Africa400 returns to the airwaves on HANDRadio (https://handradio.org) with the first installment of a hard-hitting and critical series of programs on the efforts to counteract the School-To-Prison Pipeline and the current social work system’s attack on young Black males. “No Love for Black Boys” will air on Wednesday, October 26 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, United States) and will feature the following special guests:
Bro. Mike Guynn
National Board Member, National Association of Black Social Workers
https://www.nabsw.org/default.aspx
https://www.nabsw.org/page/History
Los Angeles CA, member of the Reparations Committee
Bro. Cincere Allah
Washington DC chapter, National Association of Black Social Workers
Certified Restorative Justice Facilitator, implementing restorative justice programs in schools and the community including anti-violence and community healing
Baba Olufemi Shepsu
Richmond chapter, National Association of Black Social Workers
Head of the National Committee, Pan-African Affairs and Activities
Baba Terry Williams
Re-entry Counselor, C.A.R.E. Youth Program for Boys
Stockton, California
Spent 40 years in California prisons, 35 years in Solitary Housing Unit (SHU)
Head of the California APP-HRC Chapter
Mama Cortaiga Collins
Founder, Good Shepherd Pre-School Academy for Boys
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/all-boys-preschool-planned-for-north-st-louis/article_858ff42e-a744-5fcd-bb3a-f043ec363359.html
https://www.stltoday.com/all-boys-preschool-to-open-in-north-st-louis/article_7e18bf3b-ca35-57bd-965a-59e151f3eacc.html
https://foundationforstrengtheningfamilies.org/team/cortaiga-s-collins/
About Mama Cortaiga Collins
Cortaiga S. Collins serves as founding Executive Director of the Foundation for Strengthening Families (FSF). In addition to her work as executive director of FSF, Mrs. Collins serves as Head of School for Good Shepherd Early Learning Center, a nationally accredited early childhood education center she founded in 2009. She’s the visionary behind the Show Me Family Zone, an ambitious, Herculean effort to end generational poverty and close the wealth and achievement gap in the West End neighborhood in St. Louis. The Show Me Family Zone will house the first all-male preschool designed to disrupt the preschool to prison pipeline by ensuring all students are academically, socially and developmentally prepared for kindergarten.
Cortaiga holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Missouri St. Louis, a second bachelor’s in child development from Central Methodist University and a master’s degree in business administration from Webster University.
Hosts Sis. Tomiko and Bro. Ty will also talk with the mother of an 8-year-old son who has been fighting to prevent his being labeled as a “violent” child since he was 4 years old.
This program is the first of a series inspired by iconic Pan African educator Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu’s seminal work, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys and film/documentary ‘Black Boys’. This book and documentary/film will be referenced in every show.
After the show airs, the audio from the broadcast will be available on our Media Page.