Urban Islanders intern Gail Bautista walks us through Zakiyyah's travels in the Philadelphia arts scene, featuring:Alfeia DeVaughn-Goodwin - Living Statue ArtistSocial Media: #iamalivingstatue (IG) and @Alfeia (Twitter)Alfeia pursues social and

Season 2 Episode 8: Reverend Lawson at Church of the Advocate

May 8th, 2020 52m 20s

Zakiyyah and Cooper hear from Reverend James Lawson at Church of the Advocate, hosted by the Saturday Free School.Reverend James Lawson - Scholar and ActivistA third-generation Methodist minister, the Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr., who was born

Season 2 Episode 7: BUGS Conference

Apr 21st, 2020 45m

Zakiyyah and Cooper visit the Black Urban Growers (BUGS) Conference and chat with a few notable guests:Zelmi Zoka - Farmer and Land StewardZelmi Zoka hails from Detroit, MI, and spends his time growing and healing.David Bolinda - Immigrant Acti

Season 2 Episode 6: Netroots Nation

Apr 7th, 2020 35m 45s

Zakiyyah visits last year's Netroot's Nation conference, featuring the following guests:Sangeeth Peruri - Founder and CEO of Outreach CircleWebsite: https://client.outreachcircle.com/Sangeeth Peruri is the CEO and founder of OutreachCircle, a d

Season 2 Episode 5: Africa Wing Celebration at Penn Museum

Mar 24th, 2020 45m

Urban Islanders visits the Penn Museum's brand new Africa wing!Tukufu Zuberi - Professor of Sociology; The Lasry Family Professor of Race RelationsWebsite: https://sociology.sas.upenn.edu/people/tukufu-zuberi Dr. Zuberi’s research focuses on Ra

Season 2 Episode 4: Nashid Ali on Kofi Jamoriah

Mar 10th, 2020 57m

Sydnie Schwarz, an Urban Islanders guest interviewee and Swarthmore College student interviews Nashid Ali and Zakiyyah Ali on Kofi Jamoriah, a revered Philadelphia drummer.Jamal Dickerson and Steve Jackson - Drummers from Unity Community Center

Season 2 Episode 3: DACO Annual Conference Part 2

Feb 25th, 2020 45m

Urban Islanders Season 2 Episode 2 continues our coverage of DACO by way of their second annual Cannabis Opportunities conference, hosted at Temple University.State Rep. Joanna McClintonWebsite: https://www.pahouse.com/McClinton/Joanna McClinto

Season 2 Episode 2: DACO Annual Conference Part 1

Feb 11th, 2020 45m 13s

Urban Islanders Season 2 Episode 1 initiates our coverage of DACO by way of their second annual Cannabis Opportunities conference, hosted at Temple University.Judy Wicks – Entrepreneur and Founder of All Together Now PennsylvaniaWebsite: https:

Bonus

Season 2 OUT NOW!!

Feb 4th, 2020 4m 20s

Season 2 of Urban Islanders is premiering now! Our first episode was released last Tuesday - listen to this little teaser to hear what else is coming up:DACO Conferences!! Saturday Free School!! Nashid Ali!! Arts in Philly!! African Exhibit at

Season 2 Episode 1: DACO and Hempin' Philly

Jan 28th, 2020 45m

Urban Islanders Season 2 Episode 1 features a couple of very special guests from the Diasporic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities’ (DACO) Summer Conference, Hempin’ Philly:Cherron Perry-Thomas – DACO Co-Founder Website: https://www.wearedaco.c

Mira Awad and Daniel Noah Moses

May 21st, 2019 45m

Urban Islanders Episode 11 features a couple of very special guests whom Zakiyyah had the pleasure of interviewing: Mira Awad, singer, songwriter, and artivist, who recently played a concert in West Philadelphia, and Daniel Noah Moses, Director

MEEA Environmental Education Conference Part 1

May 14th, 2019 44m 58s

Zakiyyah and Henry cover Maine Environmental Education Association’s Conference in mid-March. Featured panelists includeOlivia Griset – Executive Director of MEEAMEEA Website: https://www.meeassociation.org My name is Olivia Griset and I am the

Ras Ben at Cultureworks and W.E.B. Du Bois, Whither Now and Why, the Struggle for Peace and Freedom at Church of the Advocate

Apr 30th, 2019 45m

Zakiyyah finishes up covering Ras Ben’s book release of Great Mystery Philadelphia, and attends Dr. Anthony Monteiro’s conference entitled “W.E.B. Du Bois, Whither Now and Why, the Struggle for Peace and Freedom”. Ras Ben Website: http://rasben

Ras Ben at CultureWorks

Apr 29th, 2019 45m

Crystal Healer Ras Ben presents his new book Great Mystery Philadelphia at CultureWorks, and Zakiyyah interviews him.Ras Ben Website: http://rasben.comSelf described as a Humble Servant of Humanity, Student of History, Mystery and Prophecy, Sou

Ghandi, the Struggle Against White Domination Conference at Church of the Advocate

Apr 28th, 2019 45m

Zakiyyah attends “Ghandi, the Struggle Against White Domination”, a conference held by Dr. Tony Monteiro of the Saturday Free School at Church of the Advocate. This episode features:Dr. Anthony Monteiro – DuBois ScholarWebsite: http://www.satur

Philadelphia Seed Exchange at the Public Library

Apr 27th, 2019 45m

Featured Guests:Owen Taylor – Founder of TrueLove SeedsWebsite: https://trueloveseeds.com Owen Taylor recently launched Truelove Seeds, a seed company offering rare, open pollinated, and culturally important vegetable, herb, and flower seeds gr

KuluMele at Taller Puertoriqueño

Apr 2nd, 2019 45m

Long-lived dance group KuluMele is featured at Taller Puertoriqueño, a community center in North Philly. Here are our featured guests:Debora Kodish – Founder and Director of Philadelphia Folklore ProjectEstablished in 1987, the Philadelphia Fol

Leeway at NextFab

Mar 27th, 2019 45m

Zakiyyah visits NextFab Makerspace in North Philly to check out the Leeway Foundation, featuring the following interview guests:Tahnee Jackson – Communications and Community Engagement Assistant at Leeway Foundation Tahnee is an organizer, educ

Root Skills Conference Part 3

Mar 12th, 2019 1h

Zakiyyah finishes up covering the Root Skills Conference with an emphasis on Maine’s Hurricane Island Foundation. Here are our interviewees:Dee Azubuike Johnson Dee Wells – Co-Founder of Future Focus Media CooperativeWebsite: https://futurefocu

Seeds of Peace - Daniel Noah Moses

Feb 28th, 2019 59m 59s

Urban Islanders Episode 3 features a very special guest whom Zakiyyah had the pleasure of interviewing: Daniel Noah Moses, Director of Educator Programs at Seeds of Peace, an amazing resource for young changemakers all around the world.Seeds of

Roots Skills Conference Part 2

Feb 26th, 2019 1h

Interviewees:Nyaruot Nguany – Program Manager at Maine Environmental Changemakers Nyaruot has been involved in the Changemakers program from its first year, serving as one of the original youth organizers. Nyaruot then served as a Changemaker

Root Skills Conference Part 1

Feb 23rd, 2019 58m 27s

The Urban Islanders Pilot Episode takes place at Worcester, MA's Root Skills Conference, during which our roving reporter Zakiyyah Ali interviewed the following people: Bart Westdijk - Director of Operations at New England Grassroots Environme

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