By Name:

  • Rotimi Akinnuoye

    Rotimi Akinnuoye, Head of Global Soles (Sept. 23, 2009)

  • Cyril Josh Barker

    Cyril Josh Barker, Reporter with the Amsterdam News (Oct. 21, 2009)

  • Bill de Blasio

    Bill de Blasio, New York City Council member (Sept. 9, 2009)

  • Joe Branch

    Joe Branch, Co-founder of U Want Game mentoring program (Nov. 4, 2009)

  • Byron W. Brown

    Byron W. Brown, Mayor of Buffalo (Sept. 16, 2009)

  • Calvin Butts

    Calvin Butts, Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church (Nov. 11, 2009)

  • Marcus Cederqvist

    Marcus Cederqvist, Executive Director, New York City Board of Elections (Feb. 3, 2010)

  • Margaret Chin

    Margaret Chin, Winner of City Council Primary (Sept. 23, 2009)

  • Yvette D. Clarke

    Yvette D. Clarke, United States Congresswoman (Feb. 17, 2010)

  • Yves Colon

    Yves Colon, Journalist with Internews in Haiti (March 3, 2010)

  • Angela Wahls Conteh

    Angela Wahls Conteh, Medgar Evers College Student (Dec. 16, 2009)

  • Emmet Dennis

    Emmet Dennis, President of the University of Liberia (Nov. 18, 2009)

  • Matthew Desmond

    Matthew Desmond, Sociologist, the University of Wisconsin (March 3, 2010)

  • Ruben Diaz Jr.

    Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Borough President (Oct. 14, 2009)

  • David N. Dinkins

    David N. Dinkins, Former Mayor of New York City (Dec. 9, 2009)

  • Fidelis Duker

    Fidelis Duker, Filmaker and Founder of the Abuja International Film and Video Festival (Dec. 2, 2009)

  • Charles Ellison

    Charles Ellison, Host of “The New School” on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Network (Dec. 23, 2009)

  • Charles Ellison

    Charles Ellison, Host of “The New School,” on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Network (Feb. 24, 2010)

  • Adriano Espaillat

    Adriano Espaillat, Assemblyman (Nov. 4, 2009)

  • Mathieu Eugene

    Mathieu Eugene, New York City Councilman (Jan. 27, 2010)

  • Walter Fauntroy

    Walter Fauntroy, Civil Rights Leader and Former Congressman (Jan. 20, 2010)

  • Timothy P. Fong

    Timothy P. Fong, Professor of Ethnic Studies, California State University at Sacramento (Oct. 7, 2009)

  • Michael Gaspard

    Michael Gaspard, Political Strategist with the Advance Group (Sept. 16, 2009)

  • Eric Gioia

    Eric Gioia, New York City Council member (Sept. 9, 2009)

  • W. Wilson Goode

    W. Wilson Goode, former Mayor of Philadelphia (Sept. 23, 2009)

  • Milton Gordon

    Milton Gordon, Medgar Evers College Student (Dec. 16, 2009)

  • Betsy Gotbaum

    Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate of the City of New York (Dec. 23, 2009)

  • Rodney D. Green

    Rodney D. Green, Executive director of the Center for Urban Progress (Feb. 3, 2010)

  • Roger Green

    Roger Green, Executive director of the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy (Feb. 10, 2010)

  • Mark Green

    Mark Green, Former New York City Public Advocate (Sept. 9, 2009)

  • Roger Green

    Roger Green, executive director of the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy (Oct. 7, 2009)

  • Mark Winston Griffith

    Mark Winston Griffith, Former Executive Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (Dec. 30, 2009)

  • Kai Halim

    Kai Halim, Medgar Evers College Student (Dec. 16, 2009)

  • Roderick Harrison

    Roderick Harrison, Senior Fellow, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (Feb. 3, 2010)

  • Carl E. Heastie

    Carl E. Heastie, Chairman Bronx Democratic Party (Feb. 24, 2010)

  • Franklin Hill

    Franklin Hill, President of the NAACP Chapter at Medgar Evers College (Dec. 23, 2009)

  • Jean-Max Hogarth

    Jean-Max Hogarth, Physician (Feb. 3, 2010)

  • Hasan Kwame Jeffries

    Hasan Kwame Jeffries, professor of political science at Ohio State University (Jan. 20, 2010)

  • Hakeem Jeffries

    Hakeem Jeffries, Assemblyman from Brooklyn (Oct. 14, 2009)

