Wanda's Picks Radio Show

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

1. Lisa Goshon is the President of LGI Branding Inc. and the first minority-woman in the U.S. to manufacture N95 surgical-grade face mask.  She’s also the pioneer of the patented biometric authentication 2-way exchange software called “PECX” and founder of the Black Women of COVID Alliance.  Lisa resides in Southern California.
https://www.blactecfacemasks.com/

Nikcole Cunningham is an adoption social worker for Department of Human Services in San Francisco, California where she supports families with mental health services and ongoing difficult issues.  

2. Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival is this weekend, Jan. 30-31. We are joined by Joyce Jenkins, editor, Poetry Flash and Kim Shuck, SF Poet Laureate to talk about this event. PoetryFlash.org
 

3. Diane Barnes joins us to talk about her latest work which is having an encore https://www.dianebarnes415.com/about