Time For An Awakening

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 3-15-26 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION“. Money and services cut to 1890 Land Grant Colleges and Universities (HBCU'S) were among the topics discussed. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 03/08/2026 at 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST) guest was Author, Head of the Peacebuilding Interventions Program at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town, Extraordinary Professor of African Studies at the Center for African Studies, University of the Free State (South Africa), Prof. Tim Murithi. Prof. Murithi will discuss why "Africa as a Continent, should take on the Responsibility to Transform Global Order". Also, part of the dialogue with our guest will include conversations about recent military actions by the West, which could spark a Global conflict and the struggle for Global African Reparations. Always conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 03/01/2026 at 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST) guest was Pan-African Researcher, Broadcast Journalist, Author, Keidi (Conscious Rasta) Awadu. His book "The Conscious Roots" Growth, Heritage, and the Biology of Being, is the latest in over 60 books published. In the book, Bro. Keidi argues that reconnecting with ancestral history and natural rhythms is a biological necessity for overcoming the psychological and physiological damage of colonization. The dialogue on this, and other topics with our guest, Keidi Awadu. Also, Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, in conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 02/22/2026 at 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST) guest was Activist, Organizer, Founder of the African Socialist International (ASI), African People's Socialist Party (APSP), and Leader of the Uhuru Movement, Chairman Omali Yeshitela. Chairman Omali discussed how media propaganda (case of the Uhuru 3) is being used, particularly against the Black Community, to hinder organizing efforts and block critical discussions, in this imperialist political environment that Black Americans are faced with. Self-Determination strategies, such as the Black Political Agenda 19-Point Plan, and others, was a part of the dialogue with our guest, Chairman Omali Yeshitela. Also, Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, in open forum conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 02/15/2026 at 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST) guest was Activist, Organizer, Special Envoy to Burkina Faso for the Afro descendant Nation, Siphewe Baleka. Geo-politics and related updates were part of the discussions with Bro. Siphewe, after he participated in the 9th Pan-African Congress held in Lomé, Togo, December 8-12, 2025, which brought together over 1,000 delegates from Africa and the Diaspora. In the second part of the program, "Open Forum Sunday Edition." with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, in open forum conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 2-08-26 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION“. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 2/01/2026, the guest was Documentary Filmmaker, Amira Barrett. Our guest, Class of 2025 Magna Cum Laude Spellman graduate, discussed her award-winning film, What Is the Black Body, a film about the perception of the Black Body in the U.S. Also, some of her other film projects that have taken her from the Caribbean to the Afro-diaspora in South America and insights on our people there were highlighted. In the second part of the program, "Open Forum Sunday Edition." Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, in open forum conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. https://youtu.be/ybmqu4xt-qs?si=io-EYLMQ6KgUxnWh

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 1/25/2026, the guests was the 2nd Advisor to Venezuela's National Assembly, Spokeswoman for Cumbe International (African Descendant Movement in Venezuela/South America) Fravia Marquez Silva, and Activist, Organizer, Journalist, Playwright, Obi Egbuna Jr. Fravia Marquez Silva talked about how Venezuela's Anti-Imperialist government position and resistance have led to sanctions and military attacks by the U.S. government. Also, an overview of how the sanctions have compromised the infrastructure of everyday Venezuelans, particularly African descendants, who make up a large portion of the country. In the second portion of the program, Bro. Obi Egbuna Jr. talked about organizing efforts to resist in South America, in the Caribbean, and on the African Continent. In the third part of the program, "Open Forum Sunday Edition." Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, in open forum conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 1/18/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST) guest was Author, Historian, and Primary Researcher, Prof. of History at Contra Costa College in California, Dr. Manu Ampim. In honor of the work of our ancestor Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Ampim discussed his published work about Dr. King, "The Evolution of a Revolutionary." Also, as part of our dialogue, with the ongoing revolutions in the Sudan and Ethiopia, has it changed or affected his primary research studies on the Continent to uncover our hidden histories?

