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OMG, The Best Unifier Ever – Juneteenth A National Holiday

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What an awesome way to be free! Juneteenth, a National Holiday! There are only three opinions that matter in the court of law: (1) The Facts/Truth; (2) The Human Element; and (3) The LAW. The ladder superseding them all, but only because it is LAW. Any of the other two can make the law (letter) of none effect.

If ever there was a time for a country like the united states of America to pay attention to its history and make necessary concessions. When I was a little girl, I wondered who was writing our stories? I mean, some things off the cuff do NOT make much sense, nor cents, ha! But, within all that came a woman who would change history for Juneteenth, and she is the Chosen Visionary in the HOT-Seat …

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Yessir, I can say, ha! I mean it too. But why am I so cocky with this Hot-Seat Chosen Visionary posted article? Because discovering that there is no rush to live is refreshing. Sitting at the Master’s table at Urban Academics has enlightened my understanding of dreams, goals, and timing. Therefore, age has little to nothing to do with those (objectives, goals, and timing). After meeting this week’s Chosen Visionary, I am well able to continue in the path to each dream of dropping off and picking up whatever I am supposed to whenever God wills.

Three Books You Should Read

  1. Enduring The Call: A 14-Day Encounter by Jocelyn Fagan, Author, Entrepreneur, and Licensed Minister
  2. Empowerment Series: Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs, Updated (MindTap Course List
  3. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey Of Recovery From Loss by Katurah A. Bryant, LMFT

This week’s Chosen Visionary in the HOT-Seat is an example of all things faith. From her earliest years, she has been able to triumph over obstacles that would have destroyed others, having no choice but to give up and quit. Nope; Not this one. She kept going as if driven by a higher power. The source of success, long life, is a direct result of her faith, proving that grace abounds in her life and those around her.

This Week In The HOT-Seat

Lady Opal Lee is from Fort Worth, TX, and she’s the 94-year-old who wants Juneteenth to be a National Holiday. Yes, Juneteenth originated in TX, but 47 states now have it as a state day of observance to commemorate the ending of slavery. More are making it a paid day off, including Virginia, New York, and Texas. Ms. Lee believes Juneteenth can be a unifier because it recognizes that slaves didn’t free themselves. They had help from Quakers along the Underground Railroad; abolitionists were black and white like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, soldiers, and many others who gave their lives for the enslaved’s freedom.

How Does She Do It?

I started a walking campaign in Washington, DC, in 2016 and have continued it to bring awareness that there is support for it all across this nation. There is legislation in the Senate S.4019 and in the House H.R.7232 – Juneteenth National Independence Day Act – that needs to be passed into law.

Her vision is gaining traction with the National Football League, Nike, and Target now on board recognizing and celebrating Juneteenth given their employees the day off. Whether that’s all employees or only those who are African American or Black, I’m not sure, but whatever their policy is, it includes Juneteenth! Lady Opal certainly did a great job calling them out. Here’s a Video of Ms. Opal Lee getting at Nike – Watch The Video.

What is Juneteenth?

Juneteenth is a name based on June 19, 1865, which is the day that enslaved Americans became free (at least that’s what was said). Union General Gordon Granger was excited that the Civil War was over and enslaved African Americans were free; He announced in Galveston, TX, because not everyone got the memo. It was two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Since June 19, 1866, it’s a day to celebrate our independence; Juneteenth is also considered Black Independence Day, Freedom Day, and Jubilee Days. Today, all but three states recognize Juneteenth; the three who don’t are Hawaii, North Dacota, and South Dakota. Texas, where Lady Opal Lee is from was first to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday.

Ms. Opal Lee’s Petition to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday, at the time of this writing, was over 1.5 million signatures; Please add your name to the petition now!

Watch This – Puff Daddy & P.Diddy and Ms. Opal Lee …

“I put that on GOD – You’re gonna see this done – We don’t need incremental change. We gonna get many wins no crumbs and we don’t get them all we gonna give ’em hell.”

Sean “P.Diddy” Cobs

Notable Accomplishments of Lady Opal Lee

Three Things You Need To Do

Teach A Child About Juneteenth

Learn More About Juneteenth NOW!

BUY A JUNETEENTH T-Shirt

What’s More?

served on the Historic & Cultural Landmarks Commission, AIDS Outreach committee, Evans Avenue Business Association, Good Samaritans, and Riverside Neighborhood Advisory Council. She has served as Precinct Chair for District 8 for over 30 years, a member of Grandmother’s Club, and Ethel Ransom Humanitarian & Cultural Club. She is an active member in her church, Baker Chapel AME (Ft Worth), where she serves as a Missionary, church school teacher, assistant teacher, and Deaconess.

Ms. Opal Lee, in her spare time (if any), enjoys family gatherings, going to the movies with Aunt Joanne and her daughter Renee. She especially likes reading lots of books; The proud great-grandmother, great-grandmother of eighteen (18), and too many great-great-great-grandchildren to count—a blessing and monument of a heart filled with pure gold. No soul is perfect, but we are coming pretty close here; Do you agree?

