Previously On Urban Focus
Ydanis Rodríguez
After a lengthy career as a community activist and self-described agitator, Ydanis Rodriguez is now a member of the New York City Council, having been inaugurated at the beginning of this year. Mr. Rodriguez, who was born in the Dominican Republic, discusses the growing political strength of New York City’s Dominican community and how the Council might address such issues as affordable housing and employment. He also discusses efforts to address the post earthquake conditions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic’s next-door neighbor.
Randall Kenan
In recognition of Black History Month, the broadcast also includes a retrospective of The Souls of Black Folk, the seminal book of essays written by W.E.B. DuBois in 1903. The book is discussed by Randall Kenan, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a renowned author of fiction and nonfiction. He also wrote the introduction on the 1993 edition of the book.
Roger Green
The show also includes an interview with Roger Green, the executive director of the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy. He will also offer his views about chronic black male unemployment and will discuss some of the solutions promoted by the Center.
Listen to the Feb. 3rd show of Urban Focus here:
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Urban Focus is broadcast nation-wide via the Internet every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at http://streaming.intacs.com/clients/medgarevers. In Brooklyn, the program will be aired on BCAT TV on Channel 70 (Cablevision), Channel 56 (Time Warner), Channel 44 (Verizon ) and Channel 84 (RCN). Urban Focus will be broadcast every Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and programs will be archived here on the DuBois Bunche Center’s website.
Through interviews with politicians, policy makers, industry practitioners, scholars and expert analysts, Urban Focus will explore a range of issues that affect underserved communities and communities of color from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to Cape Town, South Africa. The discussions will serve to both draw attention to problems and highlight solutions for issues of concern to these communities.
