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Because I need to be loud. I need to be heard.
People been telling me that while you've been scaring the
vazuki out of me O the last a couple of weeks,
you've been telling me about reminding me you don't have
to tell me. They know it, they can feel it.
They feel it at the grocery store, they see it
in the eyes of their friends, and if their pastor
is doing the right thing, he's telling them too. But
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the pain and wondering what do we need to do
to straighten this thing out? Well, you've come to Empire
Talks back on Wallace Allen here on the case for
truth and justice with the right information to help improve
the situation. Folks, the situation is the same. We are
the conscience, We are the heart and soul. We are
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the route back to safety. We are the route to God.
We are the route to deep inside of ourselves. We
are the ones that can make each other feel better.
It starts with love, It starts with affection. It starts
with directing ourselves to the gift that God has given us,
the gift to each other. And that's what I'm gonna
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do for you today. I'm going to remind you that
we have access to something that maybe everybody doesn't have.
Maybe it's been brought to us by the pain that
we've had to endure, maybe simply been brought to us
because we are indirect in direct contact with the sun
and able to stand the pressures of the sun thanks
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to melanin. And everybody that is lacking that may be
not connected properly to the opportunities that melanin brings to
you through the sunshine. Well, the sunshine of our life
comes out of our heart and soul. They call it
soul music, they call it soul food. H they call it,
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and they can't explain it. They can't find it, they
can't write it, they can't just go buy a pound
of it and cut it up and give you a slice.
But you can. You can touch it, even though you've
been out of touch. You can be touched by it,
even though you have forgotten the route it comes to you.
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It can come to you even if you don't want
it to. Sometimes you can be riding along in your
car and that thing comes up and the next thing,
you know, you kind of pat your feet. You know.
The next thing, your heart rhythm changes and you know
what it looks. And if you looked up in the
rear view mir you might see a smile. How do
you do that? What's that all about? Well, it's because
we have that element of soul. And it's not just
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for people of melanin. It's not just for black folk,
brown folks, nine white folks. It's our gift to the world.
And as we have the world chasing us like it's
chasing us, threatening us, like it's threatening us, we need
to know that there is a closet, there is a corner,
There is something that we can touch, something that we
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can allow to touch us that will make our lives
have a direction toward satisfaction, not constant, constantly stimulated by
the problem that the detractors and distractors bring to us.
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I've got a doctor in the house. I got a
doctor in the house. I got a doctor and his
crew of I ain't gonna say nurses, because they're doctors
as well. I think the doctor. Once you become a doctor,
you have the right to pass that title on the
others if they go through the class. And this doctor
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found some people who have already kind of gone through
the class. They're already qualified, and they came together, come
together to present this message to you on an ongoing basis. Now,
who am I talking about. It's not somebody that's been
off in massive been in space, but they have been
in a space. Well, I could talk all day. You
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obviously know that part. I'm talking about the bromatics I'm
talking about they'll enlabel them as an R and B
rhythm and Bluese soul singers. I'm calling them doctors because
our hearts and souls have been injured. We are out
of touch with who we could be and should be.
And you say, for all this, you mean to tell
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me I could buy a ticket and go to a
rock and roll show and go to a and feel better.
You can think about going to one and feel better. Now,
I'm not gonna suggest as you do that, because we
need to pay each other. We do need to keep
each other on the right route. We need to support
those things that we love. We support those things that
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don't love us. Let's support the things that do love us.
I want to introduce the great track star from nineteen
eighty five, mister Henry and Roughty. He's he ran one
hundred and ten hurdles in high school and decided to
go Well, he didn't decide, well, he did decide. He
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went on to college Randy and won the NCAA Championships
nineteen eighty five, running the one ten high hurdles of
one twenties. At that point, talk to me, now, get
the extra ten yards and there pulling them up to
the mic.
Speaker 16 (14:21):
Here.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
You know, I want you to know that there's a
reason you can sing. You know, you don't just come
out singing. You have something to sing about. Okay, and
there there and then we got doc Okay, we got mailing.
Now these guys are singers, They are entertainers. But they
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bring with them a background, an understanding, a means of
touching a button that allows them to touch their soul
and bring to you something will allow you to wake
yourself up and feel better. Gentlemen, am I I'm my
out of line here? Are you just entertainers or are
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your doctors? Are you here to make people feel better?
You're just out here trying to make some money? Whoever?
Everyone wants to answer that question to doctor, Give it
to me, tell me what you hear about. Pull that
microphone closer to you.
Speaker 17 (15:15):
Well, thank you Wallace for having us on first of all.
But no, we're a group that is indeed in touch
with our souls and we try to do that through
our music. And our music is indeed soul music that
we do on a pretty continual basis route our shows,
and we're bringing it back from the sixties, the seventies
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and the eighties, and it's what most people would consider
old school, and as you mentioned earlier, it is in
fact soul music and it does make you feel good.
And this is what we're trying to continue to spread
and to keep to our consciousness because it's not just
the music, it's also in the lyrics. It's in everything else.
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And in fact, we were just talking about at breakfasts
this morning about how we all light up as Christmas
trees when we get to talking about our youth, our
where we come from, from Sacramento to to Compton to
lynn Wood, and these are these are spaces that we
grew up with that we hold near and dear to
our hearts and and we're just trying to continue to
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spread that that that level of love that I think
people hearing this can certainly understand and relate to.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Henry. Can you add to that after Henry gets through,
if Henry gets true, okay, I understand that he you know,
he's kind of like me. He tends to be able
to reach into the world and and get at it
and get with it. Thank you Wall again. We're happy
to be here. Yeah.
Speaker 18 (16:47):
From the sixties to the seventies, just the emotion and
all the culture that that was involved in our upbringing.
You know, that's a reflection of us. And you know,
for us to have the opportunity to be able to
bring back that music, bring back that sound, bring back
that feeling, that's that's why we do what we do
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to be able to recreate that emotion in that environment
for ourselves, for the fans. That's something that's really important
for us. And uh, it's just fun. It's a love
of the music. We try to incorporate what I call
l r DS, love, romance, dance and so actually, so
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you know, love is created by the melodies of the
music of the seventies music. Romance is in the lyrics
of the of the songs that we sing, like it feels.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
So good to be loved so bad by.
Speaker 18 (17:54):
The Manhattans, how about La La La La La means
I Love you by the Delphonics, right bet You by
Golly Wilde, by the Stylistics. These are all romantic types
of lyrics, and we wanna make sure that we create that.
And of course, uh, the dance is what the ms
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music makes you do. Any kind of move is a groove,
any kind of move, it's any kind of movie.
Speaker 19 (18:24):
Right.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
I can't make the moves I used to make, but
I feel better when you say any kind.
Speaker 18 (18:29):
Of move, any kind of move that will make you
rockn enroll. Yes, And of course soul. This kind of
music deeps deep into your soul. It makes you feel,
uh a certain type of way. So when we're presenting
our shows, presenting our songs and our music. This is
what we're trying to create out there because we just
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want to see a smile on your face, Wallace.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
And once you see that smile on your face, mel
what does that do for you guys on the stage?
I mean does it? How involved are you in the
reaction that the audience gives you?
Speaker 20 (19:05):
Well, one of the thanks for having us, Wallace again,
Thank you again. One of the things that I see
is that while we're on the stage, you know, we
all come from different backgrounds, even though I come from
Compton lend Woods, Sacramento. And then when we're on the stage,
we look at one another and we kind of know
each other like the back of our hands. We know
what the sounding each is gonna make. We understand exactly
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what we're gonna sing, and we know what melody we're
in and we just get into groove. And it feels
so good to get in that groove. You kind of
kind of relax a little bit when you're on stage.
You don't get all tensed up. And because we do
it so often and because it's from our spirit, it flows.
It just flows. And the good thing about us is
this is that we sing all different types of songs.
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We just don't sing one type of song, temptation, stylistic,
del phonics.
Speaker 21 (19:51):
We sing a mixture.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
And to get a.
Speaker 20 (19:52):
Group of guys to can come together and sing those
different voices and harmonize, that's.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
A great thing to have.
Speaker 20 (19:59):
That's what really sets us apart from a lot of
other groups, is that we have that ability to do that.
And when people hear our songs like a big Girl now,
you know, like we sing the other day, you know,
those things are just bring back memories. And me and
Bill was talking at breakfast earlier, you know about how
we grew up in our neighborhoods and what we went through,
all those things, all those experiences plays a role in us.
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And as we sing, we remember those experiences. We remember
when our moms used to watch those listen to those
shows and listen to that music.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
It was great. So I feel good. One of the
things that and you should be a politician to a
certain extent, because you didn't answer my question, but answer
the question that I'm asking is because I am wanting
our audience to understand how important it is to exchange
feelings with each other. And I understand you guys have
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some music on wax. Now, easy out to have some
music song something we can play. No, okay, folks don't
have to get on them because you know, nothing like
having an echo that isn't as good as the original.
So when you guys leave stage, you know it's painful
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to have a figure. We're gonna have to wait till
you come perform again before we get to hear you.
So I'm gonna say, now, spank, spank, spank. You guys
should be putting made a record by now. Okay, but please,
I think somebody already told you that I heard her laugh. Okay,
but let me say, let me say on this beat here,
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as you perform, people respond to you, and since they
don't have a record, it's even more important. What does
their response due to you? How does it feed you?