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“What Everyone Must Know About The Magic In Music – Raymond Sanders On Clout, Money, And Power

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Music is the one universal language everyone can speak – Even without words. It’s the purest form of magic, and its POWER has transcended attitude, mood, apace, and time; Hearing a particular song can bring you back to a specific place and time = Magic! Can you imagine what life would be like without music?


The words song and melody appear in the Bible (combined) between 150 and 200 times, which means Go himself is fascinated with music, more specifically songs. There are all kinds of passages pointing to worship, and there’s not one Church that would dare to start Sunday morning service without the timbrel and dance. We ALL need music, and the spoken word fits nicely inside of it.

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Three Books You Should Read:

  1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama ($24.99)
  2. Embracing The Call by Minister Jocelyn Fagan ($14.99)
  3. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey of Recovery From Loss by Katurah A Bryant, LMFT ($14.99)

What’s magical about the moment we are in is that Christmas’s spirit always seems to rise above what folks are feeling, or at least it looks that way as of Cyber Monday. 

“Roughly 186 million shoppers purchased something online or in-store from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, down from 190 million a year ago, the National Retail Federation said Tuesday. Shoppers spent an average of $312, a 14 percent drop from $362 in 2019.2 days ago.”

Abha Bhattaral, Washington Post (Retail Contributor)

Look at the overall consumption of everyday consumers, many of whom are out of work or barely getting by but find ways to shop when they believe there’s a sale or some kind of value proposition. Music, oh yes, the topic of this week’s roundtable segment. So you can make the connection to Music and Magic, I had to help you see numbers you understand. For this example, I will use rap music (we are urban here). Hip-Hop, R&B, and Rap are dominating in the streaming world – Topping every other medium. There’s never been a more profitable time for actual artists in music. For years the BIG money was reserved for writers and music producers, with vocalists glorified worker bees for hire.

“In 2017, Goldman found live music, publishing, and recorded songs made $26 billion, $6 billion, and $30 billion respectively. The firm estimates by 2030 these categories will reach $38 billion for live music, $12.5 billion for publishing; With biggest gains seen in recorded songs at $80 billion.”

Kori Hale, Forbes Magazine (Contributor)

In other words, this chosen visionary in the HOT-Seat is a child prodigy who can play any instrument on a dime without any traditional music lessons or schools. He can hear and identify any sound and repeat it, even with his voice. He is a rare breed who can only turn the gift on when prompted by a higher power. Grab a seat and pull up to the table- This is going to be good.

This Week’s HOT-Seat Chosen Visionary

This week, in the HOT-Seat, we are coming together to be wowed by this week’s chosen visionary, King Raymond Sanders – Child Prodigy, who traveled the world with his famous father and grandfather were both in the music business. Raymond is blessed to have lived this lifestyle throughout his life. Although connected to compelling people, he remains humble and kindly serves whenever and wherever he can.

Raymond Sanders HOT-Seat Chosen Visionary Number 31 on Music and Magic. Using your gifts to fund your dreams. Thursdays at 9:30 PM (EST): DIAL In: 605.472.5272 + Pin#: 836692
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And he has toured with Michael Bolton overseas through the City Kids New Haven, CT initiative. Raymond, in short, can and will sing you silly if the spirit hits him just right. A gift, straight from the throne of grace. Although gifts don’t come with repentance, they come with haters and folks that will exploit and misuse; Mr. Snders has these memories too, and his story is one of overcoming many obstacles while clinging to the music, which always leads him back to the magic.

Notable Accomplishments

  • Award: City of New Haven Healthy Start Program
  • Award: Fatherhood Initiative (City of New Haven)
  • Michael Bolton Protege’
  • Public School Music Teacher (Middle School Al Mamata)
  • Public Speaker
  • Training Facilitator & Teacher

Three Things You To Consider NOW!

  1. Life Insurance Policy (It’s one of few insurances that really pay-out)!
  2. Real Estate Investment – OR – Small Home-Based Business
  3. Visiting with your parents at least once per week

What’s More?

King Raymond Sanders spends all of his time making folks smile, we could learn so much from this conversation. He lives in New Haven and is available through the Speaker’s Bureau at Urban Academics.

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The coveted “HOT-Seat,” is reserved for forward-thinking folks who have resources and tools readily available to discuss issues in our communities needing change now, one family/person/topic at a time. We need solutions, not more problems, for today’s questions. These conversations are necessary and RAW, often too “HOT” to stop. You can recommend someone, a colleague, or other professional – Contact Patrina S Reddick by Clicking HERE.

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Creative Juice And The Money. Edmond Bwak Comfort On Selling Skills In A New Economy

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Whether it’s your first winning painting in your school’s art contest ($5 prize), or a genius science and technology kid-wizard, those with the “juice” are highly sought after and paid lots of money for their gifts and talents. Today, creativity is at an ALL time high, especially where technology is concerned. App developers are selling text in the billions every day – Building niche sites and when they get to a certain amount of subscribers and revenue, they sell on different marketplaces.

