Conversation Piece w/ Angela Birdsong

Sha Givens with her Butterfly Project, I Can Fly International, discusses how she rescues girls in East Africa who are victims of child marriage, female genital mutilation, tribal war and poverty. Hear how & why she does it. I Can Fly International Butterfly Project organization provides quality education, rescue programs, shelter and meals for women and children who face adversity every day of th...

Hear Ashanti Daniel's story: Registered Nurse, BSN who went from being a perfect picture of health to using a wheelchair. After a 9 month search of an answer, She discovers how she was blindsided with a diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Learn about ME this week on Conversation Piece for ME Awareness Month. meaction.net

One of my UCLA Alums Michael Buttler talks about generational wealth through homeownership, but first Stasi Cusack-Mercedez with Downtown Women’s Action Coalition of LACAN to tell us about LACAN Culture Hour and the upcoming Freedom Singers concert series on Thursdays at 5pm & 6pm on Zoom and Facebook live. Go to Los Angeles Community Action Network on Facebook for details. For info about LACAN ch...

When Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell turned the water and electricity turned off, the unhoused built showers, and drinking water sources to compensate for ones that O’Farrell had taken away from them. They had constructed a community kitchen that was opened to all housed and unhoused residents and regularly prepared meals for both. Does that sound like community blight to you? Meet the people who li...

CEO Les Higgins of Triangle Christian Services whose single goal is to “Keep Families Together” and to do their part in making the world a better place for all. Founded by the late Rev Dr. Frank Higgins, Sr. Pastor Les continues the legacy of his father, as they serve the community through Your Pathway Home the Women’s and Children’s Shelter, Family Preservation Network and Food and Clothing Distr...

Thandisizwe Chimurenga award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, and author of “No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant,” and “Reparations ... Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait.” She came to journalism through activism, understanding how powerful media can be for destroying or building grassroots, revolutionary change. Hear Her Story...

How to Pay for College with my UCLA fellow alumni Benny Blaydes of Santa Monica College, and hear from two scholarship recipients (Marcelo Clark & Oladapo Sangokoya) of the Benny C. Blaydes UCLA Black Alumni (UBAA) Scholarship. CSAC.CA.GOV StudentAid.gov SMC.Edu

Media Done Responsibly is not letting up in 2021! Find out about its Media Done Responsibly Virtual Film Festival with Shaunelle Curry and meet director Zorrie Petrus...her documentary "Defining Ourselves, For Ourselves" produced by Women's Leadership Project. MediaDoneResponsibly.org WomensLeadershipLA.org PhotographyByZorrie.com

The story Lorraine is going to tell us, speaks of her struggle and survival of living on the streets in Los Angeles Skid Row from 1986-1994 while addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol, lost her children, met a man while homeless who later becomes her 2nd husband. Inspiring hope and healing, Lorraine is standing firmly on solid ground. DowntownWomensCenter.org AlcoholismCenterForWomen.org GSCHomele...

2022 LA City Controller Candidate Madeline Cortez Le, South LA Local, mother and data techie who wants more transparency in the Controller’s Office here in the City of Angels....and later Delegate Shannon Ziggzaggerz Theus tells us about the life of a California #AssemblyDistrictDelegate and how to find yours...UPDATE: Delegate Shannon won her recent election! CADEM.org for info about California A...

Services Not Sweeps Coalition for the Martin Luther King Day Freedom Ride for Housing. Unhoused residents randomly scheduled for sweeps often lose vital personal belongings like medicine and government issued ids. Hear from Housing & Human rights activists: Kwazi Nkrumah, Pastor Cue, General Dogon, Kayo Anderson, Craig R, Mr. Pancake, Kyle, Vision, Theo Henderson, and Ashley Bennet who organized t...

More Hip Hop underground stories with DJ Dat Kidd 179...a continuous mix of tells from break dancing, rapping, graffiti artistry, to ultimately spinning turntables while he was in grade school. Catch Dat Kidd's Live From Zanzibar (house music), Friday nights 8-10pm PT on RadioJustice.org

How to keep families safe, healthy and happy with former Child Protective Services Case Manager Avais Arkwright who now trains agencies through a parenting program called SafeCare. But first we have part 1 with one of RadioJustice’s DJs Dat Kidd 179, dropping knowledge through his music & Hip Hop experience from Newark NJ, to New York City to Los Angeles and soon Nigeria

Find out how Healthy African American Families advocates for underserved communities with their Executive Director Felica Smith on #ConversationPiece host by me, Angela Birdsong.

The Pipeline from Prison to Society Challenged by COVID-19…2nd Call Gets Lives Back on Track. Hear Michelle’s Story (after over 10ys in prison) & Ops Mgr Shanae Polk discusses the pitfalls & opportunities of reentry.

Michelle Johnson, President UCLA Black Alumni Association, allowed me to play this important Town Hall on Conversation Piece about #Proposition16, Bringing the Case for Racial Equity & Justice Back to California, w/ her co-hosts Bobby Grace, LA County DA’s Office and Mandla Kayise, New World Education Consultant, and other speakers CA State Assembly Member Sydney Kamlager, University Administrator...

Larry Williams, Founder of Next2Get, tells his story from being a gang member to helping students stay focused and motivated. And meet one of his students Daylon who is Next2Get his success & greatness!

~ Lanae Norwood, MyBlackCounts Take the Census ~ Althea Moses, Ups & Downs in Teaching 3rd Graders Online ~ Pre-COVID Life, A Flashback to PAFF w/ Filmmaker Dagmawi Abebe

Douglas Sandoval who will share his story of survival, perseverance and faith to give hope to do the impossible…Mr. Sandoval’s inspiring story is told in his book, Comeback One Man’s Triumph Over A Near Death Experience. ComeBackDouglas.com

Beats Tracks Samples & Hip Hop and the state of music today with DJ Stress Kris McManus (The Producers Corner), Michael Washington MWashSoul (Conversation Piece Theme Song & my Cousin), late great Edwin Birdsong (Multi-Grammy Winner/Nominee and my Daddy!). We recorded this show on Sunday Jan 20, 2019, the day before my father passed away unexpectedly. His last interview was with me.

Students Deserve with student leaders Marshe Doss and Justin Scott Jr, and parent leader Kahllid Al-Alim with actual accounts of being victimized by random school searches in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and participation in protests against it and their fight to end criminalization of black and brown youth in LA schools.

Dentist Dr Toni Oliver-Carfino of Oliver Dental Health to discuss the importance oral health, why do we hate going to the dentist, dental myths, root canals and why your mouth is a window into the health of your body. You'll be surprised!

Meet City of Los Angeles, Park Mesa Heights Community Organizers Kahllid Al-Alim President of Park Mesa Heights Community Council and Julia Smith At Large Representative candidate for Park Mesa Heights (she won the position).

Meet Morehouse School of Medicine Alum Dr Muhammad Shuaib who talks about how being African American is a risk factor in most diseases and why, along with telling his inspirational journey to medical school.

I Interviewed the Legendary musical group The Family Stone: Russell ‘Swang’ Stewart (lead singer)and Nate Wingfield (lead guitarist) at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood before they performed that night at Hollywood Bowl for the 41st Playboy Jazz Festival. slystonemusic.com thefamilystonemusic.com