Our Common Ground With Janice Graham

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham “BLACK SURVIVAL: Dual Crisis in the Pandemic” Health Disparities in the Pandemic and Black Political Chaos Guests:  Dr. Camara P. Jones,     MD, MPH, Ph.D 2019-20 Radcliffe Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University; Assistant Professor ,Harvard School of Public Health (1994 to 2000); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2000 to 2014), Medical Officer and Research Director on Social Determinants of Health and Equity. Work focused on race-associated differences in health outcomes. Page One: In-depth discussion of Black health disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic with Dr. Camara P. Jones. Dr. James Lance  Taylor,  Ph.D Chair of the Department of Politics at the University of San Francisco. Immediate Past President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS); Author, “Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama” Page Two: The mad President. How we cope and how we prepare and how

Politics Another Perspective with Dr. Wilmer Leon, Host, "Inside the Issues"  UrbanView XM Radio Politics Another Perspective: Analysis of Race, War, Ethics and the American Political Landscape in the Age of Obama is a collection of Op Ed's written by Wilmer J. Leon, III, Ph.D. As a collection, these writings provide cutting edge analysis of the various issues that influenced the American geopolitical landscape since 2006 and insight into the direction that the country is headed. We will talk with Dr. Leon about his new book.  Subscribe to our FACEBOOK Page OCG on the Web:  Community Forum Community Forum Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters  

"The American Great Political Debacle of 2017" Guest: Chauncey Devega Political essayist, Cultural critic, Educator, and host of the podcast known as "The Chauncey DeVega Show". .BROADCASTING    BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK  OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters

"The Metrics of Black Wealth" Guest: Dr. William A. (“Sandy”) Darity, Jr., Ph.D. Dr. Darity is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy,African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Duke Consortium on Social Equity at Duke University. WE can't save, educate or job income ourselves out of the economic and financial history from which our poverty springs. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK   Join us on FACEBOOK   OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG   #TalkthatMatters

'Imagining Ourselves as Agentic: The Great Fallacy" Dr. Curry always brings opportunities FOR "transformative discourse". He will be joining us once again. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK   Join us on FACEBOOK   OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG   #TalkthatMatters

A critical lens on the political landscape of America with Pascal Robert Guest: Pascal Robert, Editor, The Thought Merchant and Contributor, The Black Agenda Report This week we discuss the political future of Black Americans in the era of a imperialist Executive and Legislative government. The critical question is not how we react to the fascism that has embedded itself but how we plan to organize our resistance and survival.  BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode  OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters

GUESTS: Yvette Carnell and Irami Osei-Frompong Hosts, BreakingBrown.com Talk and Call-In Show We talk to OCG InterLocutors, Irami Osei-Frimpong  and Yvette Carnell about their new internet-based call-in talk show. Dr. Irami Osei-Frimpong hails from Los Angeles, Calif., and studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Brandeis University and  presents under the name of The Funky Academic. His focus is political philosophy and Philosophy of Education.  Yvette Carnell writes about politics, international and cultural issues for Your Black World and is the founder and Editor of BreakingBrown.com                                                                              BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode  OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters

"In Coversation with Bruce A. Dixon" Co- Founder and Managing Editor, The Black Agenda Report Chair, GA Green Party .Bruce Dixon is the GA State Chairman of the Green Party, a Co-Founder and  Managing Editor of The Black Agenda Report. BROADCASTING   BOLD   BRAVE &  BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode  OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters 

OUR COMMON GROUND returns LIVE tonight.  Part II, Season 2016 on November 12, 2016. Guest:   Dr. James L. Taylor USF and UC Berkeley Black Studies Department Chair, Professor and Author, “Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama” There is critical work before us, reconstitution and reformatting.  We must unravel ourselves first from the chaos and damage of the 2016 Presidential campaign. Whoever wins the WH (we do not know presently) we must be organized, to demand, enforcea and monitor our rights as a people. Radio talk cannot do that but can assist in an appropriate synthesis of the issues, problems and strategies.  That has been our job at OUR COMMON GROUND for 34 years.    BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More about us. Enjoy our archive of all OCG past broadcasts. OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG    #TalkthatMatters

