Aisha K. Staggers has been writing since middle school. She had her first major publication in her local newspaper’s entertainment section while a sophomore in high school, a publication in another state paper followed. Aisha has been contributing to various paper, magazines and textbooks for over 15 years.

In addition to her time as an instructor of social sciences in higher education, Aisha has served as a director of education and policy research centers, and on the staff of legislative commissions. Aisha previously served on the Executive Board of the CT Young Democrats Women’s Caucus and has remained active in politics and public policy. She is an alumni of Albertus Magnus College and Fisk University where she earned Bachelor’s in Communications and Master’s Degree in Psychology, respectively, and completed the Education Policy Fellowship Program in 2008.

Currently, Aisha is Senior Editor for BookTrib, a division of the literary public relations firm, Meryl Moss Media and a HuffPost contributor. In addition to her own work, Aisha has written liner notes for a Prince tribute album, I Wish U Heaven released December 25 and available on YouTube. In 2018, she will be contributing to scholarly work on Prince and the Minneapolis Sound and sitting on an NYU panel for a conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of his Lovesexy album.

While Aisha enjoys writing about music, she feels the most critical discussions we can have today are centered around race and intersectionality because “you can’t fix a problem you don’t acknowledge, and not acknowledging the plight of women of color and specifically Black women is a problem.”

During this episode of Staggers State Of Things, Ms. Staggers talks about:

– National Walkout Day and the response
– The Conor Lamb and Rick Saccone Pennsylvania congressional contest this past Tuesday
– Rex Tillerson being fired as Secretary Of State for America
– Ben Carson, American Housing and Urban Development Secretary, lying about the purchase of a $31,561 mahogany dining room set for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department executive dining room, located near the secretary’s office
– Betsy DeVos’, United States Education Secretary, interview last Sunday on 60 Minutes
– Who will be the next person to leave 45’s inner circle?

You can find more about Ms. Staggers via:

HuffPost
Email
Atlanta Black Star
YouTube – I Wish U Heaven – Prince Tribute Playlist

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Dr. Vibe

Aisha K. Staggers has been writing since middle school. She had her first major publication in her local newspaper’s entertainment section while a sophomore in high school, a publication in another state paper followed. Aisha has been contributing to various paper, magazines and textbooks for over 15 years.

In addition to her time as an instructor of social sciences in higher education, Aisha has served as a director of education and policy research centers, and on the staff of legislative commissions. Aisha previously served on the Executive Board of the CT Young Democrats Women’s Caucus and has remained active in politics and public policy. She is an alumni of Albertus Magnus College and Fisk University where she earned Bachelor’s in Communications and Master’s Degree in Psychology, respectively, and completed the Education Policy Fellowship Program in 2008.

Currently, Aisha is Senior Editor for BookTrib, a division of the literary public relations firm, Meryl Moss Media and a HuffPost contributor. In addition to her own work, Aisha has written liner notes for a Prince tribute album, I Wish U Heaven released December 25 and available on YouTube. In 2018, she will be contributing to scholarly work on Prince and the Minneapolis Sound and sitting on an NYU panel for a conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of his Lovesexy album.

While Aisha enjoys writing about music, she feels the most critical discussions we can have today are centered around race and intersectionality because “you can’t fix a problem you don’t acknowledge, and not acknowledging the plight of women of color and specifically Black women is a problem.”

During this episode of Staggers State Of Things, Ms. Staggers talks about:

– The Sam Nunberg media meltdown
– 45 and Stormy Daniels (Reality Star vs. Porn Star)
– Some of her thoughts about the last American presidential election
– Stacy Dash running for Congress
– Florida passing new guns laws
– Guns in the classroom
– 45’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports
– 45s interesting cabinet appointments
– 45 and Kim Jong Un meeting
– The upcoming Rachel Dolezal Netflix documentary
– Gender identity vs. racial identity
– The Tiffany Haddish deal with Netflix
– Her thoughts on International Women’s Day

You can find more about Ms. Staggers via:

HuffPost
Atlanta Black Star
YouTube – I Wish U Heaven – Prince Tribute Playlist

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Jay Connor is a Los Angeles-based writer, consultant, and founder of the popular podcast “The Extraordinary Negroes” (which you should subscribe to post haste). His work has been featured in prestigious outlets such as The New York Times, The Root, Huffington Post, SXSW, Very Smart Brothas, Bitch Media, AFROPUNK, Creators of Color, The AMC Network, CBS All-Access, Black Card Revoked, and many others. Outside of his creative pursuits, Jay uses his multimedia platform to celebrate the accomplishments, opinions, and agency of marginalized groups, in addition to actively combating injustice and the destigmatization of mental illness.

Recently, Mr. Connor was on our show tonight talking about his article, Strong Black Men Are Victims Of Assault, Too.

