Donald Bakeer is author of “South Central L.A. CRIPS (1987)“, the novel that in tandem with its critically acclaimed film adaptation, “South Central” (Warner Bros. 1992), has been the most powerful artistic combination to combat the 35 year old gang murder epidemic that has now become a culture for many. These two works, and Bakeer’slast novel, The Story of the 1992 L.A. Uprising-“Inhale Gasoline & Gunsmoke!”, are critical in his strategy to end the gang wars with art and fight a growing culture of anti-literacy.
Bakeer, recently retired after 30 years teaching English in several of South Central L.A.’s toughest schools, is a renowned poet and speaker, a 15 year member and former President of the International Black Writers and Artists who has been one of the most influential voices in South Central L.A. for over 3 decades, now. Known to many as “The Master Poet”, Bakeer has performed hundreds of times over the past 30 years in schools, churches, mosques, night clubs, restaurants, bookstores, and festivals in the area. He is the dedicated father of 9, has mentored many, and taught hundreds of people to be poets.
Donald Bakeer
CRIPS and …Inhale Gasoline & Gunsmoke… are action packed, historical novels that chronicle the evolution of black L.A. from the Watts riots in 1965 through the 1992, South Central L.A. Rebellion.
“I wrote these novels after teaching thousands of students and interviewing over 500 gangsters over a period of 11 years. My intent is to put an end to the tradition of gang murder that has claimed well over 10 thousand lives. The rising tide of electronic media and the acquiescence to ‘post literate age’ status for the underclass (N*GG*S) by educators have combined with the moral deterioration of the family to create a violent cult among our youth. At the heart of the problem is a closet illiteracy that prohibits the most violent youths’ participation in legitimate society. My books are written to change hearts and liberate minds (by inspiring the anti-literate to read). The books are crafted to be ammunition against the traditions that make murder fair seeming and violence (for problem solving) most admired.” They are tried and proven over the past 17 years to be most effective in eradicating illiteracy.
My books are meant to enlighten and entertain society, in general, but they are, specifically, crafted to be rights of passage novels for many who would read nothing if it was not about them and addressed specifically to them. I write to eradicate mental blight amongst the underclass. I write to create light.
The books are used quite effectively in classrooms, and, prominently, by libraries, book clubs, et al. The hardback books are1st and 2d editions and in limited supply, so they are collectibles and make enduring gifts.
This Sunday at 3 p.m. in Leimert Park at the new Jinga Jinga Cafe (3347 1/2 43rd Place, 90008 Formerly 5th Street Dick’s) famed author Donald Bakeer (“South Central” the movie/CRIPS the novel) will be lecturing and reading from his beautiful and inspiring new memoir, “I, Too, Can Create Light”. He will be autographing books afterward. Everyone is encouraged to come and enjoy the historic ambience of Leimert Park’s most famous site formerly “5th Srteet Dick’s”.
SML #41 Show Schedule:
10:00 Intro- Darlene Donloe’s Entertainment report: NAACP Theater Awards Check out her blog at http://donloeslowdown.blogspot.com
10:05 Clip: Dr. Ed Jackson, Jr., an Alpha, Executive architect MLK National Memorial Project“Why a Chinese Sculptor was Chosen.”
10:08 Tech & Pop by Hannibal Tabu, http://www.Komplicated.com
10:10 Donald Bakeer, author I Too Can Create Light and Cris, the book made into the hit movie South entral.
11:00 Excerpts: Dr. Keith Black speaks at the Mayme Clayton Museum; interviwed by Angela De Joseph.
11:30 Dr. Kwaku interviews 9th grader who wants to follow in Dr. Keith Black’s footsteps.
11:40 Sunday Morning Live.net review
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The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is too small, made by a sculptor from China, weak as a work of art—and too pink. But it imparts an important message. By Blake Gopnik.
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The Cubicle Chick--Danyelle Little, St. Louis
10:00 The Cubicle Chick (Danyelle Little)- How to Make Money With Your Blog http://www.thecubiclechick.comBloggers love blogging. They would quit their day jobs if they could. But can they? Can you?