" A Police State: Changing the Body of Law" 1. Indefinite military detentions of U.S. citizens 2. Targeting U.S. citizens for killing 3. Arresting witnesses for recording police actions Policymakers are not discussing or debating these issues in Congress, the State House or City Council. The consequences for what it means to be a Black American is deadly. How do we unravel the laws, and bring democracy to policing in this country to eliminate the killing of Black men and women in there homes and on our streets? You know the names. #SaytheirNames HOW DO WE BEGIN TO FIGHT THE POWER ?   BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode  OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters

"A Promise to Pay: Political Debt" OCG Unfiltered Interlocutor, Pascal Robert joins us. The 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia is over. It was the greatest parade of marketing propaganda we have seen in our lifetime. Hillary proclaimed, “Your cause is my cause,”. But dissatisfied delegates in the hall, the Bernie people saw her rhetoric for what it was: insincere and opportunistic. They have sacrificed nothing to make us stronger together. It was a great party of political promises, filling the tab, of making debt. Will they pay? They sold us on the idea that we must elect someone is sane and competent. How empty is that for our political future. There IS so much at stake, and once again the Democrats provide us no answer. Tonight one of our Unfiltered Interlocutor, Pascal Robert, joins us to sort it out and talk about just where we are inside the theatre.  BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode  OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.co

OPEN MIC Saturday Night Some of our favorite commentators will stop by to brief us on important issues and ignite the phones. Call In Line: 347-838-9852  Once a month, we turn the mic over to you. It is clear that they will do whatever we allow. Justice is now whatever they can justify. Topics on Tap for tonight:

What is Freedom ? We have been on the road, rampage and struggle for FREEDOM for over 40 years. We have rebelled, resisted, sung, marched and demanded. More Black people in prison; killed and brutalized by police; living under oppressive captialism and abandoned by corrupted politics.We watch Black men and women bodies fall in the street and in jails murdered under law.  Most of us declare freedom, and some continue to fight for it. But what exactly is FREEDOM? A discussion with the Funky Academic about this convolution called FREEDOM. Guest: Brother Dr. Irami Osei-Frimpong, Brandeis and UCal philospher, The Funky Academic                 BROADCASTING  BOLD  BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters

OCG SPECIAL ::  40M Souls : Marganilized, Traumatized, Terrorized and Muderered Joining us:  Yvette Carnell of BreakingBrown.com, Dr. James L. Taylor, USF and UC Berkeley, Dr. Tommy J. Curry, Texas A&M University We declare our collective wounds and injuries in the wake of the killing of more than 1, 000 American citizens by police. This week we witnessed once again the cold-bloodied execution of our Brother, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.  WE ARE OUTRAGED.  We are outraged that there is no accountablity, the government, government officials and elected officials show limited concern of accountability or justice.  We are citizens and should no fear for the safety of our children and ourselves.  We don't believe that a peaceful protest about the value of our presence cannot be highjacked by one act of violence. We reject that the killing of police is a rationale response to the legitimate outrage of the killing of Black men and women under the cover of law and authority.  BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE

BLACK LIVES MATTER: Talking to our Children and Ourselves The Execution of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile The Dallas Aftermath and Lingering Questions                       How Much Death Do we have to endure ? Guest: Professor Miriam "Dutchess" Harris ;; Professor and Chair of American Studies ::  Co-Author, "Black Lives Matter"  Duchess Harris is an African American academic, author, and legal scholar at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. The urgent need to transform policing in America, to call for justice, transparency and accountability. email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com OCG Facebook: facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO/ OUR COMMON GROUND Web: http://www.ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum  http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters #Talkthat Matters

