KCAA: The Empire Talks Back with Wallace Allen (Sun, 8 Jun, 2025)

KCAA: The Empire Talks Back with Wallace Allen on Sun, 8 Jun, 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
NBC News Radio, I'm Lisa Carton. Protests against the immigration
raids in Los Angeles are expected to continue today after
President Trump said he would send in two thousand National
Guard troops to control the unrest. California Democratic Congresswoman Annette
Berrigan tells CNN State of the Union she objects to
the move.

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We haven't asked for the help. This is em escalating,
It causing tenants to rise.

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It's only going to make things worse in.

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A situation where people are already angry over immigration enforcement.

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Speaker 11 (07:29):
We love the movie. We've got good.

Speaker 12 (07:45):
And mine, and that of the nation and that of
the planet. Folks.

Speaker 7 (07:49):
I've been saying it for some time, and I'm going
to be very distinct as I say it again. Our president,
our president wants to stay in for a reason. That
reason being that if he were not president, he would
be in jail. If he were not president, and he
would be in jailed if he did not have a

(08:09):
group of people in Congress who were more loyal to
him than they are to us, we the people who
put them there, he would be in jail. His quest
is to not only stay out of jail, but maintain
the power. And the only way to do that is
to be sure that the balance of power in Congress
stays the way it is. So the purpose that we

(08:31):
see all of the confusion and chaos is to keep
us distracted enough that by the time the twenty twenty
six elections come, he will have set us up to
a position where there will be no election. Wallace, what
are you talking about? I'm talking about now? Look at
state of California. He has already made the first step

(08:53):
toward martial law. He has sent and federalized our National
Guard in the situation that it is not necessary not needed,
not wanted. However, he has the audacity to do many
things that are not necessary, not needed, or wanted, and
we see that taking place every day. So you don't

(09:13):
have to believe me, but you do have to question
what I say, and if you continue to question it,
you will find out. And I hope that I'm wrong,
but I believe you will find out that the course
that he's taking, the lane that he's on does lead
to martial law, which is to defend his position and
maintain his power so that he does not have to

(09:34):
do what one thing, go to jail. This is Empire
Talks back on Wallas Allen. I want to thank you
for watching. I want you to understand that this is
June teen month, Father's Day month, Malcolm xt Day month.
This is the month leading into the fourth of July,
our freedom statement as a nation. So there are many

(09:55):
great things going on, and we want to be sure
that those things continue to have the opportun unity to
go on. So today's program will continue to point out
the benefits, the beauty of, and the timeliness of Juneteenth,
and today we will talk about some of the great
events that are taking place in our area. The Inland

(10:16):
Empire of Southern California, a place that if you knew
what it was like, you'd want to be here. We
are in a beautiful place, a place that once again
Route sixty six runs right through the middle of the
Inland Empire.

Speaker 12 (10:30):
Take that ride.

Speaker 7 (10:31):
Stop in San Bernardino, rialto Fontana Rancho Cucamonga. You will
find that you are in a place that is worth visiting,
worth staying in, and worth living in. I'm happy to
introduce our Juneteenth people today. One of the things that
we're going to do is introduce to young ladies who
are competing for the Miss Juneteenth title that goes for

(10:55):
the goes along with the rialto June teenth Jam, and
to facilitate all that we have with us todays. Vickie
Davis the curator and the producer of the Juneteenth Jam.
So we're going to take a short break, we'll come
back and we will begin that wonderful exercise of sharing

(11:17):
that information.

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one five seven nine two two. Celebrating the legendary world
champion bull rider Charlie Sampson. Charlie Sampson's Open Rodeo on Saturday,

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June twenty eighth at the George ingalls As Equestrian Center,
thirty seven thirty seven Crestview Drive in Norcoe. Gates open
at four pm. For more information regarding or participating in
the rodeo and getting your tickets to go to www
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Speaker 7 (14:52):
Taking place on the twenty eighth well the twenty eighth
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miss that program. We also have who Juneteenth. Of course,
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Proclamation to free enslaved Americans African Americans in the Confederate States,
to take effect on January first, eighteen sixty four. December
thirty first, eighteen sixty three became the first Watch Night Now,
an event that most black churches take advantage of every year.

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Two and a half years later, enslaved black people in Galveston,
Texas were informed of their freedom on June nineteenth. June
nineteenth has been called Juneteenth and celebrated as Freedom Day
by black African Americans in some form somewhere throughout this
country ever since. We have one program called seven Days

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Before Juneteenth. That's seven days of activity that celebrate Juneteenth.
You can get more information about that by giving a
call to three two, three, four nine nine five seven
nine two. All of those activities are in the city
of San Bernardino or in Rancho Cucamonga. On Saturday, June fourteenth,

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Black Consciousness a June teenth celebration of Black literature and
literacy hosted by and curated by as Simileman doctor Corey A.
Jackson at the Marino Valley Public Library two five four
eighty Alessandro Boulevard in Marino Valley one to two thirty pm.