During our conversation, Mr. Connor talked about:

– Being born in Bronx, New York then moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma when he was ten years old
– His challenges with school
– Why did he go into the military, his parents reaction and what did he learn from being into the military
– When did writing become part of his journey and his first big brake
– The story behind the Extraordinary Negroes podcast and the reason behind its success
– The story behind the article
– How does the Black community addresses the issue of Black men being sexually assaulted and the roots causes of the reaction
– “Many Black men are incurring racism, healing from racism or paranoid that racism is about occur.”
– His reaction to the phrase “Strong Black man”
– The lack of a relationship with his father
– Black men getting their strength from Black women
– The need for men to have more meaningful, to have deep communication and how can this change happen
– His calls to action for Black women, non-Blacks and Black men
– The future for Extraordinary Negroes

You can find out more about Mr. Connor via:

Twitter
The Extraordinary Negroes
The Extraordinary Negroes – Instagram

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Dr. Vibe

The panelists for last Sunday’s show were: Melvin Lars, Ryan Singh and Dr. Lawrence Rasheed.

The panelists commented on the following stories:

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Despite “Black Panther,” Hollywood Has Made Little Progress On Diversity

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Proposals To Arm Teachers Fail Students Of Color

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Pain And Policy – Why Reparative Justice Is Needed To End the War on Drugs

The Dr. Vibe Show™: A Quiet Exodus – Why Blacks Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Racial Wealth Gap – Blacks and Latinos Will Be Broke Soon

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Recently, Dr. Vibe hosted a conversation in Toronto about the relationship between academic spaces and young Black men historically and how this has shaped their schooling narratives in Canadian elementary and secondary school systems as well as barriers to post secondary schooling and employment opportunities.

The panelists talked about:

– A discussion of some of the barriers that young Black male student face when wanting to go to post-secondary school
– Some of the deficits in the community and within the education system
– Teachers having low expectations of Black male students and a broken guidance system in secondary schools when it comes to Black male students
– The need for teachers interacting with young Black men and solutions to this issue
– Relationship between representation, post secondary access and educational attainment

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Dr. Vibe

From humble beginnings to a prosperous life. Rodney Kellum has discovered the power of Speaking Life into existence. In addition to accomplishing some major milestones such as playing Division I basketball, being internationally recognized by CNN for the book he Co-authored titled What Yo Nayme Iz: What Not To Name Your Child, and launching Speak Life Inspirational Speaking. Rodney has learned the extremely valuable lesson that his most important work is done at home as husband and father.

Life changed for Rodney when he was forced to choose between his then dream job, and his then very young first child Randall. Once Rodney chose Randall over his what he thought was his dream job his paradigm shifted, and Fatherhood became his inspiration for doing everything that he now does.

When you hear Rodney Kellum speak, you will learn the tools to go from Motivation to Inspiration, as well as the absolute power you have to create the life that you want beginning with carefully choosing and speaking life changing words.

Rodney Kellum is based out of the Atlanta area, and is available for booking of your special event.

Over the next few weeks, The Dr. Vibe Show™ will be hosting the Speak Life Series. During these conversations, Rodney will sharing about various subjects including fatherhood, faith, manhood and rejecting mediocrity and accepting greatness.

During this episode of the Speak Life Series, Rodney talked about Fatherpreneurship: Making Fatherhood Your Business.

During the conversation, Rodney talked about:

– as a father, the importance how to making everything revolve around you as a father your family
– His realization that fatherhood is his main business
– The birth of fatherpreneurship and he made fatherhood his business … how easy was that decision?
– “Stop giving your time to places that don’t give you life back.”
– Three points that help you make fatherhood your business (your presence, your words, your decisions)

You can find out more about Rodney via:

Speak Life International Speaking
Speak Life International Speaking – Facebook
Twitter
Email

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Dr. Vibe

The panelists for last Sunday’s show were: Melvin Lars, Galen Bingham and Jonathan O. Shaw.

The panelists will be commenting on the following stories:

The Dr. Vibe Show™: What Hollywood Could Learn From Frederick Douglass

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Number Of White And Black Hate Groups Surge Under Trump, Extremist-Tracking Organization Says

The Dr. Vibe Show™: What’s Behind The Rise Of Interracial Marriage In The US?

​The Dr. Vibe Show™: How Black Male Athletes Are Redefining What It Means To Empower Women

The Dr. Vibe Show™: Why Aren’t Black Employees Getting More White-Collar Jobs?

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God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,

Dr. Vibe

Aisha K. Staggers has been writing since middle school. She had her first major publication in her local newspaper’s entertainment section while a sophomore in high school, a publication in another state paper followed. Aisha has been contributing to various paper, magazines and textbooks for over 15 years.

In addition to her time as an instructor of social sciences in higher education, Aisha has served as a director of education and policy research centers, and on the staff of legislative commissions. Aisha previously served on the Executive Board of the CT Young Democrats Women’s Caucus and has remained active in politics and public policy. She is an alumni of Albertus Magnus College and Fisk University where she earned Bachelor’s in Communications and Master’s Degree in Psychology, respectively, and completed the Education Policy Fellowship Program in 2008.

