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The People Are the Panel at Saturday’s Isis Storm event, and Good Times continue afterward.

Isis Storm Presents “The Breaking Point”:
A Film Screening, “On the Rise” Performance, and Panel Discussion

Saturday, November 21
5:30-8:30 PM
The Providence Black Repertory Company
$5.00 cover, free refreshments

Info: www.IsisStorm.com, beginthestorm@gmail.com.

Take a look at women and people of color “finding the breaking point” within the usual narrative to rise up and tell their stories in the private sphere and public sphere, and through artistic mediums!

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Good Times Cafe at the Black Rep
10:00-2:00 am
Ladies free before 11

“Good Times Cafe: It’s old, It’s new, It’s fresh, It’s fun… Every Saturday at The Black Rep for the Adult 25+ crowd. Music by Hot 97’s DJ Garfdigga.”

Join me, and a host of others, who will be celebrating Trusty’s newest full-length release, “I Will Be Waiting,” on Sunday, November 22. Snippets of the songs can be downloaded at kimtrusty.wordpress.com

KIM TRUSTY RECORD/CD RELEASE PARTY
“I Will Be Waiting”

Sunday, November 22, 2009
4:30 – 8:00 PM

The Hi Hat
3 Davol Square
Providence, RI

$20.00 Admission Price, in advance
$25.00 At the Door

For ticket reservations, call 401-453-6500; cash or check only. To hear snippets from Trusty’s new CD, or to learn more about how to support the new release, visit kimtrusty.wordpress.com.

There are the inevitable comparisons to women who have set the standard for this genre – Ella Fitzgerald, Anita Baker and Joan Armadtrading, to name just a few. But to say that Kim Trusty is more than the sum of these parts is a vast understatement.

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To the right, Lisa Renee Holderby meets an attendee of the New England Regional Minority Health Conference, after presenting at it on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Holderby and I, Reza Rites (Editor, UrbanHealthWatch.net), served as members of the planning committee, which, like Urban Health Watch, meets to expose and eliminate racial and ethnic Disparities in health.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Why read UrbanHealthWatch.net? Because people of color and urban communities need a place to “Join the Discussions” around health equity and “Create the Solutions” to nagging health disparities. And we’re not waiting anymore.

The blog Urban Health Watch (UrbanHealthWatch.net) is part of the Rhode Island Prevention Block Grant, a program funded by Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Like other initiatives under HEALTH’s Prevention Block Grant, Urban Health Watch is focused on achieving health equity by identifying the chronic diseases, environmental health issues, and social determinants that impact health care disparities and influence conditions for health.

UrbanHealthWatch.net is also charged with developing and distributing health information with an emphasis on reaching racially and ethnically diverse groups and implementing health education and risk reduction activities to improve the quality of life for Rhode Island’s most vulnerable populations, communities of color and urban families.

Not convinced? Check out our most recent posts and headlines:

• Urban Health Watch Wants to Hear From You: “How can we help you?”

• Be in the Know: Facts and Updates on RIte Care

• A Clear Conference Message: Everyone Can Make A Difference to Achieve Health Equity

• Photos from the New England Regional Minority Health Conference

• Healthier Choices for Children and Families

• Recruiting Health Volunteers Like You

• Breast Cancer Resources and Facts from National Cancer Institute

• Workshops and News from Shape Up RI

• Information, Action and a Word from Destiny House: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Urban Health Watch is not a one-way street; readers, health groups, and community organizations have all begun sending events and engaging the blog. But the publishers are looking for more. Tell your family and friends; tell your clients and neighbors; and make a personal note of your own – Join the Discussions, Create the Solutions: UrbanHealthWatch.net.

For more information about Urban Health Watch or to share your event, story, or opinion, visit www.UrbanHealthWatch.net or contact the blog’s editor, two-time Metcalf Diversity in the Media recipient, Reza Clifton, by emailing urbanhealthri@gmail.com or calling 401-497-5246.

Originally sent in the November 8 RezaRitesRi e-newsletter. Sign up for it above.

Take 5 w. Reza Rites: Music, Health and Handling Business

PROVIDENCE, RI - Is Sunday the beginning of the week, or the end of it? For me, it usually turns into another day of handling business, and that’s true today as well. And really, that’s the topic of this week’s Take 5 with Reza Rites: Handling Business.

From television and radio appearances that have kept me on my game, to all the work I’ve been doing around music, things are not slowing down in the house of Reza Rites. Of course this is only a taste of what I’ve been up to lately, and of what has crossed my domain. There’s more on RezaRitesRi.com, VenusSings.com, and UrbanHealthWatch.net, and updates are coming soon over the chirp.