"Time for an Awakening" for Sunday 01/04/2026 at 6:00 PM (EST) guest was Activist, Agriculturalist, Calvin Daniels. From repatriating to Ghana from the U.S. over four years ago, to becoming a successful agriculturalist in the motherland, establishing SHAI HILLS SNAILS AND AGRICULTURE FARM LTD, our guest shared his journey with the listeners and how it has changed his life. In the second part of the program, "Open Forum Sunday Edition.", is there any relationship between the Monroe Doctrine and Black America? Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, in open forum conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 12/28/2025, the guest was Activist, Organizer, Co-Founder, and Treasurer of the Friends of the Congo, Paul Pumphrey. With war raging in the Congo, bombs being launched into Nigeria, and potential war looming in Venezuela, what is the U.S. interest in all of this, and how should we as Black people view this? The discussion was Geopolitics with our guest, Paul Pumphery.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 12-21-25 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION". Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 12/14/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST) guest, was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr. Burrell updated the listeners on why he is requesting that Black farmers opt out of applying for President Donald Trump's recent $12 billion-dollar Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, also information on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, denying to hear the En Banc appeal the Black farmers filed after a panel of three judges ruled (2 to 1), that the Black farmers could not file legacy claims on behalf of the deceased farmers under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. In the second part of the program, "Open Forum Sunday Edition", Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, and participate in open forum conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 12-07-25 guest, Agya Kwadwo gave an update on the Abibitumi Film Festival and the Abibitumi Black Power Conference 2025, held in Ghana. Also “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION… "Are some of the nation's Black Mayors being co-opted?" This and other topics were part of the discussions in the Open Forum Sunday. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 11/30/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), the guest was lead organizers and spokespersons from around the country, Kamau Franklin (CMB), Sadiki Kambon (NLC), Nnamdi Lumumba (NBRPC), Obafemi Kinseidelele ( Race 1st Rally), and Patrick Lumumba ( Black Power Movement) in Mississippi. Our guests will inform us of the missions and accomplishments of the various organizations and how you can become involved in the objective of building unity and a structure for self-determination for Black people.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 11/23/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST) “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION… Historically Black Colleges and Universities were created as learning spaces for self-determined Black education, thought, and liberation. But after you hear this, ask yourself and others the critical question, are HBCU'S being co-opted? In the second half of the program, Geopolitics was the discussion with guest, Activist, Organizer, co-founder, and Executive Director of the Friends of the Congo, Maurice Carney, who shared information and updates about the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Sudan and Nigeria.

"Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 11/16/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), our guest was , Educator, Staff Director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Kelly Harris. Our guest discussed the Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) targeted against African Americans by the United States government. Dr. Harris has expertise in areas including Black politics, African politics, Black political thought, and African American History, all were interconnected and part of the dialogue on the program. In the second half of the program, “Open Forum Sunday Edition”, conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 11/09/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), the guest was Activist, Organizer, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association-Memphis, Thomas Burrell. Mr. Burrell updated our listeners on the decision of the Sixth Circuit Court in Cincinnati in October 2025, on behalf of Black Farmers, who were denied the opportunity to file claims for deceased relatives in the $2.2 billion dollar payout. In the second half of the program, "Open Forum Sunday Edition", conversations on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 10/26/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), our guest was Journalist, Educator, Professor, and Past Chair, Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville, Dr. Ricky L. Jones. The environment for Black youth on predominantly white college campuses has always been toxic, even more so since the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision in June of 2023, and other legislation banning CRT around the country. The online series "A Black Professor at a Hostile White University," done by Prof. Ricky L. Jones, and related topics, was part of the dialogue with our guest. As always, conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. https://www.facebook.com/rljone01/videos/2146380669187820/?rdid=LrBrS8Htshauf1cq

"Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 10/19/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST) , Our guests was the Head of the Language, Literature, and Drama Section of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, Dr. Ọbadele Kambon, and Activist, Organizer, Special Envoy to Burkina Faso for the Afodescendant Nation, Siphewe Baleka. Dr. Kambon shared information about the 2025 3rd Abibitumi Black Power Conference and Festival, as well as details on Decade of Our Repatriation (DOOR). Bro. Siphewe, updated our listeners on Burkina Faso, and how our people who want to return home can obtain citizenship there, and possibly other Nations on the Continent.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 10-12-25 at 6:00 pm, our guests are members of the National Black Radical Organizing Committee, Nnamdi Lumumba: Ujima Peoples Progress Party, Charles Barron: Operation POWER, former New York City Councilman. The discussion revolved around the 2025 National Black Radical Political Convention in Philadelphia, PA, Oct 25-26, and how we as Black people should determine our political future in this country, and possible strategies for political formations. As always, conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening”, with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 10-05-25 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION"… Organizer of The Black Liberation Movement in Mississippi, Patrick Lumumba, Co-Founder of Racial Justice NOW, Zakiya Sankara Jabar, joined us and were part of the discussions in Open Forum Sunday. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