  • Hasan Kwame Jeffries

    Hasan Kwame Jeffries, “Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama's Black Belt" (Sept. 30, 2009)

  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia (Nov. 24, 2009)

  • Randall Kenan

    Randall Kenan, Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ()

  • Abdullah Kiatamba

    Abdullah Kiatamba, editor and publisher of the Liberian Journal (Sept. 9, 2009)

  • James Kollie

    James Kollie, Deputy Coordinator, Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee (Nov. 24, 2009)

  • Brad Lander

    Brad Lander, New York City Councilman-elect (Dec. 30, 2009)

  • John C. Liu

    John C. Liu, Democratic candidate for Comptroller (Oct. 7, 2009)

  • Gregory Meeks

    Gregory Meeks, United States Representative (Nov. 11, 2009)

  • Dan Morris

    Dan Morris, Communications Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (Dec. 30, 2009)

  • Jerrold Nadler

    Jerrold Nadler, United States Representative (Dec. 30, 2009)

  • Saidat Odoffin-Benjamin

    Saidat Odoffin-Benjamin, founder of Nutmeg Media, Lagos, Nigeria (Dec. 2, 2009)

  • Major Owens

    Major Owens, Former Congressman and DBC Senior Fellow (Feb. 17, 2010)

  • Major Owens

    Major Owens, Former Congressman and DBC Senior Fellow (Sept. 9, 2009)

  • Kevin Parker

    Kevin Parker, New York State Senator (Dec. 16, 2009)

  • Alvin Parks

    Alvin Parks, Mayor of East St. Louis, Ill. (Oct. 28, 2009)

  • Joan Parrott-Fonseca

    Joan Parrott-Fonseca, Professor of Public Administration at Medgar Evers College (Feb. 24, 2010)

  • Garry Pierre Pierre

    Garry Pierre Pierre, Editor and Publisher, the Haitian Times (Jan. 27, 2010)

  • Garry Pierre-Pierre

    Garry Pierre-Pierre, Editor and Publisher of The Haitian Times (Sept. 16, 2009)

  • Richard Prince

    Richard Prince, Columnist with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Oct. 28, 2009)

  • Divine Pryor

    Divine Pryor, Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions (Sept. 30, 2009)

  • Joyce Purnick

    Joyce Purnick, author of “Mike Bloomberg: Money Power Politics” (Oct. 21, 2009)

  • Eugene Pursoo

    Eugene Pursoo, Senior Fellow, DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy (Nov. 11, 2009)

  • Roberto Ramirez

    Roberto Ramirez, former Bronx Democratic chairman (Sept. 30, 2009)

  • Tiffany Raspberry

    Tiffany Raspberry, Political Strategist with the Parkside Group (Sept. 16, 2009)

  • Marbue Richards

    Marbue Richards, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Liberia (Nov. 18, 2009)

  • Ydanis Rodriguez

    Ydanis Rodriguez, New York City Councilman (Feb. 10, 2010)

  • Debi Rose

    Debi Rose, Winner of City Council Primary (Sept. 23, 2009)

  • Jide Sanwoolu

    Jide Sanwoolu, Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Lagos State, Nigeria (Dec. 2, 2009)

  • Kurt Schmoke

    Kurt Schmoke, former mayor of Baltimore (Oct. 28, 2009)

  • Eric T. Schneiderman

    Eric T. Schneiderman, New York State Senator (March 3, 2010)

  • Norman Siegel

    Norman Siegel, Civil Rights Lawyer (Sept. 9, 2009)

  • David Smith Jr.

    David Smith Jr., Historian at Georgia State University (Dec. 16, 2009)

  • Luther Smith

    Luther Smith, Political Strategist with Bill Lynch Associates (Sept. 16, 2009)

  • Scott Stringer

    Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President (Jan. 13, 2009)

  • Nicholas Tattersall

    Nicholas Tattersall, Nigeria correspondent for Reuters (Dec. 2, 2009)

  • Brian E. Taylor

    Brian E. Taylor, Founder and chief executive of the Penny Institute (Jan. 27, 2010)

  • J. Phillip Thompson

    J. Phillip Thompson, Professor of Urban Planning at M.I.T. (Nov. 4, 2009)

  • William C. Thompson Jr.

    William C. Thompson Jr., Former New York City Comptroller (Jan. 13, 2009)

  • William C. Thompson Jr.