Or does it feed you or are you so caught
up in your ability to relax that you don't pay
attention to them. I mean, I'm here to advocate for
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the audience, now, you know, No, I didn't. We do
indeed feed off of that. And in fact, what Mel
didn't mention while we were talking just this morning is
we can see it in their eyes. It's almost having
the same kind of emotion based on similar backgrounds, based
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on similar backgrounds, and I'll tell you to see people
get excited, to be able to relate to the music
is really what makes the difference in our performance quite frankly,
because it's like it's like anything else.
Speaker 17 (22:34):
You know, once somebody you know has a similar liking,
if you will, then it's something that makes you feel
good inside, way down inside, you know. And that's what
really makes the difference in our concerts because the people.
Speaker 4 (22:49):
Do engage, and I mean engage immediately. Speaking of concerts,
when and where can people see you again? As we
wrap this up, it's important that we not tease people
about fixing their soul. We not tease people about realizing
that there is a route to a better feeling and
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that I don't know, maybe you guys are charging a
million dollars to show I don't know, whatever it is,
it's worth it. When are you performing and where? Share
that with us? Can we?
Speaker 18 (23:22):
Our next performance will be at event Space C in
Riverside on Mother's Day, May the eleventh, from two o'clock
to six pm. It's a Mother's Day concert. The The
Divas of the in an Empire are promoting the event.
It is a fundraiser.
Speaker 19 (23:40):
Uh.
Speaker 18 (23:41):
And where the where the main act there from two
o'clock to sixth and where will that take place?
Speaker 15 (23:46):
Uh?
Speaker 18 (23:47):
The event events space space C event space C in
a riverside.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Okay, do we have an address for that? If not,
well send people to the internet or I'll get that
and I'll pass that as we go. But thanks from others.
Day next Sunday, very important, very important day. And if
there's anything that should remind you of the connection to soul,
the connection to the right way, the connection to God
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and what God intends, has certainly got to be the
mother because that's the one thing that we all have,
is a mother. So I can appreciate that. Gentlemen, as
we close out anything that you need to say, we
want to say that can't be said on stage or
won't be said on stage.
Speaker 18 (24:34):
Come check out the Bramatics. We love what we doerform
an exciting show, but we perform it because of the
audience and making sure that we go back to old
school and bring back those memories. It's a wonderful show
and we won't have that opportunity to present it to you.
Speaker 4 (24:54):
Okay, very good, All right, this is Empire Talks back
on Wallers All and just spend a short period of
time with with the Inland Empire's finance. The Romantics, a
rhythm and blues physicians group. They are. They are doctors
of the soul and doctors of the heart, and they
do it through entertaining you with great songs, pleasant memories
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that will give you a great view of the future.
God bless you, guys. Thank you for taking break, and
we will be right back and continue our attempts to
demonstrate to you that freedom is not a now, it's
a verb. It's not what others have done, It's what
you do to make yourself continue on that wonderful route
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of being free and exciting others about that very thing.
God bless you, Thank you, gentlemen.
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the erase the pain, continuing the idea that freedom is
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not something that can be given. They can open the door,
but if you don't walk through it and use it,
if you don't turn that noun into a verb, it's useless.
You can sit around and say I'm free and bring
me breakfast. Where's mine. That's not what it's about. It's
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about going to get it, you know. Now. Back in
eighteen sixty three, Abraham Lincoln September wrote something called the
Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves, the enslaved people of
the south of the Confederate States. That created a gift
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on January first, eighteen sixty four, of emancipation created also
a date December thirty first, eighteen sixty three, that we
are still celebrating. Many people don't know why they celebrated.
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They do recognize the name watch Night. You probably celebrated
at your church Watch Night. Ask your minister what it means.
Be sure that he's on the deal, because watch Night
was a natural flow when you were told that the
next day after December thirty first, you're gonna be free. Well,
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what does that mean? And some people admit, you don't
have to get up and go to the fields any mornings.
To some people it meant a lot of things that
make them feel better and relax. And to some people
it meant, oh, man, this is mine. Tomorrow is mine.
I can go do what I have been dreaming of
doing for myself. But other people have been that I've
been doing for other people. So freedom means meant a lot,
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means a lot.
Speaker 16 (30:03):
Ah.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
But then eighteen sixty five, June nineteenth, General Ranger rode
into the were on the island of Galveston. I still
don't know how he did that, being met it's an island,
but he rode on the island of Galveston and informed
the people there that they were free, that the Civil
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War and all of that stuff was out of the way,
being that it was June, and June, being that it
was the nineteenth people kind of put those words together
and come up with the June teenth, nineteenth is that
next day became a day of celebration, and everywhere somewhere
in the United States since then, people have been celebrating
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June teenth, Black folk celebrating that freedom Day and are
still doing it, and we're going to keep on doing it.
And here today with us is Ms. Vickie Davis, who
is the producer of the Juneteenth Jam which takes place
in the city of Rialto on June nineteenth, which is
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now a federal holiday, and if my friend my friends
get their way, it'll soon be a state holiday, a
day when people at the state level will be able
to take a day off and get paid for that
time as well. So as we look forward to those things,
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also remember that you are the answer to our need
for making freedom be an action statement a date that
we can come together June nineteenth and remind each other
that we're free with a lot of activities, a lot
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of fun statements that DiMAGE straight that but also deliver
a message to go on forward, to stimulate us to
do things that express that freedom in a way that
inspires our children and invites the rest of the world
to do their duty. That being too, bathe in the soul,
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bathe in the solution that our expression of freedom provides.
Miss Nicky, how you doing this morning?
Speaker 8 (32:27):
I'm doing pretty good, Wallace.
Speaker 19 (32:29):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (32:29):
God is great. I'm extremely grateful and.
Speaker 16 (32:35):
Wow I was I went to school, to church, the
history class, everything.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Stay in that microphone talk to me.
Speaker 16 (32:43):
Thank you so much for having us. So we are
celebrating Juneteenth jam for the third year. And yes, it
is on the docket for the state to recognize Juneteenth
as as a holiday. However, in rialto we already are
recognizing junte as a city adopted holiday. So that's one
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really cool thing about being able to host Juneteenth in
rialto But another cool thing, and probably the most important thing,
is the awesome people that I get to work with
to do it. And I brought a couple of them
with me today so we could talk about one of
the facets that will be happening on the day and
also have a bigger conversation about how that component of
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the day is affecting and improving and building our community
beyond June nineteenth.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
Well, let's go.
Speaker 16 (33:31):
Forward and do such, all right, Do you guys want
to introduce yourselves and talk a little bit about just
what you do in the basketball communities?
Speaker 4 (33:39):
Sharre? What's up? Everybody said, basketball community?
Speaker 23 (33:42):
Yes, sir, what.
Speaker 4 (33:43):
Happened to the Lakers? I don't know if it'spect for
you guys that.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Stuff.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
You know, if somewhere in your answer you can read
the solution, I'd be happy to pass it on to
the bus families, Go ahead.
Speaker 8 (33:56):
Take The solution is Lebron has to go hot, takes
a bit.
Speaker 15 (34:09):
Older, and so he just it's just not his time
and not that he's a quit basketball, but just it's
not a Laker. You know, he can do that as
a clip, we can do what he's doing anywhere else.
But then we got to bring some younger, able bodies
and just people who have that grit and hunger, like
the Kobe fabric of the Lakers that I'm used to.
Speaker 8 (34:31):
Who are you, Chloe Wells?
Speaker 15 (34:33):
I am hometown, just a legend, and I played basketball.
I played basketball, and I trained, I coach, I put
on camps, and.
Speaker 4 (34:45):
I think, yeah, very good, very good. A lot of
people want to agree with that, because, you know, we
get attached to things, and you know, this is this
is part of our I won't say problem, but it
is part of our situation. We get attached to things
and we mold on to things that sometimes are not
useful anymore. You don't know what I'm talking about. Go
look in your garage, okay, Go into your closet, all right,
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go open up a few of those drawers.
Speaker 6 (35:11):
Don't you know?
Speaker 4 (35:12):
You got stuffed that you should have thrown away a
long time ago. So we have to agree with you
on that, right, Okay, So once again, slowly this time,
miss legend. Yes, would you tell us your name?
Speaker 8 (35:24):
Chloe Wells?
Speaker 4 (35:25):
Chloe Wells, Oh, we're here two weeks ago, yes, three
weeks ago, something like that.
Speaker 19 (35:34):
Time.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 15 (35:36):
And my team once yes yes, and I got Coach
of the.
Speaker 8 (35:41):
Years year at that time.
Speaker 4 (35:43):
Too.
Speaker 8 (35:43):
Appreciate, thank you, thanks for having me back.
Speaker 4 (35:48):
No, we're we're delighted to have you back. We'd delighted
to have you back despite uh the well, not because
of the agitation. You know, if you don't agitate things,
the dirt stays in. You know, That's what a good
work machine does, it agitates. And I don't mean to interrupt.
I need to inspire, but I kind of interrupted you,
So I apologize. Let's go.
Speaker 15 (36:08):
Chloe Wells born and raised in Rialto, inducted in the
Hall of Fame in Rialto and Fontana, went to Duke
and played basketball overseas for ten years as a professional.
And now I'm coaching and training and putting on campus
and clinics excellent.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
So what does this Juneteenth mean to you? How are
you participating?