This week’s Chosen Visionary is no different – He has done work (big and small) for almost everyone, knows how to sell his God-given gifts & talents, and he’s not getting tired. Join the call Thursdays at 9:30 pm)EST), and don’t forget to tell your family, followers, and friends. This episode of the Weekly Roundtable is going to be good.

One thing is for sure, there is a contest for creative juice on every corner, and winners often set the stage for the most beautiful creations the human eyes have seen. Imagine the Black Panther movie starring the late Chadwick Boseman – That movie was incredible to the eye much faster than the location, plot, and theme. Do you have “Creative Juice?” If so, let us know in the comments section below. You could get a collaboration request from Urban Academics?

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Who’s in the “HOT-Seat”

Chosen Visionary Number Thirty (30) is Edmund “BWak” Comfort, a New Haven native and President/CEO of B8Wak Productions for almost twenty years. He feels responsible for nurturing up-and-coming graphic designers and visual artists from all over New Haven, CT, and beyond. He uses visual arts techniques to express himself through Carpentry, Custom Airbrushing, Photography, and Set Design. Mr. Comfort’s impressive career includes Cornerstone Theater (Hollywood CA). He has created over 30 Sets at the Harlem School of the Arts (NYC), Long Wharf Theater (New Haven), Yale Repertory Theater (New Haven), and local events. BWak has some stage plays too that he has written, directed, and produced.

When you’ve got the “juice,” the creative kind, the fix for creativity is not without but rather within. There’s a big difference between the terms “corporate America” and “starving artists.” and for a good reason. They are exact opposites; no matter how intelligent one might be, the “juice” will eventually take over. Imagine the music industry without a young Michael Jackson, Prince, Usher, and many others, who started very young – They never had a choice. It chose them instead of the other way around. The same is true for athletes, entertainers, political figures, and the like – If you’ve got the “juice,” it’s NOT because of the money – You were born with it.

Three Books You Should Read

  1. Enduring The Call: A 14-Day Encounter by Jocelyn Fagan, Author, Entrepreneur, and Licensed Minister
  2. Empowerment Series: Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs, Updated (MindTap Course List
  3. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey Of Recovery From Loss by Katurah A. Bryant, LMFT

B*Wak uses his entrepreneurial training and experiences to uplift himself, family, friends and his community through collaborations that have included The Universal Zulu Nation, Yale Peabody Museum, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Greater New Haven Community Foundation, Office of Cultural Affairs, Empower New Haven New Haven Housing Authority, Faith based organizations, a host of local community organizations, and the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.

Edmund “B*Wak” Comfort is also the recipient of numerous certificates and awards, which includes the 2002 Arts Council’s “Redefining Arts Award”, where over 50 artists were nominated.

Three Things You Should Do

  1. Sign Ms. Opal Lee’s Petition Making Juneteenth a National Holiday
  2. Buy $5 Tickets for Clairesa Clay’s Blerd City Con Film Festival & Conference (Vertual From Brooklyn)
  3. Testimony! A Christmas Letter From Crunch Bunch & Family Made it to Walmart – BUY IT NOW!

Notable Accomplishments

  • Artistic Director, PIMOSH Intensive Arts Education & Technology (2005-2007, and 2014-2018)
  • Associates Degree (Business & Applied Sciences
  • Award: Advancing Youth Development – Youth Development Training & Resource Center
  • Award: Arts Education Award (City of New Haven)
  • Award: New Haven Cultural Experience Tour (City of New Haven)
  • Award: School and Community Rites of Passage – State of Connecticut Assets Network
  • Middle School Art Teacher (Roberto Clemente Middle School)
  • Professionally Trained Set Designer

What’s More?

B*Wak loves to serve his community, family, and friends with his best, exhausting himself to make sure every gesture, product, and service is just right – Meticulous as ever! it is no surprise that he continues to share his experiences throughout his exciting career with every child he meets.

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Don’t Be Fooled By Fear – Use Dedication and Focus Like Dinah, she’s in the HOT-Seat

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Sometimes the one thing (fear) we think has absolute right holding us back becomes the very reason to buckle up getting more accomplished than you ever thought possible. Life sometimes can be difficult, presenting obstacles and road-blocks to success. These times may leave us feeling depressed, sad, seemingly unable to move forward; however, if you could imagine yourself making a clear decision to move forward, regardless of risk or sacrifice. You could gain momentum and never look back – Many others have done it. Why not you? This wee’s chosen visionary has proven to her children, community, family, and self how fear can inside out bouncing on its ugly head.


Here’s the story of a pillar in the black, brown, poor, and other folks living in the inner-city urban community who tricked fear, climbed out of a poverty-stricken environment, and continues to rise to the height of a promising career serving the same community she was once a part. Lots of people know the glory, but few know the real story. Read on, and be inspired.