As my birthday annually makes me reflect, and as I put this update together for you now, I want to remind you that I’m glad you’re here and along for support. Whether I see you regularly or not, and whether you say hi after every update or not, I know you’re on this list and I’m inspired by the big and small that you give.

Sunshine and laughter,
Reza Rites

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Take 5

Reza Rites Chats with WPRO’s Dan Yorke – Watch it, Hear it

Venus Sings Radio Returns to WRIU: Saturday, November 14, 2009

Recruiting Health Volunteers Like You: New on UrbanHealthWatch.net

Announcing the next Isis Storm Event – Saturday, November 21

Help Launch A Star: Kim Trusty CD Release Party – November 22

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KINGSTON, RI - I won’t spend a lot of time explaining or complaining about what went happened on October 24. The short story? The studio was being upgraded and we all had to adjust if we wanted some Venus Sings Radio. I was able to go with the flow; were you? Did you tune in despite the technical difficulties and delays up-front? Or did you give up and vow to come back the next time?

For those who decided to wait till next time, the wait is almost over. I’ll be up in the new and improved WRIU studio on Saturday, November 14, from 9-11 AM (est). Your job? Tune in via radio on 90.3 FM or pick it up online with live streaming through the link available at www.wriu.org.

So what did October 24 sound like anyway? Visit VenusSings.com or click here to see the playlist.

Reza Rites of RezaRitesRi.com and Dan Yorke of WPRO engaged in friendly, professional sparring twice recently. You can see it on TV tonight at 9:00 PM or you can hear a podcast. Click here to listen to the podcast.

PROVIDENCE, RI - Are Black women and communities of color accurately and fairly portrayed by talk radio?

- Is there room on the AM - or FM dial - for honest, analytical discussions about the multiple issues effecting people of color?

- Are newsrooms in RI and across the country making room for the different views and voices coming out of communities of color?

- Where in the community or who can you go to to find new and young leaders?

These are just some of the topics I recently responded to, asked about, and debated over during a friendly, two-part sparring with RI radio talkshow host, Dan Yorke, of 630 AM, WPRO. Part I of our conversation happened when Yorke and I were invited to be guests on the cable access show, Capitol Colors, which is hosted by RI Representative Anastasia Williams, from District 9 in Providence, and Peter Wells, the editor of The Providence American newspaper. The episode, which began airing on Saturday evening, October 31, will continue to air through November 11, on Channel 15 (Saturdays and Mondays at 8:30 PM) or 18 (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9 PM) for Cox Cable users, or channels 34 and 39 for Verizon cable subscribers. Tune in tonight, Wednesday November 4, at 9:00 PM on channel 18 or 39, or Saturday November 7 at 8:30 on Channel 15 or 34.

Part II of our conversation happened even more recently, on Monday November 2; it was during Yorke’s talk show which airs every day at 2:00 PM on 630 on the AM radio dial in and around RI, or online at www.630wpro.com. From electoral politics within the African American community, to the mainstreaming of baby mama culture, Yorke and I talked about the emotional charge around these and other issues as well as took time to dissect them more deeply. To download a podcast of the show, click here.

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And We’re Back…
Take 5 w. Reza Rites

Greetings friend,
It’s been more than 7 or 8 days since my last Take 5 update, but I’m back. I promise I won’t make this long; in fact I can’t make it long because I have too much work to do!

I will acknowledge, however, that for those of you who are connected to my Facebook or Twitter page, you may be scratching your head thinking, “What do you mean back? I’ve been getting your constant updates, status changes, and tweets for days!” That’s because I’ve connected my Reza Rites “chirps” right to my FB and Twitter pages.

What does this all mean for you? Well for one, some of these links may look familiar since you may have seen it earlier as an RR chirp, tweet, or status update. And two, if you want to be more connected, you can feel free to find me on those online networks. Otherwise, below I’ve got your five links that come from RezaRitesRi.com, UrbanHealthWatch.net, and the Reza Rites Chirp. And next week, if you want to keep it simple, I’ll have another five.

Sunshine and laughter,
Reza Rites

P.S. Thanks to all the artists and community members who came out to last Saturday’s Isis Storm show in Pawtucket. Read about some of the artists showing love at www.IsisStorm.com.

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Shape Up RI Holds Workshops: Join a Team and Get Healthy in RI

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Comes to a Close: Resources and Facts from the National Cancer Institute

Letter to WBRU: The Community Wants More than Shallow Radio

Workshop on Radio Documentaries – November 7 to 8 – Boston, MA

2009 New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit – November 9 in Wash. DC

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