Speaker 15 (36:29):
I am putting on the basketball portion. I'm hoping to
bring out a lot of ladies. Last year we had
a nice show out, but this year we're trying to
turn up. I need the ladies to show up and
show out. We're going to do a three on three
tournament and have like an open run and a three
point contest. So I'm hoping that the city shows up,
but also the ladies because we always complain about them
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not having stuff for us, but now that we do,
I'm hoping that we come with it.
Speaker 4 (36:53):
Okay, I've got some more input on that, but let's
introduce the gentlemen to your life. Been looking and didn't
have this wild conversation?
Speaker 23 (37:04):
Hell, everybody, my name is Vic Carrall. I'm the founder
of Fentwood Hoops. Fenwood Hoops is a street ball brand
based out of the Ie. You know, we like to
think of us more than just selling T shirts and hats.
We do a lot more in our community. We're involved
in our community. We participate in events like this where
it's really community involved and you know, a way for
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us to be a part of our community because we
think that's important more than you know, selling shirts or
selling hats or you know, just taking their money.
Speaker 19 (37:34):
We want to be.
Speaker 23 (37:36):
Able to impact our community in other ways.
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Very good. Uh, And your take on the Lakers.
Speaker 23 (37:44):
Oh man, that was rough. It was a rough you know, Uh,
five games for sure. I'm not too harsh like Chloe.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
I'm hard shot. I mean, yeah, I mean, yeah, agree
with what was saying.
Speaker 23 (37:57):
Huh, and and you know partially did.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 23 (38:00):
I mean, Lebron is getting up there in age, but
you know, he's getting up there in age, but there's
still a lot of players that can't do what he's
doing right now at that age. So I think he
definitely still helps the team rather than hurts it. But
there's definitely need to be some changes in that team
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to be successful. And like Chloe said, like we're used
to the Laker way, which is championships, and you know,
the past couple of years, Lebron hasn't been able to
bring that. So I think that's what brings a lot
of frustration to the fans.
Speaker 4 (38:35):
But you know, there used to be well there is still,
I guess because it's still old. Eric, I don't know.
You may remember this song. It was a thirty second lover,
a thirty something like that. Lebron should be a thirty
minute player at most. And if he was doing that,
and that's my suggestion, miss Chloyd, because he's selling a
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lot of tickets and at thirty minutes, I think he's
still brilliant it if I could coach around that, and
if you were forced to do that. I bet you
could coach and make good use of him in thirty minutes.
Speaker 15 (39:09):
And am I being I agree with that, But I
also know that it would free a lot of money
if we let him go.
Speaker 4 (39:15):
Oh no, no, no. The general manager is partly just
gonna worry about that parture the coach.
Speaker 15 (39:19):
Okay, if yes, I can make it work, I'm gonna
make him a champion.
Speaker 8 (39:23):
I'm just saying that what we have right now, we
gotta he can't. He can't. You know, I would be like, hey, Lebron,
we ain't doing it. We're doing that.
Speaker 15 (39:31):
If it would just go to the basket, right, not
go basket and score, but just go to the basket
and attack, right, he's gonna draw everybody.
Speaker 8 (39:39):
Now we just kick it out and it's wide open.
Speaker 15 (39:41):
But Lebron is trying to pass around, and I don't
have time for him to be the point guard.
Speaker 8 (39:45):
We need him to be a slasher.
Speaker 4 (39:47):
Very good. A little deeper, we see way more men
coaches in the w NBA then we see women coaches
in the NBA. In your analysis demonstrated to me that
you are probably much more capable of coaching than some
people who are already getting paid five to ten million
(40:09):
dollars to coach. What is your take on the equity
situation in professional basketball, professional sports in terms of women
and men.
Speaker 15 (40:24):
Okay, I I haven't done enough research to give a
real versed answer on this.
Speaker 8 (40:33):
Yeah, can you please, yes.
Speaker 4 (40:35):
You could answer that, Miss.
Speaker 8 (40:36):
VICKI, that one's for me.
Speaker 16 (40:40):
So now you're getting to the heart of what we're
talking about of investing in our community beyond the day
of Juneteenth. Because the equity for women in professional athletics
athletics doesn't exist. It doesn't exist on any level. We've
never had the same amount of people showing up, We've
never had the same kind of community involvement and commitment.
Speaker 8 (41:02):
To what we're doing in sports.
Speaker 16 (41:04):
We've never had the same opportunities to coach, even after
hugely successful careers, And we, for show, don't make the
same amount of money as men on any level in
professional sports. Comparable across the board, women are making less.
The sponsorship deals, like the contracts, the.
Speaker 8 (41:24):
All of it.
Speaker 16 (41:25):
None of it says equity for women. None of it
says we appreciate women or we value women in sports.
But Juneteenth Jam says that because this whole thing is
about creating a platform for women in athletics and basketball
specifically to shine and to take this space up as
big and as loud and as beautiful as they can.
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And that's all the three of us and Miss Moni
from the Dime League are working to do is give
that space whereas well deserved and start to build some
equity starting in the ie for women in basketball because
we deserve it.
Speaker 4 (42:01):
You know, I totally agree. And my theme today of
making freedom an action word as opposed to a noun
sitting there waiting for something to happen. And one of
the things that we as melanated people have a tendency
to do is seek fairness from a place that is
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born from lack of fairness, as though we are here
to preach and teach as opposed to being free to
establish and roll forward. So as long as we are
asking older white men to give up their power, the
(42:46):
longer we're going to be in the echo of well,
I'll think about it. And you can't blame them for that,
because when you ask, you give the power at that point. Okay, So, now,
based on that, I'm in the news business, and I
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recognize that there used to be a requirement for a
person if they were going to call themselves a journalist,
that they had to go to school, they had to
pass they had to pass some type of tests to
demonstrate that they were qualified to be a journalist. But
(43:27):
since the internet has appeared for I'm very happy about that.
Don't get me wrong. Anybody that can hook up the
computer and put a mic together and understand the idea
of a podcast or social media has become an influencer,
and influencers somehow regardless of their lack of information, lack
(43:49):
of desire to research, but their great voice and their
ability to line up a bunch of people to be
interested in them have become more important than news. I
say that not to be blame them, because I'm willing
to fight the battle, and if you're not willing to
fight the battle, then you're gonna you already lost.
Speaker 16 (44:10):
Well, mister Wallace, that's this team right here. Like we
these people are not waiting or asking or looking for
permission to have what it is that we know we deserve.
These people that I get to partner with across the
board for Juneteenth and specifically for our basketball activation, are
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actually building communities around empowering youth and empowering women and
encouraging the next generation through the game of basketball. And
we don't have to ask to take up space. We
could read, we could write, we can figure things out.
We can come together as long as we agree on
our values and we want to work together, and we
can build what it is that we know that we
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need and we're building that.
Speaker 8 (44:55):
There are there, I really want it?
Speaker 16 (44:58):
Did we were we able to get money on the phone?
Speaker 8 (45:00):
Is she on the car? Okay?
Speaker 16 (45:03):
So we have we're I want to bring up Moni
because she's doing something really amazing in the Inland Empire
with the Dime League. It's a pro am league for women,
and she's a part of this team, bringing together women
who are active in basketball and who maybe played professional
before or would like to, and giving them the opportunity
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through this platform of Juneteenth, to be celebrated and to
have the same kind of opportunity that we see for
men in basketball all the time, cash prizes, trophies, you know,
media attention and audience built around them. We see that
constantly for men in basketball, but hardly do we see
it for women. Even at the w NBA level. They
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struggle to build their audience and have audience engagement. So
we're doing that.
Speaker 4 (45:55):
We're not waiting well and I appreciate that. And proof
of that. You know, they say when when you are
on the on the correct lane to heaven, the devil
shows up, right, and who's your friend, Lonnie Mount? Money? Money? Okay,
we can't complete the call of money now. This is
this is twenty twenty five, right, I mean right now
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we can get calls from people in outer space in
real time. So something's going on. I think the truth
is happening. I think somebody's out there trying to put
a hole in ourself. Wallace, You're you're being paranoid. Of
course I am. You know why. If you don't know
why I'm being paranoid, you better read some books. But anyway,
this is great. Let's talk more about the Dime League
(46:39):
because it is something that we should try to grab
onto now because you know, once it gets in the
atmosphere and really going on, there'll be people sitting around
and saying, Wow, I wish I had a I wish
I had I wish I had he. So let's talk
about the Dime League. Let's talk about the fact or
the idea that with your tournament in June teenth. It
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is an insert into the future in that it's not
going to stop there. It is to introduce more people
to the fact that we have women and men who
are concerned about equity, and not just because of equity,
but because of the fact that lack of equity keeps
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us away from the big pool of talent, the big
pool of future leaders, that big pool of people who've
got vision for the future. And then that's the important
part of it. So anybody that's trying to cut off
diversity is really trying to cut off competition for themselves
(47:46):
because they like the stuff that's in the closet, they
like the stuff that's in the drawer. They want to
keep wearing that old suit because.
Speaker 8 (47:55):
I think it's because they're afraid.
Speaker 4 (47:57):
That's it something they're afraid of.