Three (3) Books You Should Read:

  1. Enduring The Call: A 14-Day Encounter by Jocelyn Fagan, Author, Entrepreneur, and Licensed Minister
  2. Empowerment Series: Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs, Updated (MindTap Course List
  3. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey Of Recovery From Loss by Katurah A. Bryant, LMFT

This Week’s Chosen Visionary

Born Dinah Orissa Milton in Folkston, Georgia, one of 13 children. She moved to New Haven, Connecticut, with her mother and siblings in 1977. Dinah attended New Haven Public Schools, graduating from Richard C. Lee High School in 1985. She was elected senior class president, graduated number seven in her class, and received numerous college scholarships. These accomplishments were significant in Dinah’s life because, while a sophomore in high school, at the tender age of 16, she gave birth to her daughter, Tashana. Some predicted Dinah would not finish high school, would not go to college, and that she and
her daughter would end up as welfare statistics.


Young but never ignorant of the power and purpose of a dream, Dinah pushed forward against the odds, striving to do her part to be a good mother, get off welfare and build a successful life for herself and Tashana. It was not easy for either of them, but they endured by the prayers and support of family, the Church, and others who gave words of encouragement and financial assistance.

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Elder, Dinah Kinney, Esquire

Lady Dinah is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies. While attending Southern, she raised Tashana and worked full time, taking evening and weekend courses. With God’s help, Dinah was allowed to pursue her dream of becoming a lawyer. She was accepted into the part-time evening division program at the University of Connecticut School of Law, graduating in 2000. While attending law school, she juggled the responsibility of being a single parent, working full time, and serving as a Sunday School Teacher and youth leader in her Church, Mount Hope Temple United Holy Church of America (New Haven).

Longing to be a committed and genuine woman of God, at the age of 25, Dinah accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, and then married the man of her dreams, Robert W. Kinney, Sr. In 2003, she answered the call into the ministry. Today, she serves as First Lady and an Associate Pastor of her Church.

In addition, The United States District Court currently employs her for the District of Connecticut as the Chief Deputy Clerk of Court. She has held numerous other distinguished positions, including Law Clerk to the Judges of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Newport News, Virginia; Judicial Assistant to Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez; Administrative Services Manager of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee; Assistant to the Chief of Staff to Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.; and Executive Assistant to the United States Attorney of the District of Connecticut.

Notable Accomplishments

  1. Chief Deputy Clerk of Court for United States District Court for the State of Connecticut
  2. Member: Connecticut Bar Association
  3. Member: Federal Practice Section of the CT Bar Association
  4. Member: George W. Crawford Black Bar Association
  5. Service: Jury Committee for the Connecticut district court
  6. Service: President of the board of the Mount Hope Recovery Center Food Pantry.
  7. Service: Vice President, Board of Director’s of Christian Community Action, Inc. (New Haven)

What’s More?

Dinah finds her greatest joy as a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. Together she and Robert has three children, four grandchildren, and they reside together in Hamden, CT. Elder Dinah has extraordinary compassion for young women, especially those considered at risk, and she thinks it a privilege to share her story with them. Above everything, Dinah considers it a privilege to proclaim the Good News that Jesus Saves! She claims this excellent message through community service, preaching, teaching, and the gift of playwriting.

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The Urban Academics Roundtable convenes discussions on various subjects and topics around academics and education and issues affecting each one today. It’s an intellectual talk with Q & A around black, brown, and poor folks living the inner-city urban experience – For Your Business, Home, and School. 

The coveted “HOT-Seat” is reserved for forward-thinking folks who have resources and tools readily available to discuss issues in our communities needing change now, one family/person/topic at a time. We need solutions, not more problems, for today’s questions. These conversations are necessary and RAW, often too “HOT” to stop. You can recommend someone, a colleague, or other professional – Contact Patrina S Reddick by Clicking HERE.

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Super Easy Ways To Learn Everything About Money – Malcolm O. Ashley (Yale) Economist in the HOT-Seat

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How does one become a consultant to Republics in other countries? What is an economist or systems engineering? How about financial cooperative opportunities? What? The What? What an how? So many questions, so little time. This week at Urban Academics, we are hosting a Reservation for the HOT-Seat as usual, but I’m sure we’ve never had this kind of conversation to date? This reservation is for someone who understands money! How it moves, operates, and works in the real world.

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This topic is timely due to covid wiping out the bank on almost everyone. Most of us, primarily black, brown, and poor folks, only know two things: (1) Work and have money in your pockets; and (2) Buy what you want with what’s left after your bills – In that order. I wouldn’t miss this LIVE event if I were you – Sometimes it gets so HOT we can’t stop.

This week, in the HOT-Seat, we are coming to a beginner’s class on money, presented from the HOT-Seat by a KING worthy of his crown, so pull up a seat and bring a BIG BIB to catch your crumbs. This one’s going to be good.

