The Wombman's Song Community Experience

Join me as we talk with Evelyn "Champagne" King about her career and her uncompromising stance she made to Honor Self. When faced with having to "fit in", Evelyn forged a new road and has traveled that road, with her loving husband, for decades. Sometimes, to retain you dignity and self respect, you have to choose to be you. Listen in as she explains how she lives her life with integrity and still does the very thing that she was created to do... Sing!

Join us as we speak with: D. Channsin Berry, Producer of Dark Girls www.officialdarkgirlsmovie.com and Baba Djedi, Owner/Operator of WNWP-TV www.wnwp.tv Both of these men have answered the call of the Black community to provide healthy and positive images that will assist us in building our families and our communities.

Sis. Ali will walk us down the road and reveal to us a very telling picture of what we have become in American society today. Trust the journey.... "I wrote the book because black women in America have been protected and insulated against certain kinds of criticism and examination," said Ali. "The black man has been critiqued, the white woman and white man have been critiqued. Everybody but us (black women). I decided that we needed a self-examination of ourselves to find out what is our share of the problems in the black community," Ali said. "Whenever there is a breakdown in a relationship, both parties are responsible. But we have always said it was the black man's fault. We have always said that he left us, abandoned the children, beat us and killed us and did a lot of other things to us. My book tries to examine what happens before we get to that point." Which, she contends, began during slavery. "It's entirely possible that hidden some place in the Blackwoman's psyche is a tremendous fury and loss of confidence in the Blackman because he was unable to protect her during slavery," Ali writes. "She doesn't know what he should have done to stop slavery, but she thinks he should have done something." Ali admits "The Blackman's Guide to Understanding the Blackwoman" is, like her, brutally honest. "We know that some of the traditions of the white-power structure are at the root of many of our problems. But those are external factors," Ali said. "Internally -- inside of the African-American community -- we have problems in our personal relationships that are simply a result of contributory neglect -- of black men and black women failing to deal truthfully with each other about what the problems are."

Joining The Wombman's Song Community Experience for the MLK Holiday weekend is the founder and director of the Afrikan-American Institute for Policy Studies and Planning and the Coordinator for the Malcolm X. Grassroots Movement for Self-Determination, Attorney Efia Nwangaza. Being a 'hands-on' activist during this tumultuous time, Sis. Efia will give us a first hand account of the female presence throughout this era."There can be no ML King without a Queen." We will also discuss the effects that desegregation has had on our community at large.Was this fight to desegregate the best possible scenario for our community?

Journalist, author and producer of the critically acclaimed documentary: RAISING BOYS Tips For Single Moms Join us as we tackle the tough questions surrounding single-parent homes and the black wombman's position as the head of the household. Bro Deric will also share tips to be more effective moms in the absence of dad.