Speaker 16 (48:00):
They are afraid of how beautiful and how great and
how successful we will be. And that is a positive,
that's an affirmation because we're already successful. We're building things
through Juneteenth and through the initiatives, through these people's organizations
throughout the year. That is a platform already that's building community,
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that's changing kids' lives, that's affecting families. So I want
to give them a little bit more time to talk
about like their individual initiatives beyond Juneteenth. May I know
they like, do they got other stuff going on? So
if you have something going on, or if you want
to tell people how to find you your Instagram, your
website or whatever you want to share, maybe you guys
(48:44):
could talk a little bit about that real quick.
Speaker 4 (48:46):
Excellent.
Speaker 23 (48:46):
Let's all right, So my instagram is at f and
with hoops.
Speaker 4 (48:51):
Like I mentioned.
Speaker 23 (48:52):
Before, we're a street ball brand based out of the
ie Being brand. Street Ball is more of you know,
there's so many different types of basketball now. Basketball has
grown into so many different subcultures. So we usually grow
typically like to play outdoors. That's kind of like our
main initiative, you know. Growing up in the I e.
(49:16):
That was kind of like where I you know, learned
a lot about myself at the parks, you know, on
the basketball court and growing up on the courts. I
realize now as an adult that that court has taught
me a lot of life lessons and built my character,
(49:37):
uh in so many ways. So you know, our initiative
is to continue that, you know, that style and that
format of growing young individuals into strong men and women
and being there for your community is is something that
we really take pride in. We started in twenty twenty
(50:00):
one just by renovating courts around the Inland Empire. If
you look around, there's a lot of parks in the
Inland Empire, and a lot of them don't have really
great safe places to play basketball. So how we started
is we just started trying to beautify in these spaces
by adding rims, adding backboards, adding nets.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
How much permission did you have to have to do that, he.
Speaker 8 (50:24):
Said, street basketball.
Speaker 19 (50:26):
That means you don't.
Speaker 8 (50:27):
Ask permission, You just do it.
Speaker 16 (50:31):
The street and you give what is needed.
Speaker 4 (50:33):
So I'm hearing the word empowerment. I'm hearing that you
are able to bring in young men and women who
would be overlooked if they were only accessing these sports
through school or only accessing these sports to park league
and things of that sort. I remember growing up that
our best athletes in Joliet, Illinois, despite the fact that
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we went to high school and had a junior college
and colleges nearby, most of the best athletes in the
town were at Wilson's school room. Okay, and we could
see the Saturday races. When you know when they would
race up and down the street, and that was I
think something that I'll remember. And because I know that
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they yeah, you think you're pretty fast, air Alan boy,
come on out here, I got it. No, come on
out here, I'll run your butt right now. And I'm
looking at them in big old farmer clogs and stuff
like that, and anyway, that was that was the deal. H.
I appreciate what you're saying there, And folks, what that
does is it opens it up for you, takes the
(51:37):
excuse away about how you can support and go forward
missus Floyd.
Speaker 8 (51:43):
Yes, well, just to pick you back.
Speaker 16 (51:47):
Also, what you're saying, Wallace is like as are as
our schools become more and more disconnected from the lived
experiences of our youth, we see more of them like
with chronic absenteeism and not engaged in traditional platforms that
are meant for them. And so by Finwood being a
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street brand that is really at the parks, that is
really showing like if you want your park to be better,
you just make it better. You just go over there
and do what your park needs. And then the kids
get to see that. And many a times when he's
out there and the organs out there, you know, beautifying
those spaces. The kids from those streets come like, what
are you doing to our park? You know, and we're
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helping it. We're beautifying it and you can do this too.
This is all we do and this is all we did.
So I just want to say personally thank you to
Vic for doing that, because it's very It's a backdoor approach,
but it has to be sometimes because we're so many
kids are falling through the gaps.
Speaker 4 (52:46):
And they're the front door approach because that's where most
of us are. And if we don't do that, the
next thing available to them is to be playing basketball
at juvenile hall. We're playing basketball at some prison or
at Wilson's spool room. Okay. And so what we need
to do is open up our hearts and stop worrying
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about the lack of heart, the lack of soul, the
lack of freedom available because society is getting tighter and
tighter because they need tax money. We are already being taxed,
and our tax needs to come out in our demonstration
to our family, to our friends, to our community. I'm
sorry to not let you miss Chloye.
Speaker 15 (53:30):
Yeah, no, I was just I'm born in Ie and
so these parks are what birth me. I played against
grown men at these parks and they didn't take it
easier on me. And these kids now are getting away
from that. They're just playing at school or just playing
in these comfortable environments that don't allow you to really
soar and grow. Like I'm five to seven, so I
didn't have supernatural athletic ability. But being at the park
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playing against men who didn't care about me being a
girl and took it to me, was that allowed me
to learn about myself and have this kind of character
in this heart of champion, like no, if I could
play against him, I got this like what's up?
Speaker 8 (54:03):
So it made me fearless. So thank you Vic for
the wak that you're doing.
Speaker 23 (54:06):
Yeah, we typically, like you know, when you go to
the park as a kid, you know, usually like your
mom like drops you off, or you know they go
lay in the grass or you know, they go do
something and then you go and kind of like separate
from like your your nest if you would say, right, so,
being on the basketball court at the park, you're kind
of your own. You got to stand up for yourself, right,
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You're the you're the only one that's there to back
you up.
Speaker 4 (54:32):
So no referee, there's no referees.
Speaker 23 (54:34):
Yeah right, there's no supervision really right, So I think
that you know teaches.
Speaker 4 (54:38):
You there's some level of supervision because there's there's there
is the guy who will be a hero to a
certain extent. Their fairness is still a standard, you know,
not because we recognize it when it isn't there or
it ain't fair or it ain't right, and we say
it and maybe it doesn't change that person's past, that
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we'll have some influence on the future. Act why because
we look up and we say, oh, dude, I ain't
playing with that dude cause and we know why. And
I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right. But
we used to play for the nets. When I say
I don't mean the New York Nets, I mean we
played for the nets. Whoever won took that team took
the nets off that rim and took them home with them.
And if you guys didn't have no nets, that means
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you just got your butt beat now. So your next
thing is going to either buy some nets or go
win something.
Speaker 23 (55:27):
I think I'm gonna have to bring that back.
Speaker 8 (55:30):
For the nets.
Speaker 4 (55:33):
You heard fat. Sometimes you had to have have the
bicycles ready and the car ready or ready to leave
because the diren't. Nobody liked to lose their nets because
if they lost their nets, that means they lost their
nets in front of their people at their park. And
you know, chances are on the road the road after
you took the nets down. But you know that was
(55:53):
that was the deal. That was. Listen, we're at the
quickest hour on radio, and I do appreciate where we are.
So let's take these last couple of minutes and Vicki, Chloe, Victor, Victor,
you guys are you know, take a minute each and
say what you got to say, and you're gonna be
back one way or another. Next week's Mother's Day. I
don't know what you're gonna say, do it, okay.
Speaker 15 (56:15):
So my organization is beyond the rim and I do
things outside of just basketball, going to the schools and
putting on mentorships for the kids, being a big sisters
to them, but also basketball clinics, camps and stuff like that.
So come out Juneteenth is is our event and it's
gonna be special.
Speaker 8 (56:35):
Hope to see you there.
Speaker 23 (56:38):
My brand is fent Wood Hoops if you're about basketball,
if you're about community, if you're really about the about
getting buckets, follow me at fent Wood Hoops. Like Chloe said, Juneteenth,
We're gonna be at Ferguson Park. This uh, this event
is gonna be all about the ladies. We're supporting women's
hoops to the full max. We're gonna have a three
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point shootout. We're gonna have a turn tournament. Ladies, if
you got some game, if you just want to come
out and just chill with us and enjoy the vibes.
You know if every time fam Wood pulls up or
there's always a vibe. So June teenth, Ferguson Park, Ladies,
bring your game. We got prizes, We're gonna have food.
It's gonna be a whole vibe. Thank you Vicky for
having me and letting me be a part of this
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amazing event, and I hope to see you there.
Speaker 16 (57:25):
This is only the beginning. There are so many awesome
people who are contributing Juneteenth Jam, which is going to
be on June nineteenth at Ferguson Park in the city
of Rialto from four to nine pm. If you don't
already follow me on Instagram, follow me at Vicky Davis wellness,
that's Vicky v I c K I E. Because you
cannot have the Ie without Vicky, and you can't have
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Vicky without the Ie.
Speaker 8 (57:47):
Thank you, Vig with woo hoops.
Speaker 16 (57:50):
Thank you, Chloe be on the rim, Thank you, Moni,
Congratulations and good luck. Right now, she's three and zero
at a proram tournament in Metal, So if you don't
follow the Dime League, please follow her or follow her
personal page as is that money. And thank you so
much mister Wallace for allowing me to just take up
space right here and being such a supporter. I appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (58:10):
See you in two weeks. I understand you are doing
Mother's Day next week. You're good mother. I can say
that from witnessing what's going on with your kids, So
that's a good deal. This is Empire Talks Back. I'm
Wallace Allen, west Side Story Newspaper and the Improved Association
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Because I need to be loud. I need to be heard.
People been telling me that while you've been scaring the
vazuki out of me O the last a couple of weeks,
you've been telling me about reminding me you don't have
to tell me. They know it, they can feel it.
