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Brother Ra and Manny are in OMG Studio B having a conversation with ABMS Producer Monique Linder about what it meant to take part in the studios grand opening celebration and to be recording A Black Man's Sketch in a professional podcast studio.  

Ujamaa Men are joined by Board Secretary, Associate Chief IP Counsel at 3M, Eric Levinson, for an impromptu conversation on corporate social responsibility, from the organization’s night-out at Can Can Wonderland (Nov. 30, 2023).      

Joe C. shares about his transformative experience going to Ghana and South Africa with the Ujamaa Place delegation on the Truth & Reckoning Tour from October 6 - 21, 2023.  About Ujamaa Place Ujamaa Place provides holistic transformation opportunities for young Black men experiencing inequity at the intersection of race and poverty and helps them achieve brotherhood, stability and personal success. Learn more at: ujamaaplace.org

Ujamaa Men Antino, Wes, Joe, Ky, Maurice and Monique (ABMS Producer) are joined in-studio by singer/songwriter/producer + co-founder of the Minneapolis Sound, Andre Cymone, for an inspiring conversation on a successful music career that is equal parts social activism. To learn more about Ujamaa Place, go to: https://ujamaaplace.org/ An OMG Studios production. 2023

In this bonus wrap-up episode, Antino, J. Cole and Wes look back at their favorite moments from Season 3.   Learn more about Ujamaa Place at: https://ujamaaplace.org Listen to A Black Man’s Sketch everywhere you listen to podcasts. Executive Producer: Monique Linder | Produced by: OMG Studios

New CEO Chris Crutchfield joins hosts J. Cole, Antino, Wes and Maurice to discuss his vision for the organization and his dream that the next CEO be a Ujamaa Man.  Learn more about Ujamaa Place at: https://ujamaaplace.orgListen to A Black Man's Sketch everywhere you listen to podcasts.Executive Producer: Monique Linder | Produced by: OMG Studios

Underground vs. mainstream music? Ujamaa Men J. Cole, Maurice, Antino, Kylan and Wes weigh the pros and cons of a $20+ billion industry, in which artists in record numbers are choosing not to go the major label route in order to retain creative control. About Ujamaa Place Ujamaa Place provides holistic transformation opportunities for young Black men experiencing inequity at the intersection of race and poverty and helps them achieve brotherhood, stability and personal success. A Black Man's Sketch is a social enterprise under the Ujamaa Place Theory of Transformation Employment training and development program.  The men earn an above living and sustainable wage while learning valuable skills in media training courses.  The classes are taught by Monique Linder of OMG Media Solutions. The program is funded in part by @SharedInfluence.  Learn more at: ujamaaplace.org An OMG Studios production.

Ujamaa Men Bryant, Antino, Wes, Kylan, and Joe share their personal experiences with the education system in various cities across the US, and discuss ways to improve outcomes for Black students.  A Black Man's Sketch is available everywhere you listen to podcasts. Executive Producer: Monique Linder, OMG Studios Learn more about Ujamaa Place: https://ujamaaplace.org/    

Ujamaa Men Bryant, Antino, Kylan, Wes and Maurice deconstruct post traumatic slave syndrome and discuss ways to move beyond it.    Listen to A Black Man's Sketch everywhere you listen to podcasts.  Learn more about Ujamaa Place at: https://ujamaaplace.org/.  

A Black Man's Sketch Season 3, Episode 3: “FATHERHOOD” Ujamaa Place brothers Bryant, Maurice, Kaylan, Antino, Julio and Wes discuss “Fatherhood” with Guy Bowling, Senior Manager of THE FATHER Project About Guy Bowling Guy Bowling is the Senior Manager of the FATHER Project, a program of Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota. In that role, he has overseen the successful implementation of 3 federally funded grants. Including a five-year $2.5 million annual grant project in 2012 funded through the federal Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office of Family Assistance (OFA). His specific area of focus is working with low-income, non-custodial, never married fathers and their families in culturally specific, multi-racial, multi-ethnic and rural communities. He received his B.A in Individualized Studies from Metro State University. He received his Master of Public Affairs degree (MPA) at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He received the Outstanding Individual of the Year Award at the 2014 Minnesota Fathers and Families Network Annual Conference. Born in Chicago, Illinois Guy grew up in North Minneapolis, MN where he annually hosts the Festival of Fathers & Families event, the largest fatherhood convening’s statewide focused on building relationships, co-parenting, connecting, celebrating fatherhood and providing resources for Fathers, Men, Boys and Families. He was selected as a 2020 Bush Fellow through the Bush Foundation Fellowship Program. For more information about the Father Project, go to: https://www.goodwilleasterseals.org/services/family-stability/father This episode is dedicated to all Ujamaa Men who strive to be a good father and put in the work to connect with their family under the connect with family Theory of Transformation program requirement.

A Black Man’s Sketch podcast is brought you in part by Shared Influence. Season 3, Episode 2: “COMMUNITY HARM REDUCTION” Ujamaa Place brothers Bryant, Maurice, Kaylan, Antino, Julio and Wes discuss ways to reduce drugs and violence in all forms plaguing the community.  They also share what Black History Month means to them. This episode is dedicated to the loving memory of all our Ujamaa brothers lost to violence.  Rest in power. Music credits: “On A Mission” by Ujamaa Music Group “Young, Gift and Black” by Nina Simone performed by Thomasina Petrus Listen everywhere you get your podcasts!!!  

Recorded in 2018, A Minute In Black History was produced to honor Black History leaders, voiced by leaders in the community. This year's Commemorate Black History & Culture theme of cultivating the BELOVED COMMUNITY is supported by Ujamaa Place, Saint Paul Public Library, MN Humanities Center and Public Art Saint, in partnership with The City of Saint Paul, MN Arts Council, Young Rembrandts and produced by OMG Studios. For more information, go to: https://ujamaaplace.org/commemorate-black-history-culture/ Community Leaders: Monique Linder, Booker T. Washington (founder/CEO OMG Media Solutions) Otis Zanders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (former CEO of Ujamaa Place) Dr. Charles Morgan, Emmit Till (former CEO of Union Gospel Mission) Bukola Oriola, Frederick Douglass (Entrepreneur/Talent) Kaseem Abdul, Mass Incarceration (CEO at Abdur Razzaq Counseling) Johnny Allen, Jr., Poor People's Campaign (owner Johnny Knuckles, Inc.)