 OPEN MIC Saturday Night with India DeClair India DeClair, Host of TheIDeClair Show, Guest Hosting India DeClair aka IDECLAIR  Writer, Blogger, Internet Talk Media Personality REAL. RAW. RIGHT NOW... Talk Media! IDECLAIR MEDIA, THE IDECLAIR SHOW...  http://ideclairmedia.com/ Pascal Robert, The Black Agenda Review, reviews the SCOTUS decision on police searches. No Accountability in Baltimore SCOTUS Denies AA Challenge in Admissions SCOTUS Legalizes Police Misconduct with Pascal Robert House Democrats Erupt  Listen & Call In Line: 347-838-9852  email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com OCG Facebook: facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO/ OUR COMMON GROUND Web: http://www.ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum  http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters #Talkthat Matters

"Wilmington on Fire" with the Filmmaker, Christopher Everett  Tonight we talk again with Christopher Everett about his film as it tours the nation. The Wilmington Massacre was a bloody attack on the African-American community by a heavily armed white mob with the support of the North Carolina Democratic Party on November 10, 1898 in the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina.  Most folks are familiar with massacres that took place in Tulsa and Rosewood regarding US history but not Wilmington. This incident is barely mentioned and has been omitted from most history books. The film features interviews from historians, authors, activists and actual descendants of the victims of the Wilmington Massacre of 1898. Broadcasting  BOLD   BRAVE  &  BLACK email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com OCG Facebook: facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO/ OUR COMMON GROUND Web: http://www.ourcommonground.com/

"The unDoing: Gorillas. Rapists. Ali Trump. Clinton & Roots" We talk with Dr.  Dr. James L. Taylor, USF Professor and Author about the deaths of Prince and Muhammad Ali, the 2016 races, Obama exit and the racial bias in sentencing of rapists.  Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Co-Founder & Executive Director , Racial Justice NOW joins us to assist in deconstruction the racist protests around the killing of a gorilla to save a Black child's life. Other items on the agenda, the release of Muhammad Ali's funeral, Davontae Sanford, Bernie Sanders and the Black political environment. BROADCASTING BOLD BRAVE & BLACK Join us on FACEBOOK and Learn More abut this episode  OCG on the Web: http://ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters

" Political Madness: Where da' Revolution ?" ALFO, of the ALFO Show, TrutWorks Network, Takes the Mic ALFO ( Duane Alford)  sits in for Janice  and broadcasts LIVE from Chicago, IL. He is a student of commonsense. Retired and a news junkie. He started his broadcasting career at USTalk Network as one of four hosts of "The Front Page" . ALFO has been hosting "The ALFO Show" on TruthWorks Network radio for seven years.  Visit his FB Page:  https://www.facebook.com/TheALFOShow/ email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com OCG Facebook: facebook.com/OCGTALKRADIO/ OUR COMMON GROUND Web: http://www.ourcommonground.com/ Community Forum  http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters   

"A Deadly Silence: Black Men and Boys" Guest Dr. Tommy J. Curry Texas A&M University, Professor of Philosophy,  Black Studies and Critical Race Theory; author, “The Man Not” Most Black men and boys have not been trained to talk about gender in ways that articulate men’s historical experiences with accuracy–outside of investments in traditional patriarchal tropes, and consequently they are often not able to participate in discussions on Black gender matters. But what of their population in prison, school failure and the unemployment stats? Are we leaving them behind and have we diminished or snuffed out the voice of Black men and boys? Who speaks for our Fathers, Sons, Brothers, Uncles and Nephews? We are so pleased to have Dr. Curry join us again. BROADCASTING  BRAVE BOLD & BLACK email: OCGinfo@ourcommonground.com  Community Forum: http://www.ourcommonground-talk.ning.com/ Twitter: @JaniceOCG #TalkthatMatters OCG Blog: http://www.ourcommongroundtalk.wordpress.com/ Pinterest : http://www.