Three (3) Books You Should Read

Books are bubbles of niche-targeted content containing information and stories you find inside. Reading books can take you across the world, back in an hour, and in the meantime, experience unheard of hospitality and exquisite cuisine. No matter how they come to fruition (church outing, group-home, school field trip, etc.), these types of experiences have the power sometimes to change the trajectory of what you thought was forever if you allow it?


Words are those strings that turn what would be an ordinary sentence into something spectacular. When crafted just right, content (words) can kick-start your whole life all over again regardless of how you feel or what’s going on. You will begin to go on and on again, finding daily encouragement to keep it moving. If you are a writer, there is a place for you in heaven because there would be none without the ready writing holding the pen/pencil in today’s marketplace. Either way, the brain needs exercise too. Enjoy!

  1. Asking for The Money: How Anyone Can Close More Sales. Even You by Brian K McNeill
  2. The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few by Berrett-Koehler Publishers https://amzn.to/2TQYlzh
  3. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey of Recovery From Loss by Katurah A Bryant, LMFT

Who’s In The HOT-Seat

This chosen visionary is KING Malcolm O. Ashley, currently serving as an economic development consultant to the Republic of Liberia, through the Office of the Honorable Cynthia L. Blanford, Consul General for the State of Georgia for the Republic of Liberia; and Economic development consultant to the Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Cabo Verde. He is a consultant to Gladden Foods, a national minority food distributor. Mr. Ashley is also instrumental in building cooperative financial opportunities in GA and CT. In The HOT Seat, Thursdays at 9:30 PM (EDT)

Malcolm O. Ashley serves as an economic development consultant to the Republic of Liberia, to the Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Cabo Verde, Gladden Foods, and founder, of Sanaa Holdings, LLC, an agribusiness focused on sustainable energy cultivating barramundi finfish in recirculating saltwater tanks. Mr. Ashley is also instrumental in building financial cooperative opportunities in GA and CT. In The HOT Seat, Thursdays at 9:30 PM (EDT)


Mr. Ashley is the former co-chair of the Environmental Concerns Coalition (ECC) of Milford, Connecticut with impressive credentials. He’s an economist and systems engineer trained at Yale University (B.A. Economics / Political Science ’81) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (M.Sc Economics ’94) with over 25 years of applied expertise in facilitating sustainable and strategic regional, local, economic development, through research, development planning, business development, and recruitment.


He holds the distinction of becoming the first African American accepted for graduate study at the School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, focusing on Systems Engineering in 1990. His professional specialties include the development of sustainable systems for Aquaculture & Aquaponics production; application of sustainable Energy Systems (Geothermal and Co-Generation) for business production and housing; Intermodal Hub Development for Vertiflight and Rail (Maglev and Electric) systems; Technology Incubators; Data Envelopment Analysis; Input-Output (REMI) models and Econometric Forecasting (ARIMA).

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Notable Accomplishments

  • Award – Distinguished service award for board membership, from Youth Continuum, Inc.
  • First African American accepted for graduate study at the School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, with a focus on Systems Engineering in 1990
  • First Aquaculture Cooperative (Connecticut)
  • First Director of Development of the Cooperative Development Institute, the Northeast Center of Excellence for Cooperative Development (1998)
  • Founding Member of the Connecticut Energy Cooperative
  • Highest rated presenter for the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE), National Conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, March 31 – April 2, 2011
  • Member – Phelps Trust Association, the
  • Member – Yale Daily News Foundation
  • Member – Yale Men’s Crew Association
  • Member – Yale Men’s Lacrosse Association, and the Federation of Southern Land Cooperatives
  • Past co-chair of the Environmental Concerns Coalition (ECC) of Milford, Connecticut
  • Served as host to Cabo Verde Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Jose Brito, and First Lady of the Republic of Cabo Verde, Ms. Adeline Pires
  • Yale University Graduate

Three Things You To Consider NOW!

  1. Life Insurance Policy (It’s one of few insurances that really pay-out)!
  2. Real Estate Investment – OR – Small Home-Based Business
  3. Visiting with your parents at least once per week

What’s More?

Yes! There’s more. KING Malcolm has even more international economic development projects, which include but are not limited to: country-level planning for water, sanitation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Water/Sanitation Country (WAT-SAN) Grant, Republic of Ghana 2009; USAID American Educators for Africa Country Grant for the Republic of Ghana (2008); Kingdom of Lesotho, South Africa, Office of Economic Development – bottled water production; and “Georgia First for Liberia” State of Georgia agribusiness export plan for the Republic of Liberia and the 16 nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Malcolm lives in New Haven, Ct, and in his spare time, KING Malcolm enjoys playing chess, racing go-carts, shooting at the range and watching good movies.

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The Urban Academics Roundtable convenes discussions on various subjects and topics around academics and education and issues affecting each one today. It’s intellectual talk with Q & A around black, brown, and poor folks living the inner-city urban experience – For Your Business, Home, and School. 