    William C. Thompson Jr., candidate for mayor of New York City (Oct. 21, 2009)

  • Carin Whint

    Carin Whint, Medgar Evers College Student (Dec. 16, 2009)

  • Jumaane Williams

    Jumaane Williams, Winner of City Council Primary (Sept. 23, 2009)

  • Rufus Williams

    Rufus Williams, former President of the Chicago Board of Education (Oct. 14, 2009)

  • Keith L. T. Wright

    Keith L. T. Wright, New York State Assemblyman (Jan. 13, 2009)

  • John Yancy

    John Yancy, Administrator of Flomo Theater Productions of Liberia (Nov. 18, 2009)

    By Show:

  • Broadcast of March 10, 2010
    Segment 1: John E. Jacob, Former President, National Urban League
    Segment 2: Lincoln Stephens, Founder and Director, Marcus Graham Project
    Segment 3: Kevin Wardally, Political Consultant
  • Broadcast of March 3, 2010
    Segment 1: Matthew Desmond, Sociologist, the University of Wisconsin
    Segment 2: State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman
    Segment 3: Yves Colon, Journalist with Internews, in Haiti
  • Broadcast of February 3, 2010
    Segment 1: Rodney D. Green, the executive director of the Center for Urban Progress
    Segment 2: Roderick Harrison, Senior Fellow, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
    Segment 3: Marcus Cederqvist, Executive Director, New York City Board of Elections
  • Broadcast of February 24, 2010
    Segment 1: Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie, Bronx Democratic Party Leader
    Segment 2: Charles Ellison, Host of “The New School,” on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Network.
    Segment 3: Joan Parrott-Fonseca, Professor of Public Administration at Medgar Evers College, Senior Fellow, DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy
  • Broadcast of February 17, 2010
    Segment 1: Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke of Brooklyn
    Segment 2: Major Owens, Former Congressman and DBC Senior Fellow
    Segment 3:
  • Broadcast of February 10, 2010
    Segment 1: Ydanis Rodriguez, New York City Councilman
    Segment 2: Randall Kenan, Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Segment 3: Roger Green, executive director of the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy
  • Broadcast of January 27, 2010
    Segment 1: Mathieu Eugene, New York City Councilman
    Segment 2: Garry Pierre Pierre, Editor and Publisher, the Haitian Times
    Segment 3: Brian E. Taylor, Founder and chief executive of the Penny Institute
  • Broadcast of January 20, 2010
    Segment 1: Walter Fauntroy, Civil Rights Leader and Former Congressman
    Segment 2: Kwame Jeffries, professor of political science at Ohio State University
    Segment 3:
  • Broadcast of January 13, 2010
    Segment 1: William C. Thompson, Former New York City Comptroller
    Segment 2: Keith L. T. Wright, New York State Assemblyman
    Segment 3: Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President
  • Broadcast of December 30, 2009
    Segment 1: Jerrold Nadler, United States Congressman
    Segment 2: Brad Lander, New York City Councilman-elect
    Segment 3: Mark Winston Griffith, Former Executive Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
  • Broadcast of December 23, 2009
    Segment 1: Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate of the City of New York
    Segment 2: Charles Ellison, Host of “The New School,” on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Network
    Segment 3: Franklin Hill, President of the NAACP Chapter at Medgar Evers College
  • Broadcast of December 16, 2009
    Segment 1: Kevin Parker, New York State Senator
    Segment 2: David Smith Jr., Historian at Georgia State University
    Segment 3: Freedom Dreamers Initiative Students: Milton Gordon, Kai Halim, Angela Wahls Conteh and Carin Whint
  • Broadcast of December 9, 2009
    Segment 1: David N. Dinkins, Former of New York City
    Segment 2: N/A
    Segment 3: N/A
  • Broadcast of December 2, 2009
    Segment 1: Jide Sanwoolu, Commissioner for Establishment and Training, Lagos State, Nigeria
    Segment 2: Nicholas Tattersall, Nigeria correspondent for Reuters
    Segment 3: Fidelis Duker, Filmaker and Founder of the Abuja International Film and Video Festival
  • Broadcast of November 25, 2009
    Segment 1: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
    Segment 2: James Kollie, Deputy Coordinator, Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee
    Segment 3: Discussion with Liberian Singers and Artists:, Nicholas Buigar, Slo Diamond, Sametta Morris, Rabbie Nass, Friday the Cell Phone Man and Sundygar Dearboy
  • Broadcast of November 18, 2009
    Segment 1: Emmet Dennis, President of the University of Liberia
    Segment 2: Marbue Richards, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Liberia
    Segment 3: John Yancy, Administrator of Flomo Theater Productions of Liberia
  • Broadcast of November 11, 2009
    Segment 1: Congressman Gregory Meeks
    Segment 2: Rev. Calvin Butts, Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church
    Segment 3: Eugene Pursoo, Senior Fellow, DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy
  • Broadcast of November 4, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat
    Segment 2: Interview with Phil Thompson, Professor of Urban Planning at M.I.T.
    Segment 3: Joe Branch, Co-founder of U Want Game mentoring program
  • Broadcast of October 28, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with Kurt Schmoke, former mayor of Baltimore, on the 140th anniversary of the Howard University Law School
    Segment 2: Interview with Alvin Parks, Mayor of East St. Louis, Ill.
    Segment 3: Interview with Richard Prince, Columnist with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
  • Broadcast of October 21, 2009
    Segment 1: William C. Thompson Jr., candidate for mayor of New York City
    Segment 2: Joyce Purnick, author of “Mike Bloomberg: Money Power Politics"
    Segment 3: Cyril Josh Barker, a reporter with the Amsterdam News
  • Broadcast of October 14, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Borough President
    Segment 2: Interview with Hakeem Jeffries, Assemblyman from Brooklyn
    Segment 3: Interview with Rufus Williams, former President of the Chicago Board of Education
  • Broadcast of October 7, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with John C. Liu, Democratic candidate for Comptroller
    Segment 2: Interview with Timothy P. Fong, Professor of Ethnic Studies, California State University at Sacramento
    Segment 3: Roger Green, executive director of the DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy, on the Thurgood Marshall Plan
  • Broadcast of September 30, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with Roberto Ramirez, former Bronx Democratic chairman
    Segment 2: Interview with Hassan Jeffries, author “Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt”
    Segment 3: Interview with Divine Pryor, Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions
  • Broadcast of September 23, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with City Council candidates who defeated incumbents: Margaret Chin, Debi Rose and Jumaane Williams
    Segment 2: Interview with Wilson Goode on the Amachi mentoring program
    Segment 3: Interview with Rotimi Akinnuoye, head of the nonprofit group, Global Soles
  • Broadcast of September 16, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with three New York City political consultants: Michael Gaspard, Luther Smith and Tiffany Raspberry on the Sept. 15 primary results
    Segment 2: Interview with Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown on his Sept. 15 primary
    Segment 3: Interview with Garry Pierre-Pierre, editor and publisher of the Haitian Times, about conditions in Haiti
  • Broadcast of September 9, 2009
    Segment 1: Interview with four candidates for New York City Public Advocate: Bill de Blasio, Eric Gioia, Mark Green and Norman Siegel
    Segment 2: Interview with Major Owens, Former Congressman and DBC Senior Fellow, on the life of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
    Segment 3: Interview with Abdullah Kiatamba, the editor and publisher of the Liberian Journal, about current conditions in Liberia