"Time for an Awakening”, with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 09/28/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST) Our guest was Professor of Practice of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis, Director of the Center for Community Uplift at the Brookings Institution, Andre M. Perry. The book "The Black Power Scorecard" and The Black Business Disparity Dashboard, produced by The Center for Community Uplift, were the topics of discussion with our guest, Andre M. Perry. As always, conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 09-21-25 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION… The State of Black Settlements in Oklahoma in the Early 20th Century: This and other topics were part of the discussions in the Open Forum Sunday. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening”, with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard Sunday 09/14/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST). Our guests were members of the digital histories and humanities collective, The 1838 Black Metropolis. The Philadelphia Black Metropolis was a city within a city built by more than 20,000 free Black people in Philadelphia in 1838. Our guests shared their work and common goal of The 1838 Philadelphia Black Metropolis, a movement to reclaim, rewrite, and restore suppressed or forgotten Black Histories. As always, conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. https://www.1838blackmetropolis.com

“Time for an Awakening”, with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard Sunday, 09/07/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST) our guest was Author, Psychologist, Dr. Jerome Fox. The discussion centered around weapons we can use (short-term and long-term), in this current struggle we're facing as a collective, by the Author of the book "Addicted to White: The Oppressed in League with The Oppressor," A Shame-Based Alliance, along with solutions for our community to break addiction and move forward.As always, conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening”, with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard Sunday 08/31/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), our guest was Author, Scholar of Sovereign Studies, and founding executive director of the Center for Global Africa (CGA) Prof. Ezrah Aharone. Efforts to chart new sovereign courses for our people are already underway. Prof. Aharone / The Center for Global Africa (CGA), will host the 14th Annual Pan African Global Trade & Investment Conference, under the theme "Shaping the Future: Connecting Markets, Building Prosperity". The discussion entails strategies for us moving forward in our development process of sovereign thinking, and what we can do as members of the sixth region in the diaspora. https://www.panafricanglobaltradeconference.com

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro .Richard, Sunday 8/24/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), guest; Organizer, Journalist, Activist, Obi Egbuna Jr. Geopolitical & National issues were all part of the discussions with our guest. From the Cuban Medical Brigade trip to Burkina Faso and the Sahel region, to the Zionist incursion on the continent of Africa affairs, to the National Guard entering urban areas in D.C., all were part of the dialogue with the External Relations Officer Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship Association, Obi Egbuna Jr.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 08/17/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), our guest was Author, XM Radio Host, and Political Scientist, Dr. Wilmer Leon. From the Police takeover by federal troops in D.C., to the Congo, to Gaza, and the impotent response by Black elected officials on all of this, and alternatives to the direction of Black political leadership in the current Two-party system, was part of the dialogue with our guest, Dr. Wilmer Leon. As always, conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. https://popularresistance.org/he-who-pays-the-piper-calls-the-tune

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 08-10-25 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION… Where is the Moral Compass of the Congressional Black Caucus on Geopolitical Issues? This and other topics were part of the discussions in Open Forum Sunday. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 08-03-25 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION… The Double-Cross of Black Farmers, was part of the discussions in open forum Sunday. Always topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 07-25-25 “OPEN FORUM SUNDAY EDITION"… Black American Citizens and European and Latino Immigrants, was part of the discussion in the open forum. Always topics that effect Black people locally, nationally, internationally. Information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 07/20/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), guests was Activist, Organizer, Special Envoy to Burkina Faso for the Afodescendant Nation, Siphewe Baleka, and Activist, Jurisconsult, founder of the International Movement for African Reparations, Esther Xosei. As major participants of the July 4th Black Independence Day Program, involving Afrodescendants of the Sixth Region, Afrikans in the U.K., and representative nations from the African Continent, Sister Esther and Brother Siphewe gave their perceptions and insights of the historic event in which they were involved. They also share an overview of the global African struggle against Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism. Always conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 07/06/2025 at 6:00 PM (EST), guest was Author, Historian, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the Univ. of Houston, Dr. Gerald Horne. Dr. Horne's latest book, "The Capital of Slavery (Washington D.C. 1800-1865)" was at the center of our dialogue with our special guest. Also, Open Forum conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/capital-of-slavery/

