DryerBuzz & Co LIVE: Organization Spotlight: Buzz on The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR)
May 31, 2009
DryerBuzz & Company presents an Organizational Spotlight Podcast. With an ongoing initiative to take back our keywords [black women, african american], we try to provide a vehicle to answer the age old question “where do we go from here.” Too often we hear citizen asks questions about our civic lives as if organizations and associations didn’t exist. Many orgs are historic and continue to address needs of African Americans every day. Some are born out of special interest, but for the most part they do exist.
Within the last year or so, at DryerBuzz.com we added a feature section called “Seeing Is Believing.” That is where we are and if we don’t see we don’t believe – even to our detriment sometimes. So we’ve continued to run headlines to let the reader know about various organizations. Occasionally we invite Orgs and Association on the podcast during the Great Debates.
This week we invite for a special inside look to The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), an intergenerational civic engagement network of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP). At the forefront of championing just and equitable public policy on behalf of Black women, BWR promotes their health and wellness, economic security, education and global empowerment as key elements for success.
We recently ran a headline where the group responded to the President Obama’s announcement of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. [Read More]
Join DryerBuzz & Company Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 7:30PM LIVE for special Organization Spotlight with The Black Woman’s Roundtable to hear more. We’ll be joined by Melanie L. Campbell, NCBCP executive director and CEO and Black Womens Roundtable convener and Felicia M. Davis, president, Just Environment and member NCBCP Black Women’s Roundtable Atlanta.
Phone lines will be open at 646-652-2642 for comments or to listen via BlackBerry and iPhones. Listen above with plug-in LIVE or podcast available immediately after taping.
Visit www.ncbcp.org to learn more during and after the show. BWR comprises a diverse group of Black women civic leaders of international, national, regional and state-based organizations and institutions. Together, the BWR membership represents the issues and concerns of millions of Americans and families who live across the United States and around the world.
BWR has outlined specific policy priorities for 2009-2010 to ensure the educational advancement, economic security, health and wellness, education and global empowerment of women, with a special emphasis on Black women and girls. Learn more about these priorities, BWR initiatives and how you can get involved.
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DryerBuzz & Company: Great HR 848 Debate Live and Podcast with Entertainment Attorney Leron E. Rogers
May 29, 2009
HR 848 has some seeing green and others seeing red, namely Black Radio. Introduced by Rep Conyers, John, Jr, the bill is said to “provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.” So what does that mean. You may have heard Cathy Hughes by now with what she thinks the bill would mean to black radio, but what does it mean for performing artists and the like. Are they about to get PAID?
Join us TODAY Friday, 2:30PM ETfor the live taping of DryerBuzz & Company Great Debates with special guest prominent music and entertainment attorney Leron Rogers for the buzz behind the buzz on HR 848.
A partner in the law firm of Hewitt & Rogers based in Atlanta, Leron heads up the firm’s entertainment, technology and media law practice group and is known throughout the country for representing high profile entertainers and athletes in their professional and business ventures. Hewitt & Rogers legal expertise includes business transactions, entertainment law, and business litigation, among other services.
Leron E. Rogers represents renowned artists, producers,management companies, songwriters, record labels and publishing companies. Within the entertainment industry, Leron has represented clients including comedian/TV/radio/film star Steve Harvey, icon James Brown’s children, R&B group “Silk”, Lil Scrappy (Warner Bros.), “PSC” (Grand Hustle/Atlantic),”Big Kuntry” (Grand Hustle/Atlantic), Grammy Nominated writers/producers Jason Rome (Luther Vandross, Jagged Edge, Blu Cantrell, Cassidy, Patty Labelle), Nate Walker (Jamie Foxx); NexusMusic (J. Holiday); Natural Disaster (Soulja Boy); Jeffrey “Marvelous J” White (Dem Franchise Boys, Rocko, Lil’ Mama), Prentice Spry (Jamie Foxx), Cedric “Ced Keyz” Williams (Ciara, Young Joc, Young Buck, LLoyd); Jonathan “Baby Jay” Williams (50, Lloyd Banks, Tyrese); and Trools & Rask (Akon) and former V103 radio personality, Porsche Foxx.
Phone lines are open during taping so join us at 646-652-2642 or listen live or podcast at www.DryerBuzz.com. Where do you stand on HR 848?
HR 848 Summary: [Source]
Performance Rights Act – Amends federal copyright law to: (1) grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters; (2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for noncommercial, public broadcast stations; (3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings; and (4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option. Read More
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Sunday Great Debates: The Flu and U. Plus, who’s in charge of your healthcare?
April 30, 2009
The Flu and U: Don’t miss our panel of experts on the flu and you. Alerts and information continue to change daily. How cautious should you be when traveling, working and even socializing? Stay tuned.