10:35 Darlene Donloe Interviews Ava Duvernay. Great news about her acclaimed movie “I Will Follow.” It is coming out on DVD. Wednesday is Ava’s birthday! Stop by her Facebook Page and wish her a Happy Day!http://www.dvahq.com/home2.html She has a new movie due out soon about the life of a wife of a prisoner. It’s called “Middle of Nowhere.” Listen to Darlene’s interview for details!
Organic Groove by David Ornette Cherry
11:00 David Ornette Cherry, Part 2: Organic Musical Discussion Does the Natural Hair Movement mean a social awakening? Plus, Mr. Cherry teaches us something new! www.DavidOrnetteCherry.com 11:30 Walking and Talking in Las Vegas:Steve Harvey’s Hoodie Awards Seminar, I-Spy News review 11:40 Dr. Kwaku—What’s Wrong With this Picture? More at www.SundayMorningLive.net. 11:50 Coach Jaaye Person-Lynn invites your 12 and 13 year old to play football at Baldwin Hills Youth Football.Noon: Sign Off!Sunday Morning Live is a weekly news and talk magazine produced and hosted by Isidra Person-Lynn and friends. Got a show idea? Email us at info@SundayMorningLive.net. We do not wish to focus on events, since people all over the country can tune in. Rather, we want to discuss issues and profile interesting people and give news and information. Meanwhile, since we want to keep expanding the show, we have to find a way to compensate these talents. Soon we will post a link to our House of the Rising Sons Paypal Acct. If listeners would just kick in some gas money to start, we could underwrite Entertainment, Tech & Pop plus bring on Sports and more. Got ideas? Let’s talk! info@SundayMorningLive.net. In the meantime, you can catch up on passed shows you missed right here at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sundaymorning-live or scroll down www.SundayMorningLive.netand keep clicking “Older broadcasts” to see the show descriptions. There is something there for you!
About Our Guests:
The Cubicle Chick IS Danyelle Little
The Cubicle Chick--Danyelle Little, St. Louis
Check out her video about how to make money with your blog: You can read more from Danyelle Little on the subject here. More information about a variety of topics is available at her website: http://www.thecubiclechick.com TheCubicleChick.com was launched in October 2009 by ‘Digital Debutante’ Danyelle Little as a lifestyle guide that focuses on women who juggle a variety of duties. TheCubicleChick.com embodies independence, confidence, style, pizazz, and encourages bringing out the best in others. Getting the most out of life while remaining true to oneself is the most important trait a Cubicle Chick can have! On TheCubicleChick.com, we focus on office life, parenting, relationships, health and beauty, trends, fashion, pop culture, Hollywood glam, and red carpet events. In addition to this website, The Cubicle Chick also writes for YBPGuide.com as an HR Expert, is a contributor to St. Louis Kid’s Magazine’s Smart Parenting Blog, and has contributed to FatWallet.com, The Fresh Xpress, Centric TV Blog, and Avenue1. She has been featured on CNN.com and has been interviewed in The Wall Street Journal, Glamour Magazine, and St. Louis Post Dispatch. Her eBook, Stay in Your Lane: A Guide to Branding You & Your Blog was released in April 2011. The conference that Danyelle Little organizes is called Show Me the Blog Social Media and Blogging Conference. It takes in St. Louis on 10/21 and 10/22. The link to the site is http://www.showmetheblog.comDanyelle wrote an e-book about the subject: Order Yours Here!
Ava DuVernay, Filmmaker, I Will Follow
Ava DuVernay
From Wikipedia In 2008, Ava DuVernay made her feature directorial debut with the documentary, This Is the Life, which won audience awards in Los Angeles, Toronto and Seattle. The film opened theatrically in March 2009, and premiered on Showtime Networks in May 2009. The film was financed, produced, marketed and distributed by DuVernay’s Forward Movement banner. In 2010, DuVernay directed three network music documentaries, including “My Mic Sounds Nice” which explored the history of women in hip hop, “Faith Through The Storm” which is a look at the role that gospel music played in the lives of two black women Katrina survivors, and a two-hour documentary chronicling the Essence Music Festival. All films were broadcast in 2010 on BET and TV One respectively. In 2011, DuVernay’s first narrative feature film, “I Will Follow,” a drama starring Salli Richardson-Whitfield, was released theatrically. The film was an official selection of AFI Fest and Chicago International Film Festivals, and won honors at Pan-African International Film Festival, BronzeLens and Urbanworld. Roger Ebert championed the film, stating “‘I Will Follow’ is one of the best films I’ve seen about coming to terms with the death of loved one. Directed by Ava DuVernay, it isn’t sentimental, it isn’t superficial. It is very deeply true.” The film was released theatrically through AFFRM, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement on March 11, 2011 in concert with AMC Independent. Previously, she has written and directed two award-winning shorts, “Compton in C Minor” and “Saturday Night Life,” the latter of which was broadcast by Showtime Television.
