Black Joy & Justice

- NOLA Black Journalists Talk Race, Fake News & Surviving the Industry - 

David Baker moderates a lunchtime panel of local African American media members: Caegan Moore, Producer and editor for WWL-TV; Jarivs DeBerry, Editorial writer and columnist for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune; Susan Henry, WBOK General Manager; and Renette Dejoie-Hall, President and publisher of Louisiana Weekly. 

They  discuss public assumptions, media literacy, newsroom environments and more.

This programming was made possible by PEN America, a sponsor of the Black Joy & Justice track of the 2018 Words and Music Festival in New Orleans, LA. Words and Music was directed by One Book One New Orleans and the Black Joy & Justice track was curated by Kelly Harris.

Charmel Gaulden—Vice President of Public Safety Grants with Baptist Community Ministries— moderates a panel discussion with Dr. Jerry Ward, Susannah Rosenthal Charm Barker and Sarah Omojola, sharing their experience as educators/professionals on the ground using literacy to work with incarcerated youth and adults. 

Dr. Jerry Ward is a poet, essayist, literary critique, and serves on the community advisory group with the Public Safety and Justice Initiative. 

Susannah Rosenthal Charm Barker serves on the Board of Directors for Louisiana's Books 2 Prisoners initiative. 

Sarah Omojola is the Director of the Welcoming Table with Travis Hill School. 

This is part 1 of the panel discussion. In part 2, panelists will join in a community conversation with folks in the audience. 

This programming was made possible by PEN America, a sponsor of the Black Joy & Justice track of the 2018 Words and Music Festival in New Orleans, LA. Words and Music was directed by One Book One New Orleans and the Black Joy & Justice track was curated by Kelly Harris.

A night of poetry dedicated to Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul . Hosted by Peteh Muhammad, featuring poets Dr. Jerry Ward (2:40), Ayanna Molina (10:40), Donny Rose (19:00) Chris Williams (29:12), and Kelly Harris-DeBerry (37:20). 

This programming was made possible by PEN America, a sponsor of the Black Joy & Justice track of the 2018 Words and Music Festival in New Orleans, LA. Words and Music was directed by One Book One New Orleans, and the Black Joy & Justice track was curated by Kelly Harris.

Kelsey Reynolds, Program Manager at 826, introduces the group of four young writers from 826, who read and discuss their work. This is part 1 of the larger roundtable segment. This programming was made possible by PEN America, a sponsor of the Black Joy & Justice track of the 2018 Words and Music Festival in New Orleans, LA. Words and Music was directed by One Book One New Orleans, and the Black Joy & Justice track was curated by Kelly Harris.

DJ Soul Sister talks to Poet Kelly Harris about her journey as a DJ, grad student, desire to be a music writer, and —of course— music! This programming was made possible by PEN America, a sponsor of the Black Joy & Justice track of the 2018 Words and Music Festival in New Orleans, LA. Words and Music was directed by One Book One New Orleans, and the Black Joy & Justice track was curated by Kelly Harris.

Maurice Ruffin discusses his debut book "We Cast a Shadow" with poet Kelly Harris. This programming was made possible by PEN America, a sponsor of the Black Joy & Justice track of the 2018 Words and Music Festival in New Orleans, LA. Words and Music was directed by One Book One New Orleans, and the Black Joy & Justice track was curated by Kelly Harris.