https://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglistConvener, conversationalist, social commentator and action advocate April Yvonne Garrett serves as inspired host to intimate conversations with fascinating people– some at the top of their game, others still climbing– all possessing an uncommon commitment to owning their stories and achieving their visions. In addition to intimate profiles, The AYG List addresses current events by amplifying a diverse array of voices who unpack and contextualize the complexity of the human experience. enCopyright The AYG List with April Yvonne Garrett (C/O Blogtalkradio)Thu, 05 Mar 2020 21:30:00 GMTTue, 18 Mar 2014 23:00:00 GMTMotivationBlogTalkRadio Feed v2.0https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/hostpics/c1199905-9fac-401b-9a9f-9bfbf9625e65_ayg_headshot_crop.jpghttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglistConvener, conversationalist, social commentator and action advocate April Yvonne Garrett serves as inspired host to intimate conversations with fascinating people– some at the top of their game, others still climbing– all possessing an uncommon commitment to owning their stories and achieving their visions. In addition to intimate profiles, The AYG List addresses current events by amplifying a diverse array of voices who unpack and contextualize the complexity of the human experience. feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.commotivation,race,civil rights,doug shipman,human rights,kenyon college,social justice,5 seeds farm,alicia hall moran,amendment 1The AYG ListnoConvener, conversationalist, social commentator and action advocate April Yvonne Garrett serves as inspired host to intimate conversations with fascinating peopepisodichttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/18/jacksons-honest-chips-ceo-megan-reamerFoodhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/18/jacksons-honest-chips-ceo-megan-reamer/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/18/jacksons-honest-chips-ceo-megan-reamerTue, 18 Mar 2014 23:00:00 GMTJackson's Honest Chips CEO Megan ReamerJackson’s Honest Chips wants to change the way you think about potato chips. Using the healthiest, most nourishing oil available – coconut oil – Jackson’s skillfully crafts their chips in small batches using only the simplest ingredients, like potatoes, coconut oil, and salt.  From the field, the farmer, and the fryer…to you, their goal is to bring the potato chip back to its humble and simple roots by using the finest organic heirloom potatoes and kettle frying them using organic coconut oil, never using GMO ingredients or any artificial flavors or preservatives. Jackson’s source potatoes from small-scale family farmers that they know and trust who use organic or biodynamic methods on their farms and never use GMO varieties of vegetables. They purchase the highest grade organic, cold pressed coconut oil from companies that use traditional coconut oil extraction techniques. And they use sea salt for its many trace minerals.  Today I talk with its CEO Megan Reamer, a mother of four, whose son Jackson’s medical condition inspired this wholesome, Paleo-friendly, gluten free, and vegan product. 00:34:00The AYG ListnoJackson's Honest Chips,Megan Reamer,Potato Chips,Cocomut Oil,Gluten FreeJackson’s Honest Chips wants to change the way you think about potato chips. Using the healthiest, most nourishing oil available – coconut oil – Jackson’s skillhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/11/one-filmmaker-becca-rothFilmhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/11/one-filmmaker-becca-roth/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/11/one-filmmaker-becca-rothTue, 11 Mar 2014 23:00:00 GMT"One" Filmmaker Becca RothBecca Roth has been writing stories and screenplays since before she was old enough to type. When she was little, she would pace back and forth in her family’s computer room while her mom transcribed Becca’s excited spouting of The Wizard of Oz 2: Dorothy’s Roller-Blading Adventure. (The film has yet to be produced.) Becca made her first short film, Kings and Queens, at the age of seventeen, and has been writing and directing ever since. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2010, where she studied film, drama, anthropology, and finding four leaf clovers. After spending her first year out of college working for tips and crewing on other people’s projects, she set out to make her first independent film. With her tip money, she made Rain in Summer, a short film that went on to screen at nearly a dozen film festivals nationwide, picking up several awards along the way. She has just completed the feature-length documentary, One: A Story of Love and Equality. She is extremely passionate about this project, and can’t wait to see where it will go. (Hint: It just won "Best Director-Feature Documentary" at the Queens World Film Festival). Becca lives in Brooklyn with her girlfriend and two mischievous kittens, Oliver and Twist (both female).   