Voza rivers biography sample
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| Voza Rivers w Comedienne Phyllis Stickney Looking On Thanks New Federal Theatre for the Honor |
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
There are so many days when I am glad to be me, and Sunday, March 16 was definitely one of those days. Not only did I get the opportunity to cover the 44th Anniversary of Woodie King's New Federal Theatre (NFT), but I got to witness one of my heroes and living legends, Voza Rivers, honored and feted in a way that was, to my mind, long overdue.
It was like old home week with so many stars, writers, producers, directors coming out to be a part of the festivities - Black royalty of the stage, screen and television all gathering together - it was like homecoming - only much more elegant. The program was held at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
What a wonderful way to tell a brother who has "labored in the vineyard" and produced much fruit for his efforts, "I Love You," than to bring together his peers and an adoring, grateful audience. And who is more deserving that Voza Rivers, whom I've known now for 30+ years, but is not widely known by those outside the entertainment realm.
Actually, to many Voza on the surface, appears to be a very quiet, non assuming character. "Cool as a cucumber," my mother would say.
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Empowering a New Generation
VESTED Magazine | Second Act
From Black Panther and convict to writer, poet, producer, college professor, Academy Award nominee, and youth advocate, Jamal Joseph’s life has taken a circuitous path to the present. His is a story of perennial social activism, advancing lessons from his Black Panther days to empower a new generation.
Excuse Me, Young Brother, I Just Did
In the late s, Eddie Joseph was a high school honor student, slated to graduate early and begin college. That path took a detour. A long one. Impassioned to resolve the social, economic, and political wrongs he saw in his Bronx community and the nation, year-old Eddie was drawn to the ideology of the Black Panther Party, which was just gaining a national presence.
He remembers riding the subway to the Panther office in Harlem with two friends to offer his services, enraged by the recent assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was ready to fight, even kill if necessary, to serve the cause.
At the Panther office, a leader called the earnest teen up front. As Joseph stood by his side, the leader pulled open a desk drawer and reached far into it. Joseph’s heart pounded. He was prepared to be handed a gun—the power for social change.
Instead, he was handed a stack of book
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