About DBC

The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy is a think tank dedicated to forging solutions to the challenges confronting people of color living within urban communities in the United States and throughout the African Diaspora. DBC produces research, formulates policies, sponsors conferences and produces public affairs media programming that advances economic and social justice. It is housed at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.

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DBC Experts

The DuBois Bunche Center for Public Policy has a wide variety of experts available for background, interviews and speaking engagements on a host of topics related to urban issues.

DBC Urban Policy Breakfasts

The DuBois Bunche Center will soon launch a series of breakfasts with prominent speakers who will explore a wide range of issues of related to issues confronting major urban centers. The breakfasts will offer an opportunity for elected officials, academics, students and community residents to hear the latest in policy initiatives aimed at improving life in America’s major cities.

DBC Podcasts: Urban Focus

The DuBois Bunche Center offers a regular series of podcasts, called Urban Focus, that features interviews with a wide range of elected officials, politicians, community advocates and leading academic figures. They discuss the topics of the day related to issues of concern to urban America.

DBC Publications

Ebonopolis

John Flateau, a senior fellow and co-founder of DBC, offers an exciting, detailed account of the evolution of African-American politics in Brooklyn in his new book, “Ebonopolis.” The book looks at the successes, challenges and competitions that have shaped generations of elections in the heart of New York City’s most populous borough.

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