boghosssian and Kritzie Roberts and Ariana Rosas. Our editors are Clinton Philson, Jr. and Khyriel Palmer, our Technical Director is Eric Haugesag, and our theme music is by Brad Parker. Our Executive Producers are Aziz Isham, Jonathan Lief and...
2018-06-0728 min
DecArtsWeeksville Heritage Center Alexis Fair, a masters candidate in the Cooper Hewitt/Parsons program, sat down with me to talk about the Weeksville Heritage Center. Which she covered in a course on period rooms. Founded in 1838, Weeksville was the second largest free, African American community in the U.S. in the pre-Civil War era. The settlement was named for James Weeks who, along with a group of African-American investors, acquired property in the area. Weeksville was almost lost to history when urban development threatened to erase the physical memory of the historic community. A grassroots effort to document the history of Weeksville...
2018-05-2331 min
Brown Girl AlchemizingEp 3: How Spirituality Chose UsAnother moon cycle, another episode of #BGAPodcast. It’s the full moon in Virgo & the energy is amplified!
We’re tracing back to a defining moment in our lives that shaped our spiritual beliefs. From Baptist church, to Catholic schools to magic and altars. We didn’t have elders in our family to give us the keys and guide us. How did we get here? By realizing we didn’t need a medium to connect to the divine. The highest source is not only all around us, but is within us. She, God, Allah, Oludumare, Jevoah- however you feel most com...
2018-03-0100 min
Glitter & DoomFebruary 15, 2018 | 112BKThe Brooklyn Navy Yard, more than two centuries old, is a big part of the borough's future... the Weeksville Heritage Center hits 50 and its new head talks about its role in Black history... and Chinese New Year -- entering the Year of the Dog! 112BK is hosted by Ashley Ford and is written and produced by Ross Tuttle, with Fred Brown, Shirin Barghi, Emily Boghosssian, Kritzie Roberts, Clinton Philson, Jr, Charmaine Lam and Ariana Rosas. Our editors are Clinton Philson, Jr. and Khyriel Palmer, our Technical Director is Eric Haugesag, and our theme music is by Brad Parker. Our Executive...
2018-02-1631 min
Unravel A Fashion PodcastBlack Fashion, A Year In ReviewWelcome to another episode of Unravel. Today we will be discussing our thoughts about the work scholars have done in illuminating black fashion history this year. We will be highlighting who they are and their work. This episode was inspired by all the wonderful events we were invited to about this topic throughout 2017. We want to share what we learned, but also talk about the future of this subject and its importance.
In the episode we discuss the following events:
Fashioning the Black Body in Bondage and Freedom at The Weeksville Heritage Center
Black Fashion Designers Symposium at The Museum...
2018-01-151h 53
Unravel A Fashion Podcast28 Fashioning the Women of Weeksville Interview with Noel Corbin, Natalya Mills & Kristine McPartlinThis week features the curators and conservator behind the exhibition: Fashioning the Women of Weeksville, currently at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, New York. The show is a rare opportunity to see the material culture of the African American women who lived in Weeksville in the nineteenth and twentieth-century.
In the first half of the episode, Joy and Jasmine talk to the curators Noel Corbin and Natalya Mills.
In the second half of the episode Dana and Jasmine talk to Kristine McPartlin, who is responsible for conserving and dressing the wedding dress featured in the exhibition.
On September 16, 2016, Fashioning...
2017-08-281h 49
The Bowery Boys: New York City History#230 Before Harlem: New York's Forgotten Black CommunitiesToday we sometimes define New York City's African-American culture by place – Harlem, of course, and also Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, neighborhoods that developed for groups of black residents in the 20th century. But by no means were these the first in New York City. Other centers of black and African-American life existed long before then. In many cases, they were obliterated by the growth of the city, sometimes built over without a single marker, without recognition. This is the story of a few of those places. From the 'land of the blacks' -- the home to New Amsterdam and Brit...