They feel it at the grocery store, they see it
in the eyes of their friends, and if their pastor
is doing the right thing, he's telling them too. But
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the pain and wondering what do we need to do
to straighten this thing out? Well, you've come to Empire
Talks back on Wallace Allen here on the case for
truth and justice with the right information to help improve
the situation. Folks, the situation is the same. We are
the conscience, We are the heart and soul. We are
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the route back to safety. We are the route to God.
We are the route to deep inside of ourselves. We
are the ones that can make each other feel better.
It starts with love, It starts with affection. It starts
with directing ourselves to the gift that God has given us,
the gift to each other. And that's what I'm gonna
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do for you today. I'm going to remind you that
we have access to something that maybe everybody doesn't have.
Maybe it's been brought to us by the pain that
we've had to endure, maybe simply been brought to us
because we are indirect in direct contact with the sun
and able to stand the pressures of the sun thanks
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to melanin. And everybody that is lacking that may be
not connected properly to the opportunities that melanin brings to
you through the sunshine. Well, the sunshine of our life
comes out of our heart and soul. They call it
soul music, they call it soul food. H they call it,
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and they can't explain it. They can't find it, they
can't write it, they can't just go buy a pound
of it and cut it up and give you a slice.
But you can. You can touch it, even though you've
been out of touch. You can be touched by it,
even though you have forgotten the route it comes to you.
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It can come to you even if you don't want
it to. Sometimes you can be riding along in your
car and that thing comes up and the next thing,
you know, you kind of pat your feet. You know.
The next thing, your heart rhythm changes and you know
what it looks. And if you looked up in the
rear view mir you might see a smile. How do
you do that? What's that all about? Well, it's because
we have that element of soul. And it's not just
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for people of melanin. It's not just for black folk,
brown folks, nine white folks. It's our gift to the world.
And as we have the world chasing us like it's
chasing us, threatening us, like it's threatening us, we need
to know that there is a closet, there is a corner,
There is something that we can touch, something that we
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can allow to touch us that will make our lives
have a direction toward satisfaction, not constant, constantly stimulated by
the problem that the detractors and distractors bring to us.
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I've got a doctor in the house. I got a
doctor in the house. I got a doctor and his
crew of I ain't gonna say nurses, because they're doctors
as well. I think the doctor. Once you become a doctor,
you have the right to pass that title on the
others if they go through the class. And this doctor
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found some people who have already kind of gone through
the class. They're already qualified, and they came together, come
together to present this message to you on an ongoing basis. Now,
who am I talking about. It's not somebody that's been
off in massive been in space, but they have been
in a space. Well, I could talk all day. You
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obviously know that part. I'm talking about the bromatics I'm
talking about they'll enlabel them as an R and B
rhythm and Bluese soul singers. I'm calling them doctors because
our hearts and souls have been injured. We are out
of touch with who we could be and should be.
And you say, for all this, you mean to tell
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me I could buy a ticket and go to a
rock and roll show and go to a and feel better.
You can think about going to one and feel better. Now,
I'm not gonna suggest as you do that, because we
need to pay each other. We do need to keep
each other on the right route. We need to support
those things that we love. We support those things that
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don't love us. Let's support the things that do love us.
I want to introduce the great track star from nineteen
eighty five, mister Henry and Roughty. He's he ran one
hundred and ten hurdles in high school and decided to
go Well, he didn't decide, well, he did decide. He
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went on to college Randy and won the NCAA Championships
nineteen eighty five, running the one ten high hurdles of
one twenties. At that point, talk to me, now, get
the extra ten yards and there pulling them up to
the mic.
Speaker 16 (14:21):
Here.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
You know, I want you to know that there's a
reason you can sing. You know, you don't just come
out singing. You have something to sing about. Okay, and
there there and then we got doc Okay, we got mailing.
Now these guys are singers, They are entertainers. But they
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bring with them a background, an understanding, a means of
touching a button that allows them to touch their soul
and bring to you something will allow you to wake
yourself up and feel better. Gentlemen, am I I'm my
out of line here? Are you just entertainers or are
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your doctors? Are you here to make people feel better?
You're just out here trying to make some money? Whoever?
Everyone wants to answer that question to doctor, Give it
to me, tell me what you hear about. Pull that
microphone closer to you.
Speaker 17 (15:15):
Well, thank you Wallace for having us on first of all.
But no, we're a group that is indeed in touch
with our souls and we try to do that through
our music. And our music is indeed soul music that
we do on a pretty continual basis route our shows,
and we're bringing it back from the sixties, the seventies
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and the eighties, and it's what most people would consider
old school, and as you mentioned earlier, it is in
fact soul music and it does make you feel good.
And this is what we're trying to continue to spread
and to keep to our consciousness because it's not just
the music, it's also in the lyrics. It's in everything else.
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And in fact, we were just talking about at breakfasts
this morning about how we all light up as Christmas
trees when we get to talking about our youth, our
where we come from, from Sacramento to to Compton to
lynn Wood, and these are these are spaces that we
grew up with that we hold near and dear to
our hearts and and we're just trying to continue to
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spread that that that level of love that I think
people hearing this can certainly understand and relate to.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Henry. Can you add to that after Henry gets through,
if Henry gets true, okay, I understand that he you know,
he's kind of like me. He tends to be able
to reach into the world and and get at it
and get with it. Thank you Wall again. We're happy
to be here. Yeah.
Speaker 18 (16:47):
From the sixties to the seventies, just the emotion and
all the culture that that was involved in our upbringing.
You know, that's a reflection of us. And you know,
for us to have the opportunity to be able to
bring back that music, bring back that sound, bring back
that feeling, that's that's why we do what we do
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to be able to recreate that emotion in that environment
for ourselves, for the fans. That's something that's really important
for us. And uh, it's just fun. It's a love
of the music. We try to incorporate what I call
l r DS, love, romance, dance and so actually, so
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you know, love is created by the melodies of the
music of the seventies music. Romance is in the lyrics
of the of the songs that we sing, like it feels.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
So good to be loved so bad by.
Speaker 18 (17:54):
The Manhattans, how about La La La La La means
I Love you by the Delphonics, right bet You by
Golly Wilde, by the Stylistics. These are all romantic types
of lyrics, and we wanna make sure that we create that.
And of course, uh, the dance is what the ms
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music makes you do. Any kind of move is a groove,
any kind of move, it's any kind of movie.
Speaker 19 (18:24):
Right.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
I can't make the moves I used to make, but
I feel better when you say any kind.
Speaker 18 (18:29):
Of move, any kind of move that will make you
rockn enroll. Yes, And of course soul. This kind of
music deeps deep into your soul. It makes you feel,
uh a certain type of way. So when we're presenting
our shows, presenting our songs and our music. This is
what we're trying to create out there because we just
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want to see a smile on your face, Wallace.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
And once you see that smile on your face, mel
what does that do for you guys on the stage?
I mean does it? How involved are you in the
reaction that the audience gives you?
Speaker 20 (19:05):
Well, one of the thanks for having us, Wallace again,
Thank you again. One of the things that I see
is that while we're on the stage, you know, we
all come from different backgrounds, even though I come from
Compton lend Woods, Sacramento. And then when we're on the stage,
we look at one another and we kind of know
each other like the back of our hands. We know
what the sounding each is gonna make. We understand exactly
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what we're gonna sing, and we know what melody we're
in and we just get into groove. And it feels
so good to get in that groove. You kind of
kind of relax a little bit when you're on stage.
You don't get all tensed up. And because we do
it so often and because it's from our spirit, it flows.
It just flows. And the good thing about us is
this is that we sing all different types of songs.
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We just don't sing one type of song, temptation, stylistic,
del phonics.
Speaker 21 (19:51):
We sing a mixture.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
And to get a.
Speaker 20 (19:52):
Group of guys to can come together and sing those
different voices and harmonize, that's.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
A great thing to have.
Speaker 20 (19:59):
That's what really sets us apart from a lot of
other groups, is that we have that ability to do that.
And when people hear our songs like a big Girl now,
you know, like we sing the other day, you know,
those things are just bring back memories. And me and
Bill was talking at breakfast earlier, you know about how
we grew up in our neighborhoods and what we went through,
all those things, all those experiences plays a role in us.
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And as we sing, we remember those experiences. We remember
when our moms used to watch those listen to those
shows and listen to that music.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
It was great. So I feel good. One of the
things that and you should be a politician to a
certain extent, because you didn't answer my question, but answer
the question that I'm asking is because I am wanting
our audience to understand how important it is to exchange
feelings with each other. And I understand you guys have
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some music on wax. Now, easy out to have some
music song something we can play. No, okay, folks don't
have to get on them because you know, nothing like
having an echo that isn't as good as the original.
So when you guys leave stage, you know it's painful
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to have a figure. We're gonna have to wait till
you come perform again before we get to hear you.
So I'm gonna say, now, spank, spank, spank. You guys
should be putting made a record by now. Okay, but please,
I think somebody already told you that I heard her laugh. Okay,
but let me say, let me say on this beat here,
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as you perform, people respond to you, and since they
don't have a record, it's even more important. What does
their response due to you? How does it feed you?
Or does it feed you or are you so caught
up in your ability to relax that you don't pay
attention to them. I mean, I'm here to advocate for
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the audience, now, you know, No, I didn't. We do
indeed feed off of that. And in fact, what Mel
didn't mention while we were talking just this morning is
we can see it in their eyes. It's almost having
the same kind of emotion based on similar backgrounds, based
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on similar backgrounds, and I'll tell you to see people
get excited, to be able to relate to the music
is really what makes the difference in our performance quite frankly,
because it's like it's like anything else.