Film Distribution
On January 7, 2011 an article entitled “Building An Alliance To Aid Films By Blacks” by Michael Cieply was published in the New York Times about DuVernay’s venture to organize African-American film festivals and orchestrate limited engagement theatrical releases for black independent films. The collective is called the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movementor AFFRM. “I Will Follow” was the first theatrical release of AFFRM on March 11, 2011, making it the first simultaneous national theatrical release powered completely by grassroots means with no formal marketing budget or corporate parent company. “I Will Follow” grossed a per-screen-average of more $11,463, and expanded from five screens in five cities to 22 screens in 15 cities after its first weekend.
David Ornette Cherry
David Ornette Cherry
Taken from http://www.davidornettecherry.comDavid Ornette Cherry grew up in Watts, California. This Watts young man later won the 2003 ASCAP- Chamber Music America Award for adventurous Programming of Contempory Music. He writes, arranges, and improvises music from sunrise to sunset. The pulses and melodies that arise from his jazz, classical, African, world music background, and from playing with some of the great jazz artists of our times, speak about our human experiences through the the language of sound. He listens with an open heart and fresh mind to his collaborators and the world around him in a way that makes his compositions not only music, but a way of life a positive form of energy, and a way to connect. Current work is titled Ensemble for Improvisors. He trains young musicians in world music, theory, and piano. David was born the same year Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry recorded their first album, SOMETHIN ELSE. The ambient music streaming through his childhood was generated by the early collaborations of his dad, Don Cherry, with Coleman and the musicians who visited his parents’ Mariposa Avenue home in Los Angeles. However, it was a wood-chopping accident one summer in Sweden that sealed David’s musical fate as he was confined to music study and later performing with his Dad at the age of sixteen years old. News Links: How Much Money Do Bloggers Make Blogging? Click Here (From 2009)
Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn’s Candid Moments:
What’s Wrong With this Picture?
Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn challenges a popular Las Vegas statue for historical inaccuracy.
Next AFRIKAN WORLD CIVILIZATIONS CLASS starts Sept 23: www.DrKwaku.com FIRST NIGHT IS FREE!
Thank Yous:
Wow. 40 Shows. I am amazed myself. Thank you, everyone, for listening, reposting, retweeting and spreading the word. Especially thank God and my family, Kathy Williamson who set this in motion, Darlene Donloe who was the first segment host to sign on. Thanks to Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn, my husband for his candid Moments segments, and Jaaye Person-Lynn for guest hosting. Thanks to Sybil Mc Miller who has save d me frm dead air many times. Thanks to everyone who has answered my call to do an interview. Thanks to Judge Kevin Ross and Rev. Mark Whitlockwho were subjects of the highest rated show we ever had. And thanks to everyone else who I have not mentioned by name because my mental hard drive did not access that folder. Thank you, too!
11: 40 David Ornette Cherry shares his music that is not quite like anything you’ve heard before.
About Our Guests
Kricscha Esquivel, High Cost of Divorce
Krischa Esquivel
Krischa Esquivel made a presentation at Jarim Person-Lynn’s Brass Knuckle Finance Class a few weeks back and I was riveted. More of our young women need to hear this, if they want to live less stressful lives and provide better for their children.
We will also get an update on a project that has been in the works. Stay tuned!
NOTE: A friend who is an attorney suggested people try divorce mediators to cut the high cost of divorce. A quick Google search turned up many with cute names, but check with someone in the legal field for a recommendation you can trust.
David Ornette Cherry
Who Is David Ornette Cherry?
David Ornette Cherry grew up in Watts, California. This Watts young man later won the 2003 ASCAP- Chamber Music America Award for adventurous Programming of Contempory Music. He writes, arranges, and improvises music from sunrise to sunset.