00:34:00The AYG ListnoBecca Roth,Kenyon College,FIlmmaker,Documentary,Marriage EqualityBecca Roth has been writing stories and screenplays since before she was old enough to type. When she was little, she would pace back and forth in her family’https://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/05/the-rise-author-sarah-elizabeth-lewisMotivationhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/05/the-rise-author-sarah-elizabeth-lewis/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/05/the-rise-author-sarah-elizabeth-lewisWed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT"The Rise" Author Sarah Elizabeth LewisSarah Lewis has served on President Barack Obama’s Arts Policy Committee, been selected for Oprah’s “Power List,” and is a faculty member at Yale University, School of Art in the MFA program. Her new book, The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery will be released by Simon & Schuster U.S., HarperCollins U.K. in March 2014 and has sold translation rights in Brazil, Holland, Thailand, and South Korea to date. The Rise is a layered, story-driven investigation of how innovation, discovery, and the creative process are all spurred on by advantages gleaned from the improbable, the unlikely, even failure. Her second book, based on her Yale dissertation, Black Sea, Black Atlantic: Frederick Douglass, The Circassian Beauties, and American Racial Formation in the Wake of the Civil War, for which she has received support from the Ford Foundation, the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition, is under contract with Harvard University Press for release in 2015. Her essays on contemporary art have been published widely in journals such as Callaloo, Artforum and Art in America, and in publications including Rizzoli, the Smithsonian, The Museum of Modern Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem. She has held positions at both the Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is currently a board member of The Andy Warhol for the Visual Arts, the CUNY Graduate Center, and The Brearley School. She received her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, an M. Phil from Oxford University, and will receive her Ph.D. from Yale University in March 2014. She lives in New York City. 00:41:00The AYG ListnoSarah Lewis,Sarah Elizabeth Lewis,The Rise,Creativity,MasterySarah Lewis has served on President Barack Obama’s Arts Policy Committee, been selected for Oprah’s “Power List,” and is a faculty member at Yale University, Schttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/01/artful-couple-mezzo-soprano-alicia-hall-moran-jazz-pianist-jason-moranArthttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/01/artful-couple-mezzo-soprano-alicia-hall-moran-jazz-pianist-jason-moran/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/03/01/artful-couple-mezzo-soprano-alicia-hall-moran-jazz-pianist-jason-moranSat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTArtful Couple Mezzo Soprano Alicia Hall Moran & Jazz Pianist Jason Moran2010 MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran has established himself as a risk-taking pianist and innovator of new directions for jazz.  His awards include Jazz Artist, Jazz Album & Pianist of the Year in the 59th Annual Downbeat Critics Poll; Rising Star Jazz Artist, Rising Star Pianist, Rising Star Composer in the 2003-04 Downbeat Critics Polls; and the first Playboy Jazz Artist of the Year award. Mr. Moran is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. Alicia Hall Moran, mezzo-soprano, brings diverse influences and passions together in a rich artistic brew.  Ms. Moran played nightly in the stellar ensemble of The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess, Broadway's 2012 Tony-winner for "Best Musical Revival" and is now playing 'Bess' on the national tour of that musical. Ms. Moran was an artist in the genre-busting 2012 Whitney Biennial along with husband, Jason. For the Biennial, Ms. Moran curated the celebrated 26-performance event, BLEED.  This mega-offering juxtaposed new collaborations and inspirational works with a survey of the Morans' past collaborations in the musical and visual arts.  Films incorporating music by the Morans' (films by Joan Jonas, Glenn Ligon, Kara Walker, and Simone Leigh/Liz Magic Laser) were also featured.   Together, the Morans are an artistic force to behold. 01:30:00The AYG ListnoAlicia Hall Moran,Mezzo Soprano,Jason Moran,Jazz Pianist,Jazz2010 MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran has established himself as a risk-taking pianist and innovator of new directions for jazz.  