Power & Community

CED what? CEDRICK! An artist, community lover, app admin, gay, Black and HIV positive man gives us a glimpse into his day working the "Positive Peers" app. An app created to make space for for HIV positive individuals ages 13-34.
About Cedrick Taylor:
Cederick Taylor is working diligently to bridge the gap between patients and healthcare as a MetroHealth Patient Navigator. As someone who is living with HIV, Cederick is skillful in establishing healthy relationships with his patients and becoming an advocate for individuals in need. This allows him to soar as Admin for the app “Positive Peers”. Cederick is full of curiosity, he finds joy in cycling, musical theatre, canoeing, modeling, DIY projects and massage. With the goal in mind of creating a talkback series around HIV and Community Health & Wellness, he strives to continue his education as a Community Health Worker.

Medical research and medicine have made living with HIV/AIDS possible. Now, science focuses heavily on the prevention of transmission. Nurse Practitioner Kathryn Meyers walks us through the current medications for HIV/AIDS and the prevention methods available to everyone today.
About Kathryn Meyer:
Kathryn (Kat) Meyer, BA, RN, MSN, CNM, DNP, BC-FNP has worked in sexual health for over 20 years. She has been at Metro for years specializing in sexually transmitted infections (STIs). For the past five years, she has been focused on getting information on PrEP to the people who could be on it and combating the rise of syphilis. She is also watching the emergence of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea with some anxiety. When not educating about, diagnosing, or treating STIs, she is usually embarrassing her children in front of their friends by... talking about STI's. Kat can be reached, and an appointment for the PrEP clinic can be made at 216-778-8305.

Chanda Bynum talks to Aseelah Shareef of Cleveland's Karamu House about Step Afrika!, her experiences traveling internationally as a professional dancer, the powerful healing effects of dance, and much more!
About Aseelah Shareef:
Aseelah Shareef offers a unique combination and understanding of inspirational leadership, operations and logistics, organizational programming, and artistry, developed through intense non-profit environments demanding excellence, flexibility and the capacity to master multiple roles. Just a few of those roles include performing in Step Afrika!, the world’s only professional dance company dedicated to the art of stepping (body percussion), which toured nationally and internationally, and teaching and co-creating new curriculum for Dance at Cuyahoga Community College. Aseelah was the former executive director of Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre, Events Manager for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, and Director of Dance for Cleveland School of the Arts. Her most recent role is Director of Operations and Community Engagement at Karamu House, where she implements operational efficiencies across product lines, has developed new arts residency programs, as well as curates socially and culturally responsive community arts experiences including after-school and weekend arts education models for life-long learners. She is also currently serving as the Interim Executive Director of the Cleveland Arts Prize, the nation’s oldest municipal arts award. She was a member of the inaugural 2019 Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Fellowship cohort sponsored by Americans for the Arts, The Joyce Foundation and American Express. Her community involvement includes membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Cleveland Arts Prize (Board Trustee), Ohio Citizens for the Arts (Board Member), the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation (Board Member), Future Heights Grantmaking Committee (member) and College Now Greater Cleveland (mentor). Aseelah holds an MA in Arts Administration and BS in Exercise Science from The Florida State University.

In this episode, Lexington Rivera, the young student writer behind Art of Me's short film "Blood Hana", with Clyde Lawrence and Cody Fitzgerald, the musicians who wrote the score for "Blood Hana".
This is the second of three special episodes where we take a deep dive into the music behind Art of Me's films.
About Cody and Clyde:
Clyde Lawrence and Cody Fitzgerald are a pair of emerging composers from different musical worlds. They met at Brown University after realizing that their respective bands, soul-pop project Lawrence and indie-rock outfit Stolen Jars, were playing competing shows every weekend, and formed an unusual collaboration. With their different musical backgrounds, they found that they were able to mix genres and be more versatile than either could be on his own. The duo have worked on a number of film scores, including Disney’s Christmas feature Noelle, the Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei feature The Rewrite, indie feature Hard Sell, upcoming Sundance pick Landline, and the Cannes-featured short Open 24 Hours. Outside of film-scoring, both Clyde and Cody have also found success in their songwriting and artist careers. Clyde’s project Lawrence is the first band to be signed with pop star Jon Bellion’s record label, with their latest album Living Room reaching #2 on the iTunes soul charts and appearing on several Spotify editorial playlists including New Music Friday, culminating in a world tour that included stops at festivals like Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Firefly, Hangout Fest, and more. Cody’s project Stolen Jars has garnered praise from a number of sources including The New York Times, David Byrne of The Talking Heads, and NPR’s Bob Boilen, has been featured in an international Apple iPad Commercial, and in multiple feature films.

Dahyo Coleman explores directing color, images and aesthetic with us on this episode of the Power and Community Podcast! She shares with us her most embarrassing moment on set AND gives budding new student filmmakers advice on how to stay true to another creative's project when collaborating with others! Don't miss this episode!
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