The pulses and melodies that arise from his jazz, classical, African, world music background, and from playing with some of the great jazz artists of our times, speak about our human experiences through the the language of sound. He listens with an open heart and fresh mind to his collaborators and the world around him in a way that makes his compositions not only music, but a way of life a positive form of energy, and a way to connect. Current work is titled Ensemble for Improvisors. He trains young musicians in world music, theory, and piano.
David was born the same year Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry recorded their first album, SOMETHIN ELSE. The ambient music streaming through his childhood was generated by the early collaborations of his dad, Don Cherry, with Coleman and the musicians who visited his parents’ Mariposa Avenue home in Los Angeles.
However, it was a wood-chopping accident one summer in Sweden that sealed David’s musical fate as he was confined to music study and later performing with his Dad at the age of sixteen years old.
Visit www.DavidOrnetteCherry.com for more! And coming up: Cherry Extract Presents: Kwasi Kuuma Ofori with “Eternal Monologue.” August 12, Afrique Bistro. 102 NE Russell
Portland, Oregon 97212 7-10 PM Tickets: $8.
Darlene Donloe’s Entertainment Report
Her guest this week is Everette Harp, who will be performing Saturday, 8/13/2011 at the Long Beach Jazz Festival.
As the 90’s progressed and smooth jazz artists began incorporating more hip-hop and classic R&B grooves into the music which came to define the genre, Everette Harp found himself ahead of the curve. Raised in church and weaned on gospel and soul music, the Houston born saxman on his first two Blue Note recordings, Everette Harp (1992) and Common Ground (1994), was already leaning this way, combining dynamic funk edges and urban textures into the mix. His popular 1997 tribute to Marvin Gaye’s 1971 watershed album What’s Going On combined the best of his two worlds, modern day contemporary jazz and the classic soul he grew up with. 1998’s Better
Darlene Donloe, Entertainment
Days further solidified his place among the chart-toppers of smooth jazz. While on his previous albums, Harp sought to push the envelope stylistically and show off all of his abilities as writer, arranger, producer and player (even of straight ahead jazz), For the Love strips away the diversions and focuses purely on Harp’s ability to convey powerful emotions via lyrical playing, beautiful melodies and sensuous rhythms.
While high ambition has always been Harp’s trademark as an artist and performer, on For the Love, the saxman looked forward to the challenge of letting go of pretension, focusing on the love of song and above all, keeping things simple. “I’ve always looked upon each album as a learning experience, and for me that used to mean trying to fill each song with huge arrangements and every sonic idea that came to mind, scattering styles on the other songs once the radio tunes were recorded, and playing a lot of notes. But like George Duke has long told me, there is an art form to being simple and communicating honestly. The result, I believe is my most focused project to date.”
Keeping with that sensibility, the album title For the Love (Read More)
The most important thing to know is that Hannibal Tabu is a digital messenger, a carrier and conduit for information who uses computers and text to transmit and broadcast/narrowcast messages, carrying them to their intended recipient. He has helped many entities, large and small, move their message: to their own staffs, the public at large, or to specific niche audiences.
The New Spiderman--Black and Latino
In print (publications, brochures, articles, et cetera), online (websites, banner ads, promotional graphics, and so on), or in signage (billboards, outdoor advertising, or what have you); with information design, crafting a user experience, traditional layout and graphic design, or through compelling written content, Hannibal Tabu opens the way for people to understand one another, slicing a swath through confusion and ignorance. More at www.Komplicated.com.
Read more about the new Puerto Rican Spiderman in The Wave
Melissa Shepherd’s Biography
Melissa Shepherd was born and raised in Panama, which makes her fluent in Spanish and English, as well as “Spanglish.” She then moved to California to continue her college years.Throughout those years, the common thread was, such as before moving to the United States, an insatiable interest in cultural exchange. This excitement about diversity had been fueled by her mother’s creative ways of engaging her students in learning about themselves and their classmates’ cultural background. Additionally, home life was filled with cultural celebrations, Panamanian and otherwise. Whether it was through food, music, or documentaries, her mother instilled a curiosity about the world and a sense of world citizenship. It is no coincidence that her college life consistently included participation in activities organized by UCLA’s Office of International Students and Scholars. Ms. Shepherd is also one of the founding members of the Latin American Students Association at UCLA, which promoted awareness on campus about the culture by organizing events open to all students.