His awards include Jazz Artist, Jahttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/19/mll-lacrosse-phenom-chazz-woodsonSportshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/19/mll-lacrosse-phenom-chazz-woodson/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/19/mll-lacrosse-phenom-chazz-woodsonWed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTMLL Lacrosse Phenom Chazz WoodsonChazz Woodson is one of the most electrying players in lacrosse. A midfielder for the Florida Launch, he was drafted as the 19th overall pick in the 2005 MLL collegiate draft. After brief stints with the Long Island Lizards and the Boston Cannons, Chazz played for the Los Angeles Riptide until the team folded between the 2008 and 2009 seasons. During that time, he was a 2008 MLL All Star Selection where he won the freestyle competition. From 2009 to 2010 Chazz played for both the Chicago Machine and the Chesapeake Bayhawks (2010 MLL Champions). In 2011, he signed with the LXM Pro Tour, which introduces lacrosse to mainstream audiences by combining world-class professional lacrosse games with live concert performances. In addition to playing, Woodson has been a member of the Ransom Everglades School Athletic Department since 2006, where he coaches JV basketball and Varsity lacrosse. He’s been featured in articles in Inside Lacrosse and Lacrosse Magazine. He also signed an endorsement deal with Brine Lacrosse in 2008 and in 2009, became the first and only lacrosse player ever signed to a contract with New Balance Athletic Shoe. Chazz has featured in 3 commercials thus far for Brine, and one for New Balance. He was presented with the Young Alumnus of the Year award by the Blue Ridge School in the fall of 2008, and his lacrosse jersey was retired in the spring of 2010. Woodson, a champion of diversity, is one of the founders of the Sankofa Lacrosse Alliance, bringing together the world's greatest Black lacrosse players to promote academic, professional and social achievement and to grow the game in underrepresented communities. 01:04:00The AYG ListnoChazz Woodson,Lacrosse,Excellence,MLL,Brown UniversityChazz Woodson is one of the most electrying players in lacrosse. A midfielder for the Florida Launch, he was drafted as the 19th overall pick in the 2005 MLL cohttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/12/mits-craig-steven-wilder-talks-ebony-ivy-slavery-american-universitiesHistoryhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/12/mits-craig-steven-wilder-talks-ebony-ivy-slavery-american-universities/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/12/mits-craig-steven-wilder-talks-ebony-ivy-slavery-american-universitiesWed, 12 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMTMIT's Craig Steven Wilder Talks "Ebony & Ivy," Slavery & American UniversitiesCraig Steven Wilder is the chair of MIT's history department and has written three books including his most recent, Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities.  He began his career as a community organizer in the South Bronx while attending Fordham University and earned his Ph.D. in urban history at Columbia University.  Wilder has taught at Williams and Dartmouth Colleges, advises community and social organizations and provides curricular and professional development workshops with public school teachers in low-income areas of New York City.  He is also a senior fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative.  Wilder's contribution to the arts includes serving as curator for national and regional exhibitions at the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Chicago History Museum and serving as a contributor to significant documentaries including Ken Burns' Central Park Five and Kelly Anderson's My Brooklyn. I speak with Wilder about what shapes his intellectual, civic and artistic passions, how he learned to honor and articulate sometimes tough historical matters and why the prestige of the early American university rested on the propagation of slavery and racial inferiority. 01:05:00The AYG ListnoCraig Steven Wilder,MIT,Ebony & Ivy,Slavery,RaceCraig Steven Wilder is the chair of MIT's history department and has written three books including his most recent, Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubledhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/05/hair-story-authors-ayana-byrd-lori-tharps-talk-black-hairFashionhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/05/hair-story-authors-ayana-byrd-lori-tharps-talk-black-hair/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/02/05/hair-story-authors-ayana-byrd-lori-tharps-talk-black-hairWed, 05 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT"Hair Story" Authors Ayana Byrd & Lori Tharps Talk Black HairTwo world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a "free" person to the 2013 uproar over an Ohio school that banned Afro puffs and small twists, the issues surrounding Black hair continue to linger as we enter the twenty-first century. Hair Story is a historical and anecdotal exploration of Black Americans' tangled hair roots. A chronological look at the culture and politics behind the ever-changing state of Black hair from fifteenth-century Africa to the present-day United States, it ties the personal to the political and the popular.   