Our Common Ground With Janice Graham

OUR COMMON GROUND  with Janice Graham “Speaking TRUTH to POWER and OURSELVES” Rhone Fraser, author, playwright Lauren Burke, writer, publisher, Crew of 42 Framing and  informing the  political, social and cultural issues critical to the African-American community.  Featuring guests, topics and information that define solutions, invoking the best thought, ideas and purpose to build a stronger voice in the our communities.  We are the Black university “on the air”.  

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Our Guest:  Dr. Wilmer Leon Political Analyst and Talk Host XM Radio, The Power   Janice and Wilmer will mix it up on the Obama Administration, the prison, war and educational crisis, the economy and music.  They will share their notes on Black media and talk radio.  Both lovers of jazz music, they will also share their picks for Black History Month. Janice and Dr. Leon will be listening for you. • Repulicrats. TeaBiggots and other Desperadoes • Our President as Political Butler in Chief • Voter Suppression . . . the return of the Poll TAX • The new Black media             and much, much more . . . Microphones, turn on your engines . . .  

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham"The Color of the Economy:  Economic Inequalities"   Guest:  Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Department of Economics, New School of Management and Urban Policy The causes, consequences and remedies of racial and ethnic inequality in economic and health outcomes, which includes an examination of the intersection of identity, racism, colorism, and socioeconomic outcomes.                June 11, 2011      10 pm ET "Speaking Truth to Power and OURSELVES"                      Talk that Matters Contact us: ocgInfo@ourcommonground.com

            Friday Night Special US Boycotts World Conference on Racism The US will not attend the World Conference Against Racism hosted by the UN at its New York headquarters because the Durban process has "included ugly displays of intolerance and anti-Semitism,"Joseph E. Macmanus, acting US assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, wrote in a letter sent to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and other members of congress. The US did not attend the conference in 2009.         Why and what to do about it.                 Live and Call In

" Liberation Warriors, Words and Sounds" Remembering . . . Gil Scott-HeronGeronimo JiJaga ( Pratt)Albertina SisuluAdias do Nascimeto    The Significance of Black MusicUS Boycott on World Conference on Racism

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham   "Speaking Truth to Power and OURSELVES                 May 21, 2011   10 pm ET   Malcolm X:  The Lessons of Liberation  Pledging unity...  Promoting justice...  Transcending compromise " Malcolm was our manhood, our living, black manhood! This was his meaning to his people  . . . .   A prince. Our own black shining prince who didn't hesitate to die because he loved us so."     About TONIGHT'S PROGRAM   

   " Geronimo, Libya and the Middle East"  The American wars, the policies and operations in Libya and other parts of the Middle East; the military operation which led to the death of Osama bin Laden and its implication. A Discussion with Dr. Vijay Prashad Dr. Vijay Prashad lays out his vision for the struggle toward socialism. . Vijay Prashad is a Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He is the author of eleven books, most recently The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World (2007). Two of his books, Karma of Brown Folk (2000) and Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting (2002), were chosen by the Village Voice as books of the year.  

          ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST     EMPOWERMENT  TALK RADIO             The Lost Found-Nation of Islam BLACK HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 2011 April 30, 2011 For More Information   OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.  

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO TONIGHT Remembering Dr. Manning Marable Youth Prisons in America OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO Time for Self-Examination: Lessons for Black Liberation ¦ Economic Terrorism ¦ Political Terrrorism ¦ Racial Terrorism ¦ Cultural Annihilation ¦ Electoral Elimination What should be our response ? OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO The Assault on the Poor and the Working Poor Come have your WTF Moment Are we fighting back ? What are the consequences ? How does the attack on labor, abandoning the rigts of collective bargaining fix our economy and what is a viable political strategy in fighting back ? OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO LIBYA and LABOR Come have your WTF Moment Why or we in either place ? Have we overstepped our bounds, militarily, politically and economically ? Is this Obama's Vietnam ? How long the haul and at what cost ? What will it mean to the creeping fix on jobs in America ? How does the attack on labor, abandoning the rigts of collective bargaining fix our economy and what is a viable political strategy in fighting back ? OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO Guest, Bruce Dixon, Managing Editor, Black Agenda Report Longtime Activist, Habitual Troublemaker Bruce was a rank and file member of the Black Panther Party in 1969-1970, long time community organizer with an Dixon has built an impressive record of service in and to the cause of human liberation. The Sports Fan Coalition Eastern Region Coordinator, Scott Weiz Being shut out at taxpayer costs. Sports, public policy and consumerism. Taxpayer shutout ! OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the difference

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO PLAYTHELL BENJAMIN Cultural and Political Commentator Playthell George Benjamin is the producer of Commentaries On the Times, which he writes and delivers on WBAI radio in New York City, and a producer with The Midnight Ravers, a long running show exploring the world of art and politics which has won several radio awards for excellence in programming. He is an award winning journalist who has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in two different categories: Explanatory Journalism, Village Voice 1988, and Distinguished Commentary, New York Daily News 1995. OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO In celebration of Black History Month 2011 "500 YEARS LATER" AUDIO footage from the Film OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO TONIGHT The State of Democracy in Black America OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.

OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham Co-Hosting, ALFO of The ALFO Show ALTERNATIVE ACTIVIST EMPOWERMENT TALK RADIO HONORING THE HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE OUR COMMONGROUND with Janice Graham is alternative, interactive, activist Empowerment talk radio program exploring issues, events, thought, ideas and perspectives in and about the African-American community. The program presents a diversity of opinion, resources and talent who give voice to disenfranchised and marginalized people and communities, “speaking truth to power and ourselves”. OCG is talk programming honors and fosters the recognition and value of our differences and the differences that it makes.