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More information nine five one six five three zero nine
six zero and the Pomona Valley Juneteenth Family Jazz and
Arts Festival. Boy, they've been doing it for some thirty years. Saturday,
June twenty first, twenty twenty twenty five at Ganesha Park,
fifteen seventy five White Avenue, Pomona, California, from ten thirty

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to six thirty PM. You can give miss Judy Coleman.
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nine nine one five seven nine two two for more explicit,
exact information. I don't expect for you to remember all
of those things. And I'm talking a little fast because
I've got in our studio today, Mss Vicky Davis, the
curator and producer of the reality Juneteenth Jam, and she's
brought with her a group of very It's hard not

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to start off and say beautiful young ladies, but their
intellect is really why they're here. They've competed not just
because they're pretty young ladies, but because they're pretty dug
gun smart. And they've demonstrated that by writing an essay
if to compete for the title of Miss Juneteenth.

Speaker 12 (18:41):
Did I say that, right.

Speaker 2 (18:42):
VICKI, yes. So the essay that they wrote was to
demonstrate the spirit of Juneteenth and how they feel that
they have modeled that spirit in their lives through resilience
and through connection to the mantra we shall overcome, We
shall overcome.

Speaker 7 (19:00):
Where that is appropriate for the past, the present, and
to assure that we have a future. I'm very proud
to hear that. How do we want to present these
young ladies. I'd like for each of them to be
able to say hello and something else and something else,
and I wish we had time for themal to read
their essays.

Speaker 2 (19:20):
Well, what I would like to do is if we
could start by introducing Miss Sheila. She is actually our
pageant host and she's a very special guest here with
us as well. She is a title holding pageant winner,
Miss Grand Nevada. So she's going to be actually hosting
the pageant the day of and today after our radio show,
she's going to be giving some one on one coaching

(19:41):
to the young ladies at a brunch. So I want
to give her a chance to just introduce herself and
talk a little bit about, you know, who she is
and her background in pageantry and how she's became a
part of this event and experience and what she's looking
forward to.

Speaker 7 (19:57):
So and right after this short break, we're going to
get this as to speak to Miss Sheila.

Speaker 2 (20:02):
James James James missus Grand Nevada.

Speaker 7 (20:05):
Miss Grand Nevada. Is Sheila James from this local area? Yes,
Is she just tennis playing.

Speaker 16 (20:11):
Sheila James, Yes, she is.

Speaker 12 (20:12):
She daddy's name is Gabriel James, a trumpet player.

Speaker 7 (20:16):
All right, so we have a home girl coming back
to home doing those great things that we want to do.
This is impad talks back. I'm Wallace Allen. Got to
take a short break, will be right back.

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Speaker 12 (21:48):
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Speaker 7 (21:49):
I'm more on the silent than that is the glate
Net King Cole reminding you that Route sixty six does
come through Sam Bernardino and there's a reason for that.
You need to follow up on that reason. We are
going to show you very soon why the San Bernardino
Business Association is preparing to see you for the twenty

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twenty sixth centennial of the Route sixty six Grand Highway.
Looking forward to all of that. Okay, Mss Vicky make
this introduction and let us go forward with talking to
our hometown girl who's come back.

Speaker 2 (22:28):
All right. My name is Vicky Davis. I am the
founder of June teenth Jam, and if you're looking for
more information on Juneteenth Jam beyond the program today, you
can visit our website Juneteenthjam dot info and you can
find a lot of details about how to connect with
us and all of the different activities that we'll be
having going on at Alec Ferguson Park in Rialto, California

(22:49):
on June nineteenth from four to nine pm. Today, we
are featuring Miss Sheila James and our Miss Juneteenth Pageant
contestants who have all written wonderful essays modeling the resilience
and determination that they have shown in their individual lives
and stories thus far.

Speaker 16 (23:09):
Michila, I would like.

Speaker 2 (23:10):
You to take a chance to introduce yourself and talk
to us a little bit about you know, why you're
here today in your experience.

Speaker 18 (23:17):
Yes, wonderful, Thank you so much, Vicky.

Speaker 16 (23:21):
So a little bit about me. My name is Sheila James.

Speaker 18 (23:23):
I am born and raised in San Bernardino, California, and
I say that very, very, very proudly. I love where
I'm from. So my start to pageantry, I'm a late bloomer.
I grew up playing tennis. I started playing tennis at
the age of four, and tennis afforded me so many opportunities.
I got a scholarship, I got to compete at Virginia

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State University, and I'm a proud Trojan for all my
HBCU people out there. Let's go HBCU HBCU pride. So
tennis afforded me that opportunity. I've always had a deep
passion and love for pageantry, but I dedicated most of
my younger years to tennis into competing, so I didn't

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really get the opportunity to follow that dream till later
on in my career. So I'm a former Miss sam Bernardino, California.
I recently competed in Miss California last year and actually
came in sixth place. And I am now a newly
crowned Miss Grand Nevada. So this is my first time
as a state. Congratulations.