The coveted “HOT-Seat,” is reserved for forward-thinking folks who have resources and tools readily available to discuss issues in our communities needing change now, one family/person/topic at a time. We need solutions, not more problems, for today’s questions. These conversations are necessary and RAW, often too “HOT” to stop. You can recommend someone, a colleague, or other professional – Contact Patrina S Reddick by Clicking HERE.

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What You Didn’t Realize About Limb Differences is Powerful – But Extremely Simple.

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The loss of anything can be quite painful, and depending on how meaningful the absence of the loss is, it will determine how you can cope or not so much. Many therapeutic-related books and programs have been written around topics associated with the idea of death, dying. And the overall concept of loss and how to recover from it. These books and manuscripts touch on the basics around different kinds of losses and how you should determine to get past it (loss) and move on. But what about a limb? Limbs are a little bit different from losing a car in an accident or a job you never liked in the first place. Even the strongest of a parent is fearful of certain words associated with their children.


We all have differences, some seen while others are not as obvious. But limb differences are noticeable, almost like skin color, except you can hide the fact of missing limbs with prosthetics and new technology so advanced that no one would ever know that you or a family member is an amputee. Today’s medical advances are fantastic and mind-blowing at the same time. The hard part is accepting the diagnosis and setting your heart and mind for the journey ahead. The specific and easy part is continuing to shine your loving light on your beautiful child, assuring him or her that you will be there every step of the way, as you are around for this very purpose.

Read “HOT-Seat” Press Release On Paige Thomas-Minor

Paisley, a 3-year-old little girl, was born with a rare medical condition only found in 1 and 1 million births. This condition affected her lower limbs, and she is clinically diagnosed with the most severe form of Tibial Hemimelia. Paisley’s lower legs and feet were amputated in 2019 to maximize her quality of life and ability to run, jump, and play. Some folks opt for only partial amputations, and in some cases, that may make more sense as you discuss options with your primary care doctor or chosen specialist. If you’ve got questions, get on the call, getting them addressed now. You are welcome here, and the table is all set.

Paisley and her medical condition has had and continues to have a significant impact on Paige’s outlook on life and work-life-home balance. It (a rare illness) has also opened new doors for presentations and speaking opportunities for the veteran marine corps officer. Paige is now an advocate for limb differences awareness and promotes events, fundraisers, and education through her family’s journey as an amputee family.

Three Books To Read:

Who’s In This Week’s “HOT-Seat”

Paige Thomas-Minor, Active Duty, U. S. Marine Corps Officer. Hails from a small city, Coatesville, PA with a career spanning 20 plus years of worldwide travel, combat, and humanitarian deployments. Paige resides in Northern Virginia with her two children, one of which has special needs.

Paige Thomas-Minor, Active Duty, U. S. Marine Corps Officer and advocate for limb differences awareness and education on military, mommy and medical balance in the HOT-Seat Thursday at 9:30 PM (EDT)

Little Paisley is shown here with her prosthetic legs and is the happiest and smartest little lady around.

Paige and Pasley Minor, Advocates for Limb Differences Awareness and Education in the "HOT-Seat" at Urban Academics Thursday at 9:30 PM (EDT): DIAL: 605.472.5272 | Pin#: 836692
Paige and Pasley Minor, Advocates for Limb Differences Awareness and Education in the “HOT-Seat” at Urban Academics Thursday at 9:30 PM (EDT): DIAL: 605.472.5272 | Pin#: 836692

Noatable Accomplishents

  • Active Duty, U. S. Marine Corps Officer
  • Advocacy – Limb Differences Awareness and Education
  • Humanitarian Deployments
  • Public Speaker & Humanitarian
  • Special Needs Parent of two
  • Twenty-Year US Veteran
  • Worldwide Travel Combat

What’s More

Paige enjoys curling up to a good book and spends most of her time reading to her children or some other quality interaction with them. She is highly disciplined and must adhere to a strict schedule to get it all done, but she does not complain, and excuses are not accepted.

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Anne-Marie Knight, In the HOT-Seat , How To Support Black Business Owners. The Urban Academics RoundTable, Thursdays at 9:30 PM EDT, www.urban-academics.com

“HOME Tip For Bosses: Be Consistent, And Rest. Anne-Marie Knight, How To Support Black Owned Business. Thursday At 9:30 PM (EDT)”

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Andre Evans, Founder, Boston's Entertainment Arts Network Television (BEAN TV) in the HOT-Seat With What to Remember About The Media, Thursday at 6:30 PM: Dial 605.472.5271. Pin#: 836692

Special Ed Laws Should Offer More Media Opps – Andre Evans, B.E.A.N. T.V. On How To Overcome Learning Disabilities

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The theory behind entertainment and media in this country was built upon capitalist propaganda, which is using mass media to exploit and promote capitalism through mass media (radio and TV) and also through education, where they can control what is taught to the majority of children (at home and school). In other words, a small group of people was able to control the entire narrative – A monopoly, but not anymore.