Speaker 17 (22:34):
You know, once somebody you know has a similar liking,
if you will, then it's something that makes you feel
good inside, way down inside, you know. And that's what
really makes the difference in our concerts because the people.
Speaker 4 (22:49):
Do engage, and I mean engage immediately. Speaking of concerts,
when and where can people see you again? As we
wrap this up, it's important that we not tease people
about fixing their soul. We not tease people about realizing
that there is a route to a better feeling and
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that I don't know, maybe you guys are charging a
million dollars to show I don't know, whatever it is,
it's worth it. When are you performing and where? Share
that with us? Can we?
Speaker 18 (23:22):
Our next performance will be at event Space C in
Riverside on Mother's Day, May the eleventh, from two o'clock
to six pm. It's a Mother's Day concert. The The
Divas of the in an Empire are promoting the event.
It is a fundraiser.
Speaker 19 (23:40):
Uh.
Speaker 18 (23:41):
And where the where the main act there from two
o'clock to sixth and where will that take place?
Speaker 15 (23:46):
Uh?
Speaker 18 (23:47):
The event events space space C event space C in
a riverside.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Okay, do we have an address for that? If not,
well send people to the internet or I'll get that
and I'll pass that as we go. But thanks from others.
Day next Sunday, very important, very important day. And if
there's anything that should remind you of the connection to soul,
the connection to the right way, the connection to God
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and what God intends, has certainly got to be the
mother because that's the one thing that we all have,
is a mother. So I can appreciate that. Gentlemen, as
we close out anything that you need to say, we
want to say that can't be said on stage or
won't be said on stage.
Speaker 18 (24:34):
Come check out the Bramatics. We love what we doerform
an exciting show, but we perform it because of the
audience and making sure that we go back to old
school and bring back those memories. It's a wonderful show
and we won't have that opportunity to present it to you.
Speaker 4 (24:54):
Okay, very good, All right, this is Empire Talks back
on Wallers All and just spend a short period of
time with with the Inland Empire's finance. The Romantics, a
rhythm and blues physicians group. They are. They are doctors
of the soul and doctors of the heart, and they
do it through entertaining you with great songs, pleasant memories
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that will give you a great view of the future.
God bless you, guys. Thank you for taking break, and
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demonstrate to you that freedom is not a now, it's
a verb. It's not what others have done, It's what
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of being free and exciting others about that very thing.
God bless you, Thank you, gentlemen.
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goodness that. But folks, continuing the walk to freedom, continuing
the erase the pain, continuing the idea that freedom is
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not something that can be given. They can open the door,
but if you don't walk through it and use it,
if you don't turn that noun into a verb, it's useless.
You can sit around and say I'm free and bring
me breakfast. Where's mine. That's not what it's about. It's
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about going to get it, you know. Now. Back in
eighteen sixty three, Abraham Lincoln September wrote something called the
Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves, the enslaved people of
the south of the Confederate States. That created a gift
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on January first, eighteen sixty four, of emancipation created also
a date December thirty first, eighteen sixty three, that we
are still celebrating. Many people don't know why they celebrated.
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They do recognize the name watch Night. You probably celebrated
at your church Watch Night. Ask your minister what it means.
Be sure that he's on the deal, because watch Night
was a natural flow when you were told that the
next day after December thirty first, you're gonna be free. Well,
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what does that mean? And some people admit, you don't
have to get up and go to the fields any mornings.
To some people it meant a lot of things that
make them feel better and relax. And to some people
it meant, oh, man, this is mine. Tomorrow is mine.
I can go do what I have been dreaming of
doing for myself. But other people have been that I've
been doing for other people. So freedom means meant a lot,
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means a lot.
Speaker 16 (30:03):
Ah.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
But then eighteen sixty five, June nineteenth, General Ranger rode
into the were on the island of Galveston. I still
don't know how he did that, being met it's an island,
but he rode on the island of Galveston and informed
the people there that they were free, that the Civil
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War and all of that stuff was out of the way,
being that it was June, and June, being that it
was the nineteenth people kind of put those words together
and come up with the June teenth, nineteenth is that
next day became a day of celebration, and everywhere somewhere
in the United States since then, people have been celebrating
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June teenth, Black folk celebrating that freedom Day and are
still doing it, and we're going to keep on doing it.
And here today with us is Ms. Vickie Davis, who
is the producer of the Juneteenth Jam which takes place
in the city of Rialto on June nineteenth, which is
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now a federal holiday, and if my friend my friends
get their way, it'll soon be a state holiday, a
day when people at the state level will be able
to take a day off and get paid for that
time as well. So as we look forward to those things,
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also remember that you are the answer to our need
for making freedom be an action statement a date that
we can come together June nineteenth and remind each other
that we're free with a lot of activities, a lot
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of fun statements that DiMAGE straight that but also deliver
a message to go on forward, to stimulate us to
do things that express that freedom in a way that
inspires our children and invites the rest of the world
to do their duty. That being too, bathe in the soul,
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bathe in the solution that our expression of freedom provides.
Miss Nicky, how you doing this morning?
Speaker 8 (32:27):
I'm doing pretty good, Wallace.
Speaker 19 (32:29):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (32:29):
God is great. I'm extremely grateful and.
Speaker 16 (32:35):
Wow I was I went to school, to church, the
history class, everything.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Stay in that microphone talk to me.
Speaker 16 (32:43):
Thank you so much for having us. So we are
celebrating Juneteenth jam for the third year. And yes, it
is on the docket for the state to recognize Juneteenth
as as a holiday. However, in rialto we already are
recognizing junte as a city adopted holiday. So that's one
(33:04):
really cool thing about being able to host Juneteenth in
rialto But another cool thing, and probably the most important thing,
is the awesome people that I get to work with
to do it. And I brought a couple of them
with me today so we could talk about one of
the facets that will be happening on the day and
also have a bigger conversation about how that component of
(33:24):
the day is affecting and improving and building our community
beyond June nineteenth.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
Well, let's go.
Speaker 16 (33:31):
Forward and do such, all right, Do you guys want
to introduce yourselves and talk a little bit about just
what you do in the basketball communities?
Speaker 4 (33:39):
Sharre? What's up? Everybody said, basketball community?
Speaker 23 (33:42):
Yes, sir, what.
Speaker 4 (33:43):
Happened to the Lakers? I don't know if it'spect for
you guys that.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Stuff.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
You know, if somewhere in your answer you can read
the solution, I'd be happy to pass it on to
the bus families, Go ahead.
Speaker 8 (33:56):
Take The solution is Lebron has to go hot, takes
a bit.
Speaker 15 (34:09):
Older, and so he just it's just not his time
and not that he's a quit basketball, but just it's
not a Laker. You know, he can do that as
a clip, we can do what he's doing anywhere else.
But then we got to bring some younger, able bodies
and just people who have that grit and hunger, like
the Kobe fabric of the Lakers that I'm used to.
Speaker 8 (34:31):
Who are you, Chloe Wells?
Speaker 15 (34:33):
I am hometown, just a legend, and I played basketball.
I played basketball, and I trained, I coach, I put
on camps, and.
Speaker 4 (34:45):
I think, yeah, very good, very good. A lot of
people want to agree with that, because, you know, we
get attached to things, and you know, this is this
is part of our I won't say problem, but it
is part of our situation. We get attached to things
and we mold on to things that sometimes are not
useful anymore. You don't know what I'm talking about. Go
look in your garage, okay, Go into your closet, all right,
(35:09):
go open up a few of those drawers.
Speaker 6 (35:11):
Don't you know?
Speaker 4 (35:12):
You got stuffed that you should have thrown away a
long time ago. So we have to agree with you
on that, right, Okay, So once again, slowly this time,
miss legend. Yes, would you tell us your name?
Speaker 8 (35:24):
Chloe Wells?
Speaker 4 (35:25):
Chloe Wells, Oh, we're here two weeks ago, yes, three
weeks ago, something like that.
Speaker 19 (35:34):
Time.
Speaker 4 (35:35):
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 15 (35:36):
And my team once yes yes, and I got Coach
of the.
Speaker 8 (35:41):
Years year at that time.
Speaker 4 (35:43):
Too.
Speaker 8 (35:43):
Appreciate, thank you, thanks for having me back.
Speaker 4 (35:48):
No, we're we're delighted to have you back. We'd delighted
to have you back despite uh the well, not because
of the agitation. You know, if you don't agitate things,
the dirt stays in. You know, That's what a good
work machine does, it agitates. And I don't mean to interrupt.
I need to inspire, but I kind of interrupted you,
So I apologize. Let's go.
Speaker 15 (36:08):
Chloe Wells born and raised in Rialto, inducted in the
Hall of Fame in Rialto and Fontana, went to Duke
and played basketball overseas for ten years as a professional.
And now I'm coaching and training and putting on campus
and clinics excellent.
Speaker 4 (36:23):
So what does this Juneteenth mean to you? How are
you participating?