2017-06-0956 min
Ancestor's Footprints with Bernice Alexander BennettThe African American Presence in Brooklyn with Wilhelmena Rhodes KellyRebroadcast: Join Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly with host Bernice Bennett for an exciting discussion of the African Americans presence in Brooklyn, and their long residence in Bedford Township (today's Bedford-Stuyvesant) and the Dutch community of Flatbush - founded in the 1650. Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly is a third generation Brooklyn native with roots in both Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. An avid genealogist who discovered the hidden foundations of Brooklyn history, and the vanishing roots of central Brooklyn in particular. This moved her to write a pictorial history titled, “Bedford-Stuyvesant” in 2007, and a second book titled, “Crown Heights & Weeksville” in 2010. Wilhelmena is an honorary Regent o...
2017-02-101h 00
Crossroads of Rockland HistorySkunk Hollow with Dr. Joan Geismar, Urban Archeologist: Crossroads of Rockland HistoryBroadcast orginally aired on Monday, May 16, 2016, 10:10 AMTopic: The fascinating and little-known area known as Skunk Hollow. The archeologist Joan Geismar, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on Skunk Hollow, shared how she uncovered the history of this place through archeological research and discoveries. "Crossroads of Rockland History," a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am, right after the Steve and Jordan Morning show, on WRCR Radio 1700 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about ou...
2016-05-1641 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureBlack Land Matters: Mark Scott and Tia Powell HarrisA look at the historical and present-day connections between democracy, land, housing and economic development. The history of the US is packed with people of color and poor people who’ve been stripped of their rights - to vote, to wages, to housing or even just the right to stay in the country - through incarceration, segregation, slavery and deportation. For just as long, black communities have created safety, and won a say in democracy, through buying and keeping land cooperatively. It’s not just history, either. Mark Scott is an organizer of #blacklandmatters, a group working today, and Tia Po...
2015-09-0825 min
DrumLanguageDrumLanguage 3 : Cages #allsystemsgotouched down in Brooklyn for a cipher with
Tanisha K. Douglas MSW, activist, teacher, & healer
& Marlon Peterson, Peopleworker
but this is DrumLanguage
so call it a DrumCircle
love pain truth & hope all in it
more here - http://bit.ly/1czUStu
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The African National Congress and the People's Army Umkhonto We Sizwe
Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)-
Jorge Ben
Piè Aleman Batala Lemiso-
Lakou Badjo
Sunshine of Your Love-
Bobby McFerrin
Everybody Loves The Sunshine-
Seu Jorge And Almaz
Brooklyn & Jamaica-
Morgan Heritage
Locked Up For Being (@Brotha-Onaci #Not1More Hip Hop Edit)-
Luis Tubens
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2014-02-1834 min
ABC GothamWeeksville: Special Mico- Episode
Weeksville was a bustling community, far off in the wilds of Brooklyn, established by former slave James Weeks in 1838 for free African- Americans. This was only 11 years after the abolition of slavery in New York state-- a time when African- Americans had very few opportunities for land ownership. That area is now where Bedford- Stuyvesant, East New York, and Brownsville meet. Your hosts Kathleen and Kate tell you all about how Weeksville was started, how it was almost lost from history forever, and the miraculous rediscovery and restoration of this amazing town in African- American history.
Links to check out after listen...
2013-03-1300 minTHIRTEEN – New York Public MediaWeeksville: An African-American Community Established in the 1800sThe Hunterfly Road Houses of Weeksville are the discovered remnants of a free African-American enclave of urban trasdespeople and property owners.
2010-02-1600 min
2009-03-0900 min
Cooking High PODCASTBed-Stuy Afternoon
Cooking High presents
The Blue Note CollectionIn the loving memory of my grandmother Yordanka Todorova Dec 18th 1918 - Feb 18th 2008 It is February and technically, it is time for another Cooking High episode. The truth is, walking down on Hancock Street I noticed once again how beautiful my neighborhood is. Century old brownstones pleat through the tree lined sidewalks with sandstone stairways, round wooden doors, and stain glass windows. In the summer kids play Double Dutch on the street and old men gather on the stoop of one ‘s house to share stories, people watch, and hang out. Music is coming out of ca...
2008-02-241h 01
Mapping the African American Past (MAAP)Weeksville - description1698 Bergen Street
Far from the bustle and racism of Manhattan, on what was then the outskirts of Brooklyn, free blacks built a community called Weeksville.
2008-01-2116 minMapping the African American Past (MAAP)Weeksville - Kenneth Jackson commentaryKenneth Jackson, Jacques Barzun Professor in History and the Social Sciences, Columbia University, discusses Weeksville.
2008-01-2116 min