The Walt Weekly Podcast

Mining Gold in West Africa- Part 1

Have gold will travel! That is the motto that called to many during the gold rush. This episode is part one of a series of gold mining operations and trading in Western Africa. We have Black miners too.

How Long Are We Going to Hide Our Heads in the Sand?

With the Massacre at Buffalo, the murder of our people continues. We went back to an episode that we first published in June 2020. Don't get scared now because you realize that you can't hide. 

Wake up people!

Danger Will Robinson! Roe v Wade is Being Overthrown: What’s Next

Michelle and Walter dive in on the Supreme Court’s pending overturn of Roe v Wade and its implications for our community. Is this the first of many attacks on our rights?

Sunday Review With Opera Singer Marie Claire- Rebroadcast

The Walt Weekly Podcast welcomes Opera singer Marie Claire for an in-depth interview. We will cover her humble beginnings, major accomplishments, and how she sees the future post-covid.

More About Marie Claire Abuard

MC studied opera singing in Rome, Italy, and debuted at Carnegie Hall. She has performed on world stage singing, opera, jazz, and musical theater at Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, United Nations, Summerstage, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and HB Studio to name a few.

Marie-Claire is also a composer collaborating on a song cycle with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison and creating her very own style where she mixes her operatic vocals with other genres of music. 

A firm believer in giving back, MC reaches out to underprivileged children and young adults in her community of the South Bronx and whenever she tours locally, nationally, and internationally with awards from the NAACP, City of New York, and New York State Senate.

Website: www.marieclairemusic.com

Music Composed by:

Justin Swiney

Unklenephew

School Desegregation: Why It Hurt Us and Will Continue to Do So!

The TWW has been celebrating our 3rd anniversary! Today's release was first broadcast on May 17, 2019. The topic remains front and center today. Did you know that only 2 % of our public school teachers are Black males? 

Since the implementation of the integration of our schools , over 50 years ago, there has been a downward trend in the Black family unit, violence, and especially the preparation of our children to compete domestically and globally. This issue has also led to kids being sent to special education and eventually the Criminal Justice System. How do we go about changing this dynamic ? Where  are our role models? Do we need to roll the clock back?

What is Critical Race Theory ? It Must Matter to Rick DeSantis and a Lot Folks!

Is Critical Race Theory a clear and present danger to this country? Why are the southern states rushing to block the true history of our country? 

Andino Ward joins us this week to discuss Critical Race Theory.

We did not realize that CRT would bring such strong disagreements within our team. It did. So we have to do Part II.

Definition

Critical race theory is an academic concept that is more than 40 years old. The core idea is that race is a social construct, and that racism is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies.

The basic tenets of critical race theory, or CRT, emerged out of a framework for legal analysis in the late 1970s and early 1980s created by legal scholars Derrick Bell, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Richard Delgado, among others.

26 States are taking action to circumvent CRT and the Republicans are livid! 

Our School Safety Officers: NYPD or DOE?

Do we assign our School Safety Agents, who are the frontline in keeping NYC students and the school community safe, from under the NYPD to the DOE? We are all stakeholders in the outcome. Our special guests will provide their rationale against the move to DOE and how, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, among others initiated this.

 

Guest Panel

Mona Davids

Sammy Ravelo

Tony Herbert

Charles Chaz Greene- School Safety Officer

Quian Simpkins- School Safety Officer

 

TWW Panel

Gene Edwards- Bronx Male District Leader

Chris Swiney

Will Smith at the Oscars- Any Lessons Learned?

There was an explosion when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, an incident that will live in infamy. What can we learn from this? What are the takeaways?

An Interview with NYC Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Edward Grayson- Rebroadcast

On this week’s show we are thrilled to welcome Commissioner Edward Grayson of NYC’s Strongest! He provides an exciting insight into this city's agency, its responsibilities, challenges, dangers, lost, and history. 

We also would like to thank the men and women of the DSNY for their service and sacrifice as first responders.

ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER

He grew up in Ridgewood. Everyone in his neighborhood had a plan for how they’d someday serve the people of New York, as so many of their parents did, including his own. As a Sanitation Worker, a Supervisor, a Superintendent, and a Chief, he has been proud to do just that for the last 22 years.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today appointed Edward Grayson as the Commissioner of the City of New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY). Grayson.. His father was a Sanitation worker and supervisor, and his mother was recycling outreach coordinator during the rollout of the City's groundbreaking citywide recycling program in the 1990s

The TWW Sits Down With Publisher/Writer Eartha Watts Hicks- Rebroadcast

Want to be a writer? Publisher? Need to know more about PR for entrepreneurs? The Walt Weekly continues celebrating Women’s History Month with our distinguished guest Ms. Eartha Watts Hicks. 

 

About Ms. Hicks

Eartha Watts Hicks is the founder of Earthatone Publishing and Earthatone Books. Former director of publications for Cultivating Our Sisterhood International Association (COSIA), she is a NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts) artist, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the legendary Harlem Writers Guild. A fiction fellow of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, Center for Black Literature and the North Country Institute and Retreat for Writers of Color, Eartha’s writings have appeared in several online publications, including Harlem World Magazine, TheUrbanBookSource.com, and Future Executives.org. Her writing advice has been featured in The Writer’s Guide to 2013. In June of 2013, she received the Just R.E.A.D. “Game Changer” Award in the fiction category from the NYCHA branch of the NAACP and was named New York City literacy ambassador. In 2014, she was featured in the Congressional Black Caucus as part of the Write It Down panel discussion. A PR writer and affiliate of BlackPR.com, she specializes in press releases for entrepreneurs, ministries, and nonprofits. She also leads writing, self-publishing, and publicity workshops for the New York Public Library, The National Writers Union, and The New York City Parks Department.