Saturday Mornings with Joy Keys

**SPECIAL GUEST: Mercedes Scelba-Shorte, a finalist from America's Next Top Model and a spokesperson for the Lupus Foundation of America. **SPECIAL GUEST: Annette Myarick is the CEO for the Lupus Foundation of America’s Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter. **SPECIAL GUEST: In 2000, Margaret Dowd directed the launch of the Lupus Research Institute, the nation’s nonprofit organization solely dedicated to novel research in lupus. Dowd oversees the comprehensive delivery of patient services, education, public awareness and funding for research in lupus. WHAT IS LUPUS?: Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect various parts of the body, including the skin, joints, heart, lungs, blood, kidneys and brain.

Why women go to prison? What happens to them once they are inside? What happens to their children?Where can they go once they get out? *** SPECIAL GUEST: Women's Prison Association, www.wpaonline.org. Sarah From is Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Women’s Prison Association (WPA), a direct service and advocacy non-profit in New York City. She has represented WPA in the media as a guest on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, and in a range of publications including the New York Times, Ms., Salon.com, American Jails, and Child Welfare 360. ***SPECIAL GUEST: National Institute of Corrections, Prisons Division. (www.nicic.org). Maureen Buell is a Correctional Program Specialist with the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). She leads NIC’s Women Offender team initiative focusing on development and support of gender-responsive policy, procedure and practice within criminal justice. Assistance is provided to community corrections, jails and prison systems across the country interested in improving outcomes for the increasing number of women entering the criminal justice system. ***SPECIAL GUEST: National Women's Prison Association (www.nwpp-inc.com). Alfreda Robinson learned advocacy while serving a 10 year Federal sentence. She founded the National Women’s Prison Project in 2002. She was voted Baltimore’s Best Advocate in 2005. Her major goal is to “snatch the women out of the lion’s den” and show them a more excellent way.

Why would someone violate a child? What can you do if someone is hurting a child you know? Surviving sexual assault as an adult. Where can survivors go for support? ***SPECIAL GUEST: Sylvia Coleman, BA, is an award-winning health journalist (www.writeprofessional.com), who conducts the "From Victim to Victor" workshop for African-American sexual abuse survivors at the Temple University PASCEP program. She was awarded the prestigious Leeway Foundation grant to create: www.blacksurvivors.org, a national, online support group and online resource center for black sexual abuse survivors. She is also the author of "Creating a New Normal: Cleaning Up a Dysfunctional Life," a book that chronicles her own healing from sexual abuse. ***Special Guest: Ashley-Michelle Papon is a 24-year-old survivor of acquaintance rape. She took part in the documentary "Swimming Upstream" in 2003 and organizing the first Take Back the Night at Kansas City Kansas Community College in 2006. She also serves as a member of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network's Speakers Bureau and contributed to their recent book release, "Yes, You Do Know One of Us," available for purchase on the Barnes&Noble Website. She also serves as co-moderator for After Silence, a message board dedicated to facilitating a healing environment for survivors of sexual violence.** SPECIAL GUEST: Edd Conboy, MS, MFT, Edd is a seasoned therapist, coach and consultant, with more than twenty years expereince. He works with www.councilforrelationships.org.

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Telle Whitney has served as President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute for women and Technology since 2003. She is a co-founder of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. SPECIAL GUEST: Avis Yates Rivers, she is currently the President and CEO of Technology Concepts Group International, LLC. (TCGI), an information technology and infrastructure solutions provider. She is a board member of the National Center for Women and Information Technology. SPECIAL GUEST: Lena L. West is an award-winning social media consultant, blogger, speaker, journalist and technologist. She is also the CEO & Chief Strategist at xynoMedia Technology.