Speaker 2 (24:29):
That is beautiful. So with that background, what does it
mean for you to be the host of god your
very own pageant? And we're partnering, so this is our pageant,
and so what does it mean for you to be
able to offer this sort of platform to young ladies
who are from the area you know that you're so
proud of being from.

Speaker 18 (24:50):
Let me say, when I saw these young ladies walk in,
I was immediately impressed. They're absolutely beautiful and they're well dressed.
And what it brought emotion to my heart because I'm
from Samernadino. I've dealt with the challenges that come in
growing up in an area where you don't always get
the opportunities. So the ability to be able to give
back is priceless. You can't put a price on it.

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And I'm so excited for these young women. Pageantry changes lives.
It changed mine. The morale, the self respect, the dignity,
all the things that you learn. The community, the family
of sisters you build is priceless. So I don't even
really have the words to explain how excited I am
about this.

Speaker 2 (25:31):
And you know what, as soon as you said emotional,
it brought me back to the fact that when I
was reading these essays a girl, I cried. I cried
on almost all y'all's essays, just so you know, because
hearing the themes of the type of challenges that our
young ladies are going through and knowing that it's not

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just a one off. It's not just that these young
ladies don't know each other. They're from all different schools,
from all different cities in the Inland Empire. And we
just asked the say question. It was, how have you
been resilient or determined? And how have you demonstrated the
mantra we shall overcome? And we got these themes back.
So I want to make sure that we give each
of them a chance to introduce themselves and talk about,

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you know, just why they're here today and why they
want to win this contest. So we have one young
lady city here, mister Wallace, do we have time or
do you need to take a break?

Speaker 12 (26:25):
Well, we are introducing.

Speaker 7 (26:27):
She La generated a question for me, that being that
she spoke about how being a pageant winner changed her
life and I'm wanting to extend this information to the
young ladies. There are some responsibilities that go along with
that title. So once you earned the right to be

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a contestant and earn the right to actually stand on
the stage and go through the process, that's just the beginning.
And if you are fortunate enough to not just have participate,
but when you now have a responsibility, that also presents
you with the opportunities. First of all, what is the

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type of responsibility that you've seen and what are some
of the opportunities that have come to you as a
result of what you're doing.

Speaker 18 (27:16):
Yes, so I would say with great reward comes great responsibility.
I think the most important piece is to understand that
people are watching you. What came with my national or
my state title is having to be more aware of
my public image and be mindful of the brand that
I'm bringing forth and what's associated with me. Before I

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didn't really have to think about that as much, but
now I represent an organization and they are quite particular
about the way that we carry ourselves. It's also important
that we're out in the community, that we're showing face
and showing what we represent. My particular organization represents beauty, business, fitness,
and intelligence, so it's always on me to make sure

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that I'm representing myself like that at all times. But
with opportunities that have come forth, it has been the
ability to work with brands, doing brand deals, to do modeling.
Some contestants, some national titleholders have gotten to fly all
over the world and represent their businesses or their personal
interest as well. So with all of the challenge that

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comes with having to really kind of standpoint all the time,
there's plenty opportunity as well.

Speaker 12 (28:28):
Very good.

Speaker 7 (28:28):
So we're going to get a chance to see if
that really excites these young ladies. Or the DJ said
they were going to get a walk around on the
stage with a pretty dress and get people a platform
that one of these young ladies is going to have
that opportunity to name to carry the name Miss rialto
Juneteenth Jam.

Speaker 19 (28:45):
Is that correct?

Speaker 2 (28:45):
Is that?

Speaker 20 (28:46):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (28:46):
It will be Miss Juneteenth Jam. And I hope that
they are starting to realize the network of sisterhood and
business and entrepreneurship that they are, you know, being welcomed
into because it is not only are we excited to
embrace whoever becomes our winner, but we're excited to embrace

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the court. And we want the court of young ladies
to have access to some really amazing women in business
that they'll get to meet at our brunch following this
and hopefully extend some opportunities to them beyond the title,
but really things that can impact and change their lives.

Speaker 7 (29:26):
That sounds amazing. We want to take a short break
and when we come back, we're going to actually talk
to some of these young ladies and give them a
chance to impress not just the city here with this
audience at five million zillion people outside on the radio
and the other fifteen to twenty zillion people that are
watching them on the podcast. So get excited, be ready,

(29:46):
and we'll be right back.

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Speaker 12 (31:07):
Empire Talks Back.

Speaker 7 (31:08):
We're all s all and we're speaking to Vicky Davis,
missus Shilah James, a former uh Miss World. No, no,
I want that.

Speaker 12 (31:21):
That's that's it. That's in the future. But she does
carry the.

Speaker 18 (31:24):
Title of Miss Grand Nevada.