00:48:00The AYG ListnoHair Story,Ayana Byrd,Lori Tharps,Black Hair,Racial IdentityTwo world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. Frohttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/29/kenyon-college-lax-bro-holden-richards-comes-outLGBThttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/29/kenyon-college-lax-bro-holden-richards-comes-out/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/29/kenyon-college-lax-bro-holden-richards-comes-outWed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTKenyon College Lax Bro Holden Richards Comes OutThe world now knows Kenyon College sophomore men's lacrosse midfielder Holden Richards because his "coming out" story has be chronicled on SB Nation's Outsports and Huffington Post.  I reached out to this student at my college alma mater and invited him to have a chat with me about his experience being gay on a small liberal arts college campus and how much things have changed since I was the manager of that very men's lacrosse team while a student there in the late 80s early 90s.  Listen to Holden share what encouraged him to come out to his family, lacrosse team, fraternity brothers and other friends, not exactly in that order.   00:51:00The AYG ListnoHolden Richards,Coming Out,Gay Male,Gay Athlete,Kenyon CollegeThe world now knows Kenyon College sophomore men's lacrosse midfielder Holden Richards because his "coming out" story has be chronicled on SB Nation's Outsportshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/22/rev-raphael-warnock-on-the-divided-mind-of-the-black-churchChristianityhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/22/rev-raphael-warnock-on-the-divided-mind-of-the-black-church/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/22/rev-raphael-warnock-on-the-divided-mind-of-the-black-churchWed, 22 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTRev. Raphael Warnock On "The Divided Mind of the Black Church"In his new book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church, Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Ph.D., Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the spiritual home of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., discusses how a church formed in the quest for Black personhood and freedom is now challenged by its own struggle between personal piety and social protest, a masculinist Black theology that has long stifled Black women's voices, and the modern forces of white evangelicalism, biblical fundamentalism, and the prosperity gospel.  One of this today's foremost public theologians, with fresh eyes, Rev. Warnock invites us to craft a new mission that emboldens faith and works to address the ever-changing needs of the modern Black church. 00:39:00The AYG ListnoRaphael G. Warnock,Ebenezer Baptist Church,The Divided Mind of the Black Church,Black Church,Black TheologyIn his new book, The Divided Mind of the Black Church, Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, Ph.D., Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the spihttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/15/slates-josh-levin-uncovers-the-real-welfare-queen-talks-r-kellyNewshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/15/slates-josh-levin-uncovers-the-real-welfare-queen-talks-r-kelly/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2014/01/15/slates-josh-levin-uncovers-the-real-welfare-queen-talks-r-kellyWed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTSlate's Josh Levin Uncovers the Real "Welfare Queen" & Talks R. KellyJosh Levin, executive editor of Slate Magazine, wrote a jaw-dropping story at the end of 2013 probing the life of Linda Taylor, the woman who he discovered was the actual “welfare queen,” the toxic, living-high-on-the-hog -off-the-government’s-dime stereotype, who became emblazoned in the American imagination after her exploits where chronicled in Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign speech.   While many believed she was a politically-motivated fabrication, her fraud was very real and chronicled in great detail in the Chicago Tribune.   The “welfare queen” in the minds of most is thought to be a Black woman, however, Levin’s article details the life of a woman who on her birth and death certificates was actually codified as white, but regularly used multiple racial identities and names to commit crimes far more damning than public aid fraud.   