Special show on Taxes-----Oh no, it's time to do your taxes! Do you have all your receipts? What deductions can you take? What forms should you use? EIC? Child Tax Credit? Tuition interest? Healthcare reimbursements?***SPECIAL GUEST: BEVERLY BEY, Senior Tax Advisor 1 with H&R block: 10 years tax experience. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Investments/Stock Options (income, sales, losses), Home ownership, purchase, or sale, Real estate rentals or vacation homes, Healthcare expenses (e.g., medical, dental), Charitable giving, Non-U.S. citizen (living in USA), ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) application, Retirement income, Income from multiple States, Military, Clergy, Small Business, Sole Proprietor, or Self-employed, Trusts & Estates, Partnerships, Not-for-Profit organizations ***SPECIAL GUEST: JOEL SCHNEIER, Tax Associate from H&R Block: 6 years tax experience. ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS: Retirement, Investment Income, Military. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Investments/Stock Options (income, sales, losses), Home ownership, purchase, or sale, Real estate rentals or vacation homes, Healthcare expenses (e.g., medical, dental), Charitable giving, Non-U.S. citizen (living in USA), ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number)application, Retirement income, Income from multiple States, Small Business, Sole Proprietor, or Self-employed.

How to manage your asthma. What new treatments are available? Spring Allergies? How to stop sneezing. SPECIAL GUEST:Angel Waldron is a national spokesperson for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation (AAFA) and represents the Foundation to the media. Angel regularly appears in broadcasts for Wall Street Journal Radio, CNN Radio and NPR as well as for ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX television affiliates to discuss asthma and allergy issues. She is frequently quoted in articles by Forbes magazine, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and WebMD, to name a few. She has also written and edited articles for consumer health magazines such as Coping, ADVANCE and Health Monitor. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), a not-for-profit organization founded in 1953, is the leading patient organization for people with asthma and allergies, and the oldest asthma and allergy patient group in the world. Check them out online @ www.aafa.org

What steps can you take to improve the environment? How can we protect it for future generations? Carbon footprints. CFLs vs LEDs. Used cars vs Hybrids. SPECIAL GUEST: Leanne Nurse is a program analyst for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Innovation. She staffs EPA’s public involvement policy and collaborative problem solving initiative, including the new Collaboration Practitioners Network. She served as a community involvement coordinator, a public affairs specialist for water and environmental justice programs, and as liaison to the US Green Group. She is an inaugural fellow of the University of Virginia’s Natural Resources Leadership Institute and is certified by IAP2, the International Association for Public Participation. Prior to government, Leanne worked as an award-winning public and commercial television producer, editor and reporter. Leanne is also a member of NCDD’s Board of Directors.

African Americans are getting infected and dying at higher rates than other ethnic groups. Why? What can we do to stop this epidemic? Prevention, Treatment and Research. SPECIAL GUEST: Ameenah McCann is the supervisor of prevention programs at BEBASHI-Transition to Hope located in Philadelphia, PA. Prevention programs at BEBASHI include educating and outreaching to the urban community by way of coordinating educational workshops around HIV/AIDS and STD’s. In addition she heads the HIV and STD testing and counseling and referral services. Moreover, she manages other programs such as group level interventions, one to one risk reduction services to youth, early intervention services targeting high risk women, care outreach services, and breast cancer awareness. Ms. McCann holds a masters of science in psychology. Check out BEBASHI online @ www.bebashi.org.

SPECIAL GUEST: Tananarive Due — pronounced tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo — is the American Book Award-winning author of novels, screenplays and a civil rights memoir. Her newest novel, Blood Colony (June 2008), is the sequel to her 2001 thriller The Living Blood and 1997’s My Soul to Keep. Her novella “Ghost Summer” is included in the collection The Ancestors collection, a January Essence Book Club pick. Due also collaborates with her husband, Steven Barnes. They published their first mystery, Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel (2007), in collaboration with actor Blair Underwood. The series continued with In the Night of the Heat, published in September. Blood Colony and In the Night of the Heat were both nominated for 2009 NAACP Image Awards. Due and Barnes sold their screenplay adaptation of her novel The Good House to Fox Searchlight. Due also co-authored a memoir with her mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephen Due: Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. (Patricia Stephens Due took part in the nation’s first “Jail-In” in 1960, spending 49 days in jail in Tallahassee, Florida, after a sit-in at a Woolworth lunch counter). Due just won an NAACP Image Awards in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction for “In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel" by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Due lives in Southern California with Barnes; their son, Jason; and her stepdaughter, Nicki. Her website is at www.tananarivedue.com.