Read Andre Davis’ Press Release!

Back in the day, it was impossible for you and me to get a National Network TV slot on TV because the media buys were out of our league or inaccessible. Then comes along Amazon and YouTube leveling the playing field allowing anyone to press a few buttons and directly approach their target customer.

This week’s conversation is about IDEA special education, and how media can and must play a major role in re-shaping education. This week’s chosen visionary has experienced first hand what it was like to be labeled and identified as dumb or unlearned. Instead of wasting away, he “chose” the direction of multi-media through a community program where he learned all the skills need for FREE!

Because he overcame academic failure as a young person, the determined young adult returned to school and earned an MBA from Emerson College. Federal laws and the idea special education programs must include folks at the table who can speak the truth both about needs and what’s non-negotiatble. If the same people continue sitting around the tables that matter, what will a new outcome look like?

3 Things To Do!

  1. Fill Out Your FAFSA Forms – That Money is Going Fast
  2. Check Out New Scholarship Opportunities:
  3. Get Registered so you can Vote NOW!

Who’s In The HOT-Seat?

A Reservation for The HOT-Seat ar The Urban Academics Roundtable has set for Andre “Hollywood” Evans, Creator, Founder and Producer of Boston’s Entertainment Arts Network Television Online T.V. network
(B.E.A.N.) T.V. His first produced video segment was “Video Flava” (music video program), which ran from on the platform from 1995-2012.

Andre Evans, Founder, Boston's Entertainment Arts Network Television (BEAN TV) in the HOT-Seat With What to Remember About The Media, Thursday at 6:30 PM: Dial 605.472.5271. Pin#: 836692

special education laws and regulations have always required “special” services to kids like him, some of which he’s still waiting for. He knows how to come up with concepts that speak directly to problems, but also providing solutions. will help you get what you need by using the industry he knows better than anyone else. Media – That’s What Professionals Do!

Notable Accomplishments:

  • Launched 3 Shows: BEAN TV, Community Insight, and Entertainment Profile
  • MBA (Broadcast Media) from Emerson College
  • Overcame Special Education Issues as a Child
  • Produced over 125 shows
  • Set up curriculum for Broadcast Media
  • Took 2-Year Hiatus

Andre “Hollywood” Evans is the one who can get the word out about anything. If you’re an author, entrepreneurs, or enterprise business, and you need more eyes on your books, products, and services, join the Urban Academics Roundtable on Thursday – You won’t regret it.

A Book You Should Read

  1. The ZOLA Experience: A Journey of Recovery From Loss (Katurah A Bryant, LMFT)

What’s More?

Andre believes he has the remedy for securing the future of inner-city urban children. He is working on a new TV network, including a kid’s platform to educate and inform our children what’s right and wrong when the world is confusing. Andre lives in Boston, Mass, and has one daughter in college. In his spare time, he enjoys Movies, Music, and Sports.

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Reunion at The Urban Academics Roundtable, Season II: White, Thomas, McFadden, ReddickPS, Gay, ReddickPM, Fagan, Moore, DavisA, Rutherford, and DavisM Inter-State Talk for Black, Brown, Poor, and Others Living The Inner-City Urban Experience

It’s All About (The) Reunion – It’s Critical To Your Business. Find Out Why!

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The Reunion, Season II

A Reunion, according to Ditionary.Com, is a noun (person, place, or thing) and defined as an instance of two or more people coming together again after a period of separation.

You are invited to join Urban Academics at the RoundTable – The Celebrating of twelve (12) remarkable human beings who are making the world a better place.  The Roundtable Reunion happens every 13th episode (after the anchor #12).

This Reunion Crucial For Your Business. Here’s Why

Before we dive into the happenings for Season II of HOT-Seat at the Urban Academics Roundtable, let’s look a little closer at the definition or spirit of the word reunion …

Reunion Defined

  • an instance of two or more people coming together again after a period of separation.
  • a social gathering by members of a certain group of people who have not seen each other for some time
  • the act or process of being together again as a unified whole

Synonyms …

Homecoming > Reconciliation > Assembly > Get-Together > Making Up > Reuniting

The Roundtable Reunion Season II

Reunion at The Urban Academics Roundtable, Season II: White, Thomas, McFadden, ReddickPS, Gay, ReddickPM, Fagan, Moore, DavisA, Rutherford, and DavisM Inter-State Talk for Black, Brown, Poor, and Others Living The Inner-City Urban Experience

The Roundtable Season II is the completion of 24 consecutive Segments at the Urban Academics Roundtable, and without 12 (season I) + 12 (season II) we would not be able to celebrate the milestones associated with this wonderful content creation platform and each person in the HOT-Seat and around the table.

“We have been fed once again, and it was Ummm Ummm good. Now, go and share some of what you got from this table with others. Until next time”

Kaye Harvey, President & CEO, Alexis Hill Montesorri, Inc., and Roundtable Moderator

Why Reunion II is Crucial

What you may not have realized is Urban Academics is a content creation platform that will re-purpose every single roundtable discussion so that our people can get information the way they want it – Not the way we think.