Invited Guest:
- Dr. Andrea Pennington, former Medical Director for Discovery Health Channel
is helping to educate the country on the how to safeguard yourself against the Swine Flu by addressing the need to improving health care quality and self-protection. As Chief Medical Officer at Logical Images, Inc., the expert source for visual diagnostic decision support technology and consumer skin health information, Dr. Andrea Pennington serves as a physician ambassador responsible for educating the country on the important role that accurate diagnosis and information at the point of care plays in improving health care quality, reducing medical error and cutting health care costs and this includes the recent Swine Flu outbreak. - Dr Elmore Alexander, President Select Physician Care
Select Physician Care, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, was organized in 2006. SPC is a health care service provider that provides affordable health care access plans to small to medium-sized businesses and self-employed individuals.
Plus, get the buzz behind the buzz on Select Physician Care. After Sunday dinner, settle in for a great debate. Great Debates continue on DryerBuzz & Company Sunday, May 3, 2009, 7:30PM ET.
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DryerBuzz & Company Great Debates: What’s Up with that Brother in a Recession?
April 22, 2009
DryerBuzz & Company Great Debates returned Sunday April 19th. After dinner, now you can settle in for a great debate taped live before an Internet audience. Coming up, What’s Up with that Brother… In A Recession?
Sunday April 26, 2009, in true debate form, host Yalanda Lattimore will be joined by a special invited guest panel to look at how that Brother is fairing in the recession. What’s his mental state in a downward economy where foreclosures, downsizing, and financial pitfalls lead the headlines? Or is he affected at all? We’ll find out where that Brother turns for support and how creative he has become to keep his family afloat.
Invited Guest:
- Iqbal Kalla, President and CEO of Bump Patrol maker M&M Products Company
- Lamont Joyner also known as “The Black Inventor” TheBlackInventor.com
- Drs. Clarence and Ja’Ola Walker, husband and wife duo co-creators of the Circle of Contentment method urbanministries.com
Don’t miss DryerBuzz & Company Great Debates now on Sundays 7:30PM ET LIVE. Call in to participate 646-652-2642 or listen live at www.DryerBuzz.com or www.BlogTalkRadio.com/DryerBuzz to listen and chat.
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DryerBuzz and Company: The Great Debates returns Sunday 04.19.09 7:30PM ET
April 19, 2009
Join DryerBuzz & Company for a week in glance as we take you inside the headlines of the week for the buzz behnd the buzz. It’s the Great Debates live. After dinner turn on the buzz with special guest and a bloggers panel. The honeymoon is over and the wars have begun – the tax wars and the daily assults. We’ll have the buzz behind the buzz this week on DryerBuzz and Company. Call in and participate 646-652-2642. Listen live or podcast with the player below.
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Live Chat with “Obsessed” Producer Will Packer
March 9, 2009
The Cut — Beyonce has come a long way, but not far enough from the debates that ensue following several projects, as evidence by the latest beef with Etta James over her role in Cadillac Records, not to mention upsetting Aretha Franklin. R-E-S-P-E-C-T has been hard to come by for Beyonce. Perhaps she just needed the right producer. We’ve got the buzz…
On April 24, 2009, “Obsessed” starring Beyonce Knowles, Idris Elba and Ali Larter will premiere. This is Beyonce’s first film where no singing is involved. The trailer is already rolling in theaters and buzzing around the net. This looks to be the role that will deliver Beyonce her true acting creds and quiet some debates.
The films producer, Will Packer is bringing the buzz to DryerBuzz. He has had an amazing track record being able to secure top talent in music and entertainment for his projects. Mr. Packer has been named by Daily Variety magazine as a producer to watch and has been recognized by many other publications for his quality work in film making. With each project, DryerBuzz and Company goes in for the buzz behind the buzz.
As Co-Founder and Chairman of Rainforest Films, Packer is responsible for producing and overseeing the company’s studio financed and self-financed films and distribution projects. He co-founded Rainforest Films with his partner Rob Hardy in the summer of 1994 while both were engineering students at Florida A & M University.
This partnership has also resulted in Packer overseeing production and distribution budgets of numerous urban-themed releases including Trois: The Escort, Motives and the independent breakout hit film, The Gospel and Stomp The Yard, which held the #1 position at the box office for two weekends in January of 2007,
Packer also enjoyed the success of This Christmas, which starred Regina King, Loretta Devine, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Columbus Short and Chris Brown.
Join us for a live chat with Will Packer, Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 4:30 ET, or catch the podcast playing at www.DryerBuzz.com. Feel free to call in with questions or listen via phone (if away from PC) at 646-652-2642. Spread the Buzz
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Watch State of Black Union (sobu) Live
February 28, 2009
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PBS Talk Show Host Tavis Smiley and a variety of America’s black leaders meet in Los Angeles, CA, for the 2009 “State of the Black Union.” This day-long event is titled, “Making America As Good As Its Promise.” This even will re-air on C-SPAN, Friday, March 6 at 8pm (ET). For upcoming tour events and sobu info, visit www.TavisTalks.com
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BlackFridayGiving.org Launches Online Initiative to Foster African American Giving
February 17, 2009
Sistributions, webmasters for DryerBuzz.com and affiliates, launches online initiative to bring visibility to African American charities, organizations, associations, and historic institutions.