And, she even has a connection to singer R. Kelly, whose documented questionable relationships with underaged girls is finally getting the amount of scrutiny it never received when the first accusations were lodged against him decades ago.  00:44:00The AYG ListnoJosh Levin,Slate Magazine,Welfare Queen,Myth,RaceJosh Levin, executive editor of Slate Magazine, wrote a jaw-dropping story at the end of 2013 probing the life of Linda Taylor, the woman who he discovered washttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/12/10/human-rights-day-with-doug-shipman-ceo-center-for-human-civil-rightsCurrent Eventshttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/12/10/human-rights-day-with-doug-shipman-ceo-center-for-human-civil-rights/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/12/10/human-rights-day-with-doug-shipman-ceo-center-for-human-civil-rightsTue, 10 Dec 2013 20:30:00 GMTHuman Rights Day with Doug Shipman, CEO, Center for Human & Civil RightsOn this 2013 Human Rights Day, as we celebrate the life of South African President and Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela, many have pondered the significance and impact of his legacy.  During these exchanges, much has been said about the nature of effective, modern-day social justice leadership. Doug Shipman, the CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, gives us a glipse of such leadership potential.  As the director of a center that seeks to expand our understanding of the impact of the American civil rights movement and connect it to the struggle for global human rights, Doug  uses his extensive educational background in issues of race, ethnicity and gender including the history of American minority groups and religion as applied to social movements, to make intergenerational, multicultural and global connections to human liberation causes around the world. His insights offer a new way of conceptualizing what social justice leaders should look like and how they might be most effective. 00:37:00The AYG ListnoDoug Shipman,Center for Civil and Human Rights,Civil Rights,Human Rights,Social JusticeOn this 2013 Human Rights Day, as we celebrate the life of South African President and Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela, many have pondered the significance and ihttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/26/the-gratitude-showLifestylehttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/26/the-gratitude-show/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/26/the-gratitude-showTue, 26 Nov 2013 20:30:00 GMTThe Gratitude Showgratitude:  the state of being grateful For my first LIVE, call-in show, I am joined by my friend, writer, activist, professor and pastor Carl Kenney.  We look forward to learning about what you are thankful for and what quotes about gratitude quotes inspire you the most. 00:33:00The AYG ListnoGratitude,Thanksgiving,Appreciation,Grace,Indebtednessgratitude:  the state of being grateful For my first LIVE, call-in show, I am joined by my friend, writer, activist, professor and pastor Carl Kenney.  We lookhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/19/ayg-chats-with-comedian-techie-author-baratunde-thurston-1Technologyhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/19/ayg-chats-with-comedian-techie-author-baratunde-thurston-1/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/19/ayg-chats-with-comedian-techie-author-baratunde-thurston-1Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with Comedian, Techie & Author Baratunde ThurstonBaratunde Thurston is CEO and Co-Founder of Cultivated Wit, a company that combines technology with humor. Informed by years of honing his craft as the director of digital for the satirical news site The Onion and Jack & Jill Politics, a black political blog, Baratunde weaves his undeniably accessible intellect, insightful wit and constant need for expression and connection into a vibrant tapestry that explores complex social issues with a lighter but profound touch. Author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black, Baratunde ranks among the most sought after voices of his generation, globally, regarding our digital future and storytelling, satire and democracy, and race and politics. We talk influences, creating systems of support, finding incubators for your brilliance and how he came into the world, full, and ready to go. Twitter: @Baratunde www.Baratunde.com 01:04:00The AYG ListnoBaratunde Thurston,Comedian,Author,Techie,How To Be BlackBaratunde Thurston is CEO and Co-Founder of Cultivated Wit, a company that combines technology with humor. Informed by years of honing his craft as the directohttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/05/ayg-chats-with-black-farmer-homesteader-denzel-mitchellFoodhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/05/ayg-chats-with-black-farmer-homesteader-denzel-mitchell/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/11/05/ayg-chats-with-black-farmer-homesteader-denzel-mitchellTue, 05 Nov 2013 20:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with Black Farmer & Homesteader Denzel MitchellDenzel Mitchell, founder of 5 Seeds Farm, is my favorite farmer ever.  