Speaker 7 (31:26):
Miss Grand Nevada. Okay, very good, And we're gonna introduce
some of the contestants. I think we have four of
the eleven contestants here today, and we're gonna ask them
some questions and give them a chance to talk. So
Miss VICKI, Miss Sheila, you guys, let's let's do it
all right.

Speaker 2 (31:41):
So we're gonna do this very casual interview style, and
I'm gonna turn it over to Michila because I want
you guys to really get used to talking to her.
She's going to be conducting the pageant. And so Ishila,
do you want to a honey? Do you want to
introduce yourself first and tell us where you're from.

Speaker 22 (31:55):
My name is Danny George. I'm from I'm from Riverside, California,
but everything I do is in Samargino, like my heart
is in Samaranino.

Speaker 18 (32:04):
So yeah, wonderful, thank you for the introduction. Mis Danny George.
So my first question to you is you signed up
for this pageant right you found it? You you had
the boldness to take this step. Why did you decide
to move forward with this decision?

Speaker 22 (32:23):
So I have relatives like my godmother. I think she's
like like in the workings of it and stuff like that.
So she like recommended it to me, and I was
like okay, Like I was thinking about it, and then
when I realized like the bigness of it, Miss June
teenth like to be that, to be that for my community,
I just I really like wanted to take that step.

(32:47):
I come like at my school, I go to Rialto
High there's not a lot of reps representation of black students,
little black female students, so to take that step and
be miss June teenth for real. So I thought like
I should take it. I should be that for my
for the community.

Speaker 18 (33:05):
Wonderful, well said. So you mentioned that you go to
Riatta High School. Can you talk a little bit about
what your interests are there, what you're doing there? Are
you in any clubs?

Speaker 22 (33:15):
I'm in BSU. I was in Diversity of our Narrative.
We just talked about like the political and like climate
of our country. And then I want to take debate
club next year. I just found out about it because
I want to be a lawyer. But at Riatta High
I'm just kind of going through the works, going through.

(33:36):
This is gonna be my senior year.

Speaker 2 (33:38):
So yeah, can I ask what you you mentioned when
you introduce yourself at your heart and everything that you
do is in sam Mandino.

Speaker 16 (33:46):
What does that mean? Can you describe that to us?

Speaker 22 (33:49):
My church is in sem Rendino. I go to Saint
Anthony's Church until high school. All my schools are in Sanmardino,
all my friends in Semarangino. I lived in sem Regino
at a point of time with for Riverside. So like
everything my whole entire life, I would say is in
Semigino any event, it's I'm coming down to San Regino
every birthday party. So yeah, I just say that my

(34:10):
heart is in Sanmugio. Everything I do and love is
out here.

Speaker 7 (34:13):
Did you say your grandmother had some influence over your
decision to make this.

Speaker 22 (34:18):
Well, my grandmother and my grandmother my grandmother worked in
cities schools of Sumagino, I believe or something like that.
So again, like she's from Sanmigino, she worked in the
like the education side.

Speaker 7 (34:32):
You guys actually pay attention to us. That's good for
parents and aunts and uncles and grandparents should remember that
they do have some influence in that. You guys are
paying attention regardless of whether they're wearing a crown or not. Right,
very good, God, bless you.

Speaker 2 (34:52):
Thank you so much, Mss Danny for being here with
us today, and we're excited to talk more with you
at brunch and mister Wallace going to go ahead and
bring on our next content.

Speaker 12 (35:01):
Yea, let's let's let them switch seats there.

Speaker 7 (35:04):
And while they are doing that, I want to congratulate
you guys for being mentors because it's really important that
they have people to look up to and it's critical
that they have parents and grand parents that are in
that are trying to influence them. But I know they
pay more attention to their peers in that group, but

(35:24):
she rows that are just above them. And congratulations for
you guys. Accept your responsibility.

Speaker 2 (35:30):
What your viewers can't see is behind the camera right here.
We have a whole team of moms, she rows, aunties,
sisters who have brought these young ladies here today. So
I want to make sure we recognize them and the
influence that they have because they are with their children
and their nieces every day.

Speaker 12 (35:47):
I thought they were actually some contestants.

Speaker 17 (35:49):
I thought.

Speaker 7 (35:52):
When you said there's only four, I said, well, so
we will get a chance to bring them into the
into the true so that they can show who they are.
That's uh, what's your name?

Speaker 17 (36:07):
Hi?

Speaker 19 (36:07):
I'm Caitlin. My name is katein Maguire.

Speaker 2 (36:09):
Nice to meet you, Caitlin.

Speaker 18 (36:11):
Yes, nice to meet you Caitlyn too. So I'm going
to go in with a hard question first, but I
think you're ready for it.

Speaker 19 (36:17):
I am.

Speaker 10 (36:18):
Okay.

Speaker 18 (36:18):
So if you were crowned Miss June teenth, what would
that mean for you?