“Too often we find these African American organizations, charities, and institutions in dire need of our contributions,” says Yalanda Lattimore editor of DryerBuzz.com online since 2002. “By the time their message reaches the larger Diaspora, it is too late to assist and we see them vanish.”
With BlackFridayGiving.org, every Friday will become a day of giving as a reminder that we need to support each other. Contributors of BlackFridayGiving.org are asked to make small consistent donations equal to that of a discount movie ticket to beneficiaries of their choice listed with BlackFridayGiving.org.
African Americans are said to have an unparalleled buying power, but when it comes to financially supporting our own communities, the spending does not compare. BlackFridayGiving.org is not about recycling the dollar, this is about supporting institutions that support our communities whether we “need” them or not.
“When ever a black organization is in trouble, we quickly call on celebrities, athletes and the like to save them,” says Yalanda. Hopefully, with BlackFridayGiving.org these organizations won’t see troubled days. We’re asking individuals and household to visit www.BlackFridayGiving.org, select one or more of the charities or organizations listed, then commit to contributing on a consistent basis in amounts they can afford to give regularly.
So that organizations can track giving from BlackFridayGiving.org, contributors are asked to contribute in increments of $8 (the cost of a discount movie ticket) in an amount they can give consistently on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis on Fridays. We’re turning “buying power” into real “power” our community should exhibit in 2009 by matching our spending to our giving.
The 1st BlackFridayGiving will take place Friday, February 20, 2009 when African Americans will spend at least $40 to $60 million dollars at the movies over a 3 day period. Imagine the influx of this amount of cash into a struggling African American institution. Tyler Perry, who has been very generous in donating to some of the same charities listed, will release his next blockbuster “Madea Goes to Jail.” Perry himself recently donated $110,000 to an Atlanta homeless shelter. Celebrities cannot do it all.
Through the online initiative, tens of thousands will see the movie on 1300 screens. Many will match their ticket price giving to charities listed at BlackFridayGiving.org with a commitment to return and give again and again.
For more on BlackFridayGiving.org, listen to DryerBuzz & Company live Tuesday, February 17 at 9:30 PM. Visit www.DryerBuzz.com or www.DryerBuzzRadio.com to listen. Call in 646-652-2642 (also use to listen on PDAs)
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Recession: We’ve Been Here Before. How Did We Survive?
February 12, 2009
Money Talk continues on DryerBuzz & Company: Join DryerBuzz & Company for a special podcast and national discussion on the Recession – We’ve Been Here Before – How Did We Survive. We’re live Thursday , Feb 12, 2009 at 2 PM ET/1 CT or catch the podcast playing at www.DryerBuzz.com. Call in with questions 646-652-2642.
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Recession: We’ve been here before. How Did We Survive?
The news is one thing, but what is the reality of a recession. We’re opening the phone lines to see how America is fairing with the changing job market and the coming bailout. Is this the right time to start a business? When you think of the number of companies looking to make cut back, outsourcing maybe be number one on the agenda. Starting a business could mean becoming self employed or acting as a sole proprietor to tap into many resources now avaialble to get through the recession.
What if you lose your job? Is there a job you wouldn’t do to make ends meet. The discussion starts at 2PM ET/1PM CT – join us. Call in live 646-652-2642.
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Money Talk on DryerBuzz & Company: Talk Before You Walk
February 10, 2009
Money Talk on DryerBuzz & Company: Join DryerBuzz & Company and our special guests for a Tuesday night discussion of money and get your finances in order. What does it mean to be in or opting out of the recession. We’re live Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 at 10 PM ET/9 CT or catch the podcast playing at www.DryerBuzz.com. Call in with questions 646-652-2642.
Personal Finances Educator Releases Talk Before You Walk Program
It’s a proven fact that many couples become engaged during the Christmas holidays and even moreso on Valentine’s Day. If you’re one of these lucky couples, realize you are now on the path to the much talked about, and sometimes feared Wedding Day. You know what the prize is at the end of the journey with you and your future spouse saying “I Do.” But make no mistake, the path to get there will have twists and turns you haven’t even thought of.
Brides-to-be and grooms are used to hearing about common obstacles such as setting a date, how many attendants and choosing a cake just to name a few. But when it comes to money? That subject is spoken in only hushed whispers, if at all.
“Money is such a loaded topic for us all, but especially for people starting a new life together who have so many other things to coordinate,” says Personal Finance Educator, Dr. Taffy Wagner. “It’s time to change how we enter into marriage with little or no financial guidance. Couples are set up for financial stress.”
Dr. Wagner says, “Money Talk Before The Commitment Walk(TM) and Debt Stops At The Altar(TM) program is a unique gift for engaged couples or newlyweds that keeps on giving for a lifetime.” It is a preventative tool to preclude financial stress and strain on the marriage. For more information about The Debt Stops at the Altar(TM) and Money Talk Before The Commitment Walk(TM), go to www.DebtAtTheAltar.com
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