I chat with him about growing from a small city farm to a multiple plot, urban and suburban farm with a 50-person CSA, the cultural and historical legacies of Black farming and homesteading, food security, educating the general public and young people on the importance of their food sources, what he and his family will be having on their Thanksgiving table and why me eating a peach right off of a 5 Seeds Farm northeast Baltimore tree a few years ago on my Amplify Baltimore television show is still a popular topic conversation. 00:45:00The AYG ListnoDenzel Mitchell,5 Seeds Farm,Black Farmer,Black Homesteader,City FarmsDenzel Mitchell, founder of 5 Seeds Farm, is my favorite farmer ever.  I chat with him about growing from a small city farm to a multiple plot, urban and suburbhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/29/ayg-chats-with-cancer-fighter-jenny-vanderlindenHealthhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/29/ayg-chats-with-cancer-fighter-jenny-vanderlinden/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/29/ayg-chats-with-cancer-fighter-jenny-vanderlindenTue, 29 Oct 2013 19:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with Cancer Fighter Jenny Vanderlinden   What happens when you let go and start saying "YES!"?  Where will it take you?  There is beauty in spontaneity and in truly living in the here and now.   These questions and statement drive Jenny Vanderlinden, a breast cancer survivor and mother of four now battling deadly stage 3 ovarian cancer, every day. Her journey, captured in the documentary film I Heart Jenny, chronicles the ups and downs of her battle and the reality of a woman that, despite her adversity, continues to fill her days with adventure, infectious laughter, excitement, and joy. Her story will inspire you to take that leap of faith in your own life, and start living life to its fullest.  Facebook: I Heart Jenny&00:55:00The AYG ListnoJenny Vanderlinden,Breast Cancer,Ovarian Cancer,BRCA1,I Heart JennyWhat happens when you let go and start saying "YES!"?  Where will it take you?  There is beauty in spontaneity and in truly living in the here and now.   Thehttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/08/ayg-chats-with-scholaractivist-monica-a-colemanHealthhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/08/ayg-chats-with-scholaractivist-monica-a-coleman/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/08/ayg-chats-with-scholaractivist-monica-a-colemanTue, 08 Oct 2013 19:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with Scholar/Activist Monica A. ColemanIn honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week, The AYG List welcomes scholar and activist Monica A. Coleman.  Monica’s commitment to connecting faith and social justice is evident in all of her endeavors.  An ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, she earned her A.B. in African American Studies at Harvard University, her Master’s of Divinity degree and Certificate in the Study of Religion, Gender and Sexuality at Vanderbilt University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont Graduate University where she is currently Associate Professor of Constructive Theology and African American Religions and Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies.     Monica, who lives with depression, is a mental health advocate who is dedicated to educating the public about the lives and rights of people living with mental illness.  In her most recent book, Not Alone: Reflections on Faith and Depression, she offers a 40-day devotional wrestling with depression in a spiritual context.    AYG chats with Monica about our her own battle with mental illness and how the faith community can and should respond. 00:34:00The AYG ListnoMonica A Coleman,Faith,Mental Illness,Mental Health,HealthIn honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week, The AYG List welcomes scholar and activist Monica A. Coleman.  Monica’s commitment to connecting faith and social jushttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/01/ayg-chats-wcenter-for-civil-human-rights-ceo-doug-shipmanCulturehttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/01/ayg-chats-wcenter-for-civil-human-rights-ceo-doug-shipman/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/10/01/ayg-chats-wcenter-for-civil-human-rights-ceo-doug-shipmanTue, 01 Oct 2013 19:30:00 GMTAYG Chats w/Center for Civil & Human Rights CEO Doug ShipmanDoug Shipman is the CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights which seeks to expand our understanding of the impact of the American civil rights movement and connect it to the struggle for global human rights. Doug is a graduate of Emory University and Harvard's Divinity School and Kennedy School of Government and has