Perspectives with Condace Pressley

If you are looking for a great summer read, pick up Karin Slaughter's new novel, False Witness. Slaughter is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed storytellers. She's written 21 novels including the Grant County and Will Trent books. She's a Georgia native and Atlanta resident. Her stand-alone novel Pieces of Her is currently in production with Netflix. False Witness introduces us to attor...

In this edition, we continue a conversation with entrepreneur, author and career coach L. Michelle Smith about her new book, and she teases ahead to what next for both her and her young daughter.

Many people will agree these are challenging times. Between the pandemic, politics and the calls for racial justice, how we carry ourselves in the workplace can be a minefield to navigate, especially if the employee is a woman of color. Research indicates Black female workers are not only double minorities, but also doubly disadvantaged. In the second edition of her book, "No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say...

One month of summer vacation is in the books. Yet there are students who miss meals when they are not in school. The nonprofit Hosea Helps works to make sure no student is hungry over the summer break with its "No Summer Hunger" effort to deliver meals to families with students who are eligible for free breakfast and lunch. In addition, on Saturday, July 17 Hosea Helps will host its annual Back to...

Whether or not you have been impacted by COVID, you've certainly felt the stress of the past 15 months and that may have caused you neck or back pain. It is the number one reason people make an appointment to see their primary care physician. Dr. Mohamed Bydon is a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon and author of Back and Neck Health: Mayo Clinic Guide to Preventing and Correcting Back and Neck Pain. Dr. By...

Be the Voice is a student driven movement to make being a youth a better experience. This movement for kindness, compassion and inclusion seeks to improve the school environment. Our guest Debbie Cwalina shares details about a program built on proven techniques that help young people develop their interpersonal skills.

The Knowledge House is a New York based nonprofit whose goal is to erase the digital divide by providing free technology training. The organization is currently accepting applications for candidates. Upon completion of the 12-month program and internship, candidates often go to work for companies earning almost four times as much as they earned prior to enrolling in the FREE program. We talk with...

Bonnie Addario lost three family members to lung cancer. When she received the same diagnosis, she refused to be the fourth to die. She's a 16 year survivor and founder of an organization committed to finding a cure. She believes not only should lung cancer patients survive, they also should thrive. Her book, "The Living Room" profiles more than a dozen lung cancer patients whose stories will comf...

One way improve a child's mental health is to encourage him or her to go outside and play. It is an activity that has been restricted because of the pandemic. With many of those restrictions being relaxed or lifted altogether, kids are being encouraged to return to camp. We are talking with Chris Witt, senior director of WinShape Camps. He believes young people need camp this summer more than ever...

The pandemic forced kids to make just as many life adjustments as their parents, yet they are not likely to speak up and out about the issues that may be bothering them. Dr. Sharnell Myles is a licensed psychotherapist and certified clinical trauma professional who specializes in the treatment of complex trauma. Her focus is young people.

Mariko Bennett took her passion for creating vision boards for herself next level by introducing it to her consulting clients. The success they are having encouraged Bennett to share her tips for success. Her book is The Blueprint to Manifesting Your Dreams.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had two opponents going into her November race for re-election: City Council President Felecia Moore and Atlanta Attorney Sharon Gay. Then Bottoms stunned the city with the announcement that she would not seek a second term. Now the race is wide open with two new faces qualifying: City Councilmembers Antonio Brown and today's guest Andre Dickens. Each candidate i...

For years no one talked about what happened May 31-June 1 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Then the incident leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless was branded as the Tulsa Race Riots when in fact it was the Tulsa Massacre. An alleged incident in an elevator of led the white community to torch what was known as Black Wall Street. What happened was not taught in schools and only now, authors like Carole B...

No sooner than a Minneapolis jury convicted Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Ma'Khis Bryant was gunned down in Ohio and Andrew Brown was shot and killed in North Carolina. What's next in the fight for racial justice and police reform? Rev. Dr. Bernice King, CEO of the King Center discusses the issue. Sunday, May 9 is Mother's Day and if you are ready for a socially distanced activity, A...

On Saturday, May 8 at 7pm, the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP will host a virtual town hall meeting to discuss COVID vaccine and the hesitancy some people have toward taking the shot. Among the guest on the panel will be Dr. Kizzie Corbet the lead scientist behind the Moderna vaccine. The town hall meeting is free and open to all. Next a conversation about the Accion Opportunity Fund. The Fund has p...

Michele Rickett is the founder and CEO of She Is Safe, a Christian nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA that for 19 years has rescued and restored women and girls from abuse and slavery in the hardest places across the globe. Last year they had over 25,000 women and girls in their lifesaving programs. Michele is also an author. Her latest book, Forgotten Girls.

The Biden Administration announced included in the $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs package is $400 billion to combat climate change, including $60 billion for infrastructure related to green transit and $46 billion for climate-related research and development. The bill also aims to make electric-vehicle charging stations available across the country. Andreas Karelas, author of CLIMATE COURAGE:...

The Anti-Defamation League recently honored Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court with a lifetime achievement award for her work on equal justice and fair treatment of people. She joins me to talk about Georgia's new election law, the Atlanta Spa Shootings and the Derek Chauvin trial.

April is National Minority Cancer Awareness Month. Many cancer patients, especially those in underserved communities, cannot afford to take part in clinical trials that could save their lives. Racial disparities in clinical trials have long been an issue that’s just another part of the implicit bias in health care. It’s not just African Americans. Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Alaska Na...

Next Gen Men and Women believes if a young person can see it and experience it, then he or she can be it. This metro Atlanta nonprofit works with young people from disadvantaged communities and schools them on the ways of success. Executive Director Phil Olaleye and student Cy'ierra Davis a senior at Atlanta's Creekside High discuss how Next Gen has influenced her. Next we meet Jackie Cannizzo, Ex...

Deloris Jordan is Michael Jordan's older sister. They are four years apart. In the 33 years I've done this show, this was one of the most challenging interviews I've ever done. Of course, I am respectful of the guest, but I also want to be sure that I ask the questions that are on your mind. Deloris Jordan has turned her pain into her purpose and now travels the country as a motivational speaker....

You may have heard of the book: In the Footsteps Of Jesus: A Chronicle Of His Life And The Origins Of Christianity from National Geographic. Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is the historian and filmmaker and author of this book in which he suggests among other things that Christ treated women as his disciples and that He and his earthly father, Joseph, worked together as carpenters building a city during...

Too often the teachers in many public schools know very little about the students in their classes. Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image lays bare the harm Black women and girls are expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America. This volume, edited by Danielle Apugo, Lynette Mawhinney and Afiya Mbilishaka amplifies routinely muffled voices and experiences of...

When Tonya Hicks was a girl, she wanted to work at NASA cracking codes and making discoveries. In college a professor told her that her best option with a degree in math was to be a teacher. That was not her goal. One summer she found herself on a job site where math dominated. Next thing, she's an electrician and owner of her own company making her way in a male dominated world successfully. We s...

The pandemic year has provided people a "time out" to evaluate their lives, goals and dreams. In Permission to Dream, Chris Gardner, author of The Pursuit of Happiness delivers a powerful tome on dreaming your way to the next level of your life. He argues dreams not only improve your life, but they also make the world a better place. This is a philosophical guide to turning dreams into action, rig...