SPECIAL GUEST: Tananarive Due — pronounced tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo — is the American Book Award-winning author of novels, screenplays and a civil rights memoir. Her newest novel, Blood Colony (June 2008), is the sequel to her 2001 thriller The Living Blood and 1997's My Soul to Keep. Her novella “Ghost Summer” is included in the collection The Ancestors collection, a January Essence Book Club pick. Due also collaborates with her husband, Steven Barnes. They published their first mystery, Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel (2007), in collaboration with actor Blair Underwood. The series continued with In the Night of the Heat, published in September. Blood Colony and In the Night of the Heat were both nominated for 2009 NAACP Image Awards. Due and Barnes sold their screenplay adaptation of her novel The Good House to Fox Searchlight. Due also co-authored a memoir with her mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephen Due: Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. (Patricia Stephens Due took part in the nation's first “Jail-In” in 1960, spending 49 days in jail in Tallahassee, Florida, after a sit-in at a Woolworth lunch counter). Due just won an NAACP Image Awards in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction for “In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel" by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Due lives in Southern California with Barnes; their son, Jason; and her stepdaughter, Nicki. Her website is at www.tananarivedue.com.

Where are they? What makes a good father? Single Fathers. Teen Fathers. What challenges do they face? Race, Economics, Incarceration, Drugs, Emotional. SPECIAL GUEST: Bilal Qayyum, President of the Father’s Day Rally Committee, Inc. Some of Mr. Qayyum's Awards include: Tribune 2005 and 2006 , 2007 Philadelphia’s Most Influential African Americans Leaders, The Chapel of Four Chaplains Legion of Honor, and KYW-3 Making a Difference. SPECIAL GUEST: Reverend Rodney DeWitt Rogers is the Senior Pastor of Christ of Calvary Covenant Church at 500 South 61st Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pastor Rogers is committed to facilitating the creative spiritual transformation of urban communities through collaborative leadership in academically based programs and services that combine interdisciplinary engagement of communities of faith, colleges, universities, seminaries, and neighborhood organizations. SPECIAL GUEST:Shane K. Perrault, PhD is a psychologist and coach with more than 16 years of experience. Dr. Shane received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Ohio State University and did his residency at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the Baltimore Veterans Administration. In addition to maintaining a thriving practice in Silver Spring, MD, he has conducted workshops and training in the MD/DC/VA area on topics including effective communication and conflict resolution.

Where are they? What makes a good father? Single Fathers. Teen Fathers. What challenges do they face? Race, Economics, Incarceration, Drugs, Emotional. SPECIAL GUEST: Bilal Qayyum, President of the Father's Day Rally Committee, Inc. Some of Mr. Qayyum's Awards include: Tribune 2005 and 2006 , 2007 Philadelphia's Most Influential African Americans Leaders, The Chapel of Four Chaplains Legion of Honor, and KYW-3 Making a Difference. SPECIAL GUEST: Reverend Rodney DeWitt Rogers is the Senior Pastor of Christ of Calvary Covenant Church at 500 South 61st Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pastor Rogers is committed to facilitating the creative spiritual transformation of urban communities through collaborative leadership in academically based programs and services that combine interdisciplinary engagement of communities of faith, colleges, universities, seminaries, and neighborhood organizations. SPECIAL GUEST:Shane K. Perrault, PhD is a psychologist and coach with more than 16 years of experience. Dr. Shane received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Ohio State University and did his residency at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the Baltimore Veterans Administration. In addition to maintaining a thriving practice in Silver Spring, MD, he has conducted workshops and training in the MD/DC/VA area on topics including effective communication and conflict resolution.