extensive educational background in issues of race, ethnicity and gender including the history of American minority groups and religion as applied to social movements. AYG chats with Doug about the genesis of the Center, its mission and key players, why Atlanta is fertile ground for this effort, why it is important to connect the American civil rights movement to global human rights causes, how to connect civil rights history with the younger generation and the disconnected and why a white, male, Generation Xer from rural Arkansas is the right person to lead this effort. Facebook: Doug Shipman & National Center for Civil and Human Rights Twitter:  @DougShip & @RightsCTR 00:37:00The AYG ListnoDoug Shipman,National Center for Civil and Human Rights,Civil Rights,Human Rights,AtlantaDoug Shipman is the CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights which seeks to expand our understanding of the impact of the American civil rights movhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/24/ayg-chats-with-contemporary-artist-tim-okamuraArthttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/24/ayg-chats-with-contemporary-artist-tim-okamura/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/24/ayg-chats-with-contemporary-artist-tim-okamuraTue, 24 Sep 2013 19:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with Contemporary Artist Tim OkamuraTim Okamura is a contemporary artist whose work investigates identity, the urban environment, metaphor and cultural iconography through a unique method of painting that combines a 'realist' approach to the figure with collage, spray paint and mixed media.  His juxtaposition of the rawness and urgency of street art and academic ideals has created a language that uses traditional storytelling through portraiture with resonant contemporary motifs.   AYG chats with Tim about art, cultural representation, life and love. Facebook: Tim Okamura Twitter & Instagram: @TimOkamuraArt   00:41:00The AYG ListnoTim Okamura,Contemporary Artist,Street Art,Collage,Mixed MediaTim Okamura is a contemporary artist whose work investigates identity, the urban environment, metaphor and cultural iconography through a unique method of painthttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/17/ayg-chats-with-naacp-ldf-president-sherrilyn-ifill-1Legalhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/17/ayg-chats-with-naacp-ldf-president-sherrilyn-ifill-1/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/17/ayg-chats-with-naacp-ldf-president-sherrilyn-ifill-1Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with NAACP LDF President Sherrilyn IfillSherrilyn Ifill is the 7th President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.  She is a civil rights attorney, professor of law at the University of Maryland and author of the critically acclaimed book, On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century.  Sherrilyn chats with AYG about what it takes to secure civil rights justice in the new millennium, how the disempowered can agitate, mobilize and organize to become empowered agents of change, what skills activists must possess to sustain a balanced life and avoid burnout and what female leaders inspired her along the way.00:31:00The AYG ListnoSherrilyn Ifill,NAACP LDF,Civil Rights Strategist,Legal Scholar,Female LeaderSherrilyn Ifill is the 7th President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.  She is a civil rights attorney, professor of law at thhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/10/ayg-chats-with-dillard-president-dr-walter-kimbroughEducationhttps://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/10/ayg-chats-with-dillard-president-dr-walter-kimbrough/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/theayglist/2013/09/10/ayg-chats-with-dillard-president-dr-walter-kimbroughTue, 10 Sep 2013 19:30:00 GMTAYG Chats with Dillard President Dr. Walter KimbroughDr. Walter M. Kimbrough is the 7th president of Dillard University, a private historically Black liberal arts college, affiliated with the United Church of Christ in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He chats with AYG about their time together as campus life administrators at Emory University, why he adopted a social justice mission at Philander Smith College during his time there as president, taking Dr. Dre to task for his $35 million to USC, charting the future for a post-Katrina Dillard University, the future of HBCUs, the importance of a liberal arts education and how a young Black man from southwest Atlanta becomes the @HipHopPrez. Facebook:  Walter Kimbrough Twitter:  @HipHopPrez Instagram: @HipHopPrez00:39:00The AYG ListnoDr Walter Kimbrough,Dillard University,HBCUs,Liberal Arts,Social JusticeDr. Walter M. Kimbrough is the 7th president of Dillard University, a private historically Black liberal arts college, affiliated with the United Church of Chri