“Time for an Awakening” with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 06/30/2025 6:00 PM (EST), 5:00 PM (CST), our guest was Organizer, Activist, Vice President of the Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission, President and Co-Facilitator of the National Assembly of American Slavery Descendants, Friday Jones. Sister "Friday Jones" updated us on the reparations struggle in California and the challenges facing Black Californians, and direct-action strategies. In the second half of the program, Open Forum conversation on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro. Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 6/022/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST), guests was Afrikan Perspectives host Broher Oshi, and OURSTORY hosts BaBa Wes Johnson and Brother Johnny, in "Open Forum Sunday Edition". We had conversations with the listeners on the topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally. From Geopolitics to local Black political organizing, among other stories, was part of the discussion. In 2025, from the need to develop a new mindset in our communities, to our political and economic empowerment, the solution to these problems must come from us. Let's also talk about some solutions.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro. Elliott & Bro. Richard, Sunday 6/015/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM (EST) 5:00 PM (CST), guests was the listeners in "Open Forum Sunday Edition", conversations on the topics that affect Black People locally, nationally, and internationally. Tonight, joining us in the dialogue was Activist, Organizer, Former New York City Assemblyman & Councilman representing the 42nd district, and Co-Founder of Operation POWER, Charles Barron. From Geopolitics to local Black political organizing, among other stories, was part of the discussion.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 6/01/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM (EST), guests was Activist, Educator, Author, Bernard O. Creamer. This is part II of the discussion of negative Drill Music, Violence, and its effects on the minds of Black youth, and what we can do about this. Our guest Bernard Creamer and his book, "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? The Weaponization of Hip Hop: A Historical & Sociological Perspective" was the topic of discussion, on what has happened and who's benefiting from this. Also, Open Forum dialogue on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally. https://www.sankofa.com/blank-2/who-stole-the-soul-the-weaponization-of-hip-hop-a-historical-sociological-p

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 5/25/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM (EST) guests was Afro-descendant Nation Ambassador, Dr. Tauheedah Sabree, and Black Panther Movement Senior Coordinator of Pan-Afrikan Affairs, Elder Mmoja Ajabu. Dr. Sabree updated us on the Afro-descendant Nation, the Sixth Region, which includes us in the global struggle for reparations. In the second portion of the program, Elder Ajabu informed us of the press release about South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meeting with Trump, the meeting with the ambassador of Burkina Faso and staff, and the revolution in the Sahel, and joining us in conversation from Burkina Faso was Activist, Organizer, Ramzu Yunus. Also, Open Forum dialogue on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro.Elliott & Bro.Richard, Sunday 5/18/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM (EST), guests was Activist, Founder of 'Clear the Airwaves Project, Kwabena Rasuli, Activist, Educator, and Radio Host on WURD in Philadelphia, Brother Shomari. Drill Music and Violet video games and their negative effects on the minds of Black youth, as well as what we can do about this, will be the topics of our guests. Always information, insights, and dialogue from a Black Perspective.

"Time for an Awakening" with Bro.Elliott & Bro. Richard; Sunday 5/11/2025 at NEW TIME 6:00 PM guest was Attorney, Freelance Writer, Founder of Community Movement Builders, Kamau Franklin. Bro. Kamau showcased for the listeners the Black Radical Organizing Conference, featuring speakers, panelists, and strategy sessions from involved activists in the Black Liberation Movements from around the country that will be held May 30th - June 1st in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the second portion of the program, educator and Radio Host on WURD in Philadelphia, Brother Shomari, joined the discussion. Also, Open Forum dialogue on topics that affect Black people locally, nationally, and internationally.