Speaker 19 (36:23):
If I were crowned Miss Juneteenth. It would mean a
lot to me and my family and my community. I
come from a family of advocates and people who really
work in grassroots organizing, so to have that crown in
that title would really just mean a lot to me
and my family.

Speaker 18 (36:39):
Wonderful. So you mentioned the grassroots organizing that caught my ear.
So can you explain a little bit more about that.

Speaker 19 (36:44):
Yes, So I come from a family of people who
have really just been putting in the work in our communities.
For example, my grandmother she integrated her school in Alabama.
So when I hear June teenth, I think of information
and how important information is and how we as young
people have acts us more access to information than our
ancestors did. So what are we doing with that and

(37:05):
how are we making a change? Because Juneteenth is when
the last of the enslaved people kind of found out
that they were free. And so we see that my
grandma integrated her schools years later after integration was legalized,
so we can kind of see how important information is
and how it's our responsibility to really do what we
can with that information and make a change in our community.

Speaker 2 (37:26):
What kind of things would you like to or imagine
yourself doing as Miss Juneteenth.

Speaker 19 (37:33):
As Miss Juneteenth, I really just think that it would
be a title that would kind of show how much
of a pillar I can be in my community and
how all of the work that I've put in into
organizing and making my community a better place is really
just kind of showing wonderful.

Speaker 2 (37:47):
Wonderful. Tell us a little bit about where you're from
and your background, because you're mentioning all the things you've
done in the organizing, so I would love to hear
about what are some of those accomplishments and where you're from.

Speaker 19 (37:58):
I'm from Covina, California, and some of the advocacy and
work that I've done. So like in my school, I
go to charterok High School. Well I did. I just
graduated to congratulate.

Speaker 13 (38:09):
Thank you.

Speaker 19 (38:11):
I was president of our Black student union and I
was also our varsity girls tennis captain for two years,
so I definitely was kind of cause where I'm from
there's not a lot of black kids, so I kind
of just making sure that we all have a community
and a sense of belonging and a place to be.
And then outside of that, I work with our local
assembly woman and I've been in her Young Legislator's Program

(38:31):
for three years who assembly Woman blanc Arrubia. And then
I also work with the Women's Foundation of California and
I've been working with them for three years as well.
And I've been a peer lead at their summer camp,
their Summer Leadership Institute, and I'm going back in July
for my last year kind of mentor the girls and
show them what real change looks like and what you

(38:53):
need to do to make big changes in your community.

Speaker 2 (38:55):
Wonderful, And you just graduated. Do you have plans for college?

Speaker 16 (38:58):
I do.

Speaker 19 (38:58):
I will be attending Sacramento State University in the fall,
majoring in political science.

Speaker 2 (39:03):
Congratulate you.

Speaker 7 (39:05):
I'd like for you to send me a special note
of information about that summer camp. See if we can
be supportive in that, of course, one way or another.
All right, very good boy, We're headed down the line here.

Speaker 16 (39:18):
Yes, let's switch up.

Speaker 12 (39:20):
And be sure we give everybody.

Speaker 2 (39:21):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 7 (39:23):
I miss Kaitlyn the great tennis player. That's that's a
good deal. And we have next And how are you today?

Speaker 10 (39:32):
I'm good?

Speaker 16 (39:33):
How are you well?

Speaker 7 (39:33):
I'm not good, but I'm okay. It's a pleasure to
have you.

Speaker 12 (39:39):
What's your name? Thank you?

Speaker 23 (39:40):
Hi, good morning. I'm Jordan Tate. I live in Fontana, California,
but I reside basically all over the ie.

Speaker 12 (39:48):
You resigne, I'm sorry I missed that.

Speaker 2 (39:50):
I'm all over the ie Like, okay, so what kind
of So what school do you go to and what
kind of things are you doing in the community right now?

Speaker 23 (39:59):
I go to Summit High School. I was in the
b s U I was I did dance. Also, I
do a community group out in San Bernardino out here.
I also my mom runs a Black Girls Run group
and I'm also a youth ambassador for that.

Speaker 16 (40:18):
And basically you.

Speaker 12 (40:20):
Mean running like you know, put one foot in front
of the other.

Speaker 7 (40:23):
Yes, what kind of runs have you accomplished?

Speaker 23 (40:28):
There's many, there's like a whole oh more than that?
Or no, there's ten k's, but there's many.

Speaker 12 (40:36):
Have you attempted?

Speaker 2 (40:38):
Her mom is the whole founder, is a leader of
Black Girls Run. She's running every weekend.

Speaker 12 (40:44):
Do you run to school?

Speaker 23 (40:45):
Or finally, I got a car.

Speaker 12 (40:48):
And good deal. Okay, I'm sorry.

Speaker 18 (40:54):
I have a question for you, and it's gonna be
a little challenging, but you look ready and yes, all right?
If you are a crowned our first Miss Juneteenth. What
would your message be? Two girls out there, because you're
gonna have eyes on you, looking at you and looking
at all that you're doing in your community. What would
your message be to those young ladies?