Finding a mate. Deciding whether to make a committement. Breaking Up. Marriage. Divorce. SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Peggy Vertreace from Council for Relationships (www.councilforrelationships.org). As a certified marriage and family therapist, Dr. Peggy Vertreace incorporates the inter-relatedness of mind, body, and spirit into her therapeutic approach, which is influenced not only by her clinical and theoretical perspective, but also by her strong theological foundation. She obtained her Master’s in Clinical Counseling from Eastern University shortly after receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Temple University. Peggy earned her Doctor of Ministry in Marriage and Family from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University, and completed her post-graduate training from Council for Relationships in Marriage and Family Therapy. Peggy is a certified Master level instructor of the PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationships Skills) Program and is a certified counselor of the PREPARE/ENRICH Program for pre-marital counseling and marriage relationship enhancement for married couples. SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Earl F. Greer Jr. specializes in Adult Psychotherapy including marriage/family counseling. He received his Masters in Psychology from East Tennessee State University and his Ed. D in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Greer has been a Guidance Counselor, a Director of a drug rehabilitation center, and the Clinical Director for the Bridge Counseling Center in Columbus, Ohio. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Pain Management, and the Association of Black Psychologists.

What are the signs? How to get out. Where to go for help. SPECIAL GUEST: Debasri Ghosh, Education and Training Coordinator, from Women in Transition, Inc.(WIT). WIT provides empowerment counseling, referrals and advocacy to women in Philadelphia who are endangered by domestic violence and/or substance abuse.(www.womenintransitioninc.org) AND SPECIAL GUEST: Tonya Lovelace, Project Manager, from Women of Color Network (WOCN). The mission of WOCN is to provide and enhance leadership capacity and resources that promote the activities of women of color advocates and activists within the Sovereign Nations, the United States and U.S. Territories to address the elimination of violence against women and families. (http://womenofcolornetwork.org/wocn.html) AND SPECIAL GUEST: Juan Carlos Areán works as a senior program director for the Family Violence Prevention Fund. He has devoted the last 18 years to engaging men across different cultures to become better fathers, intimate partners and allies to end domestic violence and achieve gender equity. For over a decade, he worked with abusive men at the Men's Resource Center for Change. He also worked as a sexual assault prevention specialist at Harvard University. Mr. Areán is co-author of various articles, curricula and educational tools for men.

SPECIAL GUEST: Bill Holmes (www.billholmes.com)is an artist who has dared to dream in the face of adversity while recognizing the divine nature of life and its infinite possibilities. As a respected poet, writer and author on the Philadelphia spoken word scene, Bill has touched many souls through his creative endeavors by striving towards excellence in everything he does. His performances have captivated many audiences through his unique style of humor, insight, spirituality, pride, and most importantly, love and appreciation of a woman. By no means is Bill afraid "to keep it real when expressing the importance of self-love." Bill is the founder, the publisher and the CEO of Universal Expressions, LLC, a publishing company that allows artists the opportunity to achieve their aesthetic dreams. He is also the author of the chapbook Illuminations, the spoken word EP Asphyxiation, the full-length poetry book Straight From My Heart, and the spoken word CD, The Air I Breathe, and the ESSENCE best selling fiction novel One Love. Bill has been featured and has performed at various poetry venues in Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, and surrounding areas. Bill was the co-host of the monthly poetry series Poetic Ventures Writers Collective and has opened for artists such as the Last Poets and award-winning jazz musician Roy Ayers. His work has been published and featured in the Philadelphia Tribune, ESSENCE, and the anthologies Journey Into My Brother's Soul, Erogenous Zone: A Sexual Voyage and Step Up To The Mic: A Poetic Explosion.