The easiest way to create new fresh content – Different from the old, outdated, or re-constructed curations on the internet today. Our people not only get the news lately but sometimes it’s the wrong information from sources we have learned to appreciate instead of tolerating.

Crucial Reasons 1-7

  1. Urban Academics growing extremely fast (actual hits)
  2. Urban Academics Online has Authority
  3. Urban Academics Online is Indexed
  4. Urban Academics has consistently produced weekly content
  5. Urban Academics has strong backlinks
  6. Urban Academics subscribes to a collaborative philosophy
  7. Urban Academics Understands the POWER of Twelve

The easiest way to do it was the old-fashioned way of simply talking about everything – The good, bad, ugly, and downright nasty! That’s how you get it done with and out in the open, with others present, the family (village). During the last 24-weeks, you have played a major role in family conflict and discussions.

What’s really cool is the idea that has actually re-created the way content is created, but also how google LOVEs what we are doing here at Urban Academics – We are growing very fast as a platform, which means a few things:

In the HOT-Seat for Season II

Episode 1, Segment #13: Calton White (Waterbury, CT)

Episode 2, Segment #14: Minister Dionne Thomas (Sacramento, CA)

Episode 3, Segment #15: Sheriff Garry McFadden (Charlotte, NC)

Episode 4, Segment #16: Patrina Reddick, MSW (Charlotte, NC)

Episode 5, Segment #17: Anthony Gay (Waterbury, CT)

Episode 6, Segment #18: Pierre M Reddick (Wshington, DC)

Episode 7, Segment #19: Minister Jocelyn Fagan (Tampa, FL)

Episode 8, Segment #20: Dr. Iline Tracey (New Haven, CT)

Episode 9, Segment #21: Dr. Sabrina Moore (Columbia, SC)

Episode 10, Segment #22: Andre Davis (DC, New Haven, and NYC)

Episode 11, Segment #23: Cherie Beasley-Rutherford (Long Beach, CA)

Episode 1, Segment #24: Apostle Merilyn Davis (Atlanta, GA)

Urban Academics Update (24-Weeks) + Two Reunion(s)

Urban Academics Online, the platform has been around for some time, but after expanding into the intellectual talk space it became obvious what to do with newly generated content. It was not, however, so easy to figure out how. We are rolling out a BETA on Urban Academics Membership Portal. Find out more about the once in a lifetime opportunity to partner with The Roundtable – For authors, entrepreneurs, and enterprise business and non-profits.

I’m techy by nature, I can read code and know old school HTML (the reason I can read code). But when it comes to marketing, someone else is in control and we must know what we are doing or we’re gonna get burned.

Because we are each in the spirit of collaboration, any content created here comes with unmeasurable power to change lives (around the world). Our hope is that world-wide content creators, including you, will lend their voice to these conversations. It’s no doubt a work in progress, but it’s time for next-level existence.

We now know for a fact how lucrative and valuable (worth lots of money) RAW, REAL, and RELEVANT content for black, brown, poor, and others living the inner-city urban experience can be. In no time flat, we’ve come up with a power-house plan for authors, entrepreneurs, and enterprising folks in business and innovation. Introducing Urban Academics Membership Portal.

Interesting Facts You Never Knew About the Vote

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Here’s some food for thought about your rights and the upcoming vote. This week we welcome a guest in the “HOT-Seat” who will guide you down memory lane, understanding where the vote has come from, where it is today, and what we can expect after November 2020?

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Press Release for Apostle Merilyn Davis @ “Hot-Seat!”


What’s trending in the US and across the world is the US presidential election. The art of politics has always been a reality show pointing to truths about how it (the United States of America) was established and determined to control its people and runs its government and military.


Regardless of your fundamental core beliefs or knowledge about politics locally or across the world, everyone knows about the debate and the countdown to the upcoming presidential election. This week at the RoundTable, it’s going to be good.

3 Books To Read …

  1. One Vote Away: How A Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History
  2. Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote
  3. Buying The Vote

Snatching the HOT-Seat at this week’s RoundTable is Apostle Merilyn Davis Kingdom Woman Speaking On The VOTE!!!

“Invite EVERYBODY to THIS Call!! “

Apostle Merilyn Davis, Author and Entrepreneur

Notable Accomplishments

  • Black Cultural Acuity
  • Critical Conversations Community Forums
  • Founding Pastor Resurrected Life Church Int’l GA USA*
  • Published Author
  • Takes Copious Notes!
  • The PRTM/Inspirational Empowerment Speaker

3 Funny Election 2020 T-Shirts …

  1. Anti-Trump: “VOTE Washes The Orange Out”
  2. “Vote Like Your Ancestors Died For It” – Black Votes Matter
  3. Vote Shirt, Obama Quote 2020 General Election

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