Speaker 23 (41:13):
My message would definitely be to stand out. I feel
like we live in a time where it's better to
feel safe and where you are and how you're feeling
about yourself, and I feel like it's better to stand
out and talk about struggles and hardships that you have
in your life because that could really help show people
who you are and how it's made you who you are.

Speaker 2 (41:35):
Wonderful. Thank you so much, so being brave to really
speak your truth. That's wonderful. Thank you so much.

Speaker 23 (41:41):
Thank you.

Speaker 7 (41:42):
I'd like to have you introduce your mom to Empire
Talks Back, because we are very interested in the running
program from a support position, not so much to run.

Speaker 12 (41:54):
I don't want to.

Speaker 2 (41:54):
Scare people with black girls run. Will actually be doing
a run at Juneteenth?

Speaker 3 (42:00):
Actually, yes, yes, they're going to.

Speaker 2 (42:02):
Be there doing a run. Miss Tabitha is an amazing lady.

Speaker 12 (42:06):
Very good.

Speaker 7 (42:06):
Well, I'd like to talk with Mestalitans what we might
be able to do to encourage more people to to
involve themselves in the healthy lifestyle. And that's what our
route sixty six you know, represents in terms of that opportunity.
So congratulations, and uh, I don't know what's why you
got the car, but you know, the school man just

(42:30):
think of all the attention you could get running the
school every day. But anyway, that's just the old man's
uh suggestion, actually trying to keep gas out of the atmosphere.
It's a pleasure to talk to you. And who do
we have next?

Speaker 22 (42:42):
Thank you?

Speaker 7 (42:43):
This is the fourth young lady that we have today. Okay,
so we have uh, we have six now, okay, so
we want to move a little quicker, so we give
them some time then, yes, okay, very good?

Speaker 12 (42:56):
And who are you? And not who are you?

Speaker 17 (42:59):
Please?

Speaker 12 (43:02):
I'm good?

Speaker 16 (43:02):
How are you?

Speaker 12 (43:03):
Excellent? God? Bless you? Thank you for asking.

Speaker 24 (43:05):
My name is dmir Gasawy.

Speaker 12 (43:07):
And I need you to speak into that mic a
little bit. You are you are a soft talker? Does
that mean you are a hard walker?

Speaker 7 (43:14):
A big stick?

Speaker 12 (43:15):
Soft voice? Big stick? What's the deal here?

Speaker 2 (43:19):
You don't have to answer anything. Those are not real questions.

Speaker 18 (43:24):
So I do have a question for you. I got
the chance to talk to this young lady a little
bit before we walked into uh the interview today, and
I heard that you play football, yes, which is really cool.
So can you speak a little bit about what you're
doing on the football field.

Speaker 24 (43:41):
I'm on. When I'm on, I am a receiver. I
play receiver and I I play when in defense, I
play safety, so I can't let them run past me.
And when i'm clean receiver, I have to try to

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make it past them and try to get a touchdown.

Speaker 16 (44:06):
So can you tell me.

Speaker 2 (44:08):
A little bit about what has playing football done for
you outside of the athletic component of it, Like what
do you like and why would you encourage other young
ladies to get involved in football?

Speaker 24 (44:23):
Football made me more competitive and confident, so it can
help It can help you out for you can try
so you can try out for different sports, and you're
more comfortable. You're comfortable with different things, so you so

(44:49):
you don't have so you can try out for different things.

Speaker 2 (44:52):
I love that, and I think competitiveness is something that
our young ladies don't often get, you know, encouragements, per
diticipating in right like not just competitive, you know in sports,
but competitive in life, like not being afraid to go
out there, get up there and just try and do so.
Thank you for leading the way in that, because that's

(45:14):
a very unique niche that you're teaching other young ladies
that it's possible to be successful.

Speaker 6 (45:21):
Lan.

Speaker 2 (45:22):
Do you have any questions, mischie.

Speaker 16 (45:24):
I do.

Speaker 18 (45:25):
So that's a big transition from the field to a
beautiful ball gown. What led you or what excited you
about pageantry and your decision to move forward with competing
and mistun teeth.

Speaker 24 (45:39):
I wanted to try something new because I did sports
my whole life, so.

Speaker 16 (45:45):
I did.

Speaker 24 (45:46):
I did pageants when I was younger. I did about
like two or three. When I was younger, I did pageants.
Then when I got into fit fight grade, I started
to do sports. I started basketball in sixth grade, and

(46:08):
then I went to I went I started football in
sixth grade. So after basketball, I did football, and now
I'm doing basketball for my high school.

Speaker 12 (46:20):
Awesomeome run track.

Speaker 24 (46:22):
No, that's but you are.