Currently, Aisha is Senior Editor for BookTrib, a division of the literary public relations firm, Meryl Moss Media and a HuffPost contributor. In addition to her own work, Aisha has written liner notes for a Prince tribute album, I Wish U Heaven released December 25 and available on YouTube. In 2018, she will be contributing to scholarly work on Prince and the Minneapolis Sound and sitting on an NYU panel for a conference commemorating the 30th anniversary of his Lovesexy album.

While Aisha enjoys writing about music, she feels the most critical discussions we can have today are centered around race and intersectionality because “you can’t fix a problem you don’t acknowledge, and not acknowledging the plight of women of color and specifically Black women is a problem.”

Recently, Ms. Staggers was on our show talking about:

– Parkland, Florida high school students going back to school
– Her thoughts about the CNN Town Hall with Parkland students
– Will the government make a move on gun control?
– The need for America to address the second amendment of the Constitution
– The leaving of Hope Hicks from the Trump team
– Jared Kushner, the Trump family and John Kelly
– Conflict of interest in the Trump administration
– The checks and balances with the American government not working
– Ben Carson spending $31,000 on a dining room set for his office
– The state of the Republican party in America
– How would the control debate be different if 17 Black children were killed in the Parkland, Florida high school shooting
– Why teachers carrying guns is not good

You can find more about Ms. Staggers via:

HuffPost
Atlanta Black Star
YouTube – I Wish U Heaven – Prince Tribute Playlist

Visit our website at https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/

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Anthony Carter combines his love of theatre, writing, storytelling, and black queer feminist theory to create projects that inspire all to greatness. He was a semifinalist in the Strawberry One Act Festival 2007 with his play Breakfast for Dinner. His book Unfettered Mind: The Importance of Black Male Mental Health, released in 2012, offers several winning strategies for remaining mentally healthy and emotionally resilient in a rapidly changing world.

Mr. Carter’s second book, Strong Stuff: Tips on Surviving and Thriving Despite Unemployment, offers insight on maintaining self-esteem and personal friendships while one searches for work. Based on personal experiences (2.5 years of unemployment and some homelessness), the book is full of exercises and quick easy to read and apply tips for thriving despite being jobless.

Mr. Carter’s latest book, Rules Of Reality, is his first collection of Sci-Fi/ – speculative fiction short stories.

Anthony Carter and his husband are joyfully co-raising nine grandchildren while relentlessly devising techniques for the world’s evolution. You can visit him online here.

Mr. Carter was on our show talking about his new book, Rules Of Reality.

During our conversation, Mr. Carter talked about:

– Some of his background
– When did he know that writing would be part of his journey and his previous works
– The story behind the Rules Of Reality
– How did create a forecast of America in 2050 ahd why did he choose to view this time via the eyes of youth and how easy was it to develop characters
– His hope for young people to advance society for the better
– The characters are an amalgamation of people he has met
– What is he proud about with the release of this book

You can contact Mr. Carter via:

Website
Twitter

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Once upon a time, there was young Jamaican American girl from Manhattan who traveled all the way to University Park, Pennsylvania to meet the love of her life (a native Hollis, Queens resident). Where does the story go from here? Currently, the book is still being written. For the thirteen plus years shared together they have each accomplished quite a bit for a couple in their thirties.

A licensed attorney by trade, Natasha held various stints in the corporate world prior to making a foray into fashion and writing. Having been a victim of bullying as a child growing up, Natasha learned to seek out fashion as a source of strength early on and actively uses it as a personal means of empowerment; because of her own experiences with bullying and her strong desire to help others within the plus size community, Natasha started Dressing Room 8 to provide a web-based resource where women can gain personal and professional empowerment through her fashion and lifestyle focused blog, consultation and coaching services. Dressing Room 8 helps women how to think with clarity, dress with confidence, and live with purpose.

Kahlil Nurse is an Electrical Engineer who wears many different hats (just like his wife). He is the Tech Guru for too many people to mention (which his friends and family can totally attest to). He has been the technical support for Dressing Room 8 and Sistas On Fire. As a fan of cars, technology and finance, he embraces opportunities to learn, grow, and enjoy his hobbies to the fullest.

In September 2017, they decided to share their marriage and thoughts to media with their exciting new podcast WokeNFree where they talk about relationships, education, religion, politics, music, history, fashion, diversity in the media, entertainment, empowerment matters, life hacks, technology, cultural disparities in the world, and everything in between. You can listen to a new WokeNFree episode every Wednesday for #WokeNFreeWednesday.

Recently, Kahlil and Natasha were on our show talking about WokeNFree podcast.

During our conversation, they talked about:

– Their thoughts about the Black Panther movie
– Some of Natasha’s and Kahlil’s story including how they met
– The values that their parents instilled in them when they were growing up
– How did the WokeNFree podcast start and the work it takes to make a WokeNFree episode happen
– Some show highlights, some topics that are coming up on the show and some dream guests that they would like to have on the show
– Their message for Blacks who would like to become content creators
– Words of wisdom for Black couples who would like to work together

You can find out more about WokeNFree via:

Website
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
Soundcloud

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God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith,

Dr. Vibe