Hour of Power

Rev. Dr. Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones (Special Guest) 

Rev. Dr. Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones Assistant Professor of Theology and African Diaspora Studies at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA. 

Rev. Dr. Amey Adkins-Jones is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Duke Divinity School, she received her Ph.D. in Religion from Duke University in 2016 with a Certificate in Feminist Theory. She was the first Black woman to graduate from...

Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher (Special Guest)

A Movement and Ministerial leader and soul-stirring scholar at the vanguard of social  justice and Black liberation efforts in Memphis, TN, and beyond, Earle J. Fisher was born  September 26th, 1978, in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Min. Claudia Fisher and Mr. Earl Bradley.  He sojourned to Memphis, TN in the fall of 1999 on a basketball scholarship at LeMoyne-Owen  College. He earned a Bachelor of...

Rev. Dr. Weldon McWilliams IV (Special Guest) 

Meet Dr. Weldon McWilliams IV, an esteemed pastor, profound academician, and a vanguard in community transformation. Graduating from the Wappingers Central School District in 1997, Dr. McWilliams has since navigated an illustrious path, marked by academic excellence and societal impact. He holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from SUNY Stony Brook (2002), an M.A. in African American Studies...

Rev. Dr. Weldon McWilliams IV (Special Guest) 

Meet Dr. Weldon McWilliams IV, an esteemed pastor, profound academician, and a vanguard in community transformation. Graduating from the Wappingers Central School District in 1997, Dr. McWilliams has since navigated an illustrious path, marked by academic excellence and societal impact. He holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from SUNY Stony Brook (2002), an M.A. in African American Studies...

Rev. Dr. Weldon McWilliams IV (Special Guest) 

Meet Dr. Weldon McWilliams IV, an esteemed pastor, profound academician, and a vanguard in community transformation. Graduating from the Wappingers Central School District in 1997, Dr. McWilliams has since navigated an illustrious path, marked by academic excellence and societal impact. He holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from SUNY Stony Brook (2002), an M.A. in African American Studies...

Dr. Elisha Hall, Ph.D. (Special Guest)

Dr. Elisha Hall works to enhance the lives of African descendant peoples (ADP) through African-centered praxis that centers African culture and history. The African and Indigenous Knowledge Institute (AIKI) works to disseminate local methods, practices, curricular materials, facilitation styles, and knowledge individuals, families and organizations. This learning institute informs participants ...

Dr. Chris Pernell (Special Guest)

 Dr. Pernell is a dynamic physician leader and social change agent. In her public health practice, she focuses on health justice, community-based advocacy, and health promotion, and disease prevention. Most recently as a senior executive in a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, she oversaw a portfolio that includes Population Health, Strategic Planning, Community Affairs, and the Human Experience. Of no...

Dr. Maulana Karenga (Special Guest)

An activist-scholar of national and international recognition, Dr. Karenga has had a far-reaching effect on Black intellectual and political culture since the 1960s. Through his intellectual and organizational work, his organization, Us, and his philosophy, Kawaida, he has played a vanguard role in shaping the Black Arts Movement, Black Studies, the Black Power Movement, the Black Student Union Mo...

"What may be called the liberation tradition in black religion also begins with a determination to survive, but because it is exterior rather than primarily interior (and for that reason it’s carriers find more space in which to maneuver) it goes beyond strategies of sheer survival to strategies of elevation — from “make do” to “must do more” both strategies are basic to Afro-American life and culture." - Gayraud Wilmore

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Jonathan McKinney (Special Guest)

Early in his life, Jonathan McKinney noticed the varying disparities in his Eastside Detroit community. He experienced the effects of segregation, White flight and the lingering economic inequities as a result of local legislation before he understood the terms.  By his teenage years, Jonathan learned to avoid the violence of the crack epidemic while learning to appreciate the power of the community...

Rev. Dr. Charles F. Boyer (Special Guest) 

Dr. Boyer is a third generation African Methodist Episcopal Preacher and the Pastor of Greater Mount Zion AME Church in Trenton, NJ. He is also the founder of Salvation and Social Justice and the Co-Convener of the NJ Black Multi-faith Alliance, the NJ Prophetic Agenda, and the United Black Agenda.

Richelle Terese (Host)

Richelle is the NAACP New Jersey State Conference Communications, Press...

President Richard T. Smith (Special Guest)

Richard T. Smith is a native of Trenton, New Jersey.  He attended Trenton State College, currently known as the College of New Jersey, where he was a Speech Communication & Theater Major.  In addition, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan, New York & Atlantic County College. 

In March of 2004, Richard was appointed by former Governor James McGreevey and presently se...

Graham Hodges (Special Guest)

Graham Hodges is the George Dorland Langdon, Jr. Professor of History and Africana Studies at Colgate University. He is the author of many books including most recently Black New Jersey from 1670 to the present day and the Marion Thompson Wright Reader, both from Rutgers. He just completed his eighth National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Teachers institute on Abolitionism and the Underground Rail...

Nasheeda Pollard (Special Guest) 

A wife and proud mother of two beautiful breastfed children, Nasheeda is the founder of Lactation Goddess LLC.

She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, public health professional, and author. Working with breastfeeding families and hearing their stories along with her own experiences pushed her into purpose.

Lactation Goddess is a brand focused on supporting the love families have...

Robert Darden (Special Guest)

Robert F. Darden is a Master Teacher and Professor of Journalism, Public Relations & New Media at Baylor University. He is an award-winning teacher, researcher, and author, widely cited, quoted and interviewed on a variety of topics in the international and national media.

He is the author of more than two-dozen books, most recently:

• People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music (Continuum/Blo...

"From the Frontlines" is an ADL podcast. It is hosted by ADL New York/New Jersey Director Scott Richman and focuses on ADL's efforts to fight antisemitism and hate in the United States and around the world. In the battle against hate, coming together in coalition is critical to have an impact. Among the many civil rights groups, faith groups and ethnic groups with whom ADL is proud to partner on issues that we share in common, one ...

Dr. Cheryl LaRoche (Special Guest) 

For more than a decade, archaeologist Dr. Cheryl LaRoche has been researching and physically exploring the landscapes of 18th and 19th century free Black communities, their churches, cemeteries and institutions, and their relationship to the Underground Railroad. She is a historical and archaeological consultant who combines law, history, oral history, archaeology, geography, and material culture ...

Dr. Chris Pernell (Guest Speaker)

Dr. Chris T. Pernell is a dynamic physician leader and social change agent. In her public health practice, she focuses on health justice, community-based advocacy, and health promotion, and disease prevention. Working as a senior executive in a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, she oversees a portfolio that includes Population Health, Strategic Planning, Community Affairs, and the Human Experience. Of...

Dr. Cheryl LaRoche (Special Guest)

For more than a decade, archaeologist Dr. Cheryl LaRoche has been researching and physically exploring the landscapes of 18th and 19th century free Black communities, their churches, cemeteries and institutions, and their relationship to the Underground Railroad. She is a historical and archaeological consultant who combines law, history, oral history, archaeology, geography, and material culture t...