Speaker 15 (36:29):
I am putting on the basketball portion. I'm hoping to
bring out a lot of ladies. Last year we had
a nice show out, but this year we're trying to
turn up. I need the ladies to show up and
show out. We're going to do a three on three
tournament and have like an open run and a three
point contest. So I'm hoping that the city shows up,
but also the ladies because we always complain about them
(36:49):
not having stuff for us, but now that we do,
I'm hoping that we come with it.
Speaker 4 (36:53):
Okay, I've got some more input on that, but let's
introduce the gentlemen to your life. Been looking and didn't
have this wild conversation?
Speaker 23 (37:04):
Hell, everybody, my name is Vic Carrall. I'm the founder
of Fentwood Hoops. Fenwood Hoops is a street ball brand
based out of the Ie. You know, we like to
think of us more than just selling T shirts and hats.
We do a lot more in our community. We're involved
in our community. We participate in events like this where
it's really community involved and you know, a way for
(37:26):
us to be a part of our community because we
think that's important more than you know, selling shirts or
selling hats or you know, just taking their money.
Speaker 19 (37:34):
We want to be.
Speaker 23 (37:36):
Able to impact our community in other ways.
Speaker 4 (37:40):
Very good. Uh, And your take on the Lakers.
Speaker 23 (37:44):
Oh man, that was rough. It was a rough you know, Uh,
five games for sure. I'm not too harsh like Chloe.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
I'm hard shot. I mean, yeah, I mean, yeah, agree
with what was saying.
Speaker 23 (37:57):
Huh, and and you know partially did.
Speaker 4 (38:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 23 (38:00):
I mean, Lebron is getting up there in age, but
you know, he's getting up there in age, but there's
still a lot of players that can't do what he's
doing right now at that age. So I think he
definitely still helps the team rather than hurts it. But
there's definitely need to be some changes in that team
(38:21):
to be successful. And like Chloe said, like we're used
to the Laker way, which is championships, and you know,
the past couple of years, Lebron hasn't been able to
bring that. So I think that's what brings a lot
of frustration to the fans.
Speaker 4 (38:35):
But you know, there used to be well there is still,
I guess because it's still old. Eric, I don't know.
You may remember this song. It was a thirty second lover,
a thirty something like that. Lebron should be a thirty
minute player at most. And if he was doing that,
and that's my suggestion, miss Chloyd, because he's selling a
(38:57):
lot of tickets and at thirty minutes, I think he's
still brilliant it if I could coach around that, and
if you were forced to do that. I bet you
could coach and make good use of him in thirty minutes.
Speaker 15 (39:09):
And am I being I agree with that, But I
also know that it would free a lot of money
if we let him go.
Speaker 4 (39:15):
Oh no, no, no. The general manager is partly just
gonna worry about that parture the coach.
Speaker 15 (39:19):
Okay, if yes, I can make it work, I'm gonna
make him a champion.
Speaker 8 (39:23):
I'm just saying that what we have right now, we
gotta he can't. He can't. You know, I would be like, hey, Lebron,
we ain't doing it. We're doing that.
Speaker 15 (39:31):
If it would just go to the basket, right, not
go basket and score, but just go to the basket
and attack, right, he's gonna draw everybody.
Speaker 8 (39:39):
Now we just kick it out and it's wide open.
Speaker 15 (39:41):
But Lebron is trying to pass around, and I don't
have time for him to be the point guard.
Speaker 8 (39:45):
We need him to be a slasher.
Speaker 4 (39:47):
Very good. A little deeper, we see way more men
coaches in the w NBA then we see women coaches
in the NBA. In your analysis demonstrated to me that
you are probably much more capable of coaching than some
people who are already getting paid five to ten million
(40:09):
dollars to coach. What is your take on the equity
situation in professional basketball, professional sports in terms of women
and men.
Speaker 15 (40:24):
Okay, I I haven't done enough research to give a
real versed answer on this.
Speaker 8 (40:33):
Yeah, can you please, yes.
Speaker 4 (40:35):
You could answer that, Miss.
Speaker 8 (40:36):
VICKI, that one's for me.
Speaker 16 (40:40):
So now you're getting to the heart of what we're
talking about of investing in our community beyond the day
of Juneteenth. Because the equity for women in professional athletics
athletics doesn't exist. It doesn't exist on any level. We've
never had the same amount of people showing up, We've
never had the same kind of community involvement and commitment.
Speaker 8 (41:02):
To what we're doing in sports.
Speaker 16 (41:04):
We've never had the same opportunities to coach, even after
hugely successful careers, And we, for show, don't make the
same amount of money as men on any level in
professional sports. Comparable across the board, women are making less.
The sponsorship deals, like the contracts, the.
Speaker 8 (41:24):
All of it.
Speaker 16 (41:25):
None of it says equity for women. None of it
says we appreciate women or we value women in sports.
But Juneteenth Jam says that because this whole thing is
about creating a platform for women in athletics and basketball
specifically to shine and to take this space up as
big and as loud and as beautiful as they can.
(41:47):
And that's all the three of us and Miss Moni
from the Dime League are working to do is give
that space whereas well deserved and start to build some
equity starting in the ie for women in basketball because
we deserve it.
Speaker 4 (42:01):
You know, I totally agree. And my theme today of
making freedom an action word as opposed to a noun
sitting there waiting for something to happen. And one of
the things that we as melanated people have a tendency
to do is seek fairness from a place that is
(42:25):
born from lack of fairness, as though we are here
to preach and teach as opposed to being free to
establish and roll forward. So as long as we are
asking older white men to give up their power, the
(42:46):
longer we're going to be in the echo of well,
I'll think about it. And you can't blame them for that,
because when you ask, you give the power at that point. Okay, So, now,
based on that, I'm in the news business, and I
(43:06):
recognize that there used to be a requirement for a
person if they were going to call themselves a journalist,
that they had to go to school, they had to
pass they had to pass some type of tests to
demonstrate that they were qualified to be a journalist. But
(43:27):
since the internet has appeared for I'm very happy about that.
Don't get me wrong. Anybody that can hook up the
computer and put a mic together and understand the idea
of a podcast or social media has become an influencer,
and influencers somehow regardless of their lack of information, lack
(43:49):
of desire to research, but their great voice and their
ability to line up a bunch of people to be
interested in them have become more important than news. I
say that not to be blame them, because I'm willing
to fight the battle, and if you're not willing to
fight the battle, then you're gonna you already lost.
Speaker 16 (44:10):
Well, mister Wallace, that's this team right here. Like we
these people are not waiting or asking or looking for
permission to have what it is that we know we deserve.
These people that I get to partner with across the
board for Juneteenth and specifically for our basketball activation, are
(44:32):
actually building communities around empowering youth and empowering women and
encouraging the next generation through the game of basketball. And
we don't have to ask to take up space. We
could read, we could write, we can figure things out.
We can come together as long as we agree on
our values and we want to work together, and we
can build what it is that we know that we
(44:53):
need and we're building that.
Speaker 8 (44:55):
There are there, I really want it?
Speaker 16 (44:58):
Did we were we able to get money on the phone?
Speaker 8 (45:00):
Is she on the car? Okay?
Speaker 16 (45:03):
So we have we're I want to bring up Moni
because she's doing something really amazing in the Inland Empire
with the Dime League. It's a pro am league for women,
and she's a part of this team, bringing together women
who are active in basketball and who maybe played professional
before or would like to, and giving them the opportunity
(45:29):
through this platform of Juneteenth, to be celebrated and to
have the same kind of opportunity that we see for
men in basketball all the time, cash prizes, trophies, you know,
media attention and audience built around them. We see that
constantly for men in basketball, but hardly do we see
it for women. Even at the w NBA level. They
(45:50):
struggle to build their audience and have audience engagement. So
we're doing that.
Speaker 4 (45:55):
We're not waiting well and I appreciate that. And proof
of that. You know, they say when when you are
on the on the correct lane to heaven, the devil
shows up, right, and who's your friend, Lonnie Mount? Money? Money? Okay,
we can't complete the call of money now. This is
this is twenty twenty five, right, I mean right now
(46:16):
we can get calls from people in outer space in
real time. So something's going on. I think the truth
is happening. I think somebody's out there trying to put
a hole in ourself. Wallace, You're you're being paranoid. Of
course I am. You know why. If you don't know
why I'm being paranoid, you better read some books. But anyway,
this is great. Let's talk more about the Dime League
(46:39):
because it is something that we should try to grab
onto now because you know, once it gets in the
atmosphere and really going on, there'll be people sitting around
and saying, Wow, I wish I had a I wish
I had I wish I had he. So let's talk
about the Dime League. Let's talk about the fact or
the idea that with your tournament in June teenth. It
(47:03):
is an insert into the future in that it's not
going to stop there. It is to introduce more people
to the fact that we have women and men who
are concerned about equity, and not just because of equity,
but because of the fact that lack of equity keeps
(47:24):
us away from the big pool of talent, the big
pool of future leaders, that big pool of people who've
got vision for the future. And then that's the important
part of it. So anybody that's trying to cut off
diversity is really trying to cut off competition for themselves
(47:46):
because they like the stuff that's in the closet, they
like the stuff that's in the drawer. They want to
keep wearing that old suit because.
Speaker 8 (47:55):
I think it's because they're afraid.
Speaker 4 (47:57):
That's it something they're afraid of.