Ms. Shepherd obtained a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles, while working as a Case Manager for Olive Crest Foster Family Agency. Simultaneously, she learned from fellow clinicians about family dynamics and gained insight from conversations with foster families of various cultural backgrounds. It became clearer that basing interventions solely on rigid guidelines about cultural groups impaired effective communication. She found value in listening to an individual’s experience of themselves in the world, as opposed to taking for granted that stereotypes fully explained their thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors.
For more about Melissa Shepherd, visit her website at www.1lifeonpurpose.wordpress.com or call her at 818-731-1341. And thanks to Warren Williams and Brad Williams for helping us find Ms. Shepherd..
Dr. Ronn Elmore--The Relationship Doctor
Dr. Ronn Elmore
…National bestselling author, minister, and relationship therapist, Dr. Ronn believes in the outrageous.
…Dr. Ronn is one of America’s most popular media experts on love, marriage, family, and relationships.
…Dr. Ronn is the author of Blackboard bestselling books How to Love a Black Man and How to Love a Black Woman.
…Ronn Elmore, Psy.d is a relationship therapist, ordained minister, and author of the national best-seller How to Love a Black Man
Myra Wallace, Director of the West Coast Expo coming up Aug 12-14.
MYRA WALLACE
Publisher/CEO
Myra, a Long Beach, California native, is an enthusiast for sharing the joy of living the abundant life. Living “F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S.” is an acronym she created to live by daily, that simply reminds her to; Forgive Herself, Accept Herself, Believe in Herself, Understand Herself, Love Herself, Organize Herself, Unleash Herself, and Salute Herself.
This entrepreneurial spirit is owner and founder of numerous businesses. Her extensive experience in Fashion Show Production, Apparel Design, Product Development, Motivational Speaking and Business Management and prepared her for the position as producer of the West Coast Fashion Summit and later appointment as Executive Director of the LA Black Business Expo. In 2009, the second edition of her book, Beauty Come Forth was released, setting off an explosive movement that celebrates Beauty from the inside out. Myra’s passion for inspiring women to live beautiful abundant lives, coupled with her 28-year career as a flight attendant has positioned her gift to make way for her. She has entertained the likes of many influential people around the world, affording her the opportunity to experience the richness of life through the eyes of other cultures, while planting seeds of encouragement and building life changing relationships along the way.
Understanding, balance and diversity are key compœonents to a happy successful life, Myra has clearly shown herself to be a major player, on the front line of the Fashion & Beauty industry and a trailblazer in the Business world. Her uncanny knack to transform dirt to diamond in the lives of many, has won Myra the reputation as the transformer.
Recognizing that success is not measured strictly by financial gain, but by the lives you affect for good, on the path of life, along the way. This spiritually grounded, philanthropic powerhouse believes her past successes are simply the foundation for what God has in store for her in the beautiful years to come.
The expo is a full day featuring authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, panel discussions, editors, book reviewers, and others.
(Isidra’s News that Caught her eye the week of Aug. 1, 2011) Happy Birthday So Lynn!
News:
SOMALIA:
This was the week that the famine in Somalia was revealed. Davey D, a previous guest on Sunday Morning Live gave us permission to use a portion of his interview ith K’Naan whcih although done in 2008, give a bit of perspective on what may have led up to this:
Remember Atty. Michelle Wallace (see video below)? Well this is her website. Check it out and do what you can to assist in her mission. http://www.newjimcrow.com/
The Great Incarcerator part 1: Dark Little Secret (OFFICIAL TRAILER)
Seen on Thandi Chimurenga’s page:
65 court appearances over misdemeanors: The unrelenting prosecution of Cherise Rogers
Citizen video taping wins again in this report of an underhanded news team that took words from a 4 year old boy and sensationalized them: Read the story and watch the video at the link.
In our huge family when we vist a loved one in the hospital we overwhelm it sometimes. But for those of us who cannot make it have you heard of www.justvisiting.com ? Seems like a great idea!
Show notes for My World Podcast will be hosted at www.MyWorldPodcast.com
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