Speaker 7 (46:28):
You are a competitor, and you are, as I said
before a quiet voice, with a big stick, you are
an action person and I can sense that in you,
and I encourage you to continue that It's a lot
of people can talk that talk, but everybody can't walk
that walk. And so you keep doing what you're doing
and do it with pride and aggression. And I know

(46:50):
that's a quiet aggression. Competition isn't always on the field
of obvious competition, but competing in life is something I
have no doubt you'll be very successful in doing because
you are an action person.

Speaker 12 (47:04):
I can feel it. I can congratulations.

Speaker 2 (47:07):
Thank you so much Annie for joining us. Okay, and
we're going to bring on our next contestant.

Speaker 7 (47:11):
I think, man, you guys are doing great here. I'm
going to skip this this commercial in order to assure
us of being able to talk to all of the
young ladies that are here. I understand we have two
more that have come in today.

Speaker 2 (47:25):
I thought that we had two more, but they're actually
two of our organizers.

Speaker 12 (47:28):
Okay, yeah, let's talk to them and see what.

Speaker 7 (47:30):
I don't know what it takes to get them to
create organizers, to get people to be volunteers, to come forward,
because it's sometimes these people of action.

Speaker 2 (47:42):
So this is this is Sister Betty Mohammad. Sister Mohammed
is our pageant mother. Respect yes, so she is actually
kind of mothering our girls and supporting them through this process,
making sure that they have what they need. And like
I was saying earlier, I really want the girl to
understand we have this is open arms to them, like

(48:04):
we are extending our network, we are extending our experience,
we are extending our you know know how to them
because we see and we have read their essays. Whiles,
if I talk too much about the essays, and just
like the energy that's in the room right now for
me is cry energy. So I'm trying not to cry
because I feel really let me say this.

Speaker 7 (48:25):
About the essays. I have more than enough room on
our website that we would love to be able to
put those essays on the website along with their picture,
along with whomever and whatever else says supporting them because
what they're doing is very critical and what we do
to support that is even more critical. And Sister Betty,
God bless you for your effort. And we're going to

(48:47):
pull that microphone down a little bit to make it
easier for you to be heard as you as you speak.

Speaker 2 (48:54):
So this is the first time that Sister Betty and
Miss Sheila have matt faced the faith. So I think
it's kind of cool. So I'm gonna let Miss Sheila. Okay,
so I'm gonna let Mishila maybe kind of just have
some casual conversation. But also I wanted to ask Sister
Betty like what it means for her to be involved

(49:17):
and organizing our mission teenth pageant contestants.

Speaker 25 (49:22):
Good morning everyone, Good morning. First of all, let me
apologize for arriving late. We got lost somewhere along the way.
Well we thought we had to go straight to Sierra.

Speaker 2 (49:32):
And you are on time, right on time.

Speaker 25 (49:36):
It is really an honor to be helping with this pageant.
I want to thank Vicky for entrusting this to me,
at least a part of it. But I'm truly excited
about this. I believe now with June teenth having been
recognized as an important day and the idea of having

(49:58):
a Miss June teenth is absolutely wonderful and it does
a lot for the personality of our young people. The ego,
the ability is to know that and realize that they
can compete and that they can go as far as
they want to go in life. And this is a
stepping stone for many of them. As I said to

(50:20):
one young lady, it doesn't matter whether you well, of
course it matters if you win, but just the fact
that you competed, that you were in this and you're
getting the experience, and we're counting on you to do
the best that you can. And I'm here to help.
My husband is over here with me, and as brother Billy,
and anyway, I'm here to help out in what every

(50:43):
way I can. You all are beautiful, so much talent,
and I am so proud of you. I've worked with
young people for years. I'm a forty year retired teacher. Okay,
so yeah, and right now I'm even doing a little subbing,
but I have a quite of an extensive experience with

(51:04):
young people. So I'm just really proud of all of
you for coming thus far. And if there's anything that
I can do to assist you, let me know. I'll
give you my phone number, Okay, but all of you
should have my email address, right Okay.

Speaker 7 (51:17):
Now, you young ladies, you have been offered assistance, you've
been offered mentorship, You've been offered opportunity, and the only
thing that stops that from taking place is you stepping
forward and requesting and participating. One of the things in
the world of today is that we have people who
are constantly competing for the winning position, and we continue

(51:41):
and celebrate those people who win. But we always say
that competition just being there is a benefit.

Speaker 3 (51:50):
That's right.

Speaker 7 (51:51):
I am supportive of people who run for election who
tell me what they're gonna do if they don't win.
What you do if you don't win is as important
as what you would do if you win. And part
of that, Miss Vicky, is what kind of program have

(52:11):
you planned or are you planning for these young ladies
who are not the face of winning, but the face
of competing and participating.

Speaker 12 (52:23):
So that as this.

Speaker 7 (52:26):
Announcement of who Miss Juneteenth jam is, we will also
be able to not.

Speaker 12 (52:31):
Just have by girls it was good to have you there,
but be able to do right.

