Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys

SPECIAL GUEST: Laura Jane started singing at five years old. She was born outside of Detroit. She began singing in community choirs and church choirs. Her first real gig was the children’s chorus of the OPERA GRAND RAPIDS. Laura Jane graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN PHILADELPHIA with a BFA in Fine Arts. She has

Special Guest: Khadijah Karriem, writer of the Texas Bounty Series. Check out www.texasbountytheseries.com. Since graduating with a B.F.A in theater, Khadijah has appeared in various television roles, including Walker Texas Ranger and one of her more notable performances; the made-for-TV movie True Women, where she co-starred al

MOTION AND STILLNESS The ProtestMS creative movement was conceived following her success at the 2007 World of Wearable Art Awards in New Zealand. Protest MS has become an international initiative to inspire individuals to protest the negative effects of Multiple Sclerosis and other chronic conditions through quirky creativity and social activity. “My career has had many high points, one of them being awarded the World of Wearable Art Supreme Award in 1994”, explains Mandi. “I’m an incurable optimist and was confident I could win this award again with my entry “Motion and Stillness” in 2007. This sculpture is my abstract interpretation of the physiological facts of MS set within an emotional human art context.”SPECIAL GUEST: Mandi Kingsbury Mandi Kingsbury’s career to date has been a series of achievements culminating in an international design career. Mandi won the Supreme Award at the World of Wearable Arts, in the 90’s which lead to having a decade of experience designing fashions and accessories. Mandi has functioned as designer for the Dubai Couture House Arushi, in the United Arab Emirates and their clientele from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman. Further more, Mandi has undertaken costume and stylistic design contracts for multinational companies such as Sun International, Planet Hollywood, Swarovski, L‘Oreal, Wella, and MAC whilst resident in Dubai.

Dr. Gail Steketee joined the faculty at the Boston University School of Social Work in 1986 and is currently Professor and Dean at the School. She has conducted multiple research studies of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic and OC spectrum conditions, including body dysmorphic disorder and compulsive hoarding. She has received several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study OCD and hoarding. She currently leads a multidisciplinary team studying the psychopathology and treatment of compulsive hoarding, as well as web-based and group treatments and community task force initiatives to address this problem. Her most recent books include Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring: Therapist Guide and Client Manual (Oxford University Press, 2007), and Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Hoarding (Oxford University Press, 2007). Professional Organizer Geralin Thomas, CPO-CD offers real solutions for real people emphasizing simplicity and excellence in her approach to organizing challenges both big and small. Past President of the NC chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers as well as a chronic disorganization and ADHD specialist, Geralin founded Metropolitan Organizing® LLC, in 2002 to help transform the lives of her clients. She is an organizing expert on A & E TV’s show, Hoarders. Check out: http://www.metropolitanorganizng.com

REAL Raw Life--Founded by raw vegan musician/author Cassendre Xavier and raw vegan life coach Judi Rhee Alloway in February 2009, REAL Raw Life began as a short-lived vegan live foods support & transformation group and online resource for people who have particular challenges in remaining raw. Some of these challenges include: food addiction/emotional eating, healing from trauma, fear of change/the unknown/a shrinking body, fear of power and abundance, tendency to self-sabotage, etc. REAL stands for "Radiance, Empowerment, Abundance, and Love", all of which increase significantly with a raw vegan/live food diet and lifestyle. Cassendre Xaviers is the author of Expanding Your Capacity for Joy: a Raw Vegan Comfort Book, Sourcebook & Journal, Cassendre Xavier is a self-described “renaissance negresse”. Although she also enjoys acting and making visual art, this first generation American-born citizen of Haitian and Chinese heritage is mainly a musician and a writer. As a singer-songwriter/guitarist, Cassendre has released 9 albums of music described as “a cross between Tracy Chapman, Sade, and Enya” (Borders Music Expert Steven M. Wilson). An award-winning cultural arts advocate, Cassendre is the founder and former director of several arts initiatives in Philadelphia including the Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series (Robin’s Bookstore, 2002-2006) and the Black Women’s Arts Festival (The Rotunda and other venues, 2003-present).

**SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: Monday October 12th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.EST**   Beginning in 1989, this Philadelphia-born bassist moved to New York City to further his classical studies at the Juilliard School, only to be snatched up by alto saxophonist, Bobby Watson. Since then, McBride's list of accomplishments have been nothing short of staggering. As a sideman in the jazz world alone, he's worked with the best of the very best - Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, J.J. Johnson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, McCoy Tyner, Roy Haynes, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny. In the R&B world, he's not only played with, but also arranged for Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Lalah Hathaway, and the one and only Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown. In the pop/rock world, he's extensively collaborated with Sting, Carly Simon, Don Henley, and Bruce Hornsby. In the hip-hop/neo-soul world, he's collaborated with the Roots, D'Angelo, and Queen Latifah. In many other specialty projects, he's worked closely with opera legend Kathleen Battle, bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer, the Shanghai Quartet and the Sonus Quartet. Since 2000, McBride has blazed a trail as a bandleader with the Christian McBride Band. McBride's fellow bandmates- saxophonist Ron Blake, keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer and drummer Terreon Gully - have sympathetically shared McBride's all-inclusive, forward-thinking outlook on music. Releasing two CD's - 2002's "Vertical Vision", and 2006's "Live at Tonic". www.christianmcbride.com. ***SHOW IS AT A SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: Monday October 12th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. EST**

SPECIAL GUEST: Chana Garcia is a journalist, a blogger, and an ovarian cancer survivor who lives in New York City. She works as an editor for AOL Black Voices and is a writer for The Root.com, Black Enterprise, and Essence magazine. On her blog, blackgyrlcancerslayer.wordpress.com, she muses about life in a post-chemo world, health care reform, and other juicy cancer-related news. Her story is featured in the September issue of Black Enterprise magazine. ***SPECIAL GUEST:Christina S. Chu, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System where she specializes in the surgical management of gynecologic cancers and complex benign disease. Her research interests focus on clinical trials for the evaluation of novel chemotherapies and immunotherapies for gynecologic malignancies.

SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: Monday October 5, 2009 at 8pm EST***** Come and talk with the cast and crew of Scribblin' at the Automat play. Arthvr Alleyne’s is a fictional account of a conversation between James Baldwin and Richard Avedon. Alleyne’s portrayal of this conversation between Baldwin and Avedon takes place at a critical juncture in each artist’s respective careers; Baldwin shouldering the burden of the black writer, anxious as to how his next work will be received by the literary world and the public at large after the success of Go Tell It on the Mountain and Avedon already successful as a photographer and editor for Harper’s Bazaar, set to take the reigns of Vogue Magazine and be the trendsetter in fashion for the next quarter century. Marilynn Monroe, Dizzy Gillespie, and Josephine Baker also appear in the play. Special Guest: Nicole Davenport, Philadelphia native, model and actress. Nicole plays the part of Pearl in Scribblin' at the Automat. Nicole is preparing for a 2010 tour of a one woman show called The Light and Dark of Billie Holiday. Check out www.scribblinattheautomat.com. Running form Oct. 1-11, 2009 at the Kumble Theater in NYC, NY. ***SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: Monday October 5, 2009 at 8pm EST***

SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: Monday October 5, 2009 at 8pm EST***** Come and talk with the cast and crew of Scribblin' at the Automat play. Arthvr Alleyne’s is a fictional account of a conversation between James Baldwin and Richard Avedon. Alleyne’s portrayal of this conversation between Baldwin and Avedon takes place at a critical juncture in each artist’s respective careers; Baldwin shouldering the burden of the black writer, anxious as to how his next work will be received by the literary world and the public at large after the success of Go Tell It on the Mountain and Avedon already successful as a photographer and editor for Harper’s Bazaar, set to take the reigns of Vogue Magazine and be the trendsetter in fashion for the next quarter century. Marilynn Monroe, Dizzy Gillespie, and Josephine Baker also appear in the play. Special Guest: Nicole Davenport, Philadelphia native, model and actress. Nicole plays the part of Pearl in Scribblin' at the Automat. Nicole is preparing for a 2010 tour of a one woman show called The Light and Dark of Billie Holiday. Check out www.scribblinattheautomat.com. Running form Oct. 1-11, 2009 at the Kumble Theater in NYC, NY. ***SPECIAL DATE AND TIME: Monday October 5, 2009 at 8pm EST***

Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Over the past thirty years, her outspokenness, in her writing and in lectures, has brought the eyes of the world upon her. One of the most widely-read American poets, she prides herself on being "a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English." Giovanni remains as determined and committed as ever to the fight for civil rights and equality. Always insisting on presenting the truth as she sees it, she has maintained a prominent place as a strong voice of the Black community. Her focus is on the individual, specifically, on the power one has to make a difference in oneself, and thus, in the lives of others. NIKKI GIOVANNI was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Lincoln Heights, an all-black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated with honors from Fisk University, her grandfather's alma mater, in 1968; after graduating from Fisk, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk, in 1968, and within the next year published a second book, thus launching her career as a writer. Early in her career she was dubbed the "Princess of Black Poetry," and over the course of more than three decades of publishing and lecturing she has come to be called both a "National Treasure" and, most recently, one of Oprah Winfrey's twenty-five "Living Legends." Her Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, on which she reads and talks about her poetry, was one of five finalists for a Grammy Award. The recipient of some twenty-five honorary degree. http://www.nikki-giovanni.com

NO! is a Black feminist educational organizing tool, which is being used in the global movement to end violence against women and children. Since its official release in 2006, NO! has been screened and distributed to racially and ethnically diverse audiences at: ¦film festivals ¦community centers ¦colleges/universities ¦high schools ¦correctional facilities ¦rape crisis centers ¦battered women’s shelters ¦conferences throughout the United States, in Canada, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Rwanda, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Jordan, Burkina Faso, Peru, Colom

Where are they? Where are they going? How can we support them?***SPECIAL GUEST: Cheryl Ann Wadlington, Founder of The Evoluer House. www.evoluerhouse.org ***SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Shireen Lewis is the Founder of SisterMentors and the Executive Director of EduSeed®.Website: http://www.sistermentors.org ***SPECIAL GUEST: Uva Coles, Vice President of Intake Services for Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern PA Website: www.bbbssepa.org ***SPECIAL GUEST: Terri J. Brown founded We Are S.E.E.D.S. Website: http;//www.weareseeds.org ***SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Taffy Anderson, OB/GYN. Dr. Anderson has dedicated herself in the field of obstetrics and gynecology in several hospitals in the Philadelphia area over the past 10 years. As a breast cancer survivor Dr. Anderson continues to dedicate her time and efforts in educating women about breast cancer and early detection.

SPECIAL GUEST: Shane K. Perrault, PhD is a psychologist and coach with more than 16 years of experience. Dr. Perrault received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Ohio State University and did his residency at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the Baltimore Veterans Administration. Dr. Perrault is the Lead Psychologist at the ADHD Performance Counseling Center in Silver Springs, MD. Website: http://www.adhdpc.com. SPECIAL GUEST Dr. Josephine Elia, Co-Medical Director of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Management of ADHD. (website: http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=70606) She attended Medical College of Pennsylvania. Board Certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Special Interests: include: ADHD, Tic disorders/Tourette syndrome, Obsessive-compulsive disorder and sleep problems.

SPECIAL GUEST: Andraé Brown, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and Co-Director of Affinity Counseling Group, NJ. SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. David Oslin is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. SPECIAL GUEST: Robbi T. Saletsky, Ph.D.(featured on the right of the photo) is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University and the Director of the Virtual Reality Therapy Program for Phobias and Combat-Related PTSD. William B. Tollefson, Ph.D. is the Director of The Women’s Institute for Incorporation Therapy in Florida.

Shai Reshef is the Founder & President of the University of the People (UoP; www.UoPeople.org), the world’s first tuition-free, online academic institution which will open its virtual doors in April 2009. Reshef has twenty years of experience in the international education market and is currently the Chairman of Cramster.com, an online global study community helping hundreds of thousands of students with their homework. Formerly, Reshef served as Chairman of the Kidum Group, the largest for-profit educational services company in Israel which he sold to Kaplan in 2005. Between 2001 and 2004, Reshef chaired KIT eLearning, a subsidiary of Kidum, the eLearning partner of the University of Liverpool and the first online university outside of the U.S. Reshef holds a BA, magna cum laude, from Tel Aviv University and an MA in Chinese Politics from the University of Michigan.