Speaker 16 (48:00):
They are afraid of how beautiful and how great and
how successful we will be. And that is a positive,
that's an affirmation because we're already successful. We're building things
through Juneteenth and through the initiatives, through these people's organizations
throughout the year. That is a platform already that's building community,
(48:24):
that's changing kids' lives, that's affecting families. So I want
to give them a little bit more time to talk
about like their individual initiatives beyond Juneteenth. May I know
they like, do they got other stuff going on? So
if you have something going on, or if you want
to tell people how to find you your Instagram, your
website or whatever you want to share, maybe you guys
(48:44):
could talk a little bit about that real quick.
Speaker 4 (48:46):
Excellent.
Speaker 23 (48:46):
Let's all right, So my instagram is at f and
with hoops.
Speaker 4 (48:51):
Like I mentioned.
Speaker 23 (48:52):
Before, we're a street ball brand based out of the
ie Being brand. Street Ball is more of you know,
there's so many different types of basketball now. Basketball has
grown into so many different subcultures. So we usually grow
typically like to play outdoors. That's kind of like our
main initiative, you know. Growing up in the I e.
(49:16):
That was kind of like where I you know, learned
a lot about myself at the parks, you know, on
the basketball court and growing up on the courts. I
realize now as an adult that that court has taught
me a lot of life lessons and built my character,
(49:37):
uh in so many ways. So you know, our initiative
is to continue that, you know, that style and that
format of growing young individuals into strong men and women
and being there for your community is is something that
we really take pride in. We started in twenty twenty
(50:00):
one just by renovating courts around the Inland Empire. If
you look around, there's a lot of parks in the
Inland Empire, and a lot of them don't have really
great safe places to play basketball. So how we started
is we just started trying to beautify in these spaces
by adding rims, adding backboards, adding nets.
Speaker 4 (50:20):
How much permission did you have to have to do that, he.
Speaker 8 (50:24):
Said, street basketball.
Speaker 19 (50:26):
That means you don't.
Speaker 8 (50:27):
Ask permission, You just do it.
Speaker 16 (50:31):
The street and you give what is needed.
Speaker 4 (50:33):
So I'm hearing the word empowerment. I'm hearing that you
are able to bring in young men and women who
would be overlooked if they were only accessing these sports
through school or only accessing these sports to park league
and things of that sort. I remember growing up that
our best athletes in Joliet, Illinois, despite the fact that
(50:56):
we went to high school and had a junior college
and colleges nearby, most of the best athletes in the
town were at Wilson's school room. Okay, and we could
see the Saturday races. When you know when they would
race up and down the street, and that was I
think something that I'll remember. And because I know that
(51:17):
they yeah, you think you're pretty fast, air Alan boy,
come on out here, I got it. No, come on
out here, I'll run your butt right now. And I'm
looking at them in big old farmer clogs and stuff
like that, and anyway, that was that was the deal. H.
I appreciate what you're saying there, And folks, what that
does is it opens it up for you, takes the
(51:37):
excuse away about how you can support and go forward
missus Floyd.
Speaker 8 (51:43):
Yes, well, just to pick you back.
Speaker 16 (51:47):
Also, what you're saying, Wallace is like as are as
our schools become more and more disconnected from the lived
experiences of our youth, we see more of them like
with chronic absenteeism and not engaged in traditional platforms that
are meant for them. And so by Finwood being a
(52:09):
street brand that is really at the parks, that is
really showing like if you want your park to be better,
you just make it better. You just go over there
and do what your park needs. And then the kids
get to see that. And many a times when he's
out there and the organs out there, you know, beautifying
those spaces. The kids from those streets come like, what
are you doing to our park? You know, and we're
(52:30):
helping it. We're beautifying it and you can do this too.
This is all we do and this is all we did.
So I just want to say personally thank you to
Vic for doing that, because it's very It's a backdoor approach,
but it has to be sometimes because we're so many
kids are falling through the gaps.
Speaker 4 (52:46):
And they're the front door approach because that's where most
of us are. And if we don't do that, the
next thing available to them is to be playing basketball
at juvenile hall. We're playing basketball at some prison or
at Wilson's spool room. Okay. And so what we need
to do is open up our hearts and stop worrying
(53:07):
about the lack of heart, the lack of soul, the
lack of freedom available because society is getting tighter and
tighter because they need tax money. We are already being taxed,
and our tax needs to come out in our demonstration
to our family, to our friends, to our community. I'm
sorry to not let you miss Chloye.
Speaker 15 (53:30):
Yeah, no, I was just I'm born in Ie and
so these parks are what birth me. I played against
grown men at these parks and they didn't take it
easier on me. And these kids now are getting away
from that. They're just playing at school or just playing
in these comfortable environments that don't allow you to really
soar and grow. Like I'm five to seven, so I
didn't have supernatural athletic ability. But being at the park
(53:52):
playing against men who didn't care about me being a
girl and took it to me, was that allowed me
to learn about myself and have this kind of character
in this heart of champion, like no, if I could
play against him, I got this like what's up?
Speaker 8 (54:03):
So it made me fearless. So thank you Vic for
the wak that you're doing.
Speaker 23 (54:06):
Yeah, we typically, like you know, when you go to
the park as a kid, you know, usually like your
mom like drops you off, or you know they go
lay in the grass or you know, they go do
something and then you go and kind of like separate
from like your your nest if you would say, right, so,
being on the basketball court at the park, you're kind
of your own. You got to stand up for yourself, right,
(54:29):
You're the you're the only one that's there to back
you up.
Speaker 4 (54:32):
So no referee, there's no referees.
Speaker 23 (54:34):
Yeah right, there's no supervision really right, So I think
that you know teaches.
Speaker 4 (54:38):
You there's some level of supervision because there's there's there
is the guy who will be a hero to a
certain extent. Their fairness is still a standard, you know,
not because we recognize it when it isn't there or
it ain't fair or it ain't right, and we say
it and maybe it doesn't change that person's past, that
(55:00):
we'll have some influence on the future. Act why because
we look up and we say, oh, dude, I ain't
playing with that dude cause and we know why. And
I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right. But
we used to play for the nets. When I say
I don't mean the New York Nets, I mean we
played for the nets. Whoever won took that team took
the nets off that rim and took them home with them.
And if you guys didn't have no nets, that means
(55:22):
you just got your butt beat now. So your next
thing is going to either buy some nets or go
win something.
Speaker 23 (55:27):
I think I'm gonna have to bring that back.
Speaker 8 (55:30):
For the nets.
Speaker 4 (55:33):
You heard fat. Sometimes you had to have have the
bicycles ready and the car ready or ready to leave
because the diren't. Nobody liked to lose their nets because
if they lost their nets, that means they lost their
nets in front of their people at their park. And
you know, chances are on the road the road after
you took the nets down. But you know that was
(55:53):
that was the deal. That was. Listen, we're at the
quickest hour on radio, and I do appreciate where we are.
So let's take these last couple of minutes and Vicki, Chloe, Victor, Victor,
you guys are you know, take a minute each and
say what you got to say, and you're gonna be
back one way or another. Next week's Mother's Day. I
don't know what you're gonna say, do it, okay.
Speaker 15 (56:15):
So my organization is beyond the rim and I do
things outside of just basketball, going to the schools and
putting on mentorships for the kids, being a big sisters
to them, but also basketball clinics, camps and stuff like that.
So come out Juneteenth is is our event and it's
gonna be special.
Speaker 8 (56:35):
Hope to see you there.
Speaker 23 (56:38):
My brand is fent Wood Hoops if you're about basketball,
if you're about community, if you're really about the about
getting buckets, follow me at fent Wood Hoops. Like Chloe said, Juneteenth,
We're gonna be at Ferguson Park. This uh, this event
is gonna be all about the ladies. We're supporting women's
hoops to the full max. We're gonna have a three
(56:58):
point shootout. We're gonna have a turn tournament. Ladies, if
you got some game, if you just want to come
out and just chill with us and enjoy the vibes.
You know if every time fam Wood pulls up or
there's always a vibe. So June teenth, Ferguson Park, Ladies,
bring your game. We got prizes, We're gonna have food.
It's gonna be a whole vibe. Thank you Vicky for
having me and letting me be a part of this
(57:19):
amazing event, and I hope to see you there.
Speaker 16 (57:25):
This is only the beginning. There are so many awesome
people who are contributing Juneteenth Jam, which is going to
be on June nineteenth at Ferguson Park in the city
of Rialto from four to nine pm. If you don't
already follow me on Instagram, follow me at Vicky Davis wellness,
that's Vicky v I c K I E. Because you
cannot have the Ie without Vicky, and you can't have
(57:46):
Vicky without the Ie.
Speaker 8 (57:47):
Thank you, Vig with woo hoops.
Speaker 16 (57:50):
Thank you, Chloe be on the rim, Thank you, Moni,
Congratulations and good luck. Right now, she's three and zero
at a proram tournament in Metal, So if you don't
follow the Dime League, please follow her or follow her
personal page as is that money. And thank you so
much mister Wallace for allowing me to just take up
space right here and being such a supporter. I appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (58:10):
See you in two weeks. I understand you are doing
Mother's Day next week. You're good mother. I can say
that from witnessing what's going on with your kids, So
that's a good deal. This is Empire Talks Back. I'm
Wallace Allen, west Side Story Newspaper and the Improved Association
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Speaker 18 (58:28):
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Master's a chance for you to tighten that hold in
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