Speaker 2 (52:40):
I'm glad that you asked that. So some of those
opportunities opportunities will include master classes with different women owned
businesses throughout the Inland Empire. For example, for financial literacy.
We have a partnership with the i e. Black Women's
Collective where they are going to be mapping out some
opportunities throughout the year for these young ladies to speak, participate, volunteer,

(53:03):
get involved and just continue to be present in the community.
Most of them are already very active, as you've heard.
They're in their BSUs, they're in their local government, they
are on the grassroots level. They are really already working.
So this platform is really going to just be about
connecting them further so that the work that they're already

(53:23):
passionate about, we can help to amplify it, and we
can help to connect them with the people who can
support those passions so that we can see something actionable
come out of it, something tangible that benefits other young
ladies beyond our court well.

Speaker 7 (53:38):
One of the things I would open the door for
them all to do would be to participate with West
Side storyewspaper dot com and become contributing writers. As you
go about doing what you do, if it's exciting to you,
it's going to be exciting to someone across the country.
Because everybody's got their eye on Southern California. Even before

(54:01):
the President decided to send and federal eyes our National Guard,
everybody's paying attention to Southern California, and what you've got
to say about your experience here and as you leave
here is important and of interest. So I'm making that
commitment that if you want to write, if you want

(54:21):
and redo video, but if you want to participate with
our newspaper, our website, our project, our platform, we'd love
to have.

Speaker 12 (54:30):
You do that.

Speaker 2 (54:31):
Mister Wallas, I appreciate you so much. You have been
nothing but a blessing and an encouragement to me since
we met. So thank you for extending that saying He
means it when he says that whatever resources he has available,
that that will really lift you all's voice, and that
would you know, encourage and empower you.

Speaker 16 (54:46):
He's going to lend them to you.

Speaker 12 (54:48):
So make sure we'll have to remember your name.

Speaker 2 (54:51):
No, make sure you reach okay, And I just want
to say thank you again, mister Wallace. I'm really excited
to have this opportunity to bring on so much of
our Juneteenth Jam programming and to those who are listening,
my name is Vicki Davis. I'm the founder of Juneteenth Jam.

(55:13):
If you don't already follow us on Instagram, you can
follow us at Juneteenth Underscore Jam and you can follow
my personal page at Vicky Davis Wellness. You can also
go on our website Juneteenthjam dot info and learn all
about all of the different activities and activations because we
have so so much going on besides Miss Juneteenth. We

(55:33):
have book giveaways, we have live music, we have sports
activities basketball, football, we have activities for kids, trains to ride,
scavenger hunts, and over one hundred local entrepreneurs, grassroots organizations
and nonprofits that will be their offering their services. So
thank you again, Thank you Miss James for being here

(55:54):
and for agreeing to host our pageing and for partnering
with me on this because I have said before I
do not know how to host a pageant. I just
had an idea and I knew it would be a
wonderful platform for our young ladies. So for me to
be able to reach out to you and for you
to just be so excited, like, yes, of course, this
is absolutely what we should do. Sister Betty, thank you
so much for having been on the Juneteenth committee since

(56:15):
it's inaugural, and for just being so fluid and like
what can I do? Where can I serve? And so
for being our pageant mother this year.

Speaker 16 (56:22):
We appreciate it. Thank you so much.

Speaker 13 (56:24):
To see you.

Speaker 2 (56:27):
Moms everyone.

Speaker 7 (56:30):
Now, the important thing for you people who are in
your town, your city, your state is that you can
do the same thing. We're out here just bragging about
the You know, the one thing that we have is
possibly the sunshine and the beautiful mountains and the instant
access to the desert and to the to the ocean.
You may not have that, but you have people in

(56:52):
your community who want to do things and they need
to be encouraged, and you can do that. Do not
sit around waiting for someone else to do it. Step up,
take care of business, and if you don't know how
to do it, give us a call. We're glad to
be advising and inspiring as we go forward here. So
thank you guys all so much for the work that

(57:12):
you're doing. I wish we had time to let everybody
give their speech, but we do have time in the
future and we do appreciate what you are doing. So, folks,
I'll say it again, this is Empire Talks back on
Wallace Allen. We're here on the case for truth and
justice with the right information to help improve the situation.

(57:32):
And we'll see you next week under two circumstances. One
if the Good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise.
All right, God bless you guys. Thank you so much
for coming.

Speaker 3 (57:42):
Thank you, appreciate you, thank you, Thank you.

Speaker 14 (57:52):
Easy ever plan to move?

Speaker 4 (57:55):
Who is.

Speaker 14 (57:58):
Try r take the highway. That's the best. Get Jill
Kicks unrued sixty six. It winds from Chicago to Relly

(58:19):
more than two thousand miles.

Speaker 17 (58:22):
All Louie.

Speaker 14 (58:26):
Get Jill Kicks unrued sixty six. Now you go through
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Speaker 3 (58:37):
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