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Keynotes will
kick-off Black History Month with the Emory University
Candler School of Theology annual Howard Thurman Lecture
featuring longtime civil rights activist, Rev. Dr.
Bernard Lafayette, distinguished Professor of Religion,
Conflict and Peace Building: Beginning Monday, February
1 at 5:00 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette is
a longtime civil rights activist, organizer and
authority on nonviolent social change. He co-founded the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960, and
was a core leader of the civil rights movement in
Nashville, TN., in 1960 and in Selma, Ala., in 1965. He
directed the Alabama Voter Registration Project in 1962
and was appointed by Martin Luther King Jr., to be
national program administrator for the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference and national coordinator
of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign.
Lafayette has authored books on realizing nonviolent
change, including a community leaders' workbook.,
"The Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation
Program: Strategies for Responding to Conflict and
Violence" (1998).
Tune-in for a daily "Black History Month Fact"
on
AIB News Breaks.
Follow along as Black History Month local
activities and events are spotlighted
throughout the month of February on
Around Town
with Hal Lamar.
Beginning February 3 at 4:30 p.m. on
Sound of Youth,
Sisters Noni and Dara Carter perform original poetry and
singing dedicated to the struggles and triumphs of
African Americans. Currently a student at Harvard
University, Noni Carter discusses her first novel, "Good
Fortune." The book is about a young African girl
brutally kidnapped and enslaved in the new country of
America. Noni will also perform two original poems. Dara
Carter is a talented singer and musician. She performs
an original song, "Thankful" in which she pays homage to
the ancestors that have gone before her and paved the
way for the many opportunities she has today.
On February 17,
we take a look at "History Makers" as
Sound of Youth
revisits the inauguration of President Obama, a
special performance from the Ron Clark School, and
interviews with Dr. Mae Jemison, the first
African-American Astronaut and Tuskegee Airman, Val
Archer.
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KEYNOTES
Mondays at 5:30 p.m. |
Premiering Feb 8: Rabbi Marc
Schneier, President of The Foundation for
Ethnic Understanding in New York addresses
the audience at Morehouse College on the
relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr.
and the Jewish Community.
Premiering February 15:
Vicki Crawford, co-director of Morehouse
College, Martin Luther King Collection,
moderates A Public Conversation -
Remembering King: the Morehouse Years,
as guests Samuel Dubois Cook '48 and Charles
V. Willis '48 recall the life and times of
fellow classmate Martin Luther King, Jr.
Premiering February 22:
Former First Lady and Carter Center Mental
Health Program founder Rosalynn Carter
discusses the U.S. Department of Justice
suit against the State of Georgia as well as
it's mental health crisis.
Encore
Presentations:
Tuesdays at
12:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m.,
Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 4:00
a.m. |
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IN FOCUS
Mondays at 6:30 p.m. |
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Premiering February 8: We
journey to the Monastery of the Holy Cross
in Conyers in celebration of its 65th
anniversary. We'll also meet the author of a
book on public theologians, and hear his
prescription for how public theologians must
confront society's ills. Our first
person Interfaith segment continues as
participants in the first Interfaith
Immersion program reflect on their
experience.
Premiering
February 22: Dust off your walking
shoes for a trek along the Atlanta Peace
Trails. You'll meet the founders, including
a woman who's the focus of this edition's
First Person/Interfaith. You'll also meet a
woman who's trekked to
Europe
on a pilgrimage of the spirit.
Encore Presentations:
Wednesdays at
10:30 a.m., Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
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Rx FOR
LIFE
Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. |
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Premiering February 2: One
of the most dreaded doctor's can be
the dentist. Did you know there's a direct
link between a great smile and a healthy
heart? On this episode of Rx for Life, host
David Boal talks with Dr. Alfred Wyatt,
Assistant Professor of Oral Rehabilitation
Medical College of Georgia about dental care
and health.
Encore
Presentations:
Wednesdays at 1:30
p.m., Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. and Fridays at
10:30 a.m.
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A WOMAN'S PLACE
Wednesday's at 6:30 p.m. |
Premiering February 3:
Obesity is a major health challenge but it
is one that can be overcome.
On this episode of A
Woman's Place, Dr. Felecia Wade, author of
the Heart of the Matter talks about how she
lost weight and kept it off and how you can
too.
Premiering February 10:
Domestic Violence and the faith communities
response is addressed in this edition of A
Woman's Place. Jessica Nunan,
Executive Director, Caminar Latino discusses
this innovative program that includes the
entire family and Rev. Sara Hayden and Wendy
Lipshutz speak about domestic violence and
how their faiths address the issue and works
to prevent it.
Premiering February 17:
Childbirth is the focus of this edition of A
Woman's Place as Angela Harrington Rice
discusses the benefits of breast-feeding and
how to prepare for natural childbirth with
Jamie Ray, OBGYN Education Manager at DeKalb
Medical and Pre-birth midwife,
L'dia Men-Na'a,
Premiering February 24:
Taking care of your brain can help prevent
Alzheimers or delay it.
Find out more about
this debilitating disease and what you can
do to keep your brain healthy.
Encore
Presentations:
Fridays at 9:00 p.m.,
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. and Mondays at 1:30
p.m. |
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LAW &
SOCIETY
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. |
Premiering
February 2: Host Angie Wright-Rheaves
speaks with Justice Robert Benham on race in
current politics. They focus on the
political and social impact of Barack
Obama's election to President of the United States.
Justice Benham is the first African-American
to establish a law practice in
Bartow
County
and the first to serve on the Supreme Court
of Georgia.
Encore
Presentations:
Mondays at 10:00
p.m., Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. and Fridays at
2:00 p.m. |
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IN THE
BEGINNING
Fridays at 5:00 p.m. |
Premiering February 5: What
are the biblical roots regarding the Jewish
connection to the
land
of
Israel?
And how have Christians celebrated that
love? Find out as
Emory
University
professor Shalom Goldman discusses "A Zeal
for
Zion"
with Rabbi Salkin on this episode of In the
Beginning.
Premiering February 12: Rabbi
Salkin sits down with professor Shalom
Goldman and discusses one of the hottest
passages in Genesis, "The Seduction of
Joseph." You'll learn why Joseph resists
the temptation of Potiphar's wife.
Premiering February 19: Dr.
Steven Chervin joins Rabbi Salkin for a
closer look at "Sibling Rivalry in Genesis".
They'll take a look at the story of Joseph
and the painful family patterns that are
revealed -- in our texts and in our
lives.
Premiering February 26: On
this episode of In the Beginning, Rabbi
Salkin and Dr. Steven Chervin discuss
"Joseph Forgives his brothers". We'll learn
how Joseph's story can help us heal our
families.
Encore
Presentations:
Tuesdays at 11:00
a.m., Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. and